By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest from writer-director Woody Allen, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing Irrational Man on Blu-ray today.  Abe Lucas (Joaquin Phoenix) is a brooding professor who has just started teaching philosophy at a local university, where he catches the attention of bright young student Jill (Emma Stone).  But when he… Read More Blu-ray Review: Irrational Man

By John Corrado A charming indie dramedy set in the music industry, Svengali is being released nationwide on all Video On Demand platforms this week.  The film follows Dixie (Jonny Owen), an optimistic local from a small mining town in Wales, who moves to London with his girlfriend Shell (Vicky McClure), to follow his dreams of managing… Read More VOD Release: Svengali

By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the small gem Infinitely Polar Bear on Blu-ray, after a long run on the festival circuit.  Based on writer-director Maya Forbes own childhood in the 1970s, the film follows Cameron (Mark Ruffalo), a charming but erratic man with bipolar disorder whose wife (Zoe Saldana) goes away to… Read More Blu-ray Release: Infinitely Polar Bear

By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures is releasing The Walk on DVD.  The latest from visionary director Robert Zemeckis, this thrilling and surprisingly moving film recounts the true story of Phillipe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who completed his seemingly impossible dream of hanging a tightrope between the Twin Towers, and performing atop it. Although The Walk… Read More DVD Release: The Walk

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Today, Paramount is releasing the spiritual drama Captive on DVD.  The film recounts the true story of convict Brian Nichols (David Oyelowo), who escaped confinement and went on a shooting spree, before forcing himself into the house of Ashley Smith (Kate Mara), a single mother and struggling drug… Read More DVD Review: Captive

By John Corrado Last week, Sony Pictures released acclaimed director Jean-Jacues Annaud’s Wolf Totem on Blu-ray 3D.  Taking place during China’s Cultural Revolution, the story follows Chen Zhen (Shaofeng Feng), a young student who is sent to live with the herdsman in Mongolia. Although their livestock face threats from the surrounding wolves, the villagers have found ways to live symbiotically,… Read More Blu-ray 3D Release: Wolf Totem

By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures is releasing the popular faith-based drama War Room on Blu-ray.  Tony (T.C. Stallings) and Elizabeth Jordan (Priscilla Shirer) live a privileged life with their daughter Danielle (Alena Pitts), but their lives are actually crumbling under the weight of increasing distance and a stalled out marriage, aggravated by his constant… Read More Blu-ray Release: War Room

By John Corrado Today, Elevation Pictures is releasing the solid biopic Pawn Sacrifice on DVD.  The film dramatizes the famous 1972 chess match between the increasingly paranoid American prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire), and celebrated Russian Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber), in a battle that becomes about much more than just pieces on a board. Directed by… Read More DVD Release: Pawn Sacrifice

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

By John Corrado The most recent entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant-Man is being released on Blu-ray 3D today.  The film shows the origin story of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), who has just gotten out of jail and teams up with scientist Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), who has developed a suit that allows the… Read More Blu-ray 3D Release: Ant-Man

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

By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures is releasing Ricki and the Flash on Blu-ray.  Ricki Rendazo (Meryl Streep) is an aging and washed up rocker, who has grown estranged from her family.  But when her ex-husband (Kevin Kline) invites her back home to help deal with their depressed daughter Julie (Mamie Gummer), Ricki starts to insert… Read More Blu-ray Release: Ricki and the Flash

By John Corrado Today, Elevation Pictures is releasing Shaun the Sheep Movie on Blu-ray.  Looking for a day off from the monotony of their farmyard existence, the impossibly clever Shaun and his fellow flock of sheep hatch a scheme to evade their farmer.  But when a series of mishaps cause the farmer to end up… Read More Blu-ray Release: Shaun the Sheep Movie

By John Corrado Today, Elevation Pictures is releasing American Ultra on Blu-ray.  Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg) is a constantly anxious stoner, who lives a mundane life with his girlfriend Phoebe Larson (Kristen Stewart).  But when he suddenly discovers that he’s actually a highly trained agent who had his memory wiped and went rogue, and is… Read More Blu-ray Release: American Ultra

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

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

By John Corrado After a pretty much under the radar theatrical run, Remstar Films is releasing the thriller Dark Places on DVD.  Nearly thirty years after testifying against her brother in the murder of their mother (Christina Hendricks) and sisters, Libby Day (Charlize Theron) is contacted by a group of true crime enthusiasts under Lyle… Read More DVD Release: Dark Places

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

By John Corrado Today, Paramount is releasing Terminator Genisys on Blu-ray 3D.  When human resistance army leader John Connor (Jason Clarke) sends soldier Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back to 1984 from 2029 to help protect his mother Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke), and stop Skynet while it’s still in its infancy as an operating system, an… Read More Blu-ray 3D Release: Terminator Genisys