E 0 u 'til 0 c. ~ III 0 0 N r-: N ~ U ~ IU ~ >.</p><p> IU "C C ::I Vl ...-III 0 c.. ,:,t! ~ 0 >- I :: Q) z I I I I I The 1Wilight Zone: Season 2 **** Image, $99.99 TVs greatest anthology series has been released on video and DVD in numerous different combinations, but none can match the care of this lavish set (and the recently released Season 1 at $119.99).</p><p> You get audio commentaries, interviews "Twilight Zone" radio plays, ' promos, Rod Serling's appearances on talk shows and more.</p><p> And, of course, classic episodes such as "Eye of the Beholder" and "Nick ofTinle," in gorgeous transfers.</p><p> Essential. =usha Criterion, $39.95 As George Lucas winds up his .. tar War "saga (and endures l.)Hckbats for the films' fading appeal), he can take great c mfort in one act of kindness: he and Francis Ford Coppola reigruted the career of director Akira Kurosawa by backing this bclllia.nt 1980 epic.</p><p> Extras in fide -of all things - S ory whiskey commercials sh t on the fIlm's set.</p><p> British war Collection * *lh ArichQr Bay, $89.98 These discs may constitute the d of the year -five littie-known but generally terrific British war films, in a While it's no secret where the sympathies of the great director Mike Leigh lie on the abortion issue, it's a credit to the artists . involved that "Vera Drake" is far from a polemic about abortion.</p><p> Imelda Staunton's incredible performance as Vera - a sweet little old lady in '50s England who helps women terminate pregnancies -is too good to limit this to an "issues" movie.</p><p> No extras; this spare, memorable fIlm speaks for itself. fine new boxed set.</p><p> No extras, but fine transfers of 1955's "Colditz Story" (a nifty prison break movie), 1953's tense U-boat drama "The Cruel Sea" and three more.</p><p> Film buffs should jump.</p><p> Apollo 13: 10th Anniversary Edition ***Ya Universal, $22.98 -'------ Ron Howard's best movie is still this matter-of-fact but gripping look at the space program in its most griping and courageous hour.</p><p> The 1995 movie about a mission gone awry is still a textbook example of no-fuss filmmaking.</p><p> New extras for this edition include two new documentaries -"Lucky 13: The Astronauts' Story" .and "Conquering Space: The Moon and Beyond" -totaling about an hour in length.
