This Week's Releases: 'Transformers 2,' 'Cheri'

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox; directed by Michael Bay)--Critic-proof sequel is the highest-grossing film of the year ($402 million domestically). Our reviewer says: "Think of Transformers I on crack." (Available on two-disc, single-disc, and Blu-ray)

Cheri (Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend; directed by Stephen Frears)--Pfeiffer stars as a Parisian courtesan who has an affair with a man half her age. Our reviewer says: "A comparatively somber affair that comes recommended more for fans of the actress, who gives the role her all, than for fans of the filmmaker, whose direction feels perfunctory, particularly during the blink-and-you'll-miss-it epilogue."

Also out this week: Blood: The Last Vampire (DVD and Blu-ray); Peanuts 1970's Collection, Vol. 1; The L Word: Final Season; Hawaii Five-0: The Seventh Season; Numb3rs: The Complete Fifth Season

--Ellen

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directed by Stephen Frears)--Pfeiffer stars as a Parisian courtesan who has an affair with a man half her age. Our reviewer says: "A comparatively somber affair that comes recommended more for fans of the actress, who gives the role her all, than for fans of the filmmaker, whose direction feels perfunctory, particularly during the blink-and-you'll-miss-it epilogue."