Page 24 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • July 16, 2014 DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) how to be a real father and Viola’s estranged husband needs saving from his scheming younger girlfriend. There is so much happening in this adaptation of a Terry McMillan best-seller that it might have been better suited to a two-part mini-series. It is crammed with too many sub-plots, characters, and underdeveloped story lines. Many of the actors overact, which destroys any sense of reality. Academy Award-winner Goldberg does her best with the material, but fails to infuse Viola with the anger or resolve the role demands. Her scenes appear more like cameos because of the necessity to focus on so many other characters. The widescreen film is available on DVD. “Two Lives” (IFC) takes place in 1990. The Berlin Wall has just crumbled. Katrine (Juliane Kohler), who was raised in East Germany but has been living in Norway for the last 20 years, is a war child — the result of a World War II romance between a Norwegian woman (Liv Ull- mann) and a German occupation soldier. Katrine enjoys a happy family life with her mother, husband (Sven Nordin), daughter, and granddaughter. When a lawyer asks her and her mother to testify in a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of the war children, she resists. Gradually, a web of concealments and secrecy is unveiled until Katrine is faced with losing everything and her loved ones are forced to take a stand. The movie recounts a little-known aspect of history. Beginning in the mid-1930s, the Nazi Lebansborn pro- gram to breed an Aryan “master race” produced thou- sands of children, many of them sired by members of the German SS in casual encounters with blond, blue-eyed women deemed racially pure. Because Norwegians, with their Viking ancestors, were thought to be an especially hardy breed, they were considered ideal specimens. The film, on DVD, is in German with English subtitles. “Black Dynamite: Season One” (Warner Home Video) is based on the 2009 live-action blaxploitation feature film “Black Dynamite.” This animated series further chronicles the exploits of the title character and his crew and features the voice talent of Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, Kym Whitley, and Byron Minns, all of whom starred in the feature film. Black Dynamite (White) is a 1970s renaissance man with an attitude and a mastery of king fu. Both a lover and a fighter, he is not afraid to leap before he looks. His sidekick, Bullhorn, has the brains and cunning that complement Black Dynamite’s physical, hard-hitting style. Comic relief on the mean streets is pro- vided by Cream Corn (Davidson), and sexy Honey Bee (Whitley) contributes some class. The series’ first season on Adult Swim was the top-rated show in its time slot for both adults and men 18-34. The Blu-ray edition contains all 10 episodes from the first season, a digital copy, and the original pilot.