By David Weiner
8:58 AM PDT, April 9, 2013
Bill Murray is FDR in Hyde Park on Hudson; Kelsey Grammer returns as Boss; James Gandolfini and Famke Janssen go Down the Shore and more this week.
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New on Blu-ray & DVD: April 9
Universal
Bill Murray is FDR in Hyde Park on Hudson; Kelsey Grammer returns as Boss; James Gandolfini and Famke Janssen go Down the Shore and more this week.
Hyde Park on Hudson
Universal
Bill Murray and Laura Linney deliver memorable performances in this frothy tale based on true events. In 1939, international affairs must be juggled as FDR (Murray) readies to host the King and Queen of England (Samuel West and Olivia Colman) for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, marking the first-ever visit of a reigning British monarch to the U.S. As Britain faces the threat of war with Germany, the royals are desperately looking to FDR for America's support. The story is seen through the point of view of Franklin's neighbor and intimate, Daisy (Linney). Olivia Williams, Elizabeth Wilson and Elizabeth Marvel also star.
Down the Shore
Starz
James Gandolfini and Famke Janssen star in this gritty drama set on the Jersey Shore, where the lives of three childhood friends begin to unravel when a deadly secret from their past is revealed. Joe Pope and Eduardo Costa also star in this moving tale of love, friendship and rivalry in the Garden State.
Boss: Season Two
Lionsgate
Kelsey Grammer returns as corrupt Chicago mayor Tom Kane in the second season of the gripping drama. Having beaten back the physical symptoms of his debilitating brain disease, Kane takes on the cancers of the political machine that he helped build, but his ruthless ways also builds a large list of enemies along the way.
Howdy Kids!! A Saturday Afternoon Western Roundup
Shout Factory
Wowee! Break out that Red Ryder BB gun and relive the TV days of yesteryear with this creative collection of great Western TV shows from the '50s, including The Lone Ranger, The Roy Rogers Show, The Rifleman, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Red Ryder and more! The three-DVD boxed set includes 24 complete episodes from the Golden Age of television.
Woochi The Demon Slayer
Well Go USA
Non-stop action and wild fight sequences punctuate this outrageous, supernatural fable, a blockbuster in Korea, that follows Jeon Woo-chi, an undisciplined, womanizing medieval wizard who must avenge the death of his master. Wrongly accused of his death and imprisoned inside an ancient scroll, he reemerges in present-day Korea to battle and capture the demon creatures that framed him --- literally – in the first place.