Generations ago, Colombian refugee Alma Madrigal (voiced by Mar~a Cecilia Botero) established a mystical homestead that brought prosperity to her village-and bestowed incredible abilities upon her progeny. Now, both house and clan find their magic touch fading, and it falls to level-headed Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz)-the one Madrigal the blessing skipped-to find out why. Disney hit buoyed by songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda co-stars the voices of John Leguizamo, Wilmer Valderrama, Dianne Guerrero. 109 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English. Two-disc set.

In a fantasy realm that evolved into a contemporary suburbia, teen elf brothers Barley and Ian Lightfoot (voiced by Chris Pratt, Tom Holland) got a stunning gift from their mom (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) when Ian turned 16 an heirloom spell that would return their late father to life for one day. The novice conjurers, though, only brought him back from the waist down-and their road trip for a mystic fix propels this funny and poignant Pixar opus. With the voices of Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez, Ali Wong. 102 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English. Two-disc set.

It's dogs galore in the Cuba Gooding Jr. Disney vehicle Snow Dogs. Disney's work on this 1.33:1 full-frame version of Snow Dogs is less than stellar and disappointing at best. While the colors and black levels are all well-saturated and very even, the fact that the original widescreen version has been cropped should makes fans of the film mad as a pack of wild arctic wolves. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround in English and French, as well as DTS 5.1 Surround in English. Featuring an aggressive array of sounds and effects, both the DTS and Dolby 5.1 soundtracks are bombastic and very full. Also included on this disc are subtitles in English. The special features on Snow Dogs should please those looking for a bit of insight into the making of the film. A commentary by director Brian Levant and producer Jordan Kerner is both entertaining and enlightening. Three featurettes ("Going to the Dogs," "Chillin' With the Actors," and "Tolketna on Ice") include a bevy of information on the film's production, plus interviews by some of the cast and crew, behind-the-scenes footage, and a look at how some of the effects in the film were achieved (animatronic dogs). Finally there are a few deleted/extended scenes that don't add up to very much, a mildly fun set-top game called "Ted's Arctic Challenge," and a plethora of trailers for other Disney movies.