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‘The Assassin Next Door’ and Anthony Hopkins out on DVD now

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The following DVDs will be released Tuesday:

"The Assassin Next Door" (First Look, $24.95) — Action-thriller starring Olga Kurylenko ("Quantum of Solace") as the title character.

R (violence, profanity, brief nudity)

"Burning Bright" (Lionsgate, $26.98) — Thriller starring Briana Evigan as a woman trapped inside a house with a tiger.

Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentary.

PG-13 (violence, profanity)

"Ca$h" (Lionsgate, $27.98) — Crime caper thriller starring Sean Bean and Chris Hemsworth.

R (profanity, violence, sex)

"Cemetery Junction" (Sony, $24.96) — Comedy set in the 1970s, written and directed by Ricky Gervais, who also stars.

Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentary, deleted scenes.

R (profanity, sex)

"The City of Your Final Destination" (Screen Media, $24.98) — ★★ — This adaptation of the Peter Cameron novel is pretty dull. Anthony Hopkins stars.

PG-13 (vulgarity, brief sex, brief partial nudity)

"Dead Man Running" (Phase 4, $29.99) — Crime drama starring Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.

R (drugs, sex, violence, profanity)

"Four Seasons Lodge" (First Look, $24.95) — Documentary feature following several Holocaust survivors.

Not rated, probabThe le PG-13 (violence)

"Furry Vengeance" (Summit, $22.99) — ★1/2 — Brendan Fraser has never been more "doofus-y" than he is in this moronic humiliation comedy.

Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentary, deleted scenes, gag reel; combo pack ($40.99) features Blu-ray and standard DVD versions of the movie as well/

PG (violence, vulgarity, drugs, slurs, profanity)

"The Good, The Bad, The Weird" (MPI, $24.98) — ★★★1/2 — Both a spoof and an affectionate homage to the so-called "spaghetti Westerns." Korean with subtitles.

Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentary.

Not rated, probable R (violence, gore, torture, profanity, slurs, vulgarity, brief sex)

"The Last Song" (Disney, $29.99) — ★1/2 — As awful as the performances in this Miley Cyrus vehicle are, the worst aspect is still the manipulative writing of Nicholas Sparks.

Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentary, deleted scenes, music videos; combo pack ($39.99) includes Blu-ray and standard DVD versions of the movie as well.

PG (violence, mild profanity, slurs, vulgarity, brief drugs, nude art)

Some upcoming DVD releases:

AUGUST

Aug. 24: "Ajami" — Kino Lorber; "The Back-up Plan" — Sony; "The Square" — Sony; "Survival of the Dead" — Magnolia

Aug. 31: "Harry Brown" — Sony; "OSS 117: Lost in Rio" — Music Box; "The Lottery" — Great Curve; "The Spell" — Celebrity Video; "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?" — Lionsgate

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 7: "Killers" — Lionsgate; "MacGruber" — Universal; "Frozen" — Anchor Bay; "Solitary Man" — Anchor Bay; "Videocracy" — Lorber Films

Sept. 14: "Just Wright" — Fox; "Letters to Juliet" — Summit

Sept. 21: "Robin Hood" — Universal; "Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue" — Disney

Sept. 28: "Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema" — Anchor Bay; "Iron Man 2" — Paramount; "Superman/Batman: Apocalypse" — Warner Bros.