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THE DVD BLUES: New Releases For 5/20, 5/27 and 6/3

Well, here we are again.  Better late than never.

Lots of good stuff in here this time around.  Fire up that queue and prep that shopping cart.

The Monuments Men

Sony / Released 5/20/14

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in the history, The Monuments Men centers around an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. In a seemingly impossible mission, the Monuments Men, as they were called, find themselves risking their lives in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1,000 years of culture. Extras include featurettes and deleted scenes.

Last Word: George Clooney’s WWII flick by way of art museums is a fun watch with an amazing ensemble cast sure to delight the whole family. Clooney stars as Lt. Frank Stokes, based on the real life Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program (MFAA) head George L. Stout. The rest of the all-star cast includes silver screen and small screen favorites Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett and Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey). Alongside the incredible casting is a history lesson that many great artworks were almost destroyed by the Nazi’s during the War, as Hitler was amassing the masterworks to make his own Fuhrer Museum. Luckily for us all, the Allies took the victory and returned most of the artwork to their original locations.

Some have rightly criticized the historical accuracy of the film, but most important is that the movie means well, is entertaining and as a period piece gives us some great recreations via costumes, gear, tanks, maps and a romantic vision of WWII that keeps the gore in the PG-13 bracket. The assembling of talent for The Monuments Men team was fun to watch as scholars are chosen — many of the men knew each other before the war. Most are too old to enlist, and a funny montage of basic training was more Stripes than Band of Brothers as Goodman pokes his head out of the low-crawl and walks across to meet his team. He doesn’t realize the Army is shooting live rounds at him!

The WWII references and look of the film harkens to the look of comic books of that era and age, from Jack Kirby and Joe Simon’s Captain America to Joe Kubert’s Sgt. Rock. Were they alive today, I think former military men Kirby and Kubert would rather enjoy Clooney’s visual choices for this movie. Oscar award winning actress Cate Blanchett  is always elegant and at home in a period movie, and this performance leave us wanting more screen time. She stars as Claire Simone (based on curator Rose Valland) who carefully archived much of the important artwork recovered in the movie, aided by Matt Damon’s James Rorimer. Walter Garfield (Goodman) is partnered with Frenchman Jean Claude Clermont (Jean Dujardin) as part of this team, and join Donald Jeffries (Bonneville) as men that face actual Nazi bullets and offensive in the story. Jeffries search for Michelangeo’s Madonna of Bruges serves as the MacGuffin in the film as our Englishman takes a bicycle to a church in Bruges to protect the masterpiece.

Another great relationship explored here is between Richard Campbell (Murray) and Preston Salvitz (Bob Balaban) — both great actors interacting with a lot of brotherly competition and love as they also face threat of a young German pointing a gun at them at one point. The tension is cut with a scene offering the young man a smoke. Hitler sure did love his art, but with this movie we find out he had little respect for Modern Masters at the time, Picasso paintings were torched under his reign of terror!

In his fifth directorial effort, Clooney gives us a sweet look back on the past, and American idealism set forth by our motivations in the WWII era. Here, art history is being preserved as metaphor for our own values in film and art in a fast passed digital world. I would recommend taking the time to slow down, have some laughs and look at the cool maps in this movie. (– Clay N Ferno)

In the Blood

Starz/Anchor Bay / Released 6/3/14

MMA star Gina Carano (Haywire, Fast & Furious 6) stars as Ava, a trained fighter with a dark past in this intense action/thriller from director John Stockwell (Blue Crush, Crazy/Beautiful). When her new husband (Cam Gigandet, Twilight) vanishes during their Caribbean honeymoon, Ava uncovers a violent underworld of conspiracy in the middle of an island paradise. Armed with a deadly set of skills, Ava sets out to discover the truth – and to take down the men she thinks are responsible for her husband’s abduction, one by one. Extras include a featurette.

Last Word: In the Blood is watchable. But at times, even that statement is a stretch. Starring former MMA Gina Carano, the film suffers from a muddled plot, bad cinematography, uneven editing, a wasted supporting cast and a lead actress who might be the least charismatic human being on the planet. Newlyweds Ava and Derek (Carano and Cam Gigandet), both with troubled pasts filled with drug and alcohol abuse, take their honeymoon in the Dominican Republic.

