"Casino Royale"

Rated:

Daniel Craig becomes the sixth man to star as 007 in the James Bond franchise and brings an air of raw menace to the role in this prequel that lays bare some dark secrets of the British super spy's past. Craig plays Bond on his first 007 mission, when he was an able, eager yet somewhat brutish young pup of an operative who gets a lesson in class and restraint from a beautiful ally (Eva Green) in this modernized adaptation of the first of Ian Fleming's Bond novels.

* Documentary

* Featurettes on stunts, Bond women

"The Holiday"

Rated:

This smarter-than-average Christmas story features a great cast led by Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black. Writer-director Nancy Meyers ("Something's Gotta Give," "What Women Want") spins the tale of two women on opposite sides of the globe who have been burned by men.

* Featurette

* Director commentary

"Shortbus"

Rated:

John Cameron Mitchell, the creator and star of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," offers a deliriously explicit look at eros and relationships with this film about gay and straight lovers that features real sex by the actors. The cast of generally unknown actors play New Yorkers with sexual hang-ups, intimacy issues and other problems of modern love, everyone converging at a bohemian, orgiastic Manhattan gathering called "Shortbus."

* Commentary, deleted scenes

* Making-of segment

"Harsh Times"

Rated:

Writer-director David Ayer, the screenwriter of "Training Day," assembles a first-rate cast for his harsh urban drama, led by "Batman Begins" star Christian Bale, Eva Longoria of "Desperate Housewives" and Freddy Rodriguez of "Six Feet Under." Bale plays a tough kid from the mean streets of Los Angeles who returns home twisted and warped from his military experiences in the war on terror.

* Commentary

* Deleted scenes

"Ghost"

Rated:

Love from beyond comes back in vogue with a DVD makeover for one of the biggest hits of the early 1990s. Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze star in the supernatural romance about a slain man whose spirit lingers on as guardian angel to his imperiled girlfriend. Whoopi Goldberg won the supporting-actress Academy Award as a psychic who acts as conduit between the dead guy and his living love.

* Making-of featurette

* Commentary

"Hard Times"

Unrated

Charles Dickens' classic of 19th century pragmatism and industrialization at the expense of humanity is adapted in this classy British four-part miniseries from the 1970s, starring Patrick Allen, Timothy West and Edward Fox.

* Two-disc set

Out Tuesday ...

"Eragon"

Rated: PG

Director: Stefen Fangmeier

Starring: Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich

Synopsis: In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.

Out March 27 ...

"Children of Men"

Rated: R

Director: Alfonso Cuaron

Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore

Synopsis: In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.