Last Tuesday, Marvel released Captain America: The Winter Soldier on Blu-ray.  Dark, gritty and also thought provoking, while still managing to breathlessly entertain, this is one of the best blockbusters of the year.  We all reviewed the film in theatres back on April 4th, and our overall consensus was:

“With exhilarating action sequences and a surprisingly smart screenplay full of twists, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a spectacular sequel that takes the Marvel Cinematic Universe in exciting new directions. ***3/4 (out of 4)”

The Blu-ray includes commentary with the directors and screenwriters, deleted and extended scenes, a gag reel and three short featurettes.

The first season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was also released last week, following a different group of heroes put together by the mysteriously returning Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), after the events of The Avengers.  Although not in the same league as the movies, fans of the show are going to want to add this set to their collections, including all 22 episodes of the TV series and a bunch of featurettes.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is 136 minutes and rated PG.

-John Corrado