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Based on the hit Disney television show, HANNAH MONTANA/MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT TOUR 3-D provides dedicated fans an all-access pass to the Best of Both Worlds concert tour. Leaving behind character Miley Stewart, the concert instead splits time between pop phenom Hannah Montana and Cyrus, who assumes the role of Montana’s “ordinary girl” alter ego. Footage of the concert is interspersed with numerous behind-the-scene vignettes. Among these are pre-tour rehearsals–orchestrated by HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL impresario Kenny Ortega–and a touching jam session with father Billy Ray Cyrus. Also included are ecstatic fan testimonials and the film’s most humorous moment, in which fathers race each other in high-heeled shoes for the chance to win concert tickets and backstage passes. Montana/Cyrus is joined on stage by the Jonas Brothers, who whip up the crowd with their own brand of high-energy pop. The film employs most of its 3-D tricks in the opening credits then pulls back the reins to focus on giving viewers the next best thing to actually being at the show. Filled with fist-pumping anthems (”Girls Night Out,” “Nobody’s Perfect,” and the title track), BEST OF BOTH WORLDS remains true to the television show’s dual personality theme: through good times and bad, every girl is her own superstar. For fans and parents alike, it’s a wholesome and empowering message wrapped up in pure infectious fun. (1 hr. 40 min.)

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This drama follows a young man, Peter (Christien Anholt), who is sent into the dangerously intriguing world of fetish and S&M rings in urban England. Sent by moral authorities who are out to break up the glamorous proceedings, Peter finds himself infatuated with a gorgeous sex goddess, Tanya Cheex (Guinevere Turner). Directed by Stuart Urban, PREACHING TO THE PERVERTED is a shockingly controversial work. (1 hr. 40 min.)

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It’s been three years since her family was murdered by a teacher obsessed with her, and Donna (Brittany Snow) is getting ready to go to the prom with her boyfriend, Bobby (Scott Porter). Now living with her aunt and uncle, Donna has just started having nightmares again about the tragedy, especially the part where she was hiding under the bed as she watched the teacher, Richard Fenton (Johnathon Schaech), kill her mother. On prom night, Detective Winn (Idris Elba), who handled the original case, is suddenly told that three days ago Fenton had broken out of the psychiatric hospital where he was imprisoned, and is now missing. With a strong suspicion that Fenton will be heading after Donna to fulfill what he believes is his destiny–to be with her–Winn and Detective Nash (James Ransone) go to the prom, which is being held in a lavish hotel, to keep their eyes on Donna and to watch out for Fenton. But Fenton is a crafty villain, already on another murderous rampage as he makes his way toward Donna, who he believes belongs to him and only him. Nelson McCormick’s remake of the 1980 thriller PROM NIGHT, which starred scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis, has been completely reimagined by screenwriter J. S. Cardone. Instead of focusing on the body count and grisly methods of murder, McCormick–who has directed episodes of such hit television shows as E.R., COLD CASE, and HOUSE–delves more into the mind of the characters, especially Donna, Fenton, and Winn. The creepy mood is enhanced by cinematographer Checco Varese’s shadowy photography and Paul Haslinger’s eerie score. Dana Davis gives an excellent supporting performance as Donna’s friend Lisa, who is determined to be named prom queen over snobby rich girl Crissy Lynn (Brianne Davis). (1 hr. 28 min.)

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Based on the best-selling books by illustrator Martin Baynton, animated series JANE AND THE DRAGON follows the adventures of a feisty medieval girl who dreams of becoming a knight. This collection includes the first five episodes of the children’s show, each one lushly rendered by the artists at Peter Jackson’s WETA Workshop, the creative wizards behind the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.

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The serial killer that terrorized a small town rises from the dead in this gore-laden horror flick. With his trusty axe in tow, and vengeance on his mind, he’s ready to settle the score with bloodshed. If the townsfolk killed him once, can they do it again?

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