Downton Abbey Season 2
(PBS, $45)
This “immensely pleasurable costume drama” about an aristocratic British household has deservedly won a devoted U.S. following, said the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Season 2 is set during World War I, and PBS is airing the season’s final episode just as this three-disc set arrives.
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Take Shelter
(Sony, $31)
A “wrenching” Michael Shannon helped make this unusual thriller one of the best films of 2011, said The Washington Post. With dark clouds gathering, Shannon’s everyman father obsessively builds a storm shelter after experiencing apocalyptic visions that may or may not be real.
The Jazz Singer
(Inception Media Group, $15)
Jerry Lewis displays a serious side in this intriguing 1959 TV remake of the Al Jolson classic, said the Newark, N.J., Star-Ledger. Shot in video, the movie looks awful here, but Lewis conveys both vulnerability and his “trademark wackiness” while playing a cantor’s son who chooses a life on stage.
