Page 24 THE VILLADOM TIMES I & III • March 12, 2014 DVD releases (continued from page 23) who ran French Vogue for 10 years, building a reputation as one of the fashion world’s most significant influences. Her inner circle includes Donatella Versace, Tom Ford, Karl Lagerfeld, Diane von Furstenberg, and Alexander Wang. The movie chronicles Roitfeld’s launch of her own maga- zine, CR Fashion Book, and gives a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of her professional and personal lives. Viewers observe major transitions as she moves to New York, starts a new business, and prepares to become a grandmother. On display are the models, celebrities, and eccentric personalities who make the fashion world so col- orful and captivating. Featured are Sarah Jessica Parker; photographer Bruce Weber; supermodels Kate Upton, Linda Evangelista, and Stephanie Seymour; and designers Ford, von Furstenberg, Lagerfeld, and Jean Paul Gaultier. Bonuses on the Blu-ray release include footage from the Paris premiere. “Samson and Delilah” (Paramount) is Cecil B. DeMi- lle’s 1949 Technicolor biblical melodrama loosely based on an episode in the book of Judges. The relationship between Samson (Victor Mature) and the tempestuous Delilah (Hedy Lamarr) gets short shrift, as DeMille concentrates on Samson’s incredible feats of strength, including wres- tling a lion to the death with his bare hands. The studio- bound movie clearly suffers from a restrictive budget. Though it aspires to the heights achieved six years later with DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments,” it comes off as a disappointment. Samson’s strength is conveyed with various pre-CGI means, including rear projection, fake pil- lars, wire work, and a carefully hidden stuntman standing in for Mature in that lion battle. Much of the movie is com- prised of talky scenes on studio sets. The climax, edited to maximize its impact, is Samson destroying the temple, bringing down prop pillars on a terrified throng. The sup- porting cast includes George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Russ Tamblyn, and frequent DeMille performer Henry Wilcoxon. There are no bonuses included with the new Blu-ray release. “Adventure Time: The Complete Third Season” (Warner Home Video) consists of 26 11-minute episodes from this Cartoon Network series that follows the adven- tures of Finn, a boy, and his best pal, Jake, a dog that can shape-shift, grow, and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo. As they go through one adventure after another, they interact with Princess Bub- blegum, the Ice King, and Marceline the Vampire Queen. Several episodes in this collection stand out. “Thank You,” which was nominated for an Annie Award and an award at the Sundance Film Festival, follows the exploits of a sensi- tive snow creature as he befriends a wolf puppy and tries to return it to its own kind. The story unfolds primarily in visuals. “Too Young” was nominated for an Emmy Award. “Memory of a Memory” and “Marceline’s Closet” imagi- natively play with perspective. The Blu-ray release contains commentaries, an alternate “Adventure Time” introduc- tion, and the featurette “How an Idea Becomes Adventure Time” with commentary from creator Pendleton Ward.