DVD

Scorsese leaves viewers stranded on 'Island' The gothic thriller "Shutter Island" begins in 1954, when two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), arrive at the eponymous island just off Massachusetts, where looms the impenetrable Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane. The marshals have been detailed to find a prisoner who has suddenly vanished from her locked cell. As a hurricane bears down on the island, Teddy and Chuck match wits with the hospital's chief physician, the brilliant Dr. Cawley (Ben Kingsley). Director Martin Scorsese creates a pastiche of moody atmosphere, stylized flashbacks and dream sequences and a devotion to flagrant violence that turns rancid and repulsive. And Scorsese's fascination with images of dead children -- drowned, bloodied, ashen-faced -- isn't sinister or scary or even creepy; it's just weird. The DVD (Paramount, $30) has no extras, but the Blu-ray ($40) adds two featurettes.

WASHINGTON POST

Out Tuesday: "The A-Team" (full series), "Bob Hope: Thanks for the Memories Collection," "Charlie Chan Collection" (TCM Spotlight), "The Cry of the Owl," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (Season 7), "Family Matters" (Season 1), "From Paris With Love," "Ghostwriter" (Season 1), "Nip/Tuck" (final season), "Not the Messiah," "Oceans," "Shutter Island," "Tales of the Gold Monkey" (full series), and Blu-rays of "Caddyshack," "The Illusionist."

GAME

'Prince' is a royal treat Although its release is timed with that of the new movie, "Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands" ($30-$60 for all systems; rated Teen, except Everyone 10+ on DS) isn't a direct tie-in with the film. Instead, it takes place between the 2003 game "Sands of Time" and its sequel, "Warrior Within." Fresh from his adventures in the first game, the Prince finds his brother Malik's kingdom under attack. Following his royal sibling deep into the vaults of his fortress, he tries to warn Malik not to release the fabled army of Solomon -- a horde of undead sand monsters. The evil Djinn who created the army is released, too. The game looks and plays like an updated version of "Sands of Time," from the acrobatic navigation and combat to the mastering of time. The Prince gains magical elemental powers and other new tricks, but the core of the game remains the ingeniously tricky puzzles and environments players must conquer to proceed.

SACRAMENTO BEE

GADGET

Get up and go with style Is your alarm clock a boring mess? Why not go for the gold with the Sony Dash ($199, www.sonystyle.com)? The bedside/kitchen connection to the information world is another step to transforming your house into a futuristic playground. There are already more than 1,000 apps for the device, all built on the open Chumby platform. Checking the traffic on your route to work and streaming a radio news broadcast while eating your breakfast has never been easier. Or maybe you just want to fall asleep with a Netflix movie or Pandora Radio. While this might be overkill for some, the Dash is a perfect accessory for tech nerds chasing the house of the future.

GAME INFORMER