New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD

Cherry Blossoms (2009) **½ It’s a strained but heartfelt work of muted sentimentality, obvious in its symbolism but grounded in a sense of life’s preciousness and brevity. Depending on your mood and indulgence, you may weep or you may be left out in the cold.

Friday the 13th (2009) *½ For one price, you get three shoddy Friday the 13th movies packed into one, which might constitute entertainment value if any one of them constituted entertainment.

Morning Light (2008) ** The film is more appealing for its scenery, which is as breathtakingly blue as you’d expect, than for its drama.

The Perfect Sleep (2009) * The movie layers its fatalistic drama with absurdist horseplay and a few moments of Lynch-ian mysticism, but it’s an awkward mix at best; even when it is trying to be funny, it’s far too self-conscious to really be much fun.

Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail (2009) ** There is something both satisfying and frustrating about this movie. Writer/director/star Tyler Perry dutifully gives his audience what it wants, but you can’t help feeling that he might also have more to offer: more coherent narratives, smoother direction, better films.

What Goes Up (2009) * A pointless and pretentious drama.