Today, Paramount is releasing a new edition of the 1996 comedy Kingpin, for the first time on Blu-ray.  After losing his hand and promising career, washed up bowler Roy Munson (Woody Harrelson) starts training Amish prodigy Ismael (Randy Quaid) to compete at a national competition, and hopefully defeat his sleazily successful rival, Ernie McCracken (Bill… Read More Blu-ray Release: Kingpin

Today, Disney is releasing their highly recommended sports movie Million Dollar Arm on Blu-ray.  With excellent performances from Jon Hamm and the entire cast, this is an incredibly entertaining and inspirational crowdpleaser that has something for everyone.  We reviewed the film in theatres back on May 16th, and our overall consensus was: “Directed by Craig Gillespie… Read More Blu-ray Release: Million Dollar Arm

Last week, Paramount released this summer’s blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction on Blu-ray.  When struggling inventor Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) and his teen daughter Tessa (Nicola Peltz) purchase a broken down truck that turns out to be Autobot leader Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), the ongoing war with the Decepticons is reignited, and they find themselves… Read More Blu-ray Release: Transformers: Age of Extinction

Today, VVS Films is releasing Jon Favreau’s wonderful Chef on Blu-ray.  With an excellent ensemble cast and a sharp script, this is a delightful and heartfelt comedy that is just as satisfying as a great meal, and one of the best movies of the year so far.  We reviewed Chef in theatres back on June 6th, and our overall… Read More Blu-ray Release: Chef

D Films is releasing the pretty good Words and Pictures on Blu-ray today.  Although the screenplay is overly clichéd, Clive Owen and Juliette Binoch deliver a pair of good performances, and there are some nicely written scenes celebrating the importance of both forms of artistic expression.  We reviewed the film back on July 4th, and our overall… Read More Blu-ray Release: Words and Pictures

After premiering at TIFF last year, VVS Films is releasing McCanick on Blu-ray today.  Eugene McCanick (David Morse) is a tough cop just trying to get through his birthday, when he gets the news that Simon Weeks (Cory Monteith) has been released from prison, a street kid who he put away for murder seven years before. The story starts… Read More Blu-ray Release: McCanick

Back on September 9th, D Films released The Double on Blu-ray.  Simon James (Jesse Eisenberg) is a hopelessly shy office worker, slaving away at his job and pining for the attention of cute coworker Hannah (Mia Wasikowska). But then the charismatic James Simon (Jesse Eisenberg) arrives at the office, an exact doppelgänger of Simon James who threatens… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Double

Last week, Sony Pictures released the popular sequel Think Like a Man Too on Blu-ray.  When Michael (Terrence Jenkins) and  Candace (Regina Hall) decide to get married in Las Vegas with all of their friends in tow, their respective bachelor and bachelorette parties predictably spiral out of control, with the hyperactive and impulsive Cedric (Kevin Hart) threatening… Read More Blu-ray Release: Think Like a Man Too

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… Read More Blu-ray Release: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

The 1979 classic All That Jazz is coming to Blu-ray for the first time today, as part of the Criterion Collection.  Based on director Bob Fosse’s own life, the film follows Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), a film editor and dance choreographer struggling to mount his latest Broadway production, as the abundance of drugs and sex… Read More Criterion Release: All That Jazz

Today, VVS Films is releasing the recent action film Brick Mansions on Blu-ray.  The film is set in a futuristic Detroit that is surrounded by a containment wall, where undercover cop Damien (Paul Walker) finds himself working with ex-con Lino (David Belle), to take down a vicious crime lord (RZA) who plans on blowing up… Read More Blu-ray Release: Brick Mansions

Sony Pictures is releasing The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on Blu-ray today, a fairly entertaining blockbuster that nicely follows the first instalment and does a decent job of setting things up for the next chapter of the franchise.  We reviewed The Amazing Spider-Man 2 back when the film opened atop the box office earlier this summer,… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

After premiering at TIFF last year, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing Only Lovers Left Alive on Blu-ray today.  Directed by Jim Jarmusch, the film follows depressed musician Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and his wife Eve (Tilda Swinton), a pair of lonely vampires drifting through the nightlife of Detroit. The wryly mannered stylings of the film are… Read More Blu-ray Release: Only Lovers Left Alive

Today, Elevation Pictures is releasing the Sundance hit Locke on Blu-ray.  The film takes place in real time and almost entirely inside a car, as Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) drives across London, answering calls from his family and coworkers at the construction site where he works, slowly having the course of his life and others… Read More Blu-ray Release: Locke

Today, Disney is releasing Muppets Most Wanted on Blu-ray.  This time around, the Muppets take their show on the road across Europe, naively hiring Dominic Badguy (Ricky Gervais) as their manager.  Things take a turn for the worse when Kermit is replaced by Constantine, who is using their shows as a coverup for elaborate jewel… Read More Blu-ray Release: Muppets Most Wanted

Along with Bears and Muppets Most Wanted, Disney is also releasing half a dozen of their classics for the first time on Blu-ray today, the first two as a combo pack and the other four on their own.  I had fun working my way through this stack of new releases over the weekend, and I… Read More Blu-ray Release: Six Disney Classics