New on DVD and Blu-ray
Lonesome; The Five-Year Engagement; Homeland: The Complete First Season
Lonesome
(Criterion, $30)
In 1928, director Paul Fejos created “one of those rare films that combine technical mastery with a deep feeling for human behavior,” said The New York Times. As a man and woman meet and fall in love on the Coney Island boardwalk, Fejos evokes “an astonishing range of moods.”
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The Five-Year Engagement
(Universal, $30)
Jason Segel and Emily Blunt are terrific in this “frustratingly uneven” comedy, said Rolling Stone. Playing a couple whose drawn-out engagement gradually strains the relationship, the two stars get help from a strong supporting cast. But at 124 minutes, the story simply drags on too long.
Homeland: The Complete First Season
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(Showtime, $60)
Here’s a chance to catch up on the “best TV series you might not have seen,” said the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Nothing unfolds as you might expect in this “twisty thriller,” starring Claire Danes as a bipolar CIA agent trying to prove that a U.S. war hero is an al Qaida mole.
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