New on DVD: ‘Chipmunks’ a good film to watch with kids

Capsule reviews of the this week’s video releases, on DVD and Blu-ray, including special features:

• “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” (PG, 92 minutes, Fox): Fourth installment in the franchise about a man (Jason Lee) who is raising three chipmunks like sons. “Grown-ups may impatiently tap their feet and roll their eyes at the rote storytelling, but it’s not the worst way to spend an afternoon with the kids,” wrote The Washington Post’s Caitlin Moore. Contains mild scatological humor and some rude language. Extras include “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Story So Far,” “Ultimate Playlist” of Chipmunks top hits from all three movies (including a Music Machine of 11 songs, three music videos and five lyric videos). Blu-ray adds “WETA and the Chipmunks: Animators’ Reference Reel,” “Munk Rock,” “RedFoo Squeaky Wiggle Dance Instructional,” “After the Party: A Munkumentary.”

• “The Big Short” (R, 130 minutes, Paramount): Adam McKay’s quirky portrait of the run-up to the 2008 financial collapse, adapted from Michael Lewis’s book of the same name. Won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Contains pervasive profanity and some nudity and sexuality. Blu-ray extras include “In the Trenches: Casting,” “The Big Leap: Adam McKay,” “Unlikely Heroes: The Characters of The Big Short,” “The House of Cards: The Rise of the Fall,” “Getting Real: Recreating an Era,” deleted scenes.

• “Brooklyn” (PG-13, 151 minutes, Fox): Saoirse Ronan stars in this adaptation of Colm T?ib?n’s novel about a young Irish woman immigrating to the United States in the early 1950s. Nominated for Academy Awards for Best Motion Picture, Best Actress and Best Writing: Adapted Screenplay. Contains a scene of sexuality and brief strong language. Extras include six promotional featurettes: “The Story,” “Home,” “Love,” “Cast,” “The Making of Brooklyn” and “Book to Screen”; commentary by director John Crowley; photo gallery. Blu-ray adds 11 deleted and extended scenes.

• “Carol” (R, 118 minutes, The Weinstein Co.): Acclaimed lesbian love story based on a 1952 novel by Patricia Highsmith and directed by Todd Haynes. As the star-crossed, clandestine lovers, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara received Oscar nominations. Contains a scene of nudity and sexuality, and brief profanity.

• “Sisters” (R, 118 minutes, Universal): Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are cast against type in this raunchy comedy about irresponsible (Fey) and responsible (Poehler) siblings. Contains crude sexual content, pervasive profanity and drug use. Extras include deleted scenes, extended scenes, gag reel, “The Improvorama,” commentary with director Jason Moore, star-producer Tina Fey, star-executive producer Amy Poehler and writer Paula Pell. Blu-ray adds “How to Throw a Party,” “Grown-Up Parties Suck,” “The Alex Chronicles,” “The Kate and Pazuzu Chronicles,” “A Teen Movie … for Adults,” “The Original Sister,” “Pool Collapse” visual effects.

Also on DVD

“Addiction Incorporated’ (true story of whistleblower Vincent DeNoble), “Censored Voices” (historical chronicle of Israel’s 1967 six-day war), “The Hatching” (killer crocodile’s eggs hatch), “The Manchurian Candidate” (restored digital transfer of 1962 classic), “Perry Mason Movie Collection: Volume 5,” “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine” (Alex Gibney documentary), “What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy” (two sons of Nazi officers and a Jewish man meet in present-day Europe).

TV on DVD

“CHiPs: The Complete Fourth Season” (five-disc set with all 21 episodes), “Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove: The Final Season” (final chapter of the Hallmark Channel series), “Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season,” “The Nanny: The Final Season” (three-disc set with all 21 episodes plus the hourlong finale).