Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES II, III & IV • August 14, 2013 New DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) warned, though. There is not a lot of wit or clever dia- logue. The movie coasts on the affability of its cast. The sole Blu-ray extra is a making-of featurette. “The Company You Keep” (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) stars Robert Redford as Nick Sloan. Once part of the Weather Underground, Sloan is now a lawyer living under an assumed name in upstate New York. He needed a new identity after the group’s anti-war protests led to the death of a bank guard during a rob- bery. When radical-turned-suburban mom Sharon Solarz (Susan Sarandon) turns herself in after having lived undetected for 30 years, Albany reporter Ben Shepard (Shia LaBoeuf), eager to make a name for himself and earn the respect of his editor (Stanley Tucci), sets out to connect the dots, no matter how he gets his information. Eventually, his efforts lead him to Sloan. The movie makes an interesting comment on jour- nalistic responsibility, privacy rights, redemption, and ambition. Redford, who also directs, contrasts LaBeouf’s Shepard with Sloan and his contemporaries, including characters portrayed by Richard Jenkins, Nick Nolte, and Julie Christie. Viewers see them as principled individu- als who have made something of their lives and become productive members of society while Shepard’s ambition blinds him to the human toll his revelations might take. Shepard is an unpleasant person and LaBeouf plays him as a no-nonsense, coolly detached individual whose pri- mary goal is The Big Story that will make his name. Extras on the Blu-ray release include a making-of short, footage of the Red Carpet at the New York pre- miere, press conference with the stars, and a featurette on the process of writing the script, preparing to shoot, and casting talent.