DVD/BD Release List – 4/19/11

A couple of heartfelt, artful domestic dramas—one old, one new—are worthy of attention on this list. Criterion’s releasing Ken Loach’s 1969 classic Kes, about a much-bullied boy who finds himself through falconry; and John Cameron Mitchell’s restrained adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire’s play Rabbit Hole features one of Nicole Kidman’s best performances, as a woman who doesn’t know how to relate to the world after her son dies. But the main event this week is The Ernie Kovacs Collection, a six-DVD set collecting ten years’ worth of the comedian’s various sketches, improvs and elaborately surreal visual gags. Much more on Kovacs in the DVD section tomorrow.
American Dad!: Vol. 6
20th Century Fox, $39.98
Bambi
Walt Disney, $29.99
Born To Raise Hell
Paramount, $22.99
Captain Planet And The Planeteers: Season One
Shout! Factory, $29.93
Cul De Sac: A Suburban War Story
Icarus, $24.98
The Ernie Kovacs Collection
Shout! Factory, $69.97
The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air: The Complete Sixth Season
Warner, $29.98