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You loved the movie, what about the DVD?
Find out as we examine the extras on this week's best movie DVDs...
“KNOWING”
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne
Director: Alex Proyas (“I, Robot”)
Format: DVD, Blu-ray
What we said: "Too ridiculous to be taken seriously and too serious to be dismissed as mindless trash."
Extras: Commentary by Proyas; “Visions of the Apocalypse” and “The Making of a Futuristic Thriller” featurettes.
Worth watching: “Visions of the Apocalypse.” Because we like being kept awake by apocalyptic nightmares. It’s good for our complexion.
Worth skipping: Proyas’ commentary. Not that he doesn’t say interesting things about his movie, but we always like to hear more than one perspective.
Worth adding: The original trailers. Maybe it’s just us, but we always like watching a movie’s trailers right before we watch the movie.
Buy, rent or ignore: Rent.
“THE UNBORN: UNRATED”
Stars: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good
Director: David S. Goyer (“Blade: Trinity”)
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
What we said: "Generic, underdeveloped and more silly than scary."
Extras: DVD: Both the theatrical and unrated versions of the movie; deleted scenes.
Blu-ray: All of the above extras plus BD-Live functions that include scene sharing.
Worth watching: The unrated version is always your best bet when it comes to a scary movie like this one.
Worth skipping: The BD-Live scene sharing. Keep your scenes to yourself, please.
Worth adding: A commentary, especially if they can get classy co-stars Oldman, Carla Gugino and James Remar to explain how they got involved in this.
Buy, rent or ignore: Rent.
“PUSH”
Stars: Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle
Director: Paul McGuigan (“Lucky Number Slevin”)
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
What we said: "It would take some pretty powerful mind control to convince audiences that Push is a winner."
Extras: Commentary; deleted scenes with optional commentary; “The Science Behind the Fiction” featurette.
Worth watching: The deleted scenes, first on their own, and then with the commentary.
Worth skipping: “The Science Behind the Fiction.” What if this information fell into the hands of some super villain wannabe? Huh? Did you ever think of that?
Worth adding: Since the movie was written by David Bourla, who directed “Frankenthumb,” “Bat Thumb” and “The Godthumb,” how about “Pushthumb”?
Buy, rent or ignore: Rent.
Other DVDs out this week:
— Universal taps their considerable back catalog this week with DVDs of “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” “Lonely and the Brave,” “Beau Geste” and “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine”
— See why Drew’s grandfather was such an inspiration to her (and others) with the “John Barrymore Collection,” which includes “Sherlock Holmes,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “The Beloved Rogue” and “Tempest”
— From the creator of the “Puppet Master” series comes (no, we’re not kidding) “Evil Bong 2: King Bong”
Also on Blu-ray:
“The Deep”
“Grumpy Old Men”
Also released:
“A Day in the Life”
“Five Fingers”
“Flying By”
“Night Train”
