The Sword in the Stone
(Disney, $29.99)
Disney’s classic adaptation of T.H. White’s novel celebrates its 45th anniversary this year, said the Macon, Ga., Telegraph. This DVD includes not just the adventures of young King Arthur after he “innocently pulls a fabled sword from an enormous rock” but also an all-new Merlin’s Magical Academy game for the kids.
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John Adams
(HBO, $59.99)
John Adams is a “must for history buffs,” said the Chicago Tribune. Adapted from David McCullough’s biography of “our persnickety second president,” the seven-part miniseries explores the roots of the American Revolution with depictions of the Boston Massacre and Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia that make you feel as if you are there.
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
(IFC, $20.29)
This “riveting Romanian” film guides us fearlessly into murky moral territory, said the Grand Rapids, Mich., Press. Director Cristian Mungiu’s remarkable story follows two friends forced to schedule an illegal abortion in communist Bucharest, but his “cold, observational tone and brutal realism” ensures it never seems like a political statement.
