BLU-RAY RELEASE OF THE WEEK

Some great box sets released this week. The Alien anthology is even more enticing with the news of an upcoming Alien prequel film in the near future. The Back to the Future trilogy is incredible, as is the behind-the-scenes features with original Marty McFly Eric Stoltz. Michael J. Fox was an obvious upgrade, but it's still neat to see a What If? scenario sort of play out. Stoltz would go on to bigger and better things, starring in The Fly II and Pulp Fiction.

This week's easy choice though is Debra Granik's stirring Winter's Bone. This sadly didn't get a wide release, but one of the perks of living in New York City is getting a chance to see some limited films early on. Bone's breakout star is Jennifer Lawrence--Ree, a young girl forced to take care of her two siblings due to a missing father and an incapacitated mother.

This of course is a bare bones synopsis. Granik offers up a subtle country noir tale set in the back hills of the Ozarks which finds Ree searching for answers to find her father and unearth some long buried family secrets. John Hawkes plays Ree's uncle Teardrop. Both he and Lawrence should be nominated for multiple awards this season.

You can find my review of Winter's Bone here.