Murder on the Orient Express - DVD

Six divas of the silver screen - Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts - come together as bosom buddies in this hilarious and heartwarming story of life, love and loss in a small Louisiana parish. At the center of the group is Shelby Eatenton (Julia Roberts), newly married and joyfully pregnant, despite the fact that her diabetes could make childbirth life-threatening. Terrified and angry at the possibility of losing her only daughter, M'Lynn Eatenton (Sally Field) looks to her four closest friends for strength and laughter as she battlesher deepest fear of death in order to join Shelby in celebrating the miracle of new life.

Kenneth Branagh takes a stylish second pass as director and star in this lavish all-star take on the classic Agatha Christie whodunit, as an Egyptian vacation for Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Branagh) turns into a working holiday-and the steamship-set slaying of a newlywed heiress (Gal Gadot) confronts him with no shortage of possible suspects. With Armie Hammer, Annette Bening, Sophie Okonedo, Russell Brand, Letitia Wright, Rose Leslie, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French. 127 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

Oliver Stone's captivating biopic chronicles the life of 4th-century B.C. conqueror Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell), focusing on the military campaigns that would see him hold sway over 90% of the known world, as well as his relationships with his family and his lifelong friend and companion Hephaistion (Jared Leto). Rosario Dawson, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Christopher Plummer, and Anthony Hopkins also star. Third director's cut; 3 1/2 hrs. Widescreen; Soundtrack English. Two-disc set.