New on DVD and Blu-ray
Coriolanus; Breaking Bad: Complete Fourth Season; Hondo
Coriolanus
(Weinstein, $27)
This later-period Shakespeare play “translates well to modern times,” said the Chicago Tribune. Ralph Fiennes directs and stars as an exiled war hero returning home for revenge, prodded by “the ultimate stage mother.” In fact, the film is worth seeing for Vanessa Redgrave’s performance alone.
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Breaking Bad: Complete Fourth Season
(Sony, $56)
In the fourth season of AMC’s acclaimed hit, former high school teacher Walter White engages in a cold war with the boss who runs his New Mexico meth lab. The episodes collectively stand as “one of the longest sustained exercises in pure cinematic tension,” said Entertainment Weekly.
Hondo
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(Paramount, $25)
The anti-racist message of this “decent” John Wayne Western may surprise some of the actor’s detractors, said The New York Times. The original was in 3-D, but not this new Blu-ray. At least viewers get Wayne as a half-breed scout, striving to protect innocents when Apaches and settlers clash.
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