'Cars 2,' 'Crazy Stupid Love' come to DVD

The latest Pixar blockbuster leads these newly released movies and TV shows on DVD and Blu-ray.

"Cars 2" (Disney/Pixar/Blu-ray, 2011, PG, two discs, $39.99). Considered by many to be Pixar's first misfire, this sequel to "Cars" does go awry in several ways, not the least of which is making the subordinate character of Mater the tow truck the central character. But the plot, a late-to-the-party James Bond spoof, also seems ill advised, despite the voice presence of Michael Caine. (The current "Johnny English Reborn" is another example of why a James Bond spoof at this late date is hopelessly out of step.)

Actually, "Cars" was never my favorite Pixar 'toon; I found it aloof, chilly and way too long at nearly two full hours. "Cars 2" is also overlong and the story is surprisingly convoluted. Despite how it may have displeased critics, however, the sequel was a huge box-office success over the summer.

Extras: widescreen, Blu-ray and DVD versions, audio commentary, short cartoons: "Air Mater," "Hawaiian Vacation" (also available in one-disc DVD, $29.99, and five-disc combo with Blu-ray, 3-D, DVD and digital versions, $49.99)

"Crazy Stupid Love." (Warner/Blu-ray, 2011, PG-13, $35.99). Despite the PG-13 rating and good performances from an all-star cast — Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei and Kevin Bacon — this is a typically raunchy romantic comedy. Worse, there is a particularly wrongheaded sleazy subplot about a baby sitter and her charge.

Extras: widescreen; Blu-ray, DVD and digital versions; deleted scenes, featurettes (also on single-disc DVD, $28.98)

"An Invisible Sign" (MPI/Blu-ray, 2010, PG-13, $29.98). Jessica Alba stars as an immature 20-something woman obsessed with numbers who inexplicably becomes an elementary-school math teacher and is forced to grow up. Charmless comedy-drama with implausible plotting never rises to any realm of believability.

Extras: widescreen, trailer (also on DVD, $24.98)

"Roswell: The Aliens Attack" (CBS/Paramount, 1999, PG, $19.99). Poorly made alien-invasion TV movie set in 1947 with a pair of aliens, one male and one female, plotting to destroy the earth. Then the male meets an attractive female human with a young child and rethinks his mission.

Extras: full frame