New DVDs this week

"21"

Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is graduating from MIT and will be attending Harvard Medical School. He doesn't have the money to get in, but by chance, he meets Professor Rosa (Kevin Spacey) who makes him an offer to join his team of five students, who are running a sophisticated card-counting scheme that the casinos Las Vegas can't stop.

You may figure out the ending, but it's fun watching the characters along the way.

"Autumn Hearts"

Melanie (Susan Sarandon) is a survivor of the Holocaust, who lives on a farm in Canada with her husband (Christopher Plummer).

They have many issues and problems. Melanie learns that her protector at the internment camp (Max von Sydow) is alive and living at a Russian mental institution. She arranges for him to come to the farm, and he brings along Christopher (Gabriel Byrne), who developed a bond with Melanie when they were both imprisoned as children. She has to deal with her raw emotions, face the past and move forward with her life.

"Turn the River"

Famke Janssen gives a terrific performance as Kailey, a small-town hustler who makes her money playing poker and hustling pool players. She drives into New York to see her protective mentor Quinn (Rip Torn), who sets up opponents for her, and to give him letters for her young

son who she is forbidden to see. Kailey wants to raise money so she can take her son to Canada, and start a new life. It is a story of redemption and the unbreakable bond between mother and son.

"Tony Bennett Live: Lost Concert Series"

Tony Bennett is one of the greatest singers of all-time, and has sold more than 50 million records. Bennett has received fifteen Grammy Awards along with its lifetime achievement.

The concert features seventeen songs including "I left My Heart In San Francisco," "For Once in My Life," "Who Can I Turn To," "O Sole Mio,""From Rags to Riches," "My Funny Valentine" and eleven more.

Available next week

"Centennial: The Complete Series"

"Doomsday"

"Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay"

"Lost Boys: The Tribe"

"Never Back Down"

"Party at the Palace"

"Rolling Stones: Shine a Light"

"The Band's Visit"

Jeff Tuckman-videoanswerman@comcast.net