'Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day'

3 stars = Good
Ratings explained

Frances McDormand plays a down-on-her-luck governess in 1939 London who falls into a job as a social secretary for an American actress in this comedy that plays better on the small screen than big.

Amy Adams of "Enchanted" co-stars as the performer juggling three men, and she dresses as if she were pink champagne come to life: all bubbles and sparkle and satin robe with feathery trim, a sharp contrast to the dowdy Miss Pettigrew. But the governess gets a makeover, plus a second chance at happiness.

The movie, featuring two fine leads, is based on a 1938 novel by Winifred Watson that once was to be made into a movie starring Billie Burke. In fact, the author, who died in 2002 at age 95, sold the movie rights three times, we learn in a DVD extra featuring her son, Keith Pickering, and others.

With its bed-hopping and talk of cocaine, the book was considered risque and naughty at the time. The drugs are gone, although the alcohol flows freely and the romantic roundelay remains, along with the advice to trust your heart because life is short as a second world war looms.

The DVD has a handful of deleted or extended scenes which flow one to the other, an 8-minute look at the movie's trip to screen, commentary by director Bharat Nalluri and a behind-the-scenes featurette.

-- Barbara Vancheri, PG movie editor

'Street Kings'

2 stars = Mediocre
Ratings explained

Drama has a top-notch cast -- led by Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker and Hugh Laurie -- and 107 minutes' worth of dialogue that sounds as if it has been recycled from every old cop show and movie in existence. A little of that goes a very long way in this corrosively cynical look at police corruption and cop-cowboys called "gunslingers" in modern-day Los Angeles. It's rooted in the real world but so far-fetched about its one-man justice machine and trail of bodies that it quickly spins out of control.

'Prom Night'

1 1/2 stars = Bad
Ratings explained

Although we can celebrate the substitution of suspense for gore in this remake of the 1980 film, this movie feels just plain dumb. Besides relatively stylized stabbings and throat-slittings, the movie contains sexual innuendo, teen drinking and rare profanity. "Prom Night" is not for nightmare-prone teens. Contains violence and terror, sexual material, underage drinking and vulgar language.

--Jen Chaney, Washington Post

"Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert"

Teen sensation Cyrus and her pop-star alter ego Hannah Montana headlined a sold-out concert tour, which then turned into a sold-out movie at theaters. For her millions of fans who missed the live shows, the movie's crisp digital 3-D images offered something of an illusion that they were seeing their idol in person. Along with the stage performances, the movie offers a glimpse of Cyrus backstage, including moments with her country crooner of a dad, one-hit wonder Billy Ray Cyrus. The two-disc DVD set and Blu-ray release come with both 2-D and 3-D versions (plus four pairs of 3-D glasses). Extras include additional songs and a backstage segment on Cyrus and fellow Disney Channel stars the Jonas brothers, who appear in the concert film.

-- David Germain, AP