"The Three Stooges Collection, Volume Six: 1949-1951" (Sony, 1949-51, b/w, two discs, $24.96). This collection could be dubbed "The Shemp Years" (which will continue in the next collection). Shemp Howard takes over for his late brother Curly to join brother Moe Howard, along with Larry Fine, as those slap-happy Stooges. One of the shorts included here has the trio also playing their own wives!

Extras: full frame, 24 shorts

"Elsewhere" (E1/Blu-ray, 2008; R for violence, language, sex, drugs; $24.98). A teenage girl disappears after meeting men online, hoping to be whisked away from her one-horse town. But the town is full of dreaded secrets, which are gradually uncovered by two teen friends who are determined to find her. Weak and predictable.

Extras: widescreen, deleted scenes, audio commentary, featurette, photo gallery

"What Goes Up" (Sony, 2008; R for sex, language, drugs; $24.96). British comic Steve Coogan seems miscast in this downbeat melodrama about a journalist on the verge of disgrace who returns to his hometown in the days leading up to the Challenger disaster. He drops his assignment to follow a group of misfit teens who are depressed over the apparent suicide of their favorite teacher, an old friend of Coogan's. Wildly uneven, though the teen cast (led by Hilary Duff) is game. (The film's title seems to be in very poor taste.)

Extras: widescreen

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