Derek’s wealthy father (Treat Williams) has his doubts that Ava’s intentions are pure, believing that she’s after his money. He’s also unaware of all of her past, being raised by a creepy drug lord father (Stephen Lang) who taught her how to fight (with the same skill set obviously of a ranked MMA star). When Derek is injured in an accident and disappears, Ava starts hunting down the suspects and the truth. And starts punching and kicking a lot of people.

Eventually, the secrets, twists and turns are revealed and ultimately the resolution and it’s execution are both ridiculous. The film is violent and action packed, but not particularly exciting. It’s unexciting, and worse forgettable. The back story is reminiscent of La Femme Nikita but manages to avoid emulating everything else good in that film.  Yet, despite the beautiful locations and the attractive Ms. Carano herself, the film is shot with a detached, clinical look reminiscent of an industrial training video, giving an unflattering look to Carano. The editing is clunky and unfortunately distracts during the fight choreography. Considering Carano’s fighting skills are a major draw, quick edits and virtually incomprehensible action is another strong strike. The supporting cast, especially Williams, Lang, Danny Trejo and the always entertaining Luis Guzman do what they can with their roles. But the film rests on Carano’s shoulders and unfortunately her limited range is revealed very quicky. In The Blood is dull. Just what I don’t want in an action movie.

3 Days to Kill

20th Century Fox / Released 5/20/14

Oscar winner Kevin Costner, Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld and Amber Heard, lead this “undeniably entertaining” (The Hollywood Reporter) action-thriller. Costner plays a daring International spy with lethal skills and a hard-earned reputation for tackling the most dangerous missions imaginable. But when a seductive CIA operative (Heard) makes him an offer he can’t refuse, he’s forced to juggle his two toughest assignments yet: looking after his rebellious teenage daughter (Steinfeld) while hunting down the world’s most ruthless terrorist. Extras include featurettes.

Last Word: Kevin Costner stars as Ethan Renner in the latest action adventure mixed with family drama directed by McG (Charlie’s Angels, Terminator Salvation) with screenplay by Luc Besson (Taken, The Fifth Element).  The PG-13 spy movie just barely meets the basic requirements for an action movie, and is mostly about the relationship Renner has with his daughter, Zoey (Hailee Steinfeld). With only 3 days to live, Renner takes the experimental drug treatment from his boss Vivi Delay (Amber Heard) to summon the strength to take on Russian gangsters as an American living in Paris. The whole operation could have used a bit more sting, to tell the truth. In all the movie was not for me but has potential to introduce teenage girls and boys to the spy genre with dashing and distinguished Kevin Costner in a borrowed suit and loose tie.

Normally I am headed to the movies for shows with a bit more venom, violence and —let’s face it— adult situations and language—3 Days To Kill was a bit predictable. The film uses a version of the Taken concept, whereby overprotective father needs to redeem himself not only in the audience’s eyes, but with his estranged ex-wife and daughter. Throughout, we’re treated to some meant-to-be touching flashbacks and montages of Zoey as a little girl, as Ethan tries to connect with her over hot cocoa and amusement park rides. Steinfeld does play the part of a teenager prone to meltdowns and acting out, but in general both of her parents are proud of her and in the end all get along fine.

Connie Nielsen plays the ex-patriot mom Christine Renner that forces her ex-husband to sleep on the couch…for a time. Using the cover story that he is a salesman, Ethan Renner is sneaking around and living in a boarding house with his purple bike as his means of transpiration. Really, he is at the beck and call to the gothic agent Vivi Delay to go on the ‘one last mission’ before his time runs out. Delay provides him with an experimental drug to keep his blood flowing after his ‘exposure’. But at a price—she sends him after The Albino (Tómas Lemarquis), his accountant, and The Wolf (Richard Sammel). The family doesn’t quite know why he is back in their lives, but quickly adjust to Ethan’s deceptions. His first target is another family man, Mitat Yilmaz (Marc Andréoni) with whom he asks for advice about his daughter’s hair crisis while cramming him into the trunk of his car.

