The Tourist : DVD released on 3/22/2011

Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie use their star power to help propel The Tourist to its ultimate, satisfying destination. It just takes a little while to get there. Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others) sets a leisurely pace for The Tourist, which lets the film be equal parts mystery, romance, thriller, and comedy. But because of its lush cinematography and location-based shooting, The Tourist is perhaps first and foremost a valentine to the city of Venice. Jolie plays Elise, an international woman of mystery, somehow caught up with a glamorous thief who's double-crossed a gangster, Shaw (Steven Berkoff, splendidly menacing). On a train from Paris to Venice, Elise meets Frank (Depp), a schlumpy math teacher from Wisconsin on holiday. Before the train hits Venice, poor Frank has become entangled in a dangerous web that he can't begin to understand. As the plot unfolds, a group of stone-headed thugs dashes after Frank and Elise, darting through canals, across tile rooftops, and into some of the most beautiful hotel rooms in the world. The cinematography of John Seale and the score by James Newton Howard set an immersive tone. Depp and Jolie do a respectable job with their roles, though perhaps because of the mysteries in the plot, as a couple, Elise and Frank lack a certain oomph. But the supporting actors, including Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton, and Rufus Sewell, are uniformly excellent, and the story (based on the French film Anthony Zimmer) wraps up nicely. Yet the true star of The Tourist is enchanting Venice--and anyone dreaming of a romantic getaway will not want to miss this trip.

• Actors: Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie
• Directors: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Columbia Pictures
• DVD Release Date: March 22, 2011
• Run Time: 103 minutes

Once an Eagle : DVD released on August 31, 2010

Once An Eagle is the epic story of America in 20th Century, told by the lives of two soldiers, spanning the tumultuous years from WWI to the Vietnam war. Based on the best-selling novel by Anton Myrer, Once An Eagle is one of the most acclaimed mini-series of all time, Sam Elliott takes on the role of Sam Damon, a courageous and compassionate man who finds his caling leading his men in war and in peacetime. Cliff Potts, on the other hand, plays Courtney Massengale, a ruthless achiever who will let nothing stand in his way to the top. The eve of America's entry into WWI finds the men friends, but as events unfold, the vast difference in their personalities leads to a face-off in a life and death struggle of good versus evil.

• Actors: Sam Elliott, Glenn Ford, Amy Irving, Cliff Potts, James Cromwell
• Directors: Richard Michaels;E. W. Swackhamer
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Timeless Media Group
• DVD Release Date: August 31, 2010
• Run Time: 520 minutes

Robinhood : DVD released on September 21, 2010

Ridley Scott's Robin Hood actor is decidedly earthier and more adult than most raging in Sherwood Forest. The presence of the over-40 Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett harness the business, loans with a dose of worldliness, a project that can about the origins of the famous character who was obviously in this incarnation will be a late bloomer. Robin Longstride (that bore his name before he started a hood) just returned from a 10-year trip back in the Crusades, when he loses his king (Danny Huston as Richard the Lionheart) and his job. Back in England, Robin folds neatly into a family of Nottingham, where a grieving widow named Marion (Blanchett) and her father-in-law take care of (Max von Sydow) is hardly that he did not much like their own deceased warrior. But the funny men and their famous sideline will have to wait with the exception of a somewhat rob from the rich (ie, give the greedy government of King John) and the poor, this film is more with creating a portrait of the royal intrigue involved, in the creation of Robin Hood than in detailing the exuberance of Nottingham outlaws went. And that's not a bad thing, for though Robin Hood lack the mechanical action beats, differ most films of its size, it creates outlines a compelling story about his political chess game (by screenwriter Brian Helgeland and apparently a few others). Crowe is in reliable crusty-tender form and Blanchett charge more than her sketchy character probably deserves, but the film has a large cast of tough, fun Starring: Mark Strong (Kick-Ass) is mandatory as the villain the treacherous friend of John King (brushing Oscar Isaac), William Hurt as a brave and wise king's power brokers, Eileen Atkins is a deliberate royal mother, and Matthew Macfadyen is a Sheriff of Nottingham, is no longer the center of infamy - if not less for his inability hissable (and a likely candidate to end the film for the No. 1 villain in the sequel). In short, not a gladiator re-do for Scott and Crowe, but a civilized history of tyrants and rebels, staged in a pleasantly old-fashioned way.

• Actors: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett
• Directors: Ridley Scott
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Universal Pictures
• DVD Release Date: September 21, 2010
• Run Time: 140 minutes

Special Features

Disc 2

Digital Copy of Robin Hood Director's Cut (expires 09/30/2011)

Deleted Scenes with Introduction & Commentary by Editor Pietro Scalia

Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood

The Art of Nottingham

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