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December movies
James Cameron’s spectacle “Avatar” hits theaters, along with George Clooney, who is “Up in the Air,” and Robert Downey Jr. as “Sherlock Holmes.”

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TV on DVD:

“Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show” — Fans who want every episode of Garry Shandling’s 1990s series spoofing late-night talk shows apparently will be disappointed. After season one came out in its entirety, fans will have to make do with this best-of compilation of 23 episodes on four discs drawn from all six seasons. DVD set, $49.95. (Sony)

“Larry King Live: The Greatest Interviews” — A three-disc set rounds up some of the talk-show host’s biggest on-air encounters, with such names as Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis, Oprah Winfrey, Marlon Brando and Christopher Reeve. The set also has King’s chats with the last seven U.S. presidents. DVD set, $34.98. (Warner Bros.)

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“George Lopez: The Complete 1st & 2nd Seasons” — The comic star plays a factory-line worker adjusting to management life when he’s promoted to a white-collar gig. The sit-com’s first 28 episodes are packed on a four-disc set. DVD set, $39.98. (Warner Bros.)

“Happy Days,” “Laverne & Shirley,” “Mork & Mindy” — The second seasons of Ron Howard and Henry Winkler’s “Happy Days” and its spinoffs “Laverne & Shirley,” with Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams,” “Mork & Mindy,” with Robin Williams, arrive in a threesome of four-disc sets. DVD sets, $42.99 each. (Paramount)

“Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Sixth Season” — Angela Lansbury returns as the mystery writer who solves real crimes in her spare time. A five-disc set has all 22 episodes from year six. DVD set, $49.98. (Universal)

Other new releases:

“The History Boys” — The adaptation of the stage hit centers on a group of British school boys angling for admission to Oxford and Cambridge, with the youths caught in a tug-of-war among their teachers over the best means to prepare them. Director Nicholas Hytner and playwright Alan Bennett offer commentary. DVD, $27.98. (20th Century Fox) Read the review

“Thieves Like Us” — Robert Altman’s tale of Depression-era outlaws starring Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall leads a rush of 1970s and ’80s films from the MGM vaults. Also making their DVD debuts are “True Confessions,” with Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall; “Pulp,” starring Michael Caine; and the prep-school comic drama “The Chocolate War.” DVDs, $14.98 each. (MGM)

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