A positive note about the film is the humor, Andréoni and Costner have some genuinely funny moments here, as the character of Milat aims to survive and raise his own creepy twins that dress the same. Parisian car chases satisfy the dads in the audience, as well as some great fight scenes, one involving a train platform and the über-father fantasy of taking out 5 teenage boys in a men’s room at a rave as they make moves on Zoey. We all enjoy Costner in the leading man role, and here he is, merging his Pa Kent character with an American James Bond. I hope that next time, when thrust in the spotlight, Costner can allow himself to take this new action hero persona to the bank with a real, bloody and violent flick instead of the watered down and capped off PG-13 version of Taken we have here. Perhaps that is a bit harsh in comparison, this is a very different movie with different motivations. Great performances, funny dialogue and a sincere connection between father and daughter move the story along nicely. The rating and the demographic rounded out sharp edges that would have been cooler if given a chance to be sharp. More violence may not be the answer to get the formula I’m looking for—maybe more tech, more gadgets, more sneaking around? I’m not sure the answer to making a better movie out of this one. (– Clay N Ferno)


Robocop

MGM / Released 6/3/14

Crime has a new enemy in this action-thriller starring Joel Kinnaman, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman and Michael Keaton! In the year 2028, greedy conglomerate OmniCorp uses robotic technology to transform critically injured police officer Alex Murphy (Kinnaman) into the ultimate crime fighter. He’s part man, part machine…he’s RoboCop! Back on the streets, Murphy is hard-wired for law enforcement, but the mind and memories of the human inside long to take over…and the results could be catastrophic. Extras include featurettes and deleted scenes.

Last Word: While certainly not set in a desperate and dystopian Detroit of the future, the new RoboCop movie is full of huge movie stars, video game action and a compelling storyline to take the franchise in a more modern direction. Joel Kinnaman stars as cop Alex Murphy, and dons more than just a metal suit this time around to become a RoboCop out for vengeance. Samuel L. Jackson is news anchor Pat Novak, Gary Oldman is Dr. Dennett Norton who brings Murphy back to life with his research funded by Omnicorp’s Raymond Sellars played brilliantly by Michael Keaton. Rounding out the cast are main squeeze Abbie Cornish as wife Clara and Michael K. Williams as cop partner Jack Lewis.

The movie opens with Novak on a futuristic sound stage newsroom with 3D displays of Omnicorp’s robot army patrolling the streets of the world. The presumably right-winged newscaster pleads with Americans to overthrow the government’s The Dreyfus Act to let these OCP robots, including the familiar ED-209s to roam American streets as well. Senator Dreyfus (Zach Grenier) opposes the move for obvious reasons—robots have no feelings. In the Detroit PD precinct, Murphy defends his moves against gun dealer (Antoine Vallon) Patrick Garrow to his boss, though his dangerous actions have landed partner Lewis in the hospital. Over at Omnicorp, Dr. Norton is making great strides in an Omnicorp rehab center for people with missing limbs. This division of OCP is dedicated to making people’s lives better, and even demonstrates a person with robot hands playing Spanish guitar—before his emotions take over him and it glitches out the system. This breadcrumb will lead us to Murphy vs. Machine later in the movie.

In order to score the huge U.S. government contract, OCP and Omnicorp, head up by Keaton’s Raymond Sellars bursts into the guitar solo in the lab to take aside Dr. Norton with a new proposal. Market research will sell the idea of robots on the street, with a human element, and the next time Sellars faces the Senator, he’ll have two metal legs to stand on against The Dreyfus Act. Murphy, at home with wife and son David (John Paul Ruttan), are about to retire when he hears his car alarm go off. BAM! Huge explosion as he approaches the car. Murphy is now severely injured, blind in one eye and deaf. Officer Murphy has burns over 80% of his body.  Voila. The perfect candidate is found for Sellars and Norton’s vision, a man inside a suit, protecting him from the elements, with the mind of a cop. But there’s one thing very different from our 1987 RoboCop. He’s not exactly there. No spoilers here, but when you see that less of a person exists physically in RoboCop this time around, do not be surprised. He’s not The Vision or anything, but the gooey parts are sort of gross!

The training or testing of the RoboCop software and hardware as well as the heads up display will be appealing to fans of video games, with targeting on the drone robots and 3D assessments. There is an ongoing struggle between man and machine that would bore you to explain but adds nice tension to this film in comparison to the original.  Adding this made for more depth to Murphy as RoboCop. Another tense aspect of the film was Alex’ relationship with Clara and David throughout the movie. He is somewhat controlled by Omnicorp, but is able to resolve this as the third act and his redemption comes around. The humanity here shines through and rounds out Murphy’s character a bit. The updates to the color of the suit (black), some callbacks to the original dialogue (yes, even a twisted Rick Mattox (Jackie Earle Haley) proclaiming, “I wouldn’t buy that for a dollar”!), a cameo rendering of the Peter Weller suit are enough to make sci-fi fans be satisfied but this is not a pastiche of the 1987 movie.

