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Granted, Hollywood marking fresh territory about new family dynamics is exciting stuff, especially when it pertains to stories within the LGBT community. I don’t mean to single out an issue here, as The Kids Are All Right is probably about many things. Yet mainstream movies about gays – and primarily those that actually turn a profit – are an interesting talking point. Had a movie like Brokeback Mountain not been made (or, I guess, break out at the box office), I highly, highly doubt a movie like The Kids Are All Right would ever have been made.

In many ways, it set a precedent that opened doors for films like The Kids Are All Right that otherwise would have been blacklisted. (I think I Love You, Phillip Morris, the Jim Carrey-Ewan McGregor slammer dramedy set to open early next month, falls in the same category).

Universally liked by critics – 94% of the nation’s top critics said good things about it on Rotten Tomatoes – the Focus Features flick has earned $20.8 million to date against a small $4 million budget.

Disc includes: The Journey to Forming a Family featurette, The Making Of featurette, The Writer’s Process featurette, audio commentary

For people who have been practicin’ their Na’vi: Avatar (Extended Edition)

Remember when that totally lame Avatar disc came out… just in time for Earth Day? Well, all has been atoned. Out today is a beefed up Avatar disc, or, well, the disc that shoulda came out in place of that cash grabby, bare bones hunk of rubbish seven months ago. Among the amenities are more than 45 minutes of deleted scenes. So, tack ‘em on to Avatar’s already epic 162-minute runtime and you have yourself a – gulp – 207-minute movie. Even Titanic’s like, “Simmer down, James Cameron. Simmer!”

The extended edition release comes on the heels of news that Cameron would make not one, but two Avatar sequels. How does everybody feel about that? If anything, I’ll bet the inventor of the Na’vi language is excited to turn new phrases. As for me, I’m generally a purist and will be so here. I don’t know that I necessarily need another Avatar flick. Then again, when has anybody said they needed anything out of Hollywood?

Disc includes: Alternate opening, Capturing Avatar documentary, deleted scenes (45 minutes), family audio tracks

November 16, 2010
Blu-ray
16 Wishes
Air Force One
Avatar (Extended Edition)
Bad Boys
Beneath The Blue
Black Hawk Down
Cameron Romero's Staunton Hill
Casino Royale
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Children of the Corn
A Christmas Story (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Clash of the Titans
Crowley
The Da Vinci Code
Disney's A Christmas Carol
The Extra Man
Falling Down
The Fifth Element
Gangland: Complete Season 6
Ghost Machine
Ghost Rider
Hancock
It's Always Sunny...: A Very Sunny Christmas
The Kids Are All Right
The Last Airbender
The Lightkeepers
Lottery Ticket
Modern Times (Criterion Collection)
Mutiny On The Bounty
National Geographic: Great Migrations
The Night of the Hunter (Criterion Collection)
The Official FIFA World Cup 2010
Open Season
Peanuts Classic Holiday Collection
The Polar Express
Scooby-Doo: Camp Scare
Sherlock Jr. / Three Ages
Snatch New Packaging
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Space Station (IMAX)
Special Ops
Spider-Man (New Packaging)
Spider-Man 2 (New Packaging)
Spider-Man 3 (New Packaging)
The Tournament
Twilight Zone: Season 2 - The Definitive Edition
Under the Sea (IMAX)
Voltron Fleet: The Movie
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
World at War

DVD
16 Wishes
Avatar (Extended Edition Collector's Set)
Beneath The Blue
Carnivale: The Complete Second Season (New Packaging)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Children of the Corn
A Christmas Story (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Clash of the Titans (3-D)
Disney's A Christmas Carol (3-D)
The Endless Summer (Director's Special Edition)
The Extra Man
Gangland: Complete Season 6
Glee: The Complete First Season (Gift Set)
Heroes: The Complete Series (Set)
It's Always Sunny...: A Very Sunny Christmas (Gift Set)
The Kids Are All Right
The Last Airbender
Leading Ladies of TV's Golden Age
The Lightkeepers
Lottery Ticket
Metropolis (Special Edition)
Modern Times (Criterion Collection)
National Geographic: Great Migrations
The Night of the Hunter (Criterion Collection)
The Office: Digital Short Collection
The Official FIFA World Cup 2010 (3-D)
Peanuts Classic Holiday Collection
SNL: Eddie Murphy / Chris Rock / Morgan / Sandler (Set)
Special Ops
Twilight Zone: Season 2 - The Definitive Edition
Wagon Train: The Complete Second Season
The Wire: The Complete Series (New Packaging)

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