New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD

An American Affair (2009) *½ Hard to say what’s dumber, the premise or the characters in William Olsson’s trashily preposterous film.

Bart Got a Room (2009) *** The mysterious Bart and the mythology of the senior prom as the defining moment in the life of a teenager are the unseen specters hovering over this slight comedy.

Big Man Japan (2009) *** The effects are reasonably well-created, though hardly transparent. The last 15 minutes of the film spin out into unimaginable realms. Fans of this kind of stuff will leave smitten; those accompanying them to the theater will have a pretty good time too.

Dragonball: Evolution (2009) ** The film is crammed with treats for old-school "Dragonball" fans, from the inclusion of all these characters (who don't actually do much) to the moment when spiky-haired Goku dons his orange gi. For everyone else, this amounts to another seen-it-before, probably-willing-to-see-it-again distraction.

Fast & Furious (2009) ** A loud, dumb movie, but its male, car-obsessed audience will probably enjoy it anyway.

Miss March (2009) ½* Here's the deal: The worst sex cartoon in Playboy's long history can't compete with the sheer vacuousness of this inane comedy.

Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America (2009) **½ Though there’s no doubt that writer/director Tony Stone is as serious as a heart attack when it comes to creating an air of authenticity — hence the sloppily butchered chickens and authorial defecation — he never settles on a coherent tone for the movie.