Last week, levelFILM released About Alex on DVD.  When Alex (Jason Ritter) attempts suicide, his university friends come to stay with him at his rural house, to keep an eye on him and also figure out where they broke apart.  This includes Sarah (Aubrey Plaza) who is masking her own pain, and the sarcastic Josh… Read More DVD Release: About Alex

Today, Paramount is releasing Happy Christmas on DVD.  Jenny (Anna Kendrick) has just broken up with her boyfriend, when she goes to stay with her brother Jeff (Joe Swanberg) over the holidays, with his wife Kelly (Melanie Lynsky) and their young son (Jude Swanberg).  Jenny is barely responsible when it comes to living with a… Read More DVD Release: Happy Christmas

After a successful run at TIFF Bell Lightbox, D Films is releasing Coherence on DVD.  When eight friends gather for a dinner party, on the same night that a comet is passing dangerously close to the earth, they start to experience shocking changes to all of their realities.  After the power shuts out, a few… Read More DVD Release: Coherence

Today, Disney is releasing Maleficent on Blu-ray, one of the biggest hits of the year.  A different version of their 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty, this live action fairy tale focuses on the vengeful Maleficent (Angelina Jolie), who is betrayed by King Stefan (Sharlto Copley) and puts a curse upon his daughter Aurora (Elle Fanning). … Read More Blu-ray Release: Maleficent

Today, Sony Pictures is releasing this summer’s Sex Tape on Blu-ray.  Disappointed with their love life post kids, mommy blogger Annie (Cameron Diaz) and her husband Jay (Jason Segel) make a sex tape.  But when the video gets synced to the iPads they gave out as gifts, which are now in the hands of their… Read More Blu-ray Release: Sex Tape

Today, Paramount is releasing a Diamond Anniversary Edition of the beloved 1954 holiday classic White Christmas on Blu-ray.  After the war, song and dance men Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) team up with the popular sister act of Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera Ellen), to perform together and help… Read More Blu-ray Release: White Christmas

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