DVD previews: 'Still Alice,' 'Mortdecai'

Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, May 12:

"Still Alice" (PG-13, 101 minutes, Sony): Julianne Moore won an Academy Award for her role in this tear-jerker about a renowned linguistics professor afflicted with a rare form of Alzheimer's that's both early onset and genetically passed. Alice is barely 50, and already the symptoms are impossible to ignore. She gets lost on a jog around Columbia University, where she works; she introduces and reintroduces herself to people; and words are becoming increasingly elusive. It's tough to watch. But for all its bleakness, the movie, with strong supporting performances from Kristen Stewart and Alec Baldwin, never loses its luster. Contains mature thematic material, and brief language including a sexual reference. Extras include deleted scenes, a look at directors Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer's journey to create the film, an interview with composer Ilan Eshkeri on the soundtrack and "Finding Alice," in which the cast, filmmakers, Alzheimer's experts and executive producer/women's health advocate Maria Shriver discuss the film's depiction of Alice's disease.

"Mortdecai" (R, 106 minutes, Lionsgate): This farce about a chichi and shady art dealer who helps the British government track down a stolen Goya is at times funny, but it's also a half-baked heist movie with a protagonist who is only barely tolerable. Things are a bit strained between Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) and his wife, Johanna (Gwyneth Paltrow), who has relegated him to a guest bedroom. So there's no better time for Martland (Ewan McGregor), an MI5 agent who has been smitten with Johanna since college, to show up asking for Mortdecai's assistance. Paltrow and McGregor have chemistry, and their interactions are far more vivacious than any of the scenes of real action. Contains strong language and sexual situations. Extras include an on-set featurette, "Stolen Moments," and "The Art of Noise: Making Music for Mortdecai."

"Blackhat" (R, 133 minutes, Universal): An unthrilling thriller about an imprisoned cybercriminal who is let out of jail in order to track down the mastermind behind a pair of computer attacks - one on a Chinese nuclear power plant and the other on Chicago's soybean futures market. In his quest to save the world, hacker Hathaway (played by Chris Hemsworth) hooks up with Lien (Wei Tang). Director Michael Mann's blurry, jerkily edited digital video is hard to read, especially during action sequences. And first-time screenwriter Morgan Davis Foehl's script is a stew of romance and action-movie leftovers. Contains violence, brief sensuality and obscenity. Extras include an on-location look from around the world and featurettes "The Cyber Threat" and "Creating Reality."

"Beloved Sisters" (unrated, 170 minutes, in German and French with subtitles, Music Box Films): Although writer-director Dominik Graf's speculative historical drama assumes a love triangle between German poet and playwright Friedrich Schiller (played by hunky Florian Stetter), his wife, Charlotte (Henriette Confurius), and Charlotte's unhappily married older sister, Caroline (Hannah Herzsprung), the three protagonists never share a bed. To be fair, Graf exercises appropriate restraint throughout. "Beloved Sisters" is really about the dawn of modernity, with its subtext of female empowerment. Contains brief nudity and a few steamy scenes. No special features.

Also: "The Cobbler," "Tracers," "Two Men in Town," "Just Before I Go," "These Final Hours," "Make Way for Tomorrow," "Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts," "Jamaica Inn," "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne" (1981), "Retaliation" (1969), "The Drownsman" and "Adventures of Pepper & Paula."

Television series: "Unforgettable: Season Three," "The Midnight Special," "Texas Rangers: The Real Stories," "The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show," "The Magic School Bus: Season Two," "Mister Ed: Sixth Season," "The Colbys: Complete Series" and "Digimon Tamers Volume 2."