New on Blu-ray & DVD: January 3

The Story: Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack need just a little help to find love in this magical romantic comedy, now on Blu-ray! In search of gifts for their significant others, Cusack and Beckinsale meet cute and discover that they have instant chemistry. Obligated to their respective mates, they leave it up to fate to determine if they should ever find each other again and truly be together.

Notable Special Features: Commentary; director Peter Chelsom's production diary; deleted scenes and more.

The Story: Timothy Olyphant returns as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens for a second season, serving up justice his own way. Based on crime novelist Elmore Leonard's short story Fire in the Hole, the Southern-fried series finds Raylan caught in the crosshairs of a town under siege when two opposing criminal forces face off. Also starring Margo Martindale, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea and Walton Goggins. Jeremy Davies guest stars.

Notable Special Features: "Clans, Feuds and Apple Pie"; outtakes; and "Talking Shop: Roundtable Discussion" Blu-ray exclusive.

The Story: Fins to the left, fins to the right… From the director of Snakes on a Plane, it's now Sharks in a Lake! A group of college friends descend on a beautiful lake house in the Louisiana Gulf, only to find themselves trapped and fending off the killer jaws. Nubile bodies, shark attacks and a sinister scenario in 3D provide the perfect escapist fare without any piranhas. Katharine McPhee, Joel David Moore, Chris Zylka, Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack and Donal Logue star.

Notable Special Features: Jump to your favorite kills quickly with "Shark Attack! Kill Machine!"; "Shark Night's Survival Guide"; "Fake Sharks Real Scares" and a digital copy.

The Story: Captain America star Chris Evans shows his more vulnerable side in this David vs. Goliath tale based on a true story. Evans plays a small-time, underdog lawyer/functioning addict takes on a giant health supply corporation while battling his own personal demons. Michael Biehn and Vinessa Shaw also star.

Notable Special Features: A digital copy of the film.

The Story: A young girl moves into a sprawling, creepy estate with her father and his girlfriend and unwittingly unlocks a gateway for a race of ancient monsters in this thriller starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison. Co-writer and co-producer Guillermo del Toro's masterful hands are all over this remake of a 1973 made-for-TV movie, delivering plenty of thrills, chills and scares to spare.

Notable Special Features: "Blackwood's Mansion" and "The Creatures."

The Story: Sarah Jessica Parker is in full Sex and the City mode, minus the sex, in this contemporary urban comedy based on the bestseller. She plays a big-city finance exec and breadwinner for her family who attempts to balance her job, love life and family life. Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Munn, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Meyers, Jessica Szohr and Christina Hendricks co-star.

Notable Special Features: A conversation with author Allison Pearson.

The Story: Kate Winslet delivers a bravura performance in this epic, five-part HBO miniseries. Based on James M. Cain's classic 1941 novel of pride and status in the middle class, the Great Depression-era period piece follows Mildred Pierce, a suburban housewife in Glendale, CA, who discovers the true struggles of life after she kicks out her cheating husband. Forced to make a living, the independent Mildred finds herself to be much more resourceful than she ever imagined, only to be consistently challenged by her talented, but very spoiled, daughter (Evan Rachel Wood). Guy Pearce and Melissa Leo also star.

Notable Special Features: Commentary, "The Making of Mildred Pierce" and in-depth "Inside the Episode" pieces.

The Story: Director Steven Soderbergh's all-too-real thriller follows the deadly timeline of a contagious outbreak, with Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne and Marion Cotillard in the viral line of fire. Set in Hong Kong, Macao, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Abu Dhabi, London and Geneva, Contagion follows an everyman, a blogger and members of the Centers for Disease Control as they scramble to stay alive, find a cure -- and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

Notable Special Features: "Contagion: How a Virus Changes the World"; an UltraViolet digital copy; Blu-ray Combo pack exclusives "False Comfort Zone: The Reality of Contagion" and "The Contagion Detectives."