You loved the movie, what about the DVD?
Find out as we examine the extras on this week's best movie DVDs...
“DUPLICITY”
Stars: Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson
Director: Tony Gilroy (“Michael Clayton”)
Format: DVD, Blu-ray
What we said: "A cinematic lark that's leaden where it should be light ... suffers from lukewarm chemistry between Roberts and Owen."
Extras: DVD: Commentary by Gilroy and editor/co-producer John Gilroy.
Blu-ray: The above commentary plus BD-Live functions that include scene sharing.
Worth watching: The commentary, because it's not like there’s much to choose from.
Worth skipping: Maybe a 13-year-old girl would want to share her favorite scenes with her BFF, but since this isn't a movie for 13-year-old girls….
Worth adding: The original trailer, a making-of featurette, the cast in the commentary and a second commentary by some real spies.
Buy, rent or ignore: Ignore.
“ADVENTURELAND”
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg, Ryan Reynolds
Director: Greg Motolla (“Superbad”)
Formats: Single-disc DVD, Two-disc DVD, Blu-ray
What we said: "Provides the opportunity to spend time with two very smart, likable characters played by two smart, likable actors—more than enough reason to check it out."
Extras: Single-disc DVD: None.
Two-disc DVD: Commentary by Motolla and Eisenberg; deleted scenes with commentary by Motolla; “Just My Life: The Making of ‘Adventureland’” featurette; Picture Music Selection.
Blu-ray: All of the two-disc DVD extras plus “Frigo’s Taps” and “Lisa P’s Guide to Style” featurettes; “Welcome to Adventureland,” which includes Adventureland commercials, operational training video and the park’s drug policy; digital copy.
Worth watching: “Welcome to Adventureland.” We always appreciate it when movie makers go that extra mile to perpetuate the fiction.
Worth skipping: “Frigo’s Taps,” an instructional video on testicular attacks. Has it occurred to anyone what would happen if Al-Qaeda rented this movie from Netflix and got their hands on this information?
Worth adding: A guide to the country’s best amusement parks hosted by Hader. That way, when Al-Qaeda come to attack our testicles, they’ll know where to go afterwards to relax.
Buy, rent or ignore: Rent the two-disc DVD or Blu-ray; Ignore the single-disc.
“FIGHTING”
Stars: Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Zulay Henao
Director: Dito Montiel (“A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints”)
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
What we said: "The film's a watchable and forgettable cliché stack, with a cherry on top."
Extras: DVD: Deleted scenes.
Blu-ray: The above deleted scenes plus BD-Live functions and a digital copy.
Worth watching: So much to choose from…the deleted scenes, I suppose.
Worth skipping: The BD-Live functions, as if you had to guess.
Worth adding: The original trailer, a making-of featurette, commentary by Tatum, Howard and Montiel, and a featurette in which the makers of this and the “Duplicity” DVD discuss why a movie DVD/BD release should never be so bare bones.
Buy, rent or ignore: Ignore.
Other DVDs out this week:
— Conversation in a cab leads to friendship in “Goodbye Solo”
— Billy Bob Thorton, Kim Basinger and Winona Ryder remind us why the book was better with the adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ “The Informers” (also on Blu-ray)
— “Y tu mamá también” co-stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna reunite as brothers for the dramedy “Rudo y Cursi” (also on Blu-ray)
— Amy Adams and Emily Blunt clean up crime, literally, in “Sunshine Cleaning” (also on Blu-ray)
— See footage of hurricane Katrina captured by a couple who survived the storm in the documentary "Trouble the Water"
— Nihilism goes multimedia with “Natural Born Killers: The Director’s Cut” (also on Blu-ray)
Also on Blu-ray:
“Children of the Corn”
"How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"
“Thais”
Also released:
“Criterion Collection: Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir”
“Criterion Collection: Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles”
“Criterion Collection: The Last Days of Disco”
“Green Street Hooligans 2: Stand Your Ground”
“Grindhouse Greats Collection”
“Horror Classics 50 Movie Pack: Anniversary Edition”
“The Lee Strobel 3-Disc Film Collection: The Case for Christ, The Case for the Faith, The Case for a Creator”
“Mushi-shi: The Movie”
“Screwballs”
“The Spirit Killer Trilogy Collection”
