Well, Inkheart may not be rotten to the core, but it's impossible to overestimate the over-ripeness of its special effects…

Let me also mention a couple of important new DVD releases. "Masterpiece" is not a word you want to cheapen by overuse. Still it's the only right word for The Earrings of Madame De… Carol Reed's Our Man in Havana, a droll comedy turned subversive adventure, will be available February 3 for the first time on DVD. The genre it subverts is the international spy thriller…