A couple of Oscar contenders head up the home entertainment line-up this week, including the deliciously wicked Gone Girl (above) and heartfelt gay romance Love Is Strange. Let’s add a German lesbian film, Two Mothers, for good measure, shall we?
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($39.99 Blu-ray, $29.99 DVD; 20th Century Fox)
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David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s twisty bestseller is deliciously entertaining with Ben Affleck as a guy under suspicion for mudering wife Rosamund Pike. Lots of fantastic supporting turns, including Neil Patrick Harris as a Norman Bates-y stalker ex and Missi Pyle as a Nancy Grace-esque TV personality, contribute to the fun. Extras include a commentary.
($34.99 Blu-ray, $30.99 DVD; Sony)
John Lithgow and Alfred Molina will move you to laughter and tears in director Ira Sachs’ latest feature, about a longtime gay Manhattan couple forced to live apart when their finances collapse. Hopefully it will receive a couple of Oscar nods — it’s certainly received a lot of awards buzz since its Sundance premiere last January. Extras include a making-of, L.A. Film Festival Q&A session and commentary.
($24.99; TLA)
A married lesbian couple in Germany, Katja and Isabella, discover that the road to having a child together is a bumpier one than expected: the fertility clinic route doesn’t work out due to legal inequities when it comes to gay couples despite their legal bond, and the process of finding a do-it-at-home donor isn’t so easy. Will the cost of this pursuit include their relationship?
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The only good scene in Gone Girl was the sex scene with Rosmund Pike and Neil Patrick Harris. Seeing those two smash around on that bed was well alright, but the best part was getting to see NPH character murdered so gruesomely. Other than that the rest of the film was well bleh.
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“John Lithgow and Alfred Molina will move you to laughter and tears”…..depression would be more like it. The love shared between the two characters and family was wonderful but the rest of the movie was so flawed let alone the obvious ending.