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DVD: “Jack Reacher,” “Another Country,” “Mosquita Y Mari,” And More!

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Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue help fill out this week’s home entertainment slate.

First the new: Tom Cruise stars in the maiden filmic adaptation of Lee Child’s action-thriller Jack Reacher book series, while executive producer Guillermo del Toro brings us the creepy horror film, Mama.

Three vintage films by Henry Jaglom, including one starring Karen Black, make up Henry Jaglom Collection Vol 2: The Comedies, while an out-of-print 1985 queer classic, Another Country, gets a re-release.

And the melancholy coming-of-age drama, Mosquita Y Mari, follows a pair of Latina girls as they navigate family and first Sapphic stirrings.

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Jack Reacher

($39.99 Blu-ray, $29.99 DVD; Paramount)

When an Iraq war veteran is accused of murder, he calls in a mysterious investigator, Jack Reacher, to help catch the real killer. While almost a foot shorter than the title character of author Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels, this first cinematic adaptation is a solid popcorn flick. Extras include a commentary with Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie and trio of featurettes addressing the film, its action sequences, and the books.

 

Mosquita Y Mari

(VOD; Wolfe)

A pair of 15-year-old Los Angeles Chicanas, Yolanda and Mari, struggle to help their immigrant families rise above adversity. When their friendship proves deeper than platonic in nature, however, loyalties to family are challenged. Ah, adolesence! This VOD release precedes a June 4th DVD, which will include a behind the scenes featurette.

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Mama

($34.98 Blu-ray, $29.98 DVD; Universal)

When a pair of little girls are found in the woods some five years after daddy went batshit and they all disappeared, their uncle and his wife (Jessica Chastain) take custody. Alas, something creepy that goes by “mama” has already laid claim to the kids… and ain’t letting them go so easy. Extras include a 3-minute short that spawned the feature, a commentary track, deleted scenes, and a couple of brief featurettes.

Henry Jaglom Collection Vol. 2: Three Comedies

($24.99 DVD; Breaking Glass Pictures)

This three-film box set of comedic works by festival/critical darling Henry Jaglom includes 1983’s Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? starring the awesome Karen Black as a recently dumped woman, and 1989’s New Year’s Day with David Duchovny. Ah, they just don’t make ’em like this anymore!

 

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Another Country

($19.95 DVD; Henstooth Video)

Prior to his transformation into the bitter, plastic surgery-modified queen we know and loathe today, Rupert Everett starred in this magnificent adaptation of Julian Mitchell’s 1930s-set play as Guy Bennett, an openly gay spy, during his years at a private school where homosexuality stirs up scandal, blackmail, and tragedy. Colin Firth co-stars. While a two-disc 20th Anniversary Edition DVD was released 2004, it has since gone out of print and ballooned in price. This one-disc release from Henstooth includes a 1994 Cannes Film Fest news item, discussion of the original play with Kenneth Branagh, Everett and author Julian Mitchell.

 

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