Today, Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing The Jack Ryan Collection for the first time on Blu-ray, a boxed set of four popular action films featuring the iconic CIA agent created by author Tom Clancy, who sadly passed away earlier this year. The set includes The Hunt for Red October (1990) starring Alec Baldwin and Sean… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Jack Ryan Collection

Today, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing eight of their classic films for the first time on Blu-ray.  The first four are from the 1930s and ’40s, including the supernatural love story The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison, the swashbuckling romance The Black Swan (1942) with Tyrone Power… Read More Blu-ray Release: Fox Studio Classics

Last week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released Breaking Bad: The Final Season on Blu-ray & DVD.  The suspenseful and riveting final chapter in the saga of meth cookers Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) that began in 2008, the two disc set includes the final eight episodes of the critically acclaimed TV… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Breaking Bad: The Final Season

Back on November 12th, the silent classic City Lights was released on Blu-ray & DVD, as part of the Criterion Collection.  Following the iconic Little Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) as he falls in love with a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill) who mistakes him for a millionaire, this is a timeless romance that was made without… Read More Criterion Release: City Lights

Two weeks ago, acclaimed director Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha was released as part of the Criterion Collection.  Frances Halladay (Greta Gerwig) is drifting through her life in New York, living with various roommates and struggling to make ends meet through her apprenticeship at a dance company, while trying to accept the evolving nature of her friendship… Read More Criterion Release: Frances Ha

Today, Disney Home Entertainment is releasing Planes on Blu-ray & DVD.  A spinoff “from above the world of Cars,” this is a completely innocuous animated film that will harmlessly keep young audiences entertained.  When we reviewed Planes in theatres back on August 9th, our overall consensus was: “Although this DisneyToon Studios spinoff of Cars lacks… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Planes

Today, 20th Century Fox is releasing Turbo on Blu-ray & DVD, on behalf of DreamWorks.  This is a fun animated film that provides harmless entertainment for kids and has enough clever scenes to keep adults amused.  We all reviewed Turbo in theatres back on July 19th, and our overall consensus was: “Although the actual story… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Turbo

Disney Home Entertainment is releasing Mickey’s Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Edition and Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year for the first time on Blu-ray today, two childhood favourites that come just in time for the holiday season. Mickey’s Christmas Carol:  First up is the Oscar-nominated Mickey’s Christmas Carol, which was originally released in… Read More Blu-ray Release: Mickey’s Christmas Carol and A Very Merry Pooh Year

Today, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing White House Down on DVD & Blu-ray.  When John Cale (Channing Tatum) goes in for a job interview with the Secret Service, the White House comes under siege by a group of heavily armed attackers, and he finds himself fighting not only to save his daughter (Joey King)… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: White House Down

The Way Way Back – A Fox Searchlight Release http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thewaywayback/ DVD Release Date: October 22nd, 2013 Rated PG for mature themes and language Running time: 103 minutes   Nat Faxon (dir.) Jim Rash (dir.)   Nat Faxon (writer) Jim Rash (writer)   Rob Simonsen (music)   Liam James as Duncan Steve Carell as Trent Toni Collette… Read More DVD Review: The Way Way Back

Today, Disney is releasing the wonderful Pixar prequel Monsters University on Blu-ray & DVD, just in time for Halloween.  This is an incredibly entertaining college movie that allows us to spend more time with these loveable characters, while offering a very touching message about self acceptance.  We all reviewed and highly recommended Monsters University when… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Monsters University

Before Midnight – A Sony Classics Release http://www.sonyclassics.com/beforemidnight/ DVD Release Date: October 22nd, 2013 Rated 14A for coarse language and nudity Running time: 109 minutes Richard Linklater (dir.) Richard Linklater (writer) Julie Delpy (writer) Ethan Hawke (writer) Graham Reynolds (music) Ethan Hawke as Jesse Wallace Julie Delpy as Céline Wallace Our reviews below: ____________________________________________ Before Midnight… Read More DVD Review: Before Midnight

The Internship – A 20th Century Fox Release http://www.theinternshipmovie.com DVD Release Date: October 22nd, 2013 Rated PG for language and sexual content Running time: 119 minutes Shawn Levy (dir.) Vince Vaughn (story and screenplay) Jared Stern (screenplay) Christophe Beck (music) Vince Vaughn as Billy McMahon Owen Wilson as Nick Campbell Rose Byrne as Dana Aasif Mandvi… Read More DVD Review: The Internship

The third and final film in the ‘Hangover’ trilogy, is now available (released Oct. 8th) on DVD/Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Bros. The first film was an instant classic, although the second film was a real let down in my book.  But this third instalment somehow works.  It is darker, edgier, and plays more seriously, and… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: The Hangover Part III

Two weeks ago on October 1st, 20th Century Fox released The Croods on Blu-ray & DVD.  With good animation, charming characters and a surprising amount of heart in the last act, the film is sure to entertain modern families wanting to hang out with a relatable prehistoric brood.  I really liked this one.  We all… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: The Croods

Back on October 1st, 20th Century Fox released New Girl: The Complete Second Season on DVD.  The quirky Jess (Zooey Deschanel) has now settled into her life with three offbeat roommates, Nick (Jake Johnson), Schmidt (Max Greenfield) and Winston (Lamorne Morris).  But things heat up in the loft as the relationship between Nick and Jess… Read More DVD Release: New Girl: The Complete Second Season

Today, Sony Pictures is releasing director M. Night Shyamalan’s After Earth on DVD & Blu-ray.  When Cypher (Will Smith) and his son Kitai (Jaden Smith) crash land on an abandoned and devastated future Earth, it’s up to the young teenager to venture away from his injured father and signal for help.  But everything on the… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: After Earth

Today, 20th Century Fox is releasing the 1951 musical comedy On the Riviera for the first time on Blu-ray.  Jack Martin (Danny Kaye) is a celebrated impersonator who finds himself hired to pose as the famous aviator Henri Duran (also Danny Kaye) at a party, leading up to comical encounters with two different women, including… Read More Blu-ray Release: On the Riviera

Today, Walt Disney Home Entertainment is releasing the animated 1989 classic The Little Mermaid for the first time on Blu-ray, as part of their Diamond Edition series.  When the mermaid Ariel (Jodi Benson) saves the life of the human Eric (Christopher Daniel Barnes), she trades her voice with the evil Ursula (Pat Carroll) to be… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Little Mermaid

Today, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing the hit summer comedy This is the End on DVD & Blu-ray.  After Seth Rogen drags his friend Jay Baruchel to a party at James Franco’s house, the ground is shook by an earthquake and all sorts of crazy things start to happen, with people being raptured and rampant… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: This is the End