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

Today, Touchstone Pictures is releasing Need for Speed on Blu-ray.  After a street race between Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul) and his wealthy rival Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper) ends in tragedy, Tobey is framed and left to take the fall.  Released from prison with revenge on his mind, Tobey is determined to compete against Dino at… Read More Blu-ray Release: Need for Speed

After premiering at TIFF last year and just finishing a successful run in theatres, Mongrel Media is releasing Under the Skin on all home entertainment platforms today, including iTunes.  Directed by Jonathan Glazer, the film follows an alien seductress (Scarlett Johansson) who stalks men on the streets of Scotland, picking them up in her white… Read More Digital Release: Under the Skin

Today, Paramount is releasing Darren Aronofsky’s Noah on Blu-ray.  Adapted from the Book of Genesis, this version has Noah (Russell Crowe) foretold the world will be destroyed through dreams of death and rising water.  Noah is chosen by the Creator to build an ark that will house two of each animal and protect his wife… Read More Blu-ray Release: Noah

Last week, 20th Century Fox released Dom Hemingway on Blu-ray, a film that premiered at TIFF last year.  Dom Hemingway (Jude Law) is a safecracker who has just gotten out after twelve years in jail, looking for payback from his old crime boss (Demian Bichir), while struggling to reconnect with his estranged daughter (Emilia Clarke).… Read More Blu-ray Release: Dom Hemingway

Two weeks ago, the 1959 film Pickpocket was released on Blu-ray through the Criterion Collection.  Directed by Robert Bresson, this is a quiet character study of Michel (Martin LaSalle), a lonely writer who spends his days compulsively snatching wallets throughout Paris, leading to chance encounters with Jeanne (Marika Green), a beautiful young woman who might… Read More Criterion Release: Pickpocket

Heaven is for Real – A Sony Pictures Release http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/heavenisforreal/ Blu-ray Release Date: July 22nd, 2014 Rated PG for thematic material Running Time: 99 minutes Randall Wallace (director) Randall Wallace (screenplay) Christopher Parker (screenplay) Based on the book by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent Nick Glennie-Smith (music) Greg Kinnear as Todd Burpo Connor Corum as Colton… Read More Blu-ray Review: Heaven is for Real

The Lunchbox – A Sony Pictures Classics Release http://sonyclassics.com/thelunchbox/ Blu-ray Release Date: July 8th, 2014 Rated PG for thematic material Running time: 105 minutes Ritesh Batra (dir.) Ritesh Batra (screenplay) Max Richter (music) Irrfan Khan as Saajan Fernandes Nimrat Kaur as Ila Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Shaikh Nakul Vaid as Rajeev Our reviews below: _________________________________________ The Lunchbox… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Lunchbox

Last week, the 1964 classic A Hard Day’s Night was released on DVD & Blu-ray through the Criterion Collection.  A month after The Beatles famously appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, the film follows John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr as they let loose around London at the height of their fame,… Read More Criterion Release: A Hard Day’s Night

Last week, Level Film released the boxing film A Fighting Man on DVD.  The Canadian production follows Sailor O’Connor (Dominic Purcell), a washed up boxer with a tragic past and a mother (Sheila McCarthy) who is dying of cancer.  Despite the trepidation of his manager (James Caan) and kind priest (Kim Coates), O’Connor steps back into the ring for one… Read More DVD Release: A Fighting Man