New to DVD: 'Shopgirl,' 'Tristan'

Here's a bevy of new-to-DVD movies, led by several that were in theaters just a few months ago.

• "Shopgirl" (Touchstone, 2005; R for language, sex, nudity; $29.99). Steve Martin adapted the script for this film from his own novella, and he also co-stars. This light comedy-drama wants to be old-fashioned, but Martin can't resist R-rated sexual moments that are truly unnecessary.

The story has a lonely young woman (Claire Danes at her most appealing) who suddenly finds herself with two suitors, a sophisticated, wealthy older man (Martin, who also offers a too-obvious voiceover narration) and a younger slacker (Jason Schwartzman, who is also quite charming).

Extras: Widescreen, deleted scenes, audio commentary (director Anand Tucker), making-of featurette, language and subtitle options (English, Spanish), chapters.

• "Tristan + Isolde" (Fox, 2005, PG-13, 29.98). This overlong and overripe melodrama is not as bad as it might have been, as it retells the famous title story (the basis for the Wagner opera). Brooding James Franco stars as English warrior Tristan, who falls in love with Irish princess Isolde (Sophia Myles), but she is then betrothed to Tristan's father-figure! Not the noble epic that was intended but watchable (with all mystical elements jettisoned).

Extras: Widescreen, audio commentaries, making-of featurette, photo galleries, music video, trailers, language options (English, Spanish, French), subtitle options (English, Spanish), chapters.

• "Casanova" (Touchstone, 2005; R for sex, language; $29.99). Heath Ledger, of "Brokeback Mountain" fame, has the title role in this comical yarn. Despite being pursued by a bishop (Jeremy Irons) bent on expelling him from Venice, and despite being engaged to another woman, the legendary lothario falls in love with a feminist (Sienna Miller) who hates him, and who is betrothed to an overweight clown (Oliver Platt). Some amusing moments but it's hit and miss.

Extras: Widescreen, audio commentary (director Lasse Hallstrom), extended sequence, making-of featurettes, language and subtitle options (English, French, Spanish), chapters.

• "Aeon Flux" (Paramount, 2005, PG-13, $29.95). Charlize Theron sure looks snazzy in her black form-fitting outfit, but everything else about this film, from the production values to the performances to the plotting, is extra flabby. Too bad, as there are some interesting action scenes here and there, but making sense of the story, set in the last living city on Earth in the 25th century, is impossible, as is the MTV rat-a-tat-tat visual style.