Christmas week is slim pickings for home entertainment, but there are some pretty fine and fun titles regardless. Matthew McCaunaghey plays a cop who freelances as hitman in the noir-ish Killer Joe (above), while Joseph Gordon-Levitt rides his way into big trouble as a bike messenger in Premium Rush, andRichard Gere plays a corrupt Bernie Maddof style villain in the tense Arbitrage.
And Milla Jovovich faces zombies—yet again—in the latest installment of the horror franchise they couldn’t kill, Resident Evil: Retribution.
FIRST: Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s in a Premium Rush
Killer Joe
($24.99 Blu-ray, $19.98 DVD; Lionsgate)
William Friedkin (The Exorcist, Cruising) directs this adaptation of Tracy Letts’ play about a young bumpkin that employs a sleazy cop (Matthew McConaughey) to kill his mother. Of course, that plan doesn’t go so well. McConaughey has delivered some truly out-there performances this year, and this is one of the best. Extras include a commentary by Gina Gershon, a stage-to-screen featurette, and a cast Q&A conducted at SXSW, and more.
NEXT: Richard Gere goes Bernie Madoff in Arbitrage
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Resident Evil: Retribution 3D
($45.99 3D Blu-ray, $35.99 Blu-ray, $30.99 DVD; Sony)
In the fifth Resident Evil film, zombie-slaying protagonist Alice (Milla Jovovich) revisits her past while attempting to escape from the evil Umbrella company and an endless array of special effects. Blu-ray extras include commentaries, deleted scenes and outtakes.
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