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DVD previews: '22 Jump Street,' 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'

Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Nov. 18:

"22 Jump Street" (R, 105 minutes, Sony): In the annals of cheap-laugh movies, this follow-up to "21 Jump Street" approaches heights of sublime shamelessness. Reprising his deputy police chief role, Nick Offerman again informs star undercover officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) of their new case, having to do with a campus drug ring. As in the first movie, "22 Jump Street" features a hilarious drug trip, some delish cameos and a steady stream of double-entendres. Contains language, sexual situations, drug use, brief nudity and violence. Extras include commentary, five deleted and extended scenes and featurettes. Also on Blu-ray: 17 additional deleted and extended scenes, featurettes and a "Dramatic Interpretation" version of the film with all jokes removed, a montage of deleted jokes, four more "Line-O-Ramas" and two videos.

"Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" (R, 102 minutes, Anchor Bay): Director Robert Rodriguez first brought "Sin City" to the screen nine years ago, and here he has turned more of Frank Miller's brutally violent graphic novel stories into a stylishly constructed neo-noir nightmare. Both "Sin City" films are for those who can handle copious amounts of eye-gouging, dismemberment and decapitation. In this one, however, Dwight, the private eye with a moral code, is played by Josh Brolin, taking over for Clive Owen. "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" is almost entirely in black and white, with the exception of periodic pops of color. Most of the action was shot against a green screen, so the finished product is a slick hybrid of live action and animation. Contains violence, sexual situations, nudity and drug use. Extras include a high-speed, all green-screen version and featurettes.

"If I Stay" (PG-13, 106 minutes, Fox): Adapted by R.J. Cutler from Gayle Forman's novel, "If I Stay" is about a young couple grappling with first love and looming mortality. As in "The Fault in Our Stars," this story is told from the point of view of an exceptionally self-aware young woman (Chloe Grace Moretz) staring down impending death. Here, she's anxiously watching over herself as she lies in a coma, trying to decide whether life is still worth living. Contains thematic elements, sexual situations and language. Extras include commentary, "Never Coming Down" music video and deleted scenes. Also on Blu-ray: music montage and three-part "Beyond the Page" featurette with interviews.

"And So It Goes" (PG-13, 94 minutes, Fox): Directed by Rob Reiner, the late-in-life romantic comedy, starring Michael Douglas as a curmudgeonly real estate agent and Diane Keaton as the sweet lounge singer who wins his heart, is bland and not particularly memorable. Contains language, sexual situations and drug elements.

Also: "The Wind Rises," "Into the Storm," "Reclaim," "Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory," "Astral City" (2010, Brazil), "When Comedy Went to School," "Freeload," "Isis Rising: Curse of the Lady Mummy," "Legends of the Knight," "Not Another Celebrity Movie," "Oh Christmas Tree," "JFK: The Private President," "It Happened One Night" (1934), "As the Light Goes Out" (Hong Kong), "Housebound," "The Three Dogateers," "Northpole," "Ragnarock" (Norway) and "The Thing on the Doorstep."

Television series: "Women of the Bible" (seven History Channel documentaries), "Penance" (five-part Japanese miniseries), "Wolfblood Season 2," "Power Rangers Megaforce: Robo Knight Before Christmas" and "How to Look at a Painting."

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