This RoboCop exists in a time of post-9/11 spy-fi tech for soldiers and cops on the ground. The Detroit in this film is much like the clean streets of Gotham in the Nolan Batman films. Shiny cars, full color computer displays and see-though tablets make for an update to the tech that is right for a 2014 film.

I do have two major criticisms of José Padilha’s RoboCop. First is that Samuel L. Jackson’s soliloquies and pattering on with the news stage had me wondering if his salary was based on minutes on screen. Jackson’s a fine actor but sometimes he’s just sort of ‘there’. Many props for the cursing rant though. The second is that Detroit didn’t seem desperate enough. I don’t need to see a bunch of 80s punks with nose rings and leather vests stealing big screen TVs, but I felt like the movie existed in today’s world, and I felt only as threatened by the future as I did walking into the lobby of the theatre in Downtown. Perhaps less than that. I missed RoboCop being the savior of a city on it’s last legs, overrun by scum and villainy. This 2014 RoboCop keeps Detroit safe from an invisible threat, corrupt cops, marketing guys…a veiled 1%. That’s all good but I would have liked to have seen Murphy go to a bad part of town…where bad stuff happens! As with many remakes, reviews will come in comparing apples to oranges with the original, which is fine. RoboCop 2014 is an entertaining ride, on par with sci-fi movies of our time, and the acting is outstanding. Worth a shot for fans of the series, the concept and the original film. (– Clay N Ferno)

Vampire Academy

Starz/Anchor Bay / Released 5/20/14

Based on the best-selling novel by Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy tells the story of two 17-year-old girls, Rose Hathaway (Zoey Deutch), a rebellious half-vampire / half-human who is training to be a guardian at St. Vladimir’s Academy and her best friend, Princess Lissa Dragomir (Lucy Fry), a peaceful, mortal vampire. After ditching school and being on the run for a year, Rose and Lissa are caught and brought back to the Academy. Lissa struggles to reclaim her social status while Rose risks everything in an attempt to protect her best friend from the immortal, evil vampires that lurk just outside the walls of their school. Extras Alternate Opening, Deleted Scenes, A Conversation With Author Richelle Mead.

Pompeii

20th Century Fox / Released 5/20/14

Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harrington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator (Kiefer Sutherland). As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him. Extras include featurettes, commentary and deleted scenes

Last Word: Pompeii can best be understood as a pastiche, an un-ironic recombination of Gladiator, 300, Game of Thrones and Volcano. The film is a compilation of every trope within the ancient/action/adventure genre. Checklist—sexy warrior slave with incredible abs that consistently glow with the perfect amount of sweat, skinny and defiant high class daughter, weakling parents, intimidating enemy turned BFF, blonde dictator and his scowling right hand man who is inexplicably unstoppable. Cliché line. Cliché response.

Our gladiator protagonist, Milo (Kit Harington) is sent to Pompeii where he immediately catches the eye of the daughter of a rich politician, Cassia (Emily Browning). The love triangle is complete when the man who slaughtered Milo’s family and people, Senator Corvus rolls into town. Of course, he also has a thing for Cassia. The movie was a record on repeat. Volcano explodes, people run and die, Harrington battles someone, skip, skip, start over. I’m not sure if director Paul W. S. Anderson was looking to create something important or a spoof. Don’t straddle the line between ridiculous and serious—choose one and stick with it. If it had been more satirical the script could have been at least funny, instead of downright bad. The production seemed like it was directed by a really angsty middle school drama teacher who’s way too intense but no one really gives a shit.

Any thought given was directed towards the special effects, which were really unimpressive. The mountain is a great piece of CGI but the only function of the 3D aspect was watching ash blow around…not that cool. Some fight scenes can be quite entertaining, but only because they are SO poorly choreographed. The poor composition was worsened by the sound mixing and editing. Everything sounded (and looked) off. I can’t comment much on the acting because the roles are shallow and the actors know they have done better. Everyone looks tired. Kit Harrington is The Celt/Milo. Really, he’s Jon Snow, but instead of freezing in huge cloaks, he’s sweating in a loincloth. Donald Sutherland is WAY better at being an evil dictator (in The Hunger Games) than his son, Kiefer. Kiefer looks uncomfortable in his role and has no threatening traits. He delivers his lines with force but no emotion – and that can be said for each character in this movie.

Disaster movies need some class, or humor, or any substance at all. These films need structure and a core group worth cheering on. And, unlike Pompeii, it has to be entertaining. (– Caitlyn Thompson)

McLintock! – Authentic Collector’s Edition

Paramount / Released 5/20/14

John Wayne’s most popular film of the 60s is a broad, boisterous comedy-western loosely based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew. Wayne, in his two-fisted best, stars as George Washington McLintock, a middle-aged cattle baron. McLintock has his hands full with his estranged wife (Maureen O’Hara) who walked out on him 2 years ago. She has returned to get a divorce in order to move back east with their daughter, Becky (Stefanie Powers). Verbal fireworks explode, slapstick pratfalls bloom, and the Wayne-O’Hara “reconciliation” culminates with the biggest mud-hole brawl this side of the Mississippi. Patrick Wayne, Yvonne De Carlo, Chill Wills, Strother Martin and Jerry Van Dyke are among the dazzling supporting cast in this wild, raucous and hilarious western. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen (Cahill U.S. Marshall).

Call the Midwife: Season 3 

BBC Home Video / Released 5/20/14

With Nonnatus House scheduled for demolition, Jenny (Jessica Raine), Chummy (Miranda Hart) and Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter) search for a new location nearby, while Jenny’s relationship with Alec continues to blossom. But an outbreak of polio affects the nurses and nuns more than they could have imagined. Hop on a bicycle and share sadness and joy, tears and humor, struggle and survival in this award-winning drama, based on the best-selling memoirs of former nurse Jennifer Worth. Extras include interviews.

Nosferatu The Vampyre

Shout! Factory / Released 5/20/14

It is 1850 in the beautiful, perfectly-kept town of Wismar. Jonathan Harker is about to leave on a long journey over the Carpathian Mountains to finalize real estate arrangements with a wealthy nobleman. His wife, Lucy, begs him not to go and is troubled by a strong premonition of danger. Despite her warnings, Jonathan arrives four weeks later at a large, gloomy castle. Out of the mist appears a pale, wraith-like figure with a shaven head and deep-sunken eyes who identifies himself as Count Dracula. The event that transpire slowly convince Harker that he is in the presence of a vampyre. What he doesn’t know is the magnitude of danger he, his wife and his town are about to experience.  Extras include both the English and alternate German versions of the film, making of, commentary, trailers and still gallery.

Martial Arts Movie Marathon

Shout! Factory / Released 5/20/14
  • The Skyhawk – Before Jet Li became well known for the role of Wong Fei Hung, the great Kwan Tak Hing played the role in hundreds of films. The Skyhawk finds Wong Fei Hung fighting the local crime boss. Also starring Sammo Hung, Carter Wong (Big Trouble In Little China) and Nora Miao (Fist Of Fury). 
  • The Manchu Boxer – A roaming fighter gets into the ring to win a boxing tournament to thwart an evil warlord in The Manchu Boxer, starring Anthony Lau Wing (The Big Boss), Sammo Hung and Wilson Tong Wai Shing (Lady Whirlwind). 
  • The Dragon Tamers – Two fighters must come together to fight a pair of evil brothers in The Dragon Tamers. Starring Carter Wong, James Tien (The Big Boss) and Ji Han Jae (Hapkido), The Dragon Tamers is director John Woo’s (Hard Boiled, The Killer) second film. 
  • The Association – A detective must thwart an evil organization is running an international prostitution ring in The Association, starring Byong Yu, Tien Nei (The Young Dragons), Angela Mao Ying (Hapkido) and Carter Wong.

Dalziel & Pascoe: Season 9

BBC Home Video / Released 5/20/14

How to explain the human body parts floating in a lake … the animal rights activist found dead in a lion cage … and the relatively fresh corpse dug up in an ancient burial site? Dalziel and Pascoe race against time when kidnappers seize the pregnant daughter of wealthy art dealers and their colleague PC Jackson. Will the team solve the case in time to save the women? Watch as grumpy, straight-talking Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke, Call The Midwife) and his well-mannered partner, Peter Pascoe (Colin Buchanan, Casualty), tackle their most perplexing cases yet in four new episodes that will keep you guessing.

Raze 

MPI Home Video / Released 5/20/14

After she is drugged and abducted, Jamie (Rachel Nichols, Continuum) awakens to find herself in a concrete bunker where she meets fellow abductee Sabrina (Zoe Bell, Death Proof). Before long the two women discover that they are in a modern-day coliseum, where they and 48 other women have been selected to fight to the death in order to save both themselves and their loved ones. Co-starring genre favorites Doug Jones (Hellboy) and Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks), director Josh C. Waller’s Raze is a no-holds-barred assault on the senses featuring some of the most brutal combat action ever put on film. In this contest, may the best woman win. Extras include commentary, featurettes, interviews. deleted scenes, gag reel, original short film, trailers and alternate poster gallery.

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World

BBC Home Video / Released 5/20/14

Newly recovered after being missing for 45 years – a classic Doctor Who adventure starring the Second Dcotor, Patrick Troughton! This special DVD release contains all six episodes, beautifully restored, five of which have been missing from the BBC archives since they were first broadcast in 1968!  The TARDIS lands on an Australian beach in the 21st century. But this is no seaside holiday – within minutes, the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria are under attack.They soon discover that the Doctor bears a startling resemblance to Leader Salamander, a would-be dictator intent on world domination. Before long, the Doctor and his companions are plunged into a dangerous game of espionage, intrigue and deceit as they face off against the enemy of the world.

Weekend of a Champion

MPI Home Video / Released 5/20/14

In 1971, filmmaker and racing fan Roman Polanski spent a weekend with world champion driver Jackie Stewart as he attempted to win the Monaco Grand Prix. Polanski was given intimate access to Stewart’s world for three days, both on the track and off. The result was Weekend Of A Champion, an extraordinarily rare glimpse into the life of a gifted athlete at the height of his powers. Now after forty years, Polanski and Stewart revisit the film, looking back with both nostalgia and the temperance that comes with age. Featuring a newly-filmed postscript, Weekend Of A Champion is here presented as both a timeless relic of the racing world in the early 70s and a fond tribute to the enduring power of the sport. Extras include trailer.

Waking the Dead: Season 9

BBC Home Video / Released 5/20/14

In the knuckle-biting final episodes of cold-case detective drama Waking The Dead, Detective Superintendent Boyd and his team tackle their most challenging and personal cases to date. A new team member, Inspector Sarah Cavendish, is foisted upon Boyd by the top brass of the Police Force. She is a brilliant counter-terrorism officer who matches Boyd in rank, but he knows she must have fallen from grace to end up with the Cold Case squad alongside him- but how? As the team picks up on Sarah’s ongoing symptoms of post-traumatic stress, she repeatedly challenges Boyd’s unorthodox take on police procedure – something, she warns, he will pay for one day…

JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time 

Warner Home Video / Released 5/20/14

Get ready for a battle of the ages when the Justice League faces off against its archenemies, the Legion Of Doom, in an all-new movie from DC Comics. A mysterious being known as the Time Trapper arises, and a sinister plan led by Lex Luthor sends the Legion of Doom back in time to eliminate Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman before they become super heroes. For Aquaman, Flash and Cyborg, along with teen super heroes Karate Kid and Dawnstar, the stakes have never been higher, the rescue mission never deadlier. So join the fight for the future as the Justice League confronts its ultimate challenge…the threat of having never existed! Extras include 2 bonus cartoons.

Revengers

Paramount / Released 5/20/14

Civil War veteran-turned-rancher John Benedict (William Holden) returns home from a hunting trip to discover that a ruthless renegade and his murderous gang of rogues have killed his wife and children. But when Benedict recruits six condemned men to help him extract fatal revenge, he realizes that his newly formed posse answers to no one – they are wild, dangerous and unpredictable killers, much like the men they are pursuing. Will they carry out Benedict’s plan or turn the tables and add him to their list of victims? Extras include trailer.

Arthur Hailey’s the Moneychangers

Paramount / Released 5/20/14

This adaptation of Arthur Hailey’s bestselling book is a tale of power and greed in the banking business. Two ambitious vice presidents become rivals when an imminent board room vacancy arises. The Moneychangers won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Series as well as an Emmy for Christopher Plummer in his role as one of the protagonists. Other nominations went to Susan Flannery (as Kirk Douglas’ lawyer girlfriend), to Joseph Biroc for his cinematography, and to Phill Norman for his graphics and opening titles. The Moneychangers is the story of how absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Grand Piano 

Magnolia / Released 5/20/14

Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood) is the most talented pianist of his generation, but has stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public for a long awaited concert in Chicago. In a packed theater, in front of an expectant audience, Tom finds a message written on the score: “Play one wrong note and you die.” In the sights of an anonymous sniper (John Cusack), Tom must get through the most difficult performance of his life and look for help without being detected. Extras include making of, featurettes and interviews.

