The Mist
2-DISC SET, $32.95; SINGLE DVD, $29.95
Writer-director Frank Darabont’s (“The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Green Mile”) latest Stephen King adaptation builds a slow sense of foreboding that gives way to terror for a small New England town engulfed by a mysterious mist. The film’s cast includes Marcia Gay Harden, Thomas Jane, Toby Jones and Andre Braugher among the townsfolk trapped in a store surrounded by the mist, from which horrifying creatures emerge. The movie comes in a two-disc set packing the theatrical color release and a black-and-white version or in a single-disc with just the theatrical edition. Among the extras: eight deleted scenes, a batch of making-of segments and commentary with Darabont.
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Walk the Line: Extended Cut
DVD SET, $26.98
The Johnny Cash film biography that earned Reese Witherspoon the best-actress Academy Award is back in a longer cut that adds 17 minutes of footage. Joaquin Phoenix, who earned a best-actor nomination, stars as Cash, battling the demons of pills and stardom while pursuing the love of his life, future wife June Carter (Witherspoon). The two-disc set has eight extended musical performances by Phoenix and Witherspoon, along with a nice spread of featurettes on Cash and Carter and the film itself. Director James Mangold provides commentary for the full film and two deleted scenes.
Bonnie and Clyde
2-DISC DVD SET, $20.97; “COLLECTOR’S EDITION”, $39.92; BLU-RAY OR HD, $34.99
One of Hollywood’s great gangster tales returns in a two-disc set, a “Collector’s Edition” loaded with memorabilia. The 1967 film stars Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in the title roles as the ’30s crime couple, whose gang beats a bloody path across the Southwest on a robbery spree. The movie is accompanied by two deleted scenes, a new behind-the-scenes documentary that examines how the film was made and marketed, and the History Channel special “Love and Death: The Story of Bonnie and Clyde.” The “Collector’s Edition” also includes a photo book and a reproduction of the film’s 1967 press book.
The Kite Runner
DVD, $29.99
Director Marc Forster adapts Khaled Hosseini’s novel set amid the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the rise of the Taliban over the ensuing decades. The film traces the differing fates of two childhood friends in Kabul, one who manages to escape Afghanistan and immigrate to the U.S. with his father, the other left behind to face a far harsher life in his homeland. Years later, his old pal makes a daring return to the country in an attempt to make amends to the friend he wronged in their youth. Among the extras: commentary with Forster, Hosseini and screenwriter David Benioff.
