W., W., W.

While famed Bush satirist Will Ferrell performs his NYC-based theater show, You’re Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush, Oliver Stone’s more sobering take on the Bush years, W., is new this week on DVD and Blu-ray. Last fall Republicans ignored the film, and democrats rebuffed it as apologetic. Both sides got it wrong. W. is a light drama, sure, but it contains some memorable moments as it focuses on Bush the man, not the mistakes. Front and center is the relationship between George W. Bush, and his father, the 41st president. From Yale to Austin to D.C. to Crawford we go, and throughout Josh Brolin’s complex embodiment of the former president turns W. from a tired Saturday Night Live skit into an entertaining, thought-provoking piece of pop culture pretzel. Just don’t choke on it. Rated PG-13.