Burton reinvents 'Alice' Tim Burton has wisely avoided producing a mere pop-up illustration of Lewis Carroll's books with his take on "Alice in Wonderland." Instead, he has found inspiration in Alice (Mia Wasikowska), the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) and other familiar characters and put them into a brand-new story. His most nervy decision -- making Alice a 19-year-old woman on the verge of a tiresome marriage -- also proves to be his best. Burton's signature gnarled, gothic aesthetic runs throughout, and it's worth the price of admission if only to hear Depp give sonorous voice to Carroll's slithy toves and borogoves. But it's the women who steal the show, from the somber, self-possessed Wasikowska to Bonham Carter's scenery-chewing tantrums, to Anne Hathaway's funny turn as the White Queen. Most important, Burton honors the more tender subtexts of the Alice stories, having to do with isolation and loss. The DVD and Blu-ray (Disney, $30-$45), available Tuesday, include featurettes.

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This one's a real dog The arms and legs begin to stretch. The hands turn into razor-sharp claws. The teeth grow jagged, the head and body sprout coarse hair and the eyes gleam with a ferocious killer's stare. Benicio Del Toro's creepy transformation from man to beast in "The Wolfman" is the highlight of an otherwise uninspired remake of the 1941 horror classic starring Lon Chaney Jr. as the poor sucker who becomes a werewolf after being bitten by one. Del Toro had better hope that viewers forget his cheesy performance as soon as possible. Director Joe Johnston pulls out all the stops to make us scream and bite our tongues. Yet it's all too predictable and by the book, even with a few plot twists that aren't in the original. The DVD and Blu-ray (Universal, $30-$40), available Tuesday, include an unrated version of the movie, along with deleted scenes and featurettes.

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Also out Tuesday: "Burn Notice" (Season 3), "Drop Dead Diva" (Season 1), "Foyle's War" (Set 6), "Life," "Midsomer Murders" (Set 15), "Peanuts: 1970s Collection" (Vol. 2), "The Stranger," "The Three Stooges Collection" (Vol. 8), and Blu-rays of "Bad Boys," "Kelly's Heroes"/"Where Eagles Dare," "The Man With No Name Trilogy," "War of the Worlds."