Selected home-video releases:
‘3:10 to Yuma’
Russell Crowe and Christian Bale bring the Western back to the big screen with class and style in this compelling remake of the 1957 Glenn Ford tale. Crowe stars as a flamboyant outlaw captured by the law, with Bale a financially ailing farmer who hires on to help escort the bad guy through rough country where they face threats from Indians and a gang of Crowe accomplices aiming to spring their boss. The DVD has deleted scenes, a handful of featurettes and commentary with director James Mangold. The Blu-ray high-definition release comes with those extras plus more detailed making-of segments, including a featurette on the effect of the railroad on 19th century America and a conversation with Elmore Leonard, whose short story was the basis for both films. DVD, $29.95; Blu-ray, $39.99. (Lionsgate)
‘Sunshine’
The end of the world is at hand in Danny Boyle’s sci-fi saga set 50 years from now, when the sun is dying and a band of astronauts sets out on a daring last-gasp mission to re-ignite the fading star. Cillian Murphy leads an ensemble cast as the scientist who developed the bomb that the crew aims to deliver into the sun, with Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, Troy Garity and Rose Byrne co-starring as fellow space travelers. The DVD and Blu-ray releases have a huge batch of deleted scenes, including an alternate ending, all accompanied by commentary from director Boyle. Other extras include a collection of production-diary segments for the Web offering behind-the-scenes glimpses of the film. DVD, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.98. (20th Century Fox)
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