The Boys Are Back, a tender single dad drama, hit DVD (but not Blu) last week (26 Jan) from Miramax. Everybody's Fine was also announced as DVD-only recently. I'd expect the remaining Miramax releases from Disney to go the cost-savings route and forego Blu-ray.

Boys Are Back features a lived-in, naturalistic performance from Clive Owen that not enough people have had a chance to see. Father and son grieve the loss of the boy's mother, and a little ways in, the dad's estranged first son, a teenager, pops up. Scott Hicks, who directed Shine, does an admirable job here moving the show along and not letting the inciting incident (a death) drag us into misery for just shy of two hours.

In general sensibility and a few other respects, the movie reminds me of Dear Frankie, a Miramax release from a few years ago. It didn't get a huge theatrical push, nor has it gotten tons of attention on video thus far, but it's a good solid flick. The thing Boys Are Back has going for it that Frankie didn't is the proliferation of Netflix and the much-improved recommendation engine.

The two included extras are a series of photos called The Boys Are Back: A Photographic Journey (with optional director's commentary) and a featurette entitled A Father and Two Sons, On Set.