DVD
'Rango' goes to town for an animated rideIn "Rango," a tender-footed chameleon has to fend for himself in the desert after his aquarium gets jostled out of a car. Rango (voice of Johnny Depp) drags himself to the dusty town of Dirt, a forbidding outpost ruled by a hard-shelled turtle mayor (Ned Beatty) and inhabited by rodents, reptiles and other creatures. Soon after arriving, and telling a few tall tales, Rango is appointed sheriff and soon discovers there might be more to the water shortage than a patch of bad weather. "Rango" has a spiky, unsentimental appeal, sending out slightly risque jokes to parents while staying safely out of the danger zone for kids. The DVD and Blu-ray (Paramount, $30-$45) include commentary, a making-of featurette and deleted scenes.
WASHINGTON POST
Also out Tuesday: "Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Movie Collection" (Set 6), "Arthur" (2011), "Damages" (Season 3), "Damnation Alley," "Entourage" (Season 7), "ER" (final season), "Insidious," "The Lincoln Lawyer," "Miral," "[Rec]2, " "Robot Chicken: Star Wars III" and Blu-rays of "Battle Beyond the Stars," "Brazil," "Buster Keaton: Short Films Collection, 1920-23," "Naked."
APP
Time to hit the beach with something freeAndroid phones allow support for live wallpapers, which turn your phone's background into a movable scene. The free app "Beach Live Wallpaper" turns your Android smartphone into a 3-inch oceanside oasis. You can change your background to an animated beach scene, complete with dolphins in the water, a palm tree and seagulls. You can even customize how many clouds are in the sky. We choose none.
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GAME
Shooter is more than paint by numbersYes, it seems silly to have a video game that essentially emulates the same thing other games emulate with bullets and blood instead of paint pellets. But "Greg Hastings Paintball 2" ($20 download for PS3; rated Everyone 10+) also pulls in the rules and metrics of the sport, which allows it to have modes and features -- team/gear management, licensed players, in-game play formations, even cheering crowds -- that are more the domain of sports games than first-person shooters. The game makes an awful first impression with graphics and sound that look pre-Playstation 2 and a hideous menu system that arguably predates the first Playstation. It might be the least attractive game on the PS3. Provided you can make peace with this, though, and provided you can appreciate the angle the game is taking, what lies beneath is much better than what first impressions imply.
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