New on DVD and Blu-ray
Bridesmaids; The Kennedys; The Killing
Bridesmaids
(Universal, $30)
“Witty, raunchy, and affecting,” this summer hit shattered barriers for R-rated female ensemble comedies, said The Wall Street Journal. Kristen Wiig stars as a bridesmaid battling a rival for control of a friend’s wedding, and the Saturday Night Live regular is a “sensation.”
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The Kennedys
(New Video Group, $30)
Greg Kinnear manages “the best JFK impersonation” in recent memory in this thorough account of America’s royal family, said the Chicago Sun-Times. Tom Wilkinson and Barry Pepper also perform admirably, but this eight-hour made-for-TV movie is simply too long.
The Killing
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(Criterion, $40)
Because this early Stanley Kubrick film was previously available only on a so-so DVD transfer, this is one of Criterion’s “more indispensable Blu-ray upgrades,” said the New York Post. Sterling Hayden stars as a criminal whose racetrack robbery “goes spectacularly awry.”
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