Das Boot: The Director's Cut Sony Blu-ray, $35.99
One of the most popular foreign-language films of all time, Wolfgang Petersen's "Das Boot" adapts Lothar-Günther Buchheim's novel about a German submarine crew fighting to survive WWII. The film is as exciting now as it was 30 years ago, combining nail-biting combat sequences with rich character detail about the ideological differences between the career sailors and the young Nazis. The new Blu-ray edition contains Petersen's 209-minute cut, with cleaned-up image and sound, plus a commentary track and lengthy retrospective featurettes (with fascinating behind-the-scenes footage).
Hobo With a Shotgun Magnolia, $26.98; Blu-ray, $29.98
Jason Eisener's intentionally trashy "Hobo With a Shotgun" stars Rutger Hauer as a drifter who tries to clean up a dirty town run by a sadistic millionaire. With the title object on his hip and a teenage hooker by his side, Hauer's hobo blasts the holy hell out of thugs, perverts, rich jerks and the armored warriors known as "The Plague." "Hobo With a Shotgun" is never as clever as its title, but Eisener delivers what he promises. The movie is imaginatively perverse, with gore galore and plenty of quotable dialogue. The DVD and Blu-ray are just as generous, offering two commentary tracks, deleted scenes and featurettes.
13 Assassins Magnolia, $26.98; Blu-ray, $29.98
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