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Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn's Sundance Productions are producing a new scripted "factual series" for Discovery Channel -- "The West," which will look at the characters at the center of the 40 year period between the end of the American Civil War through the turn of the 20th Century, including Jesse James, Crazy Horse, Wyatt Earp and Buffalo Bill. "The stories of the American West are epic and profound with some of the biggest, most renowned and mythologized characters," said Redford and Michalchyshyn. "We are thrilled to be partnering with Stephen David to bring this series to the world." That would be Stephen David of Stephen David Entertainment, who'll be coproducing the series, and who previously worked on the History docudrama "The Men Who Built America," which sounds similar in format and had actors Adam Jonas Segaller, Justin Morck and Cary Donaldson playing Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford.

Apparently there’s no accounting for taste; The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is leading the pack in Blu-Ray pre-sales this week, closely followed by Taken 2 and Skyfall. After a lengthy run, The Dark Knight Rises has fallen to number 12 on the bestselling Blu-Ray sales charts and it will be sorely missed (thankfully I already own the film and you should too).

This week, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña star as two boys in blue in End of Watch, a classic samurai film gets a reboot, and a little-known Sherlock Holmes film finally arrives on Blu-Ray.

Ready for this week’s picks? Then read on.

End of Watch

Release Date: January 22nd, 2013

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick, America Ferrera, Frank Grillo, and Natalie Martinez.

Director: David Ayer

An American thriller drama film written and directed by David Ayer ( who also wrote Training Day and The Fast and the Furious...