Oscar nominee “A Serious Man,” featuring another happy return to the familiar delightfully oddball filmmaking style of the Coen Brothers (after the even better “Burn After Reading” 
was overlooked by Oscar last year) hits stores on Blu-ray Disc this week. No filmmaker composes a shot or gets better facial expressions out of their actors than the Coens.
Other Best Picture and Best Animated film nominees already out on Blu-ray include: “Coraline,” “District 9,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” and “Up.”
Oscar nominees that have been announced for release shortly after the Academy Awards:
- “The Blind Side” (March 23, Warner) – Plus conversations with Sandra Bullock, Leigh Anne Tuohy, and Michael Oher.
- “An Education” (March 30, Sony) – Plus deleted scenes and footage from the red carpet.
- “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (March 9 tentative, Lionsgate)
- “The Princess and the Frog” (March 16, Disney) – Plus deleted scenes, hours of behind-the-scenes and games.
Also recently announced for Blu-ray:
- “Sherlock Holmes” (March 23, Warner) – Plus walk-ons by director Guy Ritchie and an hour of Picture-in-Picture commentary.
- “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” (March 30, Fox) – Plus a 50-year retrospective of The Chipmunks and nearly an hour of additional music videos and sing-alongs.
- “The Informant!” (Feb. 23, Warner) – Plus deleted scenes and filmmaker audio commentary.
- “The Damned United” (Feb. 23, Sony) – Plus deleted scenes, audio commentary, and making-of featurettes.
- “The Fourth Kind” (March 16, Universal)
— By Scott Hettrick