Anyone completely behind on last year’s films ought to take a look at this Tuesday’s releases. There’s no shortage of critically-acclaimed and Oscar-nominated films available, starting with Best Actor and Best Original (heh) Screenplay winner “Milk.” “Milk” strikes out on the format with extra features that include deleted scenes, and three making-of docs. Also on the docket is the haunting Swedish horror picture “Let The Right One In,” which is set to be remade by Satanic forces taking the form of Matt Reeves later this spring. Extras on that include a behind-the-scene featurette, deleted scenes and a chance to freeze frame that gnarly cat attack scene. Also hitting DVD are awards-favorites “Rachel Getting Married,” “Happy-Go-Lucky,” “Cadillac Records” (Jeffery Wright- most underrated performance of the year?) and what some of us may consider the best movie of 2008, Charlie Kaufman’s puzzle box masterpiece “Synecdoche, New York.”
Looking for something without the smell of new on it? “Howard The Duck” makes its long awaited debut on DVD. Long regarded as a failure, “Howard” is worth lauding for its wicked soundtrack, and the DVD is loaded with retrospective featurettes that hammer home the difficulties of the production. Meanwhile, Disney opens its vault for the 70th anniversary of “Pinocchio,” another release of “The Miracle Worker” and the “Witch Mountain” films . Rounding out the new releases are fun for the undemanding, “Transporter 3” and “Role Models,” while Blu-Ray gathers “Brokeback Mountain,” “Seven” and “Traffic.”