New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD

Forever Strong (2008) *½ A generic faith-and-redemption fare, devoid of nuance.

New In Town (2009) * The comedy is flat, the romance is listless, the pacing is sluggish, and the fish-out-of-water flops. The laughs and emotional moments are so weak that director Jonas Elmer has no choice but to tweak them with music cues and bland guitar-rock. Watching Ms. Zellweger’s joyless performance, you have to wonder what happened to this formerly charming actress who not so long ago seemed on the verge of becoming a softer, more vulnerable Shirley MacLaine.

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2008) **½ Very little actually happens in this film, since most of the time Mr. Shi sits alone in his divorced daughter's empty apartment, wondering how to help her. But there's a gentle beauty in these long, anguished silences, and director Wayne Wang and his actors make the most of it.