New on DVD

The Road

(Sony, $28)

Despite its poor run at the box office, The Road “may have been my favorite movie of 2009,” said The Kansas City Star. This chilling adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel takes “terrifying subject matter” and turns it into a “quietly heartbreaking” film about a father and son’s struggle to survive.

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Stage Coach

(Criterion, $39.95)

More than 70 years later, Stage Coach is “still rolling,” said The Washington Post. Directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, the 1939 “horse-and-buggy adventure” transcends the Western genre with its “incredibly impressive” action scenes, pitting stagecoach passengers against the Apache chief Geronimo.

True Blood: The Complete Second Season

(HBO, $60)

Get your fill of HBO’s “Southern-fried vampire melodrama” before the third season debuts this month, said The Hartford Courant. The second season ramps up the sex, violence, and “campiness,” transforming the show from a “guilty pleasure to a genuine one.”