Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES II & IV • January 30, 2013 ciate at the private eye agency. Zeta-Jones is excellent, but her role is fairly small and could easily have been expanded to give her more of a femme fatale stamp. “Broken City,” rated R, could have been a fine movie with a few tweaks here and there, mostly in the screenplay. As written, the film follows too predictable a path, telegraphs events to come, and never really sustains the mystery. schools to caution high school kids about the pitfalls of adolescence. These films went beyond the customary school curricula to deal with subjects that teachers often found difficult to discuss with their students. Sexual development, juvenile delinquency, personal hygiene, alcohol and drug abuse, driver safety, teen violence, and vandalism are covered in 10 films of 10 to 18 minutes each. The selections range from candidly frank (“As Boys Grow”), to melodramatic (“The Last Date”), psychedelic (“Teeth”), and naturalistic (“Lucy”). The disc also contains eight short films that provide adults with the tools necessary to handle the often sticky issues of adolescence. “Joan Rivers: Don’t Start with Me” (Entertainment One) centers on a standup routine by Rivers filmed before a live audience in Chicago. The comedienne takes on everyone from senior citizens to Anne Frank and Angelina Jolie. Rivers’ sense of humor is bawdy and offensive, but style is everything, and the woman has panache. Her jokes are timely, topical, and extremely well phrased. Though she has been on reality shows, hosted red carpet events, and had her own late night talk show, her forte remains standup comedy. ‘Broken City’ (continued from Entertainment page) Valliant, Hostetler’s wealthy city council opponent in the coming election; Jeffrey Wright is the police commissioner; and Alona Tal is Katy Bradshaw, Billy’s asso- DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) Third Reich, this seemingly weak man reveals an invincible soul. Laughton, Renoir, and screenwriter Dudley Nichols (“Stagecoach”) joined forces for this propaganda-infused portrait of the heroism of everyday men and women. The cast includes Maureen O’Hara as the colleague Albert secretly loves, George Sanders as a covert collaborator, and Walter Slezak as a Nazi officer who holds Albert’s fate in his hands. The Nazi occupation created various mindsets in the occupied countries and Renoir has them represented here by a colorful group of characters. He crafts several small stories all pointing toward the greater goal of showing the free world what it is like to be conquered and that the citizens of occupied countries were just as responsible as the Nazis for the rise of the Third Reich. “Classic Educational Shorts: Troubled Teens” (Kino Classics) is a compilation of educational films from 1950 through 1985 that were intended for showing in