User blog:Ceauntay/New on DVD: 'Sonic', 'Planet of the Apes' reboot, 'Kung Fu Panda 2'

Sonic X: The Final Stand

2011, Fox, PG, $30, DVD+digital copy+Blu ray, $45

Sonic the Hedgehog (voiced by Roger Craig Smith) is finishing his story that follows him to take over the power of the Chaos Emeralds from anyone who tried to steal the power take ake over the world. In this film, old enemies have returned. US Today's Rebecca Montana: * * *

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011, Fox, PG-13, $30; DVD+Blu-ray, $40

A virus-based drug meant to cure Alzheimer's disease enhances the intelligence of primates but proves fatal to humans. Caesar (Andy Serkis), a chimpanzee who absorbed the drug while in the womb of his test-subject mother and was raised by sympathetic humans, leads a revolt against mankind by freeing and uniting the different species of captive apes in San Francisco. This is a reboot, but not a sequel of the five-film Apes series of 1968-73.

USA TODAY's Claudia Puig says: * * * out of four. "With top-notch computer-generated images, this sci-fi action thriller revives the series and creates a palpable sense of tension, though most of the emotional depth is contained within one tortured simian."

Kung Fu Panda 2

2011, DreamWorks/Paramount, PG, $30; DVD+digital copy+Blu-ray, $50

In this 3-D computer-animated sequel to the 2008 hit, Dragon Warrior Po (Jack Black) must find inner peace if he's going to help his fellow kung-fu masters, the Furious Five, protect the Valley of Peace and save kung fu from the villainous Lord Shen (Gary Oldman) and his powerful new weapon. USA TODAY's Scott Bowles: * *

Fright Night

2011, DreamWorks, R, $30; DVD+Blu-ray, $40

Charley (Anton Yelchin) suspects something is strange about new next-door neighbor Jerry (Colin Farrell). When his friends start disappearing, Charley figures out that Jerry's a vampire and has to stop him or die trying in this 3-D horror-comedy remake of the 1985 film of the same name. Bowles: * * *

Mr. Popper's Penguins

2011, Fox, PG, $30; DVD+digital copy+Blu-ray, $40

Tom Popper (Jim Carrey), who dreams of exploring the world as his father did, becomes the owner of a flock of penguins in this comedy adaption of Richard and Florence Atwater's children's book. After first deciding to give the birds to the zoo, he saves them and, in the process, reconnects with his children and ex-wife. Puig: * * ½