NEW THIS WEEK: Guitar Hero: Metallica and Slumdog Millionaire

VIDEO GAMES

"Guitar Hero: Metallica" (Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii; genre: music, rated T)
"Burn, Zombie, Burn" (PS3, genre: fantasy, rated M)
"Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust" (Xbox 360 and PC, genre: modern, rated M)
"Don King Boxing" (Wii and DS, genre: boxing, rated T)
"Vacation Sports" (Wii, genre: general, rated E)
"Tokyo Beat Down" (DS, genre: beat-'em-up, rated T)

DVDs

• "Slumdog Millionaire" - The fate of an orphan from the slums of India improves when he wins his country's version of "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire." This is the Academy Award winner for best film. Stars Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla and Rajendranath Zutshi. Rated R (for some violence, disturbing images and profanity).

• "Marley & Me" - A newlywed couple start their family with a misbehaving Labrador pup in this film based on John Grogan's book. Stars Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson. Rated PG (for thematic material, some suggestive content and profanity).

• "Seven Pounds" - Burdened by a fateful secret, an engineer atones for his past by saving the lives of seven strangers. Stars Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson and Michael Ealy. Rated PG-13 (for thematic material, discreet sexuality).

• "The Other End of the Line" - A credit card call-center operator based in India falls for one of her customers and secretly flies to America to meet him. Stars Larry Miller, Anupam Kher and Sara Foster. Rated PG-13 (for some suggestive material).

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

TOP RENTALS

1. "Role Models"
2. "Transporter 3"
3. "Australia"
4. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua"
5. "Body of Lies"
6. "Changeling"
7. "Milk"

TOP SALES

1. "Pinocchio"
2. "Role Models"
3. "Transporter 3"
4. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua"
5. "Australia"
6. "Milk"
7. "High School Musical 3: Senior Year"

MUSIC

• "DEFYING GRAVITY" By Keith Urban

"Defying Gravity" arrives at a time in the country music star's life wholly different from 2006, the year of his studio album "Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing."

Urban sounds decidedly more buoyant on "Defying Gravity." The album's sophisticated arrangements, several of which unfold at over the five-minute mark, also suggest that the Australian native made the best of his extended creative break (which included the release of a greatest-hits compilation in late 2007). Tunes such as "My Heart Is Open" and "If Ever I Could Love" experiment with rhythms and textures, and Urban expresses his joy in ecstatic guitar runs as well as in lyrics.

The best songs illustrate the distinctive talent Urban has for tying high-spirited instrumentation to upbeat statements about the pleasures of love and everyday life.

Michael McCall, The Associated Press

• "QUIET NIGHTS" By Diana Krall

Krall's round, relaxed voice is a nuanced instrument ideally suited for, as this album's title indicates, quiet nights. Indeed, the singer is in an even quieter place than usual.

Which is a bit of a shame. There's nothing wrong with Krall's breathy take on Antonio Carlos Jobim with a faithfully bouncy "The Boy From Ipanema" and "Quiet Nights"; the songs glide by with an evenhanded subtlety. But, other than "Este Seu Olhar" from Joao Gilberto, there isn't anything new or unexpected here.

Any seductive kick she could have offered gets lost among the soft-focused string arrangements that shadow the whole album.

Still, Krall is in fine voice throughout, and her delicate piano work gets time to shine, notably on the bossa nova standard "So Nice." While fans looking for a classic, none-too-jarring soundtrack for a romantic evening surely will follow this record happily into their good night, Krall has offered us more than that in the past.

Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times