Renting a DVD? BDN film critic Christopher Smith can help. Below are his grades of recent releases. Those in bold print are new to stores this week.
Appaloosa — B
Australia — C
Baby Mama — B
Beverly Hills Chihuahua — C-
Body of Lies — C
Changeling — A-
Coraline — A
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — A-
The Day the Earth Stood Still — C-
Doubt — B
Eagle Eye — D
Fast & Furious — B-
Forbidden Kingdom — B-
Frost/Nixon — A
Gran Torino — A-
Happy-Go-Lucky — B+
The Haunting in Connecticut — C-
Hellboy II: The Golden Army — B+
High School Musical 3: Senior Year — B+
The Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience — B-
Knowing — B
Last Chance Harvey — B
Let the Right One In — A-
Marley & Me — B
Milk — A
My Bloody Valentine 3-D — B-
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist — B+
Push — C-
Quantum of Solace — B+
Rachel Getting Married — B-
The Reader — B
Role Models — B+
Saw V: BOMB
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 — B
Slumdog Millionaire — A-
Valkyrie — B+
W. — C-
Waltz with Bashire — A
Watchmen — D
The Wrestler — A