Easy Virtue
(Sony, $28.96)
Starring Jessica Biel and Colin Firth, this Noël Coward adaptation is a “whimsical period comedy,” said USA Today. The tale of a free-spirited woman and her aristocratic in-laws gets a fine treatment from the cast, which makes the most of Coward’s “cheeky dialogue” and dry wit.
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Valentino: The Last Emperor
(Phase 4 Films, $29.99)
Director Matt Tyrnauer brings a “truly human element” to the world of couture, said The Miami Herald. Fashion designer Valentino Garavani bristles with “passion and stubbornness,” leading a life “tinged with decadence,” even as his influence in his fickle industry wanes.
Wagon Master
(Warner Brothers, $19.98)
Though it featured a largely unknown cast, John Ford’s 1950 Western was packed with “some of the best cross-country chases” of the era, said Variety. Two horse traders help a Mormon wagon train cross the rugged Utah Territory, thwarting a gang of thieves along the way.
