DVD Looking beyond death For much of its two-hour-plus length, "Hereafter" plays like a smart and stylish thriller. Smart because of the way it pulls back from a full-on embrace of its central premise: the existence of an afterlife for the human soul. Stylish because of its cool and bloodless demeanor. Directed with admirable restraint by Clint Eastwood, the film tells the story of three people who are touched by death in different ways -- a blue-collar American (Matt Damon), a French journalist (Cecile de France) and a London schoolboy (Frankie McLaren). Each on a path in search of the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might -- or must -- exist in the hereafter. The DVD and Blu-ray (Warner, $29-$36) include making-of featurettes.

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Out Tuesday: "Hawkeye" (full series), "How Do You Know," "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (Season 2), "Skyline," "The Tourist," "Yogi Bear," and Blu-rays of "Anastasia," "Elizabeth/Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "Ernest Goes to Camp/Ernest Goes to Jail," "Galaxina/The Crater Lake Monster," "Robots," "The Sandlot," "Stand by Me," "The Venture Bros." (Season 4).

APP

Speak foreign freelyGoogle Translate brings the functionality of the popular Web service to your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad for free. An Android version of the application launched in January. The app has a straightforward user interface, can translate text in more than 50 languages and supports Romanization for many of them. Use a microphone for voice translations in 15 languages and hear translations spoken -- by a fairly decent automated voice -- in 23 languages. Users can tap the microphone icon to speak into the app and tap the speaker to hear the translation read. You couldn't ask for a cleaner, cooler, free translation app.

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GAME

Even better than before"Beyond Good & Evil" was critically acclaimed upon its 2003 release, but it failed to find traction in a holiday season that also saw titles such as "Final Fantasy X-2," "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" and "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time." The game was great, though. It had solid combat, well-done stealth elements, a good story, great graphics and an appealing lead character in Jade, a photojournalist on the planet Hillys who works to protect children orphaned in attacks by the alien DomZ. All the good stuff is intact in "Beyond Good & Evil HD" ($10 download for Xbox 360; rated Teen), a re-release that improves the game's visuals for the modern gaming age; everything is sharper and cleaner-looking. Gamers who missed this one the first time around should give it a look.

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