Avner (Eric Bana), left, and Ephraim (Geoffrey Rush) deal with the aftermath of the murder of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympics in Steven Spielberg's "Munich." Emma Thompson as the magical Nanny McPhee tends to the "ill" Simon (Thomas Sangster) in "Nanny McPhee."

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The big screen scene: Director Steven Spielberg's Oscar-nominated "Munich" (Universal) focuses on Israeli agents (led by a powerhouse Eric Bana) on a mission of vengeance against Palestinian terrorists suspected of murdering 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics.

Oscar-nominated cinematography is only the beginning in "The New World" (New Line), visionary director Terrence Malick's account of the first encounter between Europeans and American Indians during the 1607 founding of Virginia's Jamestown colony. Colin Farrell, Christian Bale and newcomer Q'orianka Kilcher (as the legendary Pocahontas) lead the cast.

On a decidedly lighter note, "Nanny McPhee" (Universal) serves up a gleefully naughty tale of a fractured family set to rights by the mystical title caretaker (Oscar-winner Emma Thompson, who also scripted). Speaking of nannies, Martin Lawrence assumes the position (and the disguise), going undercover as a supersize nanny in "Big Momma's House 2" (Fox).

Elsewhere on the comedy front, "Rumor Has It" (Warner) casts Jennifer Aniston as a reluctant bride-to-be who discovers that her family history inspired "The Graduate." Shirley MacLaine, Kevin Costner and Mark Ruffalo co-star. And "Grandma's Boy" (Fox) focuses on a desperate video game tester (Allen Covert) who moves in with a trio of hot babes: his grandmother (Doris Roberts) and her 80-something roommates (Shirley Jones, Shirley Knight).

Rounding out the recent-release lineup: "The Work and the Glory: American Zion" (Paramount), the second chapter of an epic trilogy depicting the early years of the Mormon Church, which follows a fictional 19th-century family caught up in the persecution that prompted the Latter-day Saints' move west.

Critic's choice: Foreign films new and old lead the way, starting with Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu's 1949 classic "Late Spring" (Criterion), about a widowed professor trying to convince his devoted daughter to leave home. Nobel laureate Imre Kertesz's novel about Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust, meanwhile, inspires 2005's "Fateless" (Velocity/Thinkfilm.

Back on these shores, the fact-based "Proud" (Lionsgate), the late Ossie Davis' final film, salutes the only black crew to take a Navy ship into World War II combat.

"If Only" (Sony) focuses on the star-crossed romance between an aspiring singer (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and a British businessman (Paul Nichols), while a 14-year-old misfit (Emile Hirsch) struggles to overcome his mother's death in "The Mudge Boy" (Strand). And three teens make all the wrong choices in the film festival award-winner "On the Outs" (Polychrome).

Kidvid corner: Old favorites turn up in "The Barbie Diaries" (Lionsgate), featuring a computer-generated Barbie and pals, and "Blue's Clues: Blue's Jobs" (Paramount). And -- hokey smoke! -- everyone's favorite moose and squirrel return in "The Best of Rocky & Bullwinkle" (Classic Media), accompanied by their favorite no-goodniks in "The Best of Boris & Natasha" (also from Classic Media).

TV transfers: One of TV's all-time classic sitcoms celebrates its 50th anniversary: "The Phil Silvers Show" (Paramount), better known to one and all as the adventures of con man extraordinaire "Sgt. Bilko." Other notable DVD debuts include "The Facts of Life: The Complete First and Second Seasons" (Sony) and "Life Goes On: The Complete First Season" (Warner).

Willa Cather's "The Song of the Lark" (PBS), meanwhile, gets a stirring "Masterpiece Theatre" interpretation, as an 1890s farm girl (Alison Elliott) leaves her frontier home for musical stardom. Tony Goldwyn and Oscar-winner Maximilian Schell co-star. Another Oscar-winner, Diane Keaton, headlines "Surrender Dorothy" (Sony), playing a grieving mother trying to deal with her daughter's accidental death.

Also hitting DVD: "The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Sixth Season" (Paramount), "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist: Season 1" (Paramount), "Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Sixth Season" (HBO), "The Golden Girls: The Complete Fifth Season" (Buena Vista), "The Judy Garland Show, Vol. 11" (Geneon), "Rescue Me: The Complete Second Season" (Sony), "Scrubs: The Complete Third Season" (Touchstone), "That '70s Show: Season 4" (Fox) and "The West Wing: The Complete Sixth Season" (Warner).