** ‘Breakfast on Pluto’
Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later) burrs and purrs through the role of an orphaned Irish lad who becomes a star transvestite during the 1970s in the latest movie from writer-director Neil Jordan. (135 minutes; rated R for sexuality, language, some violence and drug use)
*** ‘Serenity’
Serenity is a transport ship in this Joss Whedon tale set 500 years in the future. It’s a feature based on Whedon’s Firefly TV show. (119 minutes; rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, sexual references)
television
‘Doogie Howser, M.D.: Season Four’
This 4-disc set contains the final 22 episodes, which had Doogie (Neil Patrick Harris) finding something like real romance with a nurse, while his all-too-normal best pal Vinnie (Max Casella) begins his career as a filmmaker.
‘American Dad’
The 13-episode first season of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane’s Sunday-night spytoon arrives crammed with commentary, deleted scenes, animatics, creation featurette, a live comedy festival performance, even a behind-the-scenes table read and voice recording.
‘Harry Shearer: Now You See It’
Spoofmeister Shearer’s best-of ’80s compilation features Saturday Night Live’s Mike Wallace send-up and “Men’s Synchronized Swimming,” plus Shearer’s Magic of Live HBO special and Cinemax’s Comedy Experiment.
for the kids
‘Inspector Gadget’
Don Adams voices the bumbling bionic secret agent of the 1980s in the series’ first 22 cartoons. Includes short retrospective explaining where the mustache went.
straight to dvd
‘The Scorned’
Wondering whatever happened to Jenna Lewis (Survivor), Bob Guiney (The Bachelor), Stacie J (The Apprentice) and 10 other reality TV-ers? They’re in this straight-to-DVD romance/supernatural/comedy/slasher flick. Two-disc set.
