Allen and Albert Hughes followed up their successful debut, Menace II Society, with the sweeping crime drama Dead Presidents. That film comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. An English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1 and a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. Spanish subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, making this Disney/Buena Vista disc difficult to recommend to anyone other than fans of the film.

Scare-packed sequel (and prequel to the series's first two entries) finds supernaturally gifted demonologist Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) called to her childhood home to investigate a rash of paranormal occurrences. Elise will be forced to confront the horrors of her own past as she uses her psychic abilities to protect her own family from a malevolent entity. With Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Josh Stewart, and Bruce Davison. 103 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

In 2003, on the news that his son died in combat in Iraq, recent widower Doc (Steve Carrell) looked up two long-estranged colleagues from his Vietnam service days-foul-mouthed barkeep Sal (Bryan Cranston) and imperious reverend Richard (Laurence Fishburne)-for company and moral support as he journeyed to claim the body. The stunning circumstances of the unfolding trip leave the reunited veterans questioning the sacrifices of two generations, in Richard Linklater's trenchant seriocomedy, adapted with novelist Daryl Ponsican from his semi-sequel to "The Last Detail." 124 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.