This week, we start with a blue-eyed icon:

The Paul Newman Tribute Collection More than anyone, Paul Newman combined the good looks and glamour of a movie star with the honed skills of an accomplished actor. Twentieth Century Fox and MGM Home Entertainment have now packaged 13 of his films on 17 discs, along with ample individual bonus materials. The set comes with a 136-page book highlighting Newman on-set and off. The collection covers the breadth of his career, including innocuous comedies (What a Way to Go! and Rally ’Round the Flag, Boys!), popular fare (two-disc special collector’s editions of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Towering Inferno), three collaborations with director Martin Ritt (Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man, Hombre and The Long, Hot Summer), and two rarely seen collaborations with director Robert Altman (Quintet and Buffalo Bill and the Indians). Also included are two-disc special collector’s editions of two of his best performances from both early and late in his career (The Hustler and The Verdict). The other two films in the collection showcase an appearance with his wife, Joanne Woodward, in From the Terrace and his acclaimed performance in Exodus.

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Actor Paul Newman stars in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

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More Newman releases surely will be forthcoming, but this collection marks a notable introduction and examination of his distinguished and varied career.

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Away We Go (***) Sam Mendes directed this introspective road-trip comedy starring John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph as a married couple expecting their first child. They hit the road to decide where they want to settle down and raise their child. Along the way, they discover friends and family who are flakes (Maggie Gyllenhaal), crass and superficial (Allison Janney), or unreliable (Jeff Daniels and Catherine O’Hara). With a witty and incisive script from novelists Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida.

Rated R, 98 minutes.

The DVD, also on Blu-ray, offers commentary from Mendes, Eggers and Vida, a 16-minute “making of” featurette, and a seven-minute featurette on environmentally friendly filmmaking.

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Camille (***) In this odd romantic comedy, the lead female, Camille (Sienna Miller), has a tragic flaw — she is dead and won’t admit it. A parolee, Silas (James Franco), marries chatterbox Camille, but on their honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls, they have a traffic accident and she breaks her neck. But she pops back up, babbling away, while her physical disintegration begins. The police (Scott Glenn and Ed Lauter) think Silas, now a fugitive, killed her, so they chase the pair across the country to the falls. Of course, love conquers all — even death.

Rated PG-13, 94 minutes.

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White Night Wedding (**1/2) On the remote Icelandic island of Flatey, a middle-aged professor prepares to marry a much younger student. But he owes her parents money, and the mother hates him. Plus, friends and family all think it’s a bad idea, mainly because his former wife committed suicide less than a year before. Bleak mix of comedy and pathos.

Not rated, 94 minutes.

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Inside Planet Earth (***) Patrick Stewart narrates this exhaustive Discovery Channel examination of the earth’s subsurface. Fascinating and informative.

Not rated, 180 minutes.

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And for youngsters this week:

Jonas Rockin’ the House: Vol. 1 Five episodes of the Jonas Brothers’ Disney series are assembled here, highlighting the brothers at home, with friend Stella Malone and obsessive fan Macy.

Rated TV-G, 113 minutes.

The DVD includes two bonus, previously unseen episodes.

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Wizards on Deck With Hannah Montana Disney brings together the stars of several of its favorite series in this star-studded adventure. Justin (David Henrie, of Wizards of Waverly Place) wins a trip to Hawaii, and he’s joined on board the SS Tipton by London (Brenda Song, of The Suite Life with Zack and Cody), Bailey (Debby Ryan, of The Suite Life on Deck), and Cody and Zack (Cole and Dylan Sprouse, respectively, of The Suite Life with Zack and Cody). Superstar Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) joins the fun.

Rated TV-G, 68 minutes.

The DVD includes bloopers, interviews and a featurette on Justin’s trip-winning essay.

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Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins This feature-length mix of live action and CGI shows how the Great Dane detective and his team of crime-fighters first came together. Robbie Amell plays Fred, and Kate Melton and Hayley Kiyoko appear as Daphne and Velma, with Nick Palatas as Shaggy.

Rated PG, 82 minutes.

The DVD, also on Blu-ray, includes outtakes, “behind-the-scenes” featurettes on the cast, a personality quiz, a music video and a factoid track on the characters.

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Several TV series also arrive this week:

Cagney and Lacey: The Menopause Years Cagney and Lacey (Tyne Daley and Sharon Gless) aired from 1982 to ’89, winning 14 Emmys during its run. In 1994, the female detectives returned for a feature film, then added three more in the next few years. Those four films have now been assembled into one package: The Return, The View Through the Glass Ceiling, True Convictions and Together Again.

Not rated, and the four films run about 95 minutes each.

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Wreckreation Nation: Season One Comedian Dave Mordal stars in this Discovery Channel series of 13 episodes on three discs. He tours the country in search of risk-taking individuals.

Not rated, 572 minutes.

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Castle — The Complete First Season Nathan Fillion appears as Richard Castle in this series about a New York City novelist who tries his hand at solving real-life crime dramas, often with detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic).

Rated TV-PG, 430 minutes. The three discs contain 10 episodes.

The collection also includes commentaries, bloopers, outtakes and three featurettes.

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Crash — Season One Four discs deliver the first 13 episodes of this series based on Paul Haggis’ Academy Award winner for Best Picture. A revolving cast (Dennis Hopper, Ross McCall, Arlene Tur, Clare Carey, among others) examines race relations in Los Angeles.

Rated TV-MA, 634 minutes.

The series collection, also on Blu-ray, includes a “behind-the-scenes” segment, an alternate ending for episode 13, and character biographies.

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Also this week: Billy Jack (Blu-ray), Monsters vs. Aliens, The Universe: Seasons One through Three (Blu-ray).

DR. BOO ALLEN is an award-winning film critic for the Denton Record-Chronicle.