April 10. 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I & III • Page 33 Bill Murray stars as FDR in ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’ by Dennis Seuling “Hyde Park on Hudson” (Universal Studios Home Entertainment) stars Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt. The action takes place at Roosevelt’s Hudson Valley estate one summer weekend in 1939 when he hosted England’s King George VI (Samuel West). The king hoped to gain America’s support in the coming war. At the same time, according to the film, Roosevelt was pursuing an extramarital affair with a distant cousin, Daisy Suckley (Laura Linney). Richard Nelson’s script portrays Roosevelt as both a master of political gamesmanship and a manipulator of the women around him, including wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams), Daisy, and his private secretary, Missy (Elizabeth Marvel). Murray, who might not seem a first choice to portray Roosevelt, conveys both the president’s charm and a dark side rarely seen in public. His Roosevelt is surely the ideal host, going out of his way to make his guests feel comfortable, happy, and welcome. The film has a voyeuristic quality, with the audience as willing spectators checking out a Roosevelt who balances work and play while under enormous pressure from both his public responsibilities and private peccadilloes. It bogs down somewhat in a soap opera-style subplot about Daisy discovering that she is only one in a long line President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Bill Murray) juggles politics and romance in ‘Hyde Park on Hudson.’ of the president’s lovers. Overall, however, the picture has a light touch and moves along briskly. Bonus features on the Blu-ray and DVD releases include deleted scenes, a makingof featurette, and director and producer commentary. “Daktari: The Complete Second Season” (Warner Archive) is a seven-disc DVD set containing 30 episodes of the second and final season of this adventure series. Filmed at Africa, U.S.A., a wild-animal park near Los Angeles, “Daktari” tells the story of an American doctor and his daughter in Africa (“Daktari” is the Swahili word for doctor). Marsh Tracy (Marshall Thompson) is a veterinarian who runs an animal study center with the assistance of his daughter Paula (Cheryl Miller) and a native named Mike (Hari Rhodes). Jenny Jones (Erin Moran) appeared in the second season as a seven-year-old orphan who joins the Tracy household, which also includes a lion named Clarence and a chimpanzee named Judy. The Tracys’ primary job is protecting animals from poachers and local officials. Producer Ivan Tors began his career writing and producing sci-fi films before turning to TV with such shows as “Science Fiction Theater,” “Sea Hunt,” and “The Aquanauts.” There are no bonus features on this release. “Star Trek: Enterprise - Season One” (CBS/Paramount) is set in the early days of the Earth’s exploration of the universe. The year is 2151 and the Vulcans have reluctantly released star charts to the humans, enabling them to navigate deep space. Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula), the commanding officer of the starship Enterprise, is a charismatic leader with an insatiable curiosity who inspires tremendous loyalty among his crew. At the time of “Enterprise,” technology is not nearly as advanced as in the “Star Trek” series, set further in the future. Many aspects of space travel are, for the (continued on Crossword page)