‘Speech’ a royal combination

Available this week on DVD:

“The King’s Speech”: Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush star in this rousing, Oscar-winning odd couple comedy, drawn from real life, about King George VI, a stutterer, and his speech therapist. (1:51; R for some language) • • • •

“Gulliver’s Travels”: Jack Black is the big doofus who stumbles on little Lilliput in this brain-dead reworking of the Jonathan Swift satirical classic. It’s murderously unfunny, and includes, for want of anything better, a noisy faceoff between Gulliver and a towering, Transformer-like robot. With Amanda Peet, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel and Billy Connolly. (1:25; PG for brief rude humor, mild language and action) • 1/2

“Rabbit Hole”: Wrenching, poignant and quietly healing, John Cameron Mitchell’s adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play about a tightly wound wife (Nicole Kidman) and her unraveling husband (Aaron Eckhart), still reeling months after losing a child is Kidman’s most engaging and emotionally layered work and a triumph for all involved. (1:32; PG-13 for mature thematic material, some drug use and language) • • •

“Somewhere”: Sofia Coppola’s moody, graceful study of a Hollywood star (Stephen Dorff) whose plush, drug-and-booze-fueled world is upended when his 11-year-old daughter comes to live with him. Elle Fanning radiates intelligence and spirit in the role. (1:38; R for sexual content, nudity and language) • • •

“The Way Back”: Peter Weir’s World War II-era survivalist saga of gulag prisoners who escape from Siberia and embark on a 4,000-mile trek south to Mongolia and across the Gobi Desert, up to the Himalayas to find sanctuary in Tibet and India. (2:12; PG-13 for violent content, depiction of physical hardships, a nude image and brief strong language) • • •