By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the recent period drama Testament of Youth on Blu-ray. Vera Brittain (Alicia Vikander) is a young woman who dreams of being a writer, but puts aside her university education to work as a nurse during World War I, when her brother (Taron Egerton) and love interest (Kit… Read More Blu-ray Release: Testament of Youth
By John Corrado Back on October 6th, 20th Century Fox released the indie dramedy Me and Earl and the Dying Girl on Blu-ray. Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann) is an awkward high schooler who makes parodies of classic films with his best friend and co-worker Earl (RJ Cyler). But Greg’s life changes when he starts hanging… Read More Blu-ray Release: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
By John Corrado Today, Disney is releasing their 1992 classic Aladdin on Blu-ray, as part of their Diamond Edition series. Aladdin (Scott Weinger) is a young street thief who falls in love with Jasmine (Linda Larkin), a lonely princess who is tired of being confined to the castle, but forced to marry royalty. When Aladdin is… Read More Blu-ray Release: Aladdin
By John Corrado Today, Disney is releasing director Brad Bird’s big budget fantasy Tomorrowland on Blu-ray. Casey Newton (Britt Robertson) is a young dreamer who finds a mysterious pin that seemingly transports her to a futuristic world every time she touches it. The pin brings her into contact with Frank Walker (George Clooney), a grizzled inventor… Read More Blu-ray release: Tomorrowland
By John Corrado Today, 20th Century Fox is releasing a 25th anniversary edition of director Tim Burton’s beloved classic Edward Scissorhands on Blu-ray. Pieced together atop a mountain by a lonely old inventor (Vincent Price), who dies before being able to complete him, Edward (Johnny Depp) is a gentle man who is left with scissors for hands. When he’s… Read More Blu-ray Release: Edward Scissorhands
By John Corrado This week, Gus Van Sant’s landmark 1991 indie film My Own Private Idaho is being released on Blu-ray, through the Criterion Collection. Mike Waters (River Phoenix) is a young hustler on the streets of Portland, who is prone to narcoleptic attacks and sets out on the road in search of his mother, along with… Read More Criterion Release: My Own Private Idaho
By John Corrado Last week, 20th Century Fox released the hit summer comedy Spy on Blu-ray. Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is a desk bound analyst at the CIA, constantly relegated to giving directions to field agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law) through an earpiece. But when the identities of their other agents are compromised, she volunteers… Read More Blu-ray Release: Spy
By John Corrado Paramount is releasing the 1980 animated feature Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back!!) for the first time on DVD today, for fans to revisit before The Peanuts Movie opens in a few weeks. The film follows Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Marcie as they travel to Europe as exchange students, getting into plenty of misadventures… Read More DVD Release: Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back!!)
By John Corrado This weekend, the recent summer blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron is being released on Blu-ray. When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) resurrects his old peacekeeping program in a desperate attempt to keep his teammates safe, the result is a powerful force of artificial intelligence known as Ultron (James Spader), that takes the form of… Read More Blu-ray Release: Avengers: Age of Ultron
By John Corrado Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom was rereleased on Blu-ray last week, through the Criterion Collection. Narrated by Bob Balaban, the film follows Khaki Scout Sam Shakusky (Jared Gilman) and young booklover Suzy Bishop (Kara Hayward), a pair of twelve year olds who fall in love and run away together, prompting a search party to… Read More Criterion Release: Moonrise Kingdom
By John Corrado Last week, 20th Century Fox released The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 40th Anniversary Celebration on Blu-ray, a sparkly new edition of the 1975 classic. A mashup of comedy, musical and horror, the film follows Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon), an innocent young couple who get stranded at the isolated residence of… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 40th Anniversary Celebration
By John Corrado Today, Elevation Pictures is releasing I’ll See You in My Dreams on DVD. Carol Petersen (Blythe Danner) is a former singer still grieving the death of her husband, who has settled into a quiet routine on her own, including frequent bridge games with her trio of friends (June Squibb, Rhea Perlman and… Read More DVD Release: I’ll See You in My Dreams
By John Corrado To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the former and 10th anniversary of the latter, Sony Pictures has put out new Blu-ray editions of Jumanji and Zathura, a pair of classic and thematically similar adventure films, that were both adapted from Chris Van Allsburg books. Released in 1995, and becoming a breakout… Read More Blu-ray Release: Jumanji and Zathura
By John Corrado Today, Disney is releasing their recent hit Cinderella on Blu-ray. Ella (Lily James) is a kindhearted country girl, who is left to live with her evil stepmother Lady Tremaine (Cate Blanchett). But her life changes when she meets a charming prince (Richard Madden), and is determined to reunite with him at the Royal Ball, with… Read More Blu-ray Release: Cinderella
By John Corrado Today, Disneynature is releasing their latest documentary Monkey Kingdom on Blu-ray. The film follows a troop of macaques living in the majestic ruins of an abandoned city in Sri Lanka, and the large fig tree at the centre of their social order. At the bottom of the tree is Maya, who is left to eat whatever… Read More Blu-ray Release: Monkey Kingdom
By John Corrado This week, Two Days, One Night is being released on Blu-ray, through Criterion. Sandra (Marion Cotillard) is a working class mother in Belgium, suffering from severe depression. When she is unfairly fired from her job, with her coworkers voting in favour of getting a hefty bonus for themselves instead of keeping her… Read More Criterion Release: Two Days, One Night
By John Corrado After premiering during Midnight Madness at TIFF last year, Elevation Pictures is releasing Big Game on Blu-ray today. Sent out to prove himself as a man on his thirteenth birthday, young hunter Oskari (Onni Tomilla) stumbles upon President William Moore (Samuel L. Jackson) in the middle of the wilderness in Finland, after… Read More Blu-ray Release: Big Game
By John Corrado After playing at TIFF last year, Remstar Films is releasing Good Kill on Blu-ray today. Major Thomas Egan (Ethan Hawke) is a drone pilot, locked in a bunker firing unmanned missiles at selected targets in Afghanistan, before going home to his wife (January Jones) and kids. But he can only manage living this… Read More Blu-ray Release: Good Kill
By John Corrado After just being released in theatres earlier this summer, Sony Pictures is releasing Aloha on DVD today. Brian Gilcrest (Bradley Cooper) is a military contractor who returns to Hawaii to oversee the private launch of a satellite for Carson Welch (Bill Murray). The scenic trip allows him to reconnect with his ex… Read More DVD Release: Aloha
By John Corrado Today, the Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection is being released on Blu-ray. The excellent set features a selection of twelve short films that the studio has produced over the past fifteen years, all boasting unique visual styles and worth seeing for their own reasons. First up is John Henry (2000), a gospel-infused… Read More Blu-ray Release: Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection
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