Both the Blu-ray and DVD formats of 50/50 offer a healthy dose of extra features. Included therein are deleted scenes, an often hilarious and sporadically insightful audio commentary with Seth Rogen, producers Ben Karlin and Evan Goldberg, writer Will Reiser, and director Jonathan Levine, a behind-the-scenes piece called Seek and Destroy, and two featurettes entitled The Story of 50/50 and Life Imitates Art, in which cast and crew members reflect on the story behind the film and the real-life similarities thereof.

Ratings: IMDb - 8.0/10  Metacritic - 72/100 Rotten Tomatoes - 93%

Wings (9/10)

It's only fitting that on the same day the black-and-white silent film The Artist is crowned with ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, Wings, the first - and only silent - movie ever to win the Best Picture Oscar is released for the first time on Blu-ray. Originally released on May 19th, 1927 in San Antonio, Texas, Wings was director William A. Wellman's cinematic ode to the American fighter pilots of World War I.

This monument in aerial photography and combat flying sequences is more than worth a first or second - or third - look, especially through the home entertainment experience of this superb Blu-ray restoration from Paramount.

Admittedly, the extra features on this single-disc edition are a bit slight, but there's certainly enough insightful material to keep one's interest afloat. Included in the extra content are the following documentaries/shorts: "Wings: Grandeur in the Sky", "Restoring the Power and Beauty of Wings", and "Dogfight!". The film's audio/visual transfer is first-rate. Don't miss this one!

Ratings: IMDb - 7.8/10

Paranormal Activity 3 (6.5/10)

Relatively fresh off its box-office triumph in October, Paranormal Activity 3 looks to carryover some of its financial mojo to the market of Blu-rays and DVDs, with this two-disc BD/DVD set released today from Paramount. Probably the weakest link in the series so far, this third instalment of what will inevitably be a long drawn-out franchise of low-budget horror movies receives a passing grade for two reasons: 1) it still makes for a genuinely creepy audio/visual experience, and 2) it at least tries to insert something of a story in a series that is quickly starting to wear out its welcome.

As far as generic horror movie prequels are concerned, I've definitely seen far worse than Paranormal Activity 3. Predictable as it may be, its chilling use of cinematic trickery (i.e. that of editing, camerawork, and acting) remains a highly effective tool in giving its audience the heebie-jeebies treatment it craves.

The extra features on this two-disc set are scarce to the point of "why bother?". Aside from the Digital/UV/DVD copies, you have option a): a two-minute "Scare Montage" in which one of the main characters frightens another through a brief series of pranks, or option b): a pointless 56-second wedding video commercial promoting the occupation of the abovementioned prankster character.

Ratings: IMDb - 6.2/10  Metacritic - 59/100  Rotten Tomatoes - 66%