By John Corrado Today, Paramount is releasing writer-director Chris Rock’s Top Five on Blu-ray. Andre Allen (Chris Rock) is a celebrated standup comedian, who has become a sellout movie star, and now wants to be taken seriously as an actor. But on the weekend of his new movie release, and widely publicized reality show marriage,… Read More Blu-ray Release: Top Five
By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures is releasing last year’s Annie remake on Blu-ray. Annie (Quvenzhané Wallis) is a New York foster kid, living with the nasty Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz). But when business tycoon and mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) takes her into his home as a campaign move, the little orphan’s life suddenly… Read More Blu-ray Release: Annie
By John Corrado Paramount is releasing Star Trek: The Original Series: Captain Kirk’s Boldest Missions on DVD today, a two disc set including eight episodes of the classic show that prominently feature William Shatner’s leading character. This is essentially the TV equivalent of a greatest hits album, and considering that most fans will want the… Read More DVD Release: Star Trek: The Original Series: Captain Kirk’s Boldest Missions
By John Corrado Today, 20th Century Fox is releasing Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb on Blu-ray. Larry Daly (Ben Stiller) faces a new challenge when the reanimated historical figures at the Museum of Natural History start to lose control. With the tablet that allows them to come alive quickly losing power, the only… Read More Blu-ray Release: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
By John Corrado Fresh off winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, Disney is releasing Big Hero 6 on Blu-ray today. Following teenaged robotics genius Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter) and his huggable health care companion Baymax (Scott Adsit), this is a beautifully animated film that mixes a superhero origin story with poignant themes of grief and… Read More Blu-ray Release: Big Hero 6
By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures is releasing the recent Oscar-winner Whiplash on Blu-ray. Following the tense and often volatile relationship between aspiring jazz drummer Andrew (Miles Teller), and his abusive teacher Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), this is a stunning music drama that plays with the charged intensity of a thriller. Winning much deserved trophies for… Read More Blu-ray Release: Whiplash
By John Corrado Director Martin Rosen’s 1978 animated classic Watership Down is being released on Blu-ray today, through the Criterion Collection. Adapted from the classic novel by Richard Adams, the story follows a community of rabbits, who are under threat from modern development. Although Watership Down takes its time in telling the story, this is a mature and beautifully animated film… Read More Criterion Release: Watership Down
By John Corrado Last week, Paramount released the 1977 animated feature Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown for the first time on DVD. This adventure follows Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang to summer camp, where they end up competing against each other and a group of bullies in a river race.… Read More DVD Release: Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
By John Corrado Two weeks ago, D Films released My Old Lady on DVD. When his father dies, depressed New Yorker Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline) returns to the Paris apartment that was left to him with plans to sell the large property, only to find the place occupied by the feisty elderly woman Mathilde (Maggie… Read More DVD Release: My Old Lady
By John Corrado Sony Pictures is releasing Predestination on Blu-ray today, a hidden gem from last year’s festival circuit, that demands and deserves your attention. The film follows a Temporal Agent (Ethan Hawke) who has the ability to travel through time, and is on his final mission to stop a devastating bombing before it occurs.… Read More Blu-ray Release: Predestination
By John Corrado Today, Elevation Pictures is releasing the great Nightcrawler on Blu-ray. Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a small time thief who discovers the competitive world of freelance crime journalism, filming various emergencies and selling his unflinching footage to a local TV station. There he meets Nina (Rene Russo), a cutthroat news director equally willing… Read More Blu-ray Release: Nightcrawler
By John Corrado Today, Disney is releasing Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day on Blu-ray. Feeling like nobody understands his rotten luck, young Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) wishes that his family would know what it’s like to have a truly bad day, and that’s exactly what his parents (Steve Carell and Jennifer… Read More Blu-ray Release: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
By John Corrado Disney is releasing their delightful 1961 animated classic 101 Dalmatians for the first time on Blu-ray today as part of the Diamond Edition series, and it’s a must have for fans of the film. When their puppies are dognapped by “devil woman” Cruella De Vil (Betty Lou Gerson), dalmatians Pongo (Rod Taylor)… Read More Blu-ray Release: 101 Dalmatians
By John Corrado Today, Disney is releasing three Studio Ghibli films for the first time on Blu-ray, including Porco Rosso, Pom Poko and Tales from Earthsea. Following the release of The Wind Rises, Princess Mononoke and Kiki’s Delivery Service back in November, this is another fine chance for fans of the Japanese animation studio to round out… Read More Blu-ray Release: Porco Rosso, Pom Poko and Tales from Earthsea
By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures is releasing writer-director David Ayer’s Fury on DVD. The film takes place in the final weeks of World War II, with the tough Don “Wardaddy” Collier (Brad Pitt) and the determined crew of his Sherman tank, including shy new recruit Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman), fighting their way through the… Read More DVD Release: Fury
By John Corrado Two weeks ago, 20th Century Fox released Gone Girl on Blu-ray. When his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) goes missing on their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) is painted as the prime suspect, with her disappearance becoming the point of widespread media fixation. You can read my full review right here.… Read More Blu-ray Release: Gone Girl
By John Corrado After premiering at Sundance last year, Paramount is releasing Rudderless on DVD today. When his son (Miles Hezier) dies in a school shooting, Sam (Billy Crudup) is left depressed, until he discovers his son’s old demo tapes and starts working through his grief by performing the songs at the local bar. There… Read More DVD Release: Rudderless
Sony Pictures Classics is releasing Love is Strange on Blu-ray today, a small gem that deserves more attention. When Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) finally get married after nearly four decades together, George is fired from his teaching job, forcing them to sell their Manhattan apartment and stay separately with their respective family and… Read More Blu-ray Release: Love is Strange
Today, Paramount is releasing Men, Women & Children on Blu-ray, one of the best films from last year’s TIFF. Directed by Jason Reitman, the haunting drama seamlessly weaves together the relationships of numerous teenagers and their parents, including the moving friendship that develops between high school outsiders Tim (Ansel Elgort) and Brandy (Kaitlyn Dever), whose… Read More Blu-ray Release: Men, Women & Children
Last week, D Films released The Guest on Blu-ray. When David (Dan Stevens) arrives on the doorstep of the grieving Peterson family, claiming to have fought with their son who was killed overseas, he is immediately welcomed into their home. But when people start mysteriously showing up dead, their crafty young adult daughter Anna (Maika… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Guest
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