Last week, Sony Pictures Classics released The Armstrong Lie on Blu-ray & DVD. The documentary charts the rise of champion cyclist Lance Armstrong and his victorious reign of the Tour de France from 1999 to 2005, before his admissions of doping led to him being stripped of his medals in 2012. Director Alex Gibney followed… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Armstrong Lie
Last week, Level Film released the good documentary Spinning Plates on DVD. The film introduces us to the unique people behind three very different restaurants, including the trendy Alinea in Chicago, the historic Breitbach’s Country Dining in Iowa and the struggling Mexican eatery La Cocina de Gabby in Arizona. Nicely filmed by director Joseph Levy with… Read More DVD Release: Spinning Plates
Two weeks ago, Phase 4 Films released The Crash Reel on DVD. The documentary opens a few months before the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, as champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce is training to make the team. When tragedy strikes and he suffers a dangerous fall, we are taken back to see his rise to fame,… Read More DVD Release: The Crash Reel
Today, Disney Home Entertainment is releasing their 1967 classic The Jungle Book for the first time on Blu-ray, as part of the Diamond Edition series. Adapted from Rudyard Kipling’s classic story, the film follows Mowgli (Bruce Reitherman), a boy raised by animals who is taken under the wing of the loveable bear Baloo (Phil Harris).… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Jungle Book
Today, MGM is releasing the Rocky Heavyweight Collection on Blu-ray, featuring all six entries in the classic franchise. Directed by John G. Avilsdon, the series began in 1976 with the Oscar-winning Rocky, the story of a sensitive amateur boxer (Sylvester Stallone) from a tough Philadelphia neighbourhood training to fight heavyweight champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), while… Read More Blu-ray Release: Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Heavyweight Collection
Last week, Remstar Films released Dallas Buyers Club on DVD & Blu-ray. A passionate look at the AIDS crisis, the film tells the true story of Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) who played the system to help save lives, smuggling natural meds from Mexico and providing them to other patients, including the spirited Rayon (Jared Leto).… Read More DVD Release: Dallas Buyers Club
Wadjda – A Sony Pictures Classics Release http://www.sonyclassics.com/wadjda/ Blu-ray Release Date: February 11th, 2014 Rated PG for mature themes Running time: 97 minutes Haifaa Al-Mansour (dir.) Haifaa Al-Mansour (writer) Max Richter (music) Waad Mohammed as Wadjda Abdullrahman Algohani as Abdullah Reem Abdullah as Mother Sultan Al Assaf as Father Our reviews below: _________________________________________ Wadjda Blu-ray Review… Read More Blu-ray Review: Wadjda
Baggage Claim – A Fox Searchlight Release http://www.foxsearchlight.com/baggageclaim/ Blu-ray Release Date: February 4th, 2014 Rated PG for sexual content and language Running time: 96 minutes David E. Talbert (dir.) David E. Talbert (screenplay) Aaron Zigman (music) Paula Patton as Montana Moore Derek Luke as William Wright Taye Diggs as Langston Jill Scott as Gail Adam Brody… Read More Blu-ray Review: Baggage Claim
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
