Stop-Loss
(Paramount, $34.99)
When released, Stop-Loss was written off as just another film about the Iraq war, said New York. But director Kimberly Peirce’s “satisfying rabble-rouser” about a controversial military policy turns out to be a “heartfelt follow-up” to her 1999 debut Boys Don’t Cry.
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Mad Men: The First Season
(Lion’s Gate, $49.99)
One of TV’s “best dramas” is now on Blu-ray disc, said Alan Sepinwall in the Newark, N.J., Star-Ledger. AMC’s series about the power trips of ad executives in the early 1960s is an “astonishing achievement.” The commentary and chic packaging make this deluxe set “absolutely worth the purchase price.”
Batman: The Movie
(20th Century Fox, $39.98)
“Holy Blu-ray, Batman! That’s one sharp picture,” said Warren Clements in the Toronto Globe and Mail. Before Christian Bale and Michael Keaton, Adam West first took the superhero to the big screen, back in 1966. All the “Pow!” and “Zap!” of the original TV show are captured here in high-definition.
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