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'The Ugly Truth'

Comedy, R, 101 min.

At a floundering Sacramento TV station, Abby (Katherine Heigl, above) can't seem to keep her Nielsen ratings or her dating life steady. Then, the TV station picks up a relationship-advice spot hosted by the rakish, unshaven, semi-offensive Mike (Gerard Butler). Mike uses dirty words on air, Abby hates Mike, Mike doesn't believe in love, Abby doesn't believe in lust, unlikely friendship (and something more?) ensues. The script has an off-kilter quality that makes it more impressive than its fluffier cousins. One senses a gleefully dark, ironic sensibility lurking in the minds of the film's three female screenwriters. Contains sexual content and language.

'Up'

Animated, PG, 98 min.

Pixar's first foray into 3-D animation is a soaring, touching, funny and altogether-buoyant movie that lives up to its title in spirit and in form. Ed Asner provides the voice of Carl Fredricksen, above, a boxily built curmudgeon who decides to fly his house to South America by way of a bunch of balloons. Newcomer Jordan Nagai voices the young scout Russell, who comes along for the ride, to Carl's initial consternation and eventual comfort. Among "Up's" myriad pleasures is watching this inter-generational friendship bloom, at a time when pop culture seems to be dominated by self-absorbed tweens. Adults will appreciate the finer things in "Up," including a sublime prologue portraying the hopes and heartbreaks of Carl's life, a passage worthy of Chaplin in its heartbreaking poignancy. Contains peril and action.

New on DVD

"Love Finds a Home"

(Not rated)

"The Accidental Husband" (PG-13)

"Make the Yuletide Gay" (Not rated)

"A Christmas Proposal" (PG)

"Christmas Angel" (PG)

"The Christmas Clause" (Not rated)

"Wrecked" (Not rated)

"Spread" (R)

"The Merry Gentleman" (R)

"Enlighten Up" (Not rated)

New on Blu-ray

"Monsters, Inc." (G)

"Heat" (R)

"Logan's Run" (PG)

"Godzilla" (PG-13)

"Near Dark" (R)

"Red Heat" (R)

"The Negotiator" (R)

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