Today, Mongrel Media is releasing the excellent documentary Cutie and the Boxer on all home entertainment platforms, including iTunes. The film reveals the relationship between two aging New York artists with warring styles, the eccentric cardboard sculptor and boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife Noriko, as well as their adult son Alex who is… Read More Digital Release: Cutie and the Boxer
Today, Touchstone Home Entertainment is releasing The Fifth Estate (or The 5ifth Estate) on Blu-ray & DVD. Premiering as the opening night film at TIFF, this is a pretty good overview of the main events behind WikiLeaks, that is mildly worth a look for the solid acting from Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Brühl. We reviewed The… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Fifth Estate
Today, Paramount is releasing Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa on Blu-ray & DVD. When the 86-year-old Irving Zisman (Johnny Knoxville) finds himself caring for his 8-year-old grandson Billy (Jackson Nicoll), the two take a road trip together, bonding and causing all sorts of mischief along the way. Receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling,… Read More Blu-ray Release: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 – A Sony Release http://www.sonypictures.com/cloudywithachanceofmeatballs2 Blu-ray Release Date: January 28th, 2014 Rated G for mild rude humour Running time: 95 minutes Cody Cameron (dir.) Kris Pearn (dir.) Erica Rivinoja (screenplay) Mark Mothersbaugh (music) Bill Hader as Flint Lockwood (voice) Anna Faris as Sam Sparks (voice) James Caan as Tim… Read More Blu-ray Review: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Blue Jasmine – A Sony Pictures Classics Release http://www.sonyclassics.com/bluejasmine/ DVD Release Date: January 21st, 2014 Rated 14A for mature themes and substance abuse Running time: 98 minutes Woody Allen (dir.) Woody Allen (writer) Cate Blanchett as Jasmine Alec Baldwin as Hal Louis C.K. as Al Bobby Cannavale as Chili Andrew Dice Clay as Augie Sally Hawkins… Read More DVD Review: Blue Jasmine
In a World… – A Sony Pictures Classics Release http://inaworldmovie.com DVD Release Date: January 21st, 2014 Rated PG for coarse language and mature themes Running time: 93 minutes Lake Bell (dir.) Lake Bell (writer) Ryan Miller (music) Lake Bell as Carol Demetri Martin as Louis Fred Melamed as Sam Rob Corddry as Moe Michaela Watkins as… Read More DVD Review: In a World…
Today, Remstar Films is releasing Parkland on DVD, after playing at TIFF. Starting with the tragic events of November 22nd, 1963, the film dramatizes the murder of John F. Kennedy and how the subsequent days unfolded. We see the nurses (Marcia Gay Harden and Zac Efron) who tried to save the president’s life, the investigator… Read More DVD Release: Parkland
Enough Said – A Fox Searchlight Release http://www.foxsearchlight.com/enoughsaid/ Blu-ray Release Date: January 14th, 2014 Rated PG for sexual content and mature themes Running time: 93 minutes Nicole Holofcener (dir.) Nicole Holofcener (writer) Marcelo Zarvos (music) Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Eva James Gandolfini as Albert Toni Collette as Sarah Catherine Keener as Marianne Our reviews below: _________________________________________ Enough… Read More Blu-ray Review: Enough Said
A.C.O.D. – A Paramount Pictures Release http://www.acodmovie.com Blu-ray Release Date: January 14th, 2014 Rated 14A for sexual content, language and mature themes Running time: 87 minutes Stu Zicherman (dir.) Ben Karlin (screenplay) Stu Zicherman (screenplay) Nick Urata (music) Adam Scott as Carter Richard Jenkins as Hugh Catherine O’Hara as Melissa Amy Poehler as Sondra Clark Duke… Read More Blu-ray Review: A.C.O.D.
Today, 20th Century Fox released Runner Runner on Blu-ray & DVD. When Richie Furst (Justin Timberlake) gets swindled out of his life savings through online poker, the Princeton student travels to Costa Rica to confront the tycoon behind the gambling website, the sleazy Ivan Block (Ben Affleck). A critical and commercial misfire when it was… Read More Blu-ray Release: Runner Runner
Today, Mongrel Media is releasing Thanks for Sharing on all home entertainment platforms, including iTunes. Adam (Mark Ruffalo) is a sex addict celebrating five years of sobriety under the guidance of his sponsor Mike (Tim Robbins). But his recovery process is threatened when he falls in love with Phoebe (Gwyneth Paltrow), and becomes caught up… Read More Digital Release: Thanks for Sharing
Today, Remstar Films is releasing Don Jon on DVD & Blu-ray. Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) spends his days addicted to porn, and weekends at the club picking up women. But things change when he meets the “perfect dime” Barbara (Scarlett Johansson), the first woman who sees him as relationship material, and she convinces him to… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Don Jon
Today, 20th Century Fox released Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters on Blu-ray & DVD. This second big screen adaptation of Rick Riordan’s popular books follows the demigod Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman), Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) and Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) as they journey to the Sea of Monsters to track down the mythical Golden Fleece. Released… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Today, Disney Home Entertainment is releasing this summer’s underrated western The Lone Ranger on Blu-ray & DVD, just in time for the gift giving season. The story begins in 1933, as an elderly Tonto (Johnny Depp) is recounting the events of close to sixty years earlier, when he first teamed up with his masked partner… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: The Lone Ranger
Today, Disney Home Entertainment is releasing Mary Poppins for the first time on Blu-ray, to coincide with the upcoming 50th anniversary of the classic musical, and the release of the excellent Saving Mr. Banks. Based on the books by P.L. Travers, the film follows a magical nanny (Julie Andrews) and a charming chimney sweep (Dick… Read More Blu-ray Release: Mary Poppins
Today, Disney is releasing the Of Pirates and Pigs Collection on Blu-ray, including two classics with Jim Henson’s beloved gang. First up is the 1996 musical Muppet Treasure Island, an entertaining take on the Robert Louis Stevenson story, starring Tim Curry alongside the felt characters. Next is the hilarious 1981 film The Great Muppet Caper, which… Read More Blu-ray Release: Muppet Treasure Island & The Great Muppet Caper
Today, Universal Home Entertainment is releasing Fast & Furious 6 on Blu-ray & DVD. The latest in the action saga of Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) and Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), this instalment in the blockbuster series was released to critical and commercial success back on May 24th, becoming one of the highest… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Fast & Furious 6
Back on November 26th, Remstar Films released Jobs on Blu-ray & DVD. Directed by Joshua Michael Stern, the biopic follows Apple visionary Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) from the start of the company in the 1970s alongside Steven Wozniak (Josh Gad) and the financial support of Mike Markkula (Dermot Mulroney), to their reinvention of the company… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Jobs
This Tuesday, Mongrel Media released the indie film Drinking Buddies across all home entertainment platforms, including iTunes. Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) are best friends and colleagues at a Chicago brewery, but their friendship and possible romantic feelings for each other are put to the test when her boyfriend Chris (Ron Livingston) starts to… Read More Digital Release: Drinking Buddies
Today, Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing Anchorman: The “Rich Mahogany” Edition on Blu-ray. First released back in 2004, the totally ridiculous and instantly quotable comedy follows broadcaster Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) as he faces rivalry and romance with Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), the first female news anchor. With a hilarious cast that includes Steve Carell,… Read More Blu-ray Release: Anchorman: The “Rich Mahogany” Edition
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