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Video View “THE WOLF OF WALL STREET’’: Leonardo DiCaprio and director Martin Scorsese earned much praise - and a public rebuke from the daughter of one of the real-life subject’s financial victims - in their fifth screen teaming, a lengthy and colorfully edgy portrait of Jordan Belfort, a financial wizard who satisfied his many vices to excess while convincing others to put their monetary faith in him. Jonah Hill is excellent as Belfort’s principal partner in scheming; Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Margot Robbie, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin (“The Artist’’) and Cristin Milioti (“How I Met Your Mother’’) also are featured. *** (R: AS, N, P, V) “DELIVERY MAN’’: The title works two ways for Vince Vaughn’s character in this moderately entertaining seriocomic tale of an ex-sperm donor, many of whose progeny want to know who their father is. He has quite a few of them, too ... more than 500, making him panicked when about one-third of them take legal steps to determine his identity. Eventually, though, the fact he’s having a child with his girlfriend (Cobie Smulders, “How I Met Your Mother’’) prompts him to look into the lives of some of those he already has sired. Chris Pratt (“Parks and Recreation’’) and Britt Robertson (“Life Unexpected’’) also appear in the film, a remake by director Ken Scott of his own movie “Starbuck.’’ DVD extras: deleted scene; outtakes. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) KIRBY • EUREKA • HOOVER • RAINBOW FREMONT VACUUM We Repair All Makes & Models SPRING CLEANING SPECIAL $24.95 Vacuum Tune-Up “All Makes” Replace belts, check electrical, clean & tub agitator, check bearing, replace paper bag Not valid with other offers. Expires 5/31/14 419-332-2747 1472 E. State St., Fremont, OH Hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 10am-4pm TRI-STAR • FILTER QUEEN • ROYAL April 2014 ELETROLUX • TRI-STAR • FILTER QUEEN • ROYAL ELECTROLUX • KIRBY • EUREKA • HOOVER • RAINBOW “WALKING WITH DINOSAURS’’: Though the title is a brand name thanks to the long-popular BBC-made documentary series, this family-friendly film goes its own way, putting a story to its visuals of computer-generated creatures set against real backdrops. Justin Long voices a young dinosaur who struggles to make By Jay Bobbin Kiss-Me-Over-The-Garden-Gate By Grace Sidell his way through an often harsh prehistoric world, with a bird (voiced by John Leguizamo) as his principal companion. The picture still strives to be educational by identifying the species of different characters, which interrupts the narrative flow though it’s well-intentioned. Karl Urban (“Star Trek’’) is featured in liveaction sequences. *** (PG: AS) “ODD THOMAS’’: A Dean Koontz suspense novel is the source of this melodrama with Anton Yelchin (“Star Trek’’) as the title character, a short-order cook who has the “Sixth Sense’’ gift - or curse, depending on your view - of being able to see dead people. They’re a malevolent bunch with sinister intentions, so he enlists his girlfriend (Addison Timlin, “Zero Hour’’) and the local sheriff (Willem Dafoe) to help him save their town. Patton Oswalt and 50 Cent also appear for director-screenwriter Stephen Sommers (“The Mummy’’). ** (Not rated: AS, P, V) “