Four score and seven years ago, there was no home entertainment. Fortunately, there is now—and we can re-live how President Lincoln navigated political and personal life (but not an assassin’s bullet, sadly) during his final days in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. Another assassin, played by Brad Pitt, is tasked to dole out justice in wholly fictitious crime dramedy, Killing Them Softly.
Queer filmmakers head up a pair of indies out this week: A talking suit plagues a family, including a transgender son, in Bob’s New Suit. And West Hollywood is the backdrop for three gay friends’ grabs at happiness in The Wishmakers.
Lincoln
($45.99 Blu-ray, $29.99 DVD; Dreamworks)
Written by Tony Kushner, Stephen Spielberg’s biopic is by far the most chamber piece-y of his works, following the legendary president into his final days and the effort behind the Emancipation Proclamation. Daniel Day Lewis earns his Oscar as Lincoln, with an incredible supporting cast including Sally Field (as Mary Todd Lincoln), Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones and Jared Harris. The 4-disc Blu-ray set includes some 80 minutes’ worth of featurettes.
Killing Them Softly
($39.99 Blu-ray, $29.98; Anchor Bay)
A bit under the radar when it came out theatrically, this Elmore Leonard-esque dramedy about a a couple of bumblers attempting a card-game heist co-stars Brad Pitt as a reluctant mob enforcer—and offers some fun turns by Ray Liotta and James Gandolfini. Extras include a making-of feature and deleted scenes.
Bob’s New Suit
($24.99 DVD; Breaking Glass Pictures)
An Italian men’s suit plays narrator in this feature debut from 69-year-old Hollywood Reporter film critic Alan Howard, which sees the Goodlow family struggling with love, commitment and gender identity. Features the always-sassy lesbian icon Jenny Shimizu.
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The Wishmakers
($24.99 DVD; Ariztical Entertainment)
In this homage to Three Coins in a Fountain, a trio of queens start new lives in way-gay West Hollywood, where they get involved with celebrities, fitness, gender-bending and, of course, relationships. Writer/director David Grotell, whose previous shorts are hysterical, makes an equally zany feature debut.
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Womb
Veep: The Complete First Season
Dead in France
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A Royal Affair
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Was really disappointed with Lincoln. I can’t imagine sitting through 80 additional minutes of that! ZZZZZZZZZZZ