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Posted on: Friday, August 10, 2007

Enjoy 'Turtles' in high-definition

By David Germain
Associated Press

Selected home-video releases:

"DISTURBIA"

Shia LaBeouf stars in this sturdy teen thriller that borrowed its basic plot from Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" — a home-bound voyeur who's convinced he has a murderer for a neighbor. LaBeouf plays a youth sentenced to house arrest, alleviating his boredom by spying on the locals, including a man (David Morse) whom our hero suspects is a serial killer. The DVD comes with deleted scenes, outtakes, a making-of featurette, a trivia quiz and a music video. LaBeouf also teams with co-star Sarah Roemer and director D.J. Caruso for audio commentary. DVD, $29.99; Blu-ray or HD DVD, $39.99. (Paramount)

"TMNT"

The battling "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" return to the big-screen in a computer-animated update featuring the voices of Patrick Stewart, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Laurence Fishburne and Ziyi Zhang. The new adventure has the turtles taking on an army of monsters. Besides the standard DVD release, the movie is available in high-definition formats as a Blu-ray disc or a combination disc with the HD DVD and standard DVD versions. Extras include an alternate opening and ending, plus a deleted scene, interviews with cast and crew and commentary by writer-director Kevin Munroe. DVD, $28.98; Blu-ray disc, $34.99; HD DVD combo disc, $39.99 (Warner Bros.) Joining the movie on DVD is "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 5," a three-disc set packing 18 episodes from the cartoon TV series that aired in the 1990s. DVD set, $24.98. (Lionsgate)

"ARE WE DONE YET?"

Ice Cube returns to family-friendly form with this follow-up to "Are We There Yet?" The happy ending of that road-trip tale is short-lived as Cube, his pregnant wife (Nia Long) and his two new stepchildren leave behind city life for the 'burbs, only to discover the house they've bought is a money pit. John C. McGinley co-stars as a lunatic building contractor hired to fix up the place. DVD extras include a behind-the-scenes segment and a featurette on McGinley's character, plus a blooper reel and a quiz about the movie. DVD, $28.95; Blu-ray, $38.96. (Sony)

"I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE"

Chris Rock takes on acting, directing and writing duties with this update of Eric Rohmer's "Chloe in the Afternoon." Rock stars as a happily married but bored man constantly fantasizing about other women and suddenly facing real temptation when an old acquaintance (Kerry Washington) who happens to be a knockout comes back into his life. Rock offers audio commentary, and the DVD features deleted scenes and outtakes. There are also behind-the-scenes segments on the making of the movie, the film's premiere and casting, plus a music video. DVD, $29.98. (20th Century Fox)