New on DVD: 'Dinner for Schmucks,' 'Case 39'

Though we’re assuming roads will be cleared a little more quickly this time around, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll be staying indoors over the next couple of days. Which works out well, since there aren’t any new movies worth braving the snow for, anyway.

Truth be told, most of this week’s DVD releases work better on the small screen—if only because few of them were really worth the $20 a night out would have cost you. That’s certainly the case for Renee Zellweger and Bradley Coopers thriller “Case 39” (R, $29.98), which snuck in and out of theaters last fall as quietly as possible. Still, they fared better than Val Kilmer and 50 Cent, whose crime drama “Gun” (R, $29.97) never even opened.

The screwball inanities of the Steve Carell comedy “Dinner for Schmucks” (PG-13, $29.98) are better appreciated when you can rewind the funniest bits, and the same could be said for the mysteries of “Catfish” (PG-13, $29.98), an indie documentary that has been accused of plotting its own shocking revelations. Meanwhile, surely there are those who would be happy to watch James Franco and Jon Hamm over and over, in the Beat biopic “Howl” (R, $29.98).

For no-frills thrills, we’ve got “The Last Exorcism” (PG-13, $29.95) a quickie horror flick that stars no one you know. But if you’re looking for gore, a better choice might be Robert Rodriguezs exploitation satire “Machete” (R, $29.98), which spun out of a fake trailer that screened in 2007’s “Grindhouse.” Danny Trejo stars as a violent vigilante, but you’ll find everyone from Robert De Niro to Lindsay Lohanas a gun-toting nun—inside this pulp fiction.

For additional drama, turn to the tv: “Big Love: The Complete Fourth Season” (NR, $59.99) has plenty to spare. We, however, will be staying warm with “The Ricky Gervais Show” (NR, $29.98) and his eternally-amusing discussions with the deliriously daffy Karl Pilkington.