“Sin City: Recut, Extended, Unrated”
Dimension, $39.99
Who’s in it: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba
Recap: Frank Miller’s gritty comic book brought to life by Robert Rodriguez, with state-of-the-art technology, over-the-top sex and violence, and “special guest director” Quentin Tarantino.
Best extra: “The Movie in High-Speed Green Screen” lets you watch the entire film in fast-forward, with none of the completed special effects.
Secrets revealed: “The Long Take” contains 14 minutes of Tarantino’s segment, revealing all the behind-the-scenes banter and details.
Feature to skip: The third audio commentary track featuring the audience reaction at the film’s Austin, Texas, premiere is cute but nothing you’ll want to hear more than once.
Trivia: Tarantino was so convinced by Rodriguez’s all-digital approach that the two have reteamed for an homage to trashy drive-in flicks, also to be shot in high-def digital.
If you liked this, try: The “Kill Bill” movies, Tarantino’s own over-the-top comic-book flicks.
“The 40-Year-Old Virgin”
Universal, $29.98
Who’s in it: Steve Carell, Seth Rogan, Catherine Keener
Recap: Carell plays the titular late-bloomer in what amounts to a smart, sensitive teen sex comedy made for and played by adults.
Best extra: The alternate lines in the improv-heavy deleted scenes are often hilarious, and often in such poor taste that director Judd Apatow admits they would never have made it into the film.
Secrets revealed: In the “Waxing Doc,” it’s revealed that yes, indeed, Carell subjected his chest to some painful patchwork waxing, all in the name of good comedy.
Feature to skip: “My Dinner with Stormy” is a one-joke segment featuring co-star Seth Rogan and the porn star Stormy Daniels that barely lasts long enough to set up and deliver one amusing gag.
Trivia: Rogan got his start in the brilliant TV show “Freaks & Geeks,” produced by Apatow, and in “Undeclared,” created by Apatow.
If you liked this, try: “Wake Up, Ron Burgundy,” the alternate version of “Anchorman” Apatow helped put together with outtakes, alternate takes and abandoned story lines from that film, which he produced.
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ALSO OUT TUESDAY
“The Island”
Dreamworks, $29.99
Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson star as clones in a future world who go on the lam after they discover they’re destined to become spare parts for their wealthy prototypes. Director Michael Bay offers commentary, and the DVD has a making-of segment on the movie’s elaborate computer animation and stunt sequences.
“Airplane! ‘Don’t Call Me Shirley!’ Edition”
Paramount, $19.99
The 1980 laugh riot is back in the air. The movie stars Robert Hays as a traumatized pilot, Julie Hagerty as a ditzy flight attendant and Leslie Nielsen as a deadpan doctor, along with Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges and Peter Graves, in a spoof of air-disaster flicks. Writer-directors Jim Abrahams and Jerry and David Zucker join producer Jon Davison for commentary, and the DVD has deleted scenes, trivia and interviews with cast and crew.
“Roll Bounce”
20th Century Fox, $27.98
Bow Wow stars in a flashback to the 1970s, playing a hot-shot roller-skater whose local rink shuts down, forcing him and his pals to start fresh at a rival skating arena. The DVD has deleted scenes, two featurettes and commentary by Bow Wow, some of his co-stars and director Malcolm Lee.
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In stores next week
– “Must Love Dogs” – “Serenity” – “The Brothers Grimm”
– “Four Brothers” – “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” – “Cry Wolf”
