OVERRATED: The Redbox redirect

You can't blame the DVD rental company for trying to up its profits, but some of its selections seem angled toward camouflaging themselves as bigger (and better) films. <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ENMV0002019" title="Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (movie)" href="/topic/entertainment/movies/abraham-lincoln%3A-vampire-hunter-%28movie%29-ENMV0002019.topic">"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"</a> comes out Friday, but the completely unrelated "Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies" is available now. Like <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ENMV0011891" title="Snow White and the Huntsman (movie)" href="/topic/entertainment/movies/snow-white-the-huntsman-%28movie%29-ENMV0011891.topic">"Snow White and the Huntsman"</a>? Then you'll know it's a long way from "Grimm's <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEFCC000036" title="Snow White (fictional character)" href="/topic/arts-culture/literature/snow-white-%28fictional-character%29-PEFCC000036.topic">Snow White</a>." Be careful out there.

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You can't blame the DVD rental company for trying to up its profits, but some of its selections seem angled toward camouflaging themselves as bigger (and better) films. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" comes out Friday, but the completely unrelated "Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies" is available now. Like "Snow White and the Huntsman"? Then you'll know it's a long way from "Grimm's Snow White." Be careful out there.

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