Ramon Menendez's inspirational biopic of math teacher Jaime Escalante, Stand and Deliver comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed-captioned. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence. This is a by-the-numbers release from Warner Bros. for a film that deserves better on home video. The disc is technically weak, and offers nothing in the extras department.
I show this movie to my 8th grade students at the end of the school year. It gives many of them encouragement that they can overcome any obstacles they may have.
The inaugural season of ABC's ensemble sitcom Modern Family, starring Ed O' Neill as the patriarch of a sprawling but loving clan, captured the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, and earned a wave of positive reviews. This set features every episode from that first run of shows.