The Butler Blu-Ray

Race and politics collide in director Lee Daniels' biopic of long-serving White House butler Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker). Traumatic loss as a child on a plantation leads Gaines to advance himself and the civil rights cause through peerless service to U.S. presidents from Eisenhower (Robin Williams) to Reagan (Alan Rickman), while his wife (Oprah Winfrey) and son (David Oyelowo) fight their own personal and political battles. All-star cast also includes John Cusack, Jane Fonda. 132 min.