"Alexander" Director's Cut

Tagline: "Fortune favors the bold."

Length: 167 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for violence and some sexuality/nudity

Oliver Stone's biopic about Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) stars Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie. Farrell plays Alexander, and Jolie portrays Alexander's mother. The movie shows Alexander and his army in a series of battles as they carry out the greatest conquest of ancient times. Alexander is attracted to Hephaistion (Jared Leto), and he weds Roxane (Rosario Dawson) to try to sire an heir. Philip II, Alexander's father, is played by Val Kilmer, and the story is told by Ptolemy (Anthony Hopkins).

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Director's Commentary by Oliver Stone
• Two-Disc Set

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"Downfall"

Tagline: "April 1945, a nation awaits its..."

Length: 156 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, disturbing images and some nudity

This German-language drama chronicles the final days of Hitler, so it takes place mostly in a Berlin bunker. Among those with Hitler in his claustrophobic quarters are his mistress Eva Braun, Joseph and Magda Goebbels and their six children, and a secretary named Traudl Junge. Bruno Ganz ("Wings of Desire") plays Der Führer, and Hitler is somewhat more humanized than we are accustomed to seeing, although to many that makes him all the more horrifying.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Director's Commentary
• Interviews With Cast Members

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"Guess Who"

Tagline: "Some in-laws were made to be broken."

Length: 106 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sex-related humor

Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher star in this comedy, a remake of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967). In the earlier film, a white woman brought her black fiancé (Sidney Poitier) home to meet her parents (Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn). In the remake, an African-American woman (Zoë Saldaña) brings her white fiancé (Kutcher) home to meet her parents (Mac and Judith Scott). The story centers mainly around the father and the fiancé coming to terms with each other.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Commentary by Director Kevin Rodney Sullivan
• Deleted Scenes

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