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, Sony is releasing Community: The Complete Fifth Season on DVD. This season has failed lawyer Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) returning to Greendale College and becoming a teacher, reuniting his close study group of outsiders Britta (Gillian Jacobs), Abed (Danny Pudi), Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown), Annie (Alison Brie) and Troy (Donald Glover). Although this was… Read More DVD Release: Community: The Complete Fifth Season
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
After premiering at TIFF last year, Phase 4 Films is releasing Made in America on all home entertainment platforms today, including video on demand. Directed by Ron Howard, the documentary follows the staging of the Made in America music festival in Philadelphia, a massive outdoor concert masterminded by iconic rapper Jay Z. The idea is… Read More Digital Release: Made in America
Today, 20th Century Fox is releasing Rio 2 on Blu-ray & DVD. Continuing the charming adventures of Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) and Jewel (Anne Hathaway), this is a harmless and entertaining enough animated sequel that kids are going to love. We reviewed Rio 2 when the film was in theatres back in April, and our overall… Read More Blu-ray Release: Rio 2
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
Today, Paramount is releasing Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 on DVD & Blu-ray. A companion to last year’s admittedly amusing Bad Grandpa, this new feature takes us behind the scenes of the impressive makeup which got the film an Oscar nomination, edited together with some very funny interviews and outtakes involving Ellie (Catherine Keener) and… Read More DVD Release: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
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
Today, Sony Pictures is releasing Masters of Sex: Season One on Blu-ray, featuring all twelve episodes of the acclaimed Showtime series. The year is 1957, and Dr. William Masters (Michael Sheen) is an obstetrician fascinated with human sexuality, involved in groundbreaking research alongside his assistant Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan). But the controversial study is at… Read More Blu-ray Release: Masters of Sex: Season One
Nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars, Mongrel Media is releasing Ernest & Celestine on all home entertainment platforms today, including iTunes. Celestine (Mackenzie Foy) is a lonely mouse living in the sewers where they fear the bears up above, and Ernest (Forest Whitaker) is a hungry bear in a town that is annoyed… Read More Digital Release: Ernest & Celestine
After premiering at TIFF last year, Remstar Films is releasing Devil’s Knot on DVD & Blu-ray today. Dramatizing the story of the West Memphis Three, the film follows Pam Hobbs (Reese Witherspoon), the grieving mother of one of the three young boys that were killed in 1993. We see everything from the events of that… Read More DVD Release: Devil’s Knot
Two weeks ago, MGM released the classic 1996 comedy The Birdcage for the first time on Blu-ray. Armand Goldman (Robin Williams) is the owner of a cabaret nightclub, with his partner Albert (Nathan Lane) as the star performer. But when their son Val (Dan Futterman) announces his engagement to Barbara (Calista Flockhart), the daughter of… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Birdcage
Tim’s Vermeer – A Sony Pictures Classics Release http://sonyclassics.com/timsvermeer/ Blu-ray Release Date: June 10th, 2014 Rated PG for language Running time: 80 minutes Teller (dir.) Conrad Pope (music) Tim Jenison as Himself Penn Jillette as Himself Philip Steadman as Himself David Hockney as Himself Our reviews below: _________________________________________ Tim’s Vermeer Blu-ray Review By John Corrado ****… Read More Blu-ray Review: Tim’s Vermeer
Today, Paramount is releasing Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit on Blu-ray & DVD, after opening in theatres on January 17th. After injuring his back overseas, young soldier Jack Ryan (Chris Pine) is recruited by government agent Thomas Harper (Kevin Costner) to become an analyst for the CIA. But when he discovers a plot by Russian businessman Viktor… Read More Blu-ray Release: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
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