NEW ON DVD

Look for these new DVD releases, now on store shelves.

"Away We Go": Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph) find out that Verona is pregnant. When they go to tell Burt's parents (Catherine O'Hara and Jeff Daniels), they discover that the expectant grandparents plan to move to Europe before the baby is born. That development sends Burt and Verona on a journey to find a new definition of themselves as an expanded family unit. Written by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida and directed by Sam Mendes, the film, at least at first blush, feels like a welcome respite from the false happily-ever-afters of most mainstream movies. But mostly, Verona is a mirror to the people that she and Burt encounter on their road trip. 1:38. Rated R.

"The Girlfriend Experience": In Steven Soderbergh's icicle-sharp portrait of a modern-day lady of the evening, the hooker with a heart of gold gives way to the fantasy date with the business acumen of a Wall Street banker. Soderbergh tracks several days in the life of Chelsea (Sasha Grey), a self-employed call girl who commands $2,000 an hour and a clientele that can drop that sort of change without losing a wink of sleep. Buried deep beneath all that is a driven daughter of commerce who is just as ambitious as her high-rolling johns and every bit as stressed over the impact of the plunging economy. 1:17. Rated R.

"Management": Traveling alone on business, an attractive single woman named Sue (Jennifer Aniston) checks in to a seedy Arizona roadside motel, only to find the tongue-tied night manager, Mike (Steve Zahn), lurking outside her door with a bottle of cheap wine, "compliments of the management." "You have a nice butt," he tells her. Sue flies home to Maryland never to hear from him again -- until he shows up on her doorstep. It's not that he can't do creepy, but if Zahn showed up outside your seedy motel room -- even if he were carrying a bloody chainsaw instead of a bottle of wine you would probably invite him in. And he's the biggest reason why this is a delightfully screwball romantic comedy and not a crazed-stalker film. And why it works. 1:33. Rated R.

"Monsters vs. Aliens": This super-duper-3-D-big-screenImax-deluxe extravaganza has bells and whistles, superb technical sophistication, dazzling visual effects, sound, fury and Reese Witherspoon. What it doesn't have is heart. Even children appreciate a good story, and that's what's missing in this film, which is nominally about a bunch of government-sponsored monsters that battle an evil alien squid craving world domination. That's plot, not a story. And too often, it's about things, not characters. 1:34. Rated PG.

Also: "Cagney & Lacey: The Menopause Years," "How I Met Your Mother: Season Four," "Kings: Season One," "Life on Mars: The Complete Series," "Shrink," "The Patty Duke Show: Season One," "The Wizard of Oz: 70th Anniversary Special Edition."

-- The Washington Post