Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • February 15, 2012 ‘The Woman in Black’ (continued from Entertainment page) designer Kave Quinn, and set decorator Niamh Coulter have decorated every nook and cranny of the old manor house with Victorian furnishings, faded paintings, large carved cabinets, countless candles, cobwebs, and eerie old wind-up toys. One can almost smell the mustiness. Rated PG-13, “The Woman in Black” takes itself seriously and never resorts to self-deprecation. The characters behave intelligently and have actual motivations. It is in the league of Jack Clayton’s “The Innocents” or Robert Wise’s creaky-old-house melodrama, “The Haunting.” Like those earlier films, it shows what happens when a person is confronted with the supernatural and reality seems to spin wildly out of control. DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) segment takes place in San Francisco and traces several of Alfred Hitchcock’s shooting locations for “Vertigo.” Both films are high-definition digital transfers presented in both English and French with English subtitles. Extras on the new Blu-ray edition include interviews; an analysis of “Vertigo” and its influence on Marker; “Junkopia,” a six-minute film; and a booklet containing a critical essay. “Yakuza Weapon” (Well Go USA) focuses on the toughest Yakuza in the world, Shozo Iwaki (Tak Sakaguchi) who, after several years of battling people in the jungle and dodging bullets, returns to his home in Tokyo after hearing of his father’s death. When he returns, Shozo and his two sidekicks visit a pawn shop that used to be the family’s headquarters. There, they discover that Kurawaki, a Yakuza business leader and the man who killed Shozo’s father, is moving to unite the east and west families under his own name. This film feels like a combination of “The Godfather,” “The Seven Samurai,” and “Rambo.” Guns blaze, blood spurts, and the action seldom bogs down. There is dialogue that attempts to be funny, but it often pales compared to the special effects and weaponry, the film’s primary appeal. This non-rated film is in Japanese with English subtitles.