New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD

Bride Wars (2009) * A girlie romantic comedy with tired slapstick pranks but not an ounce of self-respect or intelligence. The movie pretty much blows.

Hotel for Dogs (2009) ** A decent family film, sure to please animal-loving kids and their parents alike. Well-acted, the movie also looks good and is stocked with lots of goofy gadgetry. Agreeable Saturday afternoon piffle — friendly, formulaic, completely harmless.

JCVD (2008) **½ A canny piece of autobiography that looks at the man behind the legend and the legend behind the man.

Nothing But the Truth (2008) **½ In the spirit of its title, the film pivots on a plot twist that's both good and fair. And kudos to the ever-earnest Kate Beckinsale for surviving a prison brawl as splatterific as anything Mickey Rourke had to endure in "The Wrestler." Competently constructed and nicely acted by Beckinsale and Vera Farmiga. A fairly gripping cautionary tale.

The Uninvited (2009) *½ As is generally the case with Hollywood movies that use Asian horror films as their inspiration, the directors Thomas and Charles Guard seem to have glanced at the original, borrowed a few images and then made the movie according to some preconceived template of what makes audiences jump — instead of burrowing into the stuff that haunts our dreams. Weak even by the standard of uninspired recent Asian-horror remakes, this is more likely to induce snickers and yawns than shudders and yelps.

What Doesn’t Kill You (2008) *** It is worth seeking out for a brutally honest, achingly realistic, and emotionally compelling look at the other side of petty crime — the slow, painful path to legitimacy.

While She Was Out (2008) *½ Embracing outraged victimhood the way Angelina Jolie embraces a close-up, Kim Basinger, doing double duty here as a star and executive producer, appears oblivious to the script's idiocies.