Blu-ray Release: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

By John Corrado Today, Paramount is releasing Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation on Blu-ray.  This fifth film in the series once again follows super spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), who has now gone rogue to track down a syndicate of highly trained agents, becoming closely involved with Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferugson), a British agent who may… Read More Blu-ray Release: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

Criterion Release: Don’t Look Back

By John Corrado Last week, D.A. Pennebaker’s classic 1967 documentary Don’t Look Back was released on Blu-ray, through the Criterion Collection.  Following Bob Dylan on his 1965 London tour, the film captures the young folk singer at the height of his early fame, being chased by adoring teenaged fans, hanging out with fellow musicians like Joan Baez and… Read More Criterion Release: Don’t Look Back

Blu-ray Release: Jimmy’s Hall

By John Corrado This week, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing Jimmy’s Hall on Blu-ray.  Based on a true story, the drama follows freethinking socialist activist Jimmy Gralton (Barry Ward), who returns to his home country of Ireland amidst internal conflict in 1932, after ten years of exile in New York. When he reopens the dance hall that made him a local… Read More Blu-ray Release: Jimmy’s Hall

Blu-ray Release: Bad Boys I & II: 20th Anniversary Collection

By John Corrado Last week, Sony Pictures released the Bad Boys I & II: 20th Anniversary Collection on Blu-ray, a box set featuring both the 1995 original and 2003 sequel.  Directed by Michael Bay, the blockbuster action comedies follow Mike Lowery (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), a pair of narcotics detectives who have their… Read More Blu-ray Release: Bad Boys I & II: 20th Anniversary Collection

Blu-ray Release: Better Call Saul: Season One

By John Corrado This week, Sony Pictures is releasing the complete first season of Better Call Saul on Blu-ray.  Playing as a prequel to Breaking Bad, the series follows struggling lawyer James McGill (Bob Odenkirk) on his rocky, morally ambiguous ascension into notorious legal legend Saul Goodman, along with his reclusive brother Chuck (Michael McKean) and retired cop… Read More Blu-ray Release: Better Call Saul: Season One

Blu-ray Release: My Fair Lady: 50th Anniversary Edition

By John Corrado Last week, Paramount released a 50th anniversary edition of My Fair Lady on Blu-ray.  Adapted from the breakout stage musical, the film recounts the classic story of the uptight Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), who makes a bet that he can transform free spirited flower child Eliza Doolitle (Audrey Hepburn) into a “proper”… Read More Blu-ray Release: My Fair Lady: 50th Anniversary Edition

Blu-ray Release: The Wolfpack

By John Corrado Last week, the excellent documentary The Wolfpack was released on Blu-ray.  Everything the Angulo brothers know about the outside world comes from the movies they watch, having rarely left their subsidized apartment in New York City.  Homeschooled by their mother, and raised under the fanatical rules of their father, the six teenagers spend… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Wolfpack

Blu-ray Release: Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 40th Anniversary Edition

By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures is releasing Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 40th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray.  The first of three narrative features created by and starring all six of the Pythons (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin), this beloved cult classic comedy follows King Arthur and his knights on a quest to… Read More Blu-ray Release: Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 40th Anniversary Edition