Coco Before Chanel

Here’s a quick overview of some of this week’s new releases on DVD and Blu-ray:

– Coco Before Chanel: Audrey Tautou’s performance and the film as a whole seemed to fall off of the awards season radar; perhaps the film will find a new following in the rental world?

– Law Abiding Citizen: Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler’s thriller did moderately well with audiences; Butler sandwiched this revenge role between his turns as rom-com leading man (The Ugly Truth) and prisoner-turned-gamer (in yup, you guessed it, Gamer).

– Good Hair: Chris Rock’s insightful and funny documentary on how African Americans define what “good hair” is, and the lengths they’ll go to get it.

– Goodfellas – Blu-ray 20th Anniversary Edition: The Scorsese classic gets the full Blu-ray treatment in digi-book form, including commentaries, featurettes, and a handful of clips and videos to supplement the film.

– Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years at Warner Bros.:  As the title suggests, all of Eastwood’s films from the Warner Brothers years are included in this box set, along with a new documentary on Eastwood’s career. The set also includes a sampler booklet excerpted from Richard Schickel’s book “Clint: A Retrospective” – we can’t help but wonder why the book itself wasn’t bundled with this set?

– “The Guild” – Season Three: Felicia Day’s web series makes its way onto DVD, where it will hopefully build on an already strong web presence.

– The StudioCanal Collection releases three classics to Blu-ray: Ran, The Ladykillers and Contempt.

See more of this week’s releases in our DVD & Blu-ray section.