Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 13, 2014 DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) and requires an exceptional actor. Hardy’s Locke is a civi- lized person who once made a serious error in judgment. He is determined now to set things right even though it may cost him his job and even his family. The film consists of numerous phone calls Locke makes from his car. So in addition to the single character, the film has a claustro- phobic setting. It is almost as if director Steven Knight is loading the deck against himself by defying the basics of cinema storytelling, but he creates palpable suspense and Hardy draws viewers in with his remarkable performance. The result is both a thriller and a rich character study of a complex individual. Extras on the Blu-ray edition include a digital copy, making-of featurette, and director’s audio commentary. “Favorites of the Moon” (Cohen Media Group) is an absurdist comedy from director Otar Iosseliani, with a cast of crooks, anarchists, prostitutes, chief inspectors, a punk rock singer, art dealers, and inventors. Set in Paris in 1984, the story focuses on two valuable objects: a rare set of 18th-century Limoges china and a 19th-century aris- tocratic portrait. As they are passed, sold, or stolen from one person to another, viewers are introduced to several individuals who are inextricably linked to these objects. Ranging from art lovers to unscrupulous terrorists, these characters each react in a different way to the objects. The movie challenges people to rethink class conceptions, ste- reotypes, and biases. Viewers witness a kind of nobility among certain mob members and come to sympathize with the traditionally unsympathetic. The movie is a cinematic three-ring circus. A lot hap- pens at once, and it is often difficult to concentrate on indi- vidual elements. This is the movie’s primary weakness, since it can lead to viewer disengagement. Bonuses include feature-length audio commentary and a critical essay. The film is in French, with English subtitles. “Bitten: The Complete First season” (E One) is based on the “Otherworld” novels by best-selling author Kelley Armstrong. Starring Laura Vandervoort (“Smallville”) as Elena Michaels, the world’s only female werewolf, the series focuses on her desperation to escape a life she never wanted and the man who forced her into it. Elena has aban- doned her pack and taken refuge in a new city. There, she works as a photographer and hides her werewolf existence from her new boyfriend (Paul Greene). This arrangement suffers a setback when a rogue werewolf begins to commit murders, prompting the pack to enlist Elena’s help to track the beast. Elena returns to Stonehaven, the werewolves’ ancestral domain. Torn between two worlds and two loves, she realizes that she will stop at nothing to defend the pack. Transformations are effected through glowing eyes and undulating skin, but the humans turn into traditional wolves rather than a composite of man and beast. There is a fair amount of nudity and quite a bit of gore for a TV show. Extras on the Blu-ray release include deleted scenes, a behind-the-scenes featurette, a split screen stunt chore- ography demo, and audio commentary with Vandervoort.