New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD

Frost/Nixon (2008) ***½ This film works even better on screen than it did on stage. Director Ron Howard and Peter Morgan, adapting his own play, have both opened up the tale and, with the power of close-ups, made this duel of wits even more intimate and suspenseful. Howard has made a picture for grown-ups, a well-constructed entertainment that neither talks down to its audience nor congratulates it just for showing up. Its main attraction is neither its topicality nor its historical value, but Frank Langella’s re-creation of his Tony-winning performance as Nixon.Neither the title nor the subject matter prepares you for the pure fun of "Frost/Nixon."

Notorious (2009) **½ This is half pop fable, half naturalistic docudrama. Not a bad movie, but nowhere near as strong as its soundtrack.

The Wrestler (2008) ***½ Director, Darren Aronofsky, and the writer, Robert D. Siegel, have turned the story of this washed-up faux gladiator into a film of authentic beauty and commanding consequence. Both Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei bring a tender, lived-in honesty to their sad roles. Rourke looks like a truck ran over him, but at 52 he’s still ripped enough to get away with the role; in the end the movie is about his indomitability more than the character’s.