Grade • D+ DVD • Mix up some “Harry Potter†spell-casting with some “Twilight†romantic complications and “Percy Jacksonâ€-level mythologizing, and you get the derivative “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.†Adapted from the first of author Cassandra Clare’s five-book series, it follows Clary Fray (Lily Collins), who learns that she comes from a magical lineage — as she enters the realm of …
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DVD review: ‘Mortal Instruments’ copies better magical tales