True Grit Moseying on home this week is the Coen Brothers’ 10-time Academy Award nominee remake starring Jeff Bridges as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn and Hailee Steinfeld as the young woman who hires him to track down her daddy’s killer. This excellent, engrossing Western features standout performances and the Coens’ extraordinary cinematography. Extras: The DVD has virtually none, other than a digital copy; the Blu-ray packs an hour of extras on the weapons, cinematography, backstory of the character Mattie, 1880s costumes and more. Watch an exclusive clip
Just Go With It For reasons unknown to man, people are still flocking to theaters to see drivel like this rom-com starring Adam Sandler as a plastic surgeon and Jennifer Aniston as his long-suffering assistant/pretend ex-wife that’s low-rent by even their standards. In this one, he’s dating a much younger gal, tells a lie necessitating a cover-up involving the assistant and her kids, then everyone jets off for a Hawaiian vacation, and--yadda yadda yadda. That setup was enough to bring over $100 million in from U.S. audiences, cause enough to weep for America. Extras: Deleted scenes, blooper reel, 3 behind the scenes featurettes, 2 commentaries (DVD); all that plus 11 minutes of deleted scenes, 9 featurettes and movieIQ (DVD/BD)
Shadows and Lies James Franco has proven to be one of Hollywood’s most exciting young actors, and here he stars in a norish drama as a low-key grafter who falls for a hooker who happens to be favored by one of New York’s biggest gangsters. After four years of forced exile, he returns for the woman he loves. Extras: Digital copy (DVD/BD) Watch an exclusive clip