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Sidekick’s got the schtick in ‘Hornet’

Seth Rogen and Jay Chou star in “The Green Hornet.”
Philadelphia Inquirer

Available this week on DVD:

“The Green Hornet”: Seth Rogen co-wrote and co-stars in this superhero spoof that aims for irreverence and settles for irrelevance. Director Michel Gondry fails to put his surrealist stamp on the material. Only Jay Chou, as the Hornet’s sidekick who is really his superior, emerges with any personality. (1:48; PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content) • 1/2

“The Dilemma”: Vince Vaughn and Kevin James are best buds, Jennifer Connelly and Winona Ryder the respective girlfriend and wife, in this Ron Howard-directed infidelity comedy distinguished by its resounding unfunnyness and emotional dishonesty. (1:58; PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving sexual content) • 1/2

“From Prada to Nada”: Two spoiled Latina sisters, left penniless after their father’s sudden death, are forced to move in with their estranged aunt. (1:47; PG-13 for brief drug use and a sexual situation)