New on DVD: 'Black Swan,' 'Tangled'

By Steve Jones, USA TODAY

Black Swan
2010, Fox Searchlight, R, $30; Blu-ray, $40

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  By Niko Tavernise, Fox Searchlight

  Natalie Portman won the best-actress Oscar for her performance as a troubled ballerina in Black Swan.

By Niko Tavernise, Fox Searchlight

Natalie Portman won the best-actress Oscar for her performance as a troubled ballerina in Black Swan.

Natalie Portman won an Oscar for her portrayal of Nina, an ambitious ballerina in the New York City Ballet who is given a chance to replace the prima ballerina (Winona Ryder) in Swan Lake. Her rival is another young dancer (Mila Kunis) with whom she develops a twisted friendship in this intense psychological thriller. The pressure of having to play both the White Swan and the Black Swan, along with the nitpicking of her mother (Barbara Hershey), sends the obsessive Nina headlong into a breakdown. Extras include behind-the-scenes looks at director Darren Aronofsky's filmmaking process, the costume and production design and commentary by Aronofsky and Portman.

USA TODAY's Claudia Puig says: * * * * out of four. "A terrifying tale that juxtaposes the grace of a dance film against a twisted horror backdrop."

Tangled
2010, Disney, PG, $30; DVD + Blu-ray, $40; DVD + Blu-ray + 3-D Blu-ray, $50

In this animated twist on the fairy tale, spunky teen Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) takes handsome thief Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi) hostage in her tower prison, then teams with him for an adventurous journey. (Puig: * * *)

1. The Tourist
2. The Fighter
3. Skyline
4. How Do You Know
5. Yogi Bear
6. The Switch
7. Hereafter
8. Due Date
9. The Next Three Days
10. Faster

Source: � Home Video Essentials, Rentrak Corp.

Fair Game
2010, Summit Entertainment, PG-13, $23; Blu-ray, $30

Doug Liman directs this story of CIA agent Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts), whose cover is blown by White House leaks after her retired ambassador husband (Sean Penn) writes an article about the Iraq War. (Puig: * * *)

Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1
2010, Music Box Films, R, $30; Blu-ray, $35

The climactic second part of the Jean-Francois Richet-directed saga of French criminal Jacques Mesrine, "the man of a thousand faces" whose two-decade rap sheet included murders, bank robberies and prison escapes.

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