New on DVD

"Indiana Jones: The Adventure Collection"

Professor Henry Jones Jr. is offering a refresher course on his past achievements before you join the throng to see his latest, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," which hits theaters May 22. The first three flicks starring Harrison Ford as the archaeologist with the outlaw attitude -- "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" -- arrive in new DVD versions separately and in a three-disc "Adventure Collection." Each film comes with an introduction by director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas. Spielberg confides that he wasn't too enthusiastic over Lucas' Holy Grail idea for "Last Crusade," while both discuss Spielberg's notion of making it a father-son reconciliation between Harrison Ford's Indy and Sean Connery's Henry Jones Sr. They also address the critical drubbing received by "Temple of Doom." Other extras include segments on the melting-face effects in "Raiders" and the snakes, rats and bugs that gave the films their "ick" factor, plus a session with the women in Indy's life, Karen Allen, Kate Capshaw and Alison Doody.

"The Great Debaters"

Denzel Washington directs and stars in an upbeat tale about a 1930s professor at a small Texas college for black students who challenges racial divides by assembling a world-class debate team that winds up in a showdown with the golden-tongued squad from Harvard. The movie comes in a single-disc or two-disc edition, with extras that include deleted scenes, commentary by Washington, a background featurette and two music videos.