New on DVD: 'Sex and the City 2,' 'Winter's Bone'

October 22, 2010

Plot This movie picks up the story of Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her friends Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Samantha (Kim Cattrall) two years after the last film ended. Carrie, happily married to Mr. Big (Chris Noth), has been feathering their handsome Upper East Side nest while the others navigate motherhood, careers and menopause.

List prices Blu-ray: $35.99; DVD: $28.98

Extras "Revisiting the '80s" and "SATC2 Soundtrack: Behind the Scenes with Alicia Keys" featurettes.

WINTER'S BONE (R) 3 stars

Plot Adapted from Daniel Woodrell's novel, this movie limns the impoverished backwoods culture of the Ozark Mountains in southern Missouri, a landscape of drug labs, rural detritus and foreclosed hopes. Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence), 17, is trying to keep her fragile household together, taking care of her younger siblings, as well as her invalid mother. Her father, Jessup, has been away for weeks when a sheriff arrives to tell her that he was arrested for cooking meth and has put the family's house up as bond.

List prices Blu-ray: $29.99; DVD: $27.98

Extras Commentary by director Debra Granik and director of photography Michael McDonough, a making-of documentary, deleted scenes, an alternate opening and a music video by Dickon Hinchliffe.

- Washington Post