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November 29, 2010 at 9:46PM
"Knight and Day"
“Knight and Day" (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

DVD

Cruise and Diaz team up In "Knight and Day," Roy Miller (Tom Cruise) is a master of hand-to-hand combat who can put a bullet exactly where he wants it; he's also unfailingly polite. It's no wonder June Havens (Cameron Diaz) falls for him when they meet on a flight. He's cute, charming, smart and almost freakishly competent. Too bad that trouble, in the form of gun-toting government agents and an arms dealer's ruthless henchmen, is following him -- and now her. As an ordinary woman caught up in a world of jet-setting espionage, Diaz makes a delicious comedic and romantic foil to Cruise's Roy. The DVD and Blu-ray (Fox, $30-$40) include featurettes and a making-of documentary.

WASHINGTON POST

Out Tuesday: "Cairo Time," "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," "Going the Distance," "The Lucy Show" (Season 3), "Parks & Recreation" (Season 2), "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," "Waking Sleeping Beauty," "Vampires Suck," and Blu-rays of "Fantasia"/"Fantasia 2000," "Meet the Fockers," "Meet the Parents," "Space 1999" (Season 1), "The Wiz."

Out Saturday: "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."

GAME

Get the family together Electronic Arts' third collection of Hasbro games, "Hasbro Family Game Night 3" ($40 for Xbox 360, Wii, PS3; rated Everyone) offers digital versions of classics Clue, the Game of Life and Mouse Trap. Twister is reworked to middling effect as a button-matching rhythm game, while Yahtzee Hands Down has players discarding and drawing cards in an attempt to build a scoring combination. Each game comes in standard and remixed editions. The remix of Clue, for example, features a special die roll each turn that can close off areas for investigation, eliminate witnesses, and so on. All five games can be played online or off by up to four players.

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WEB

Recycle old electronics Electronics become outdated quickly. But how do you safely dispose of old cell phones, computers and cameras? A new website, EcoSquid (www.ecosquid.com), connects you with buyers of used electronics, as well as providing places where you can recycle. Just enter the brand or model name of the item you want to dispose of in the search box. If you get no results, try rewording -- "Dell computer" instead of "Dell PC," for example -- or use the "Find gadget by category" drop-down menu. 2. A list of options will be displayed, including buyers (if there are any), charitable organizations that accept your item as a tax-deductible donation, free recyclers, as well as places that charge minimal fees to recycle electronics. EcoSquid plans to expand services so members can register products to receive trade-in value alerts and run a forum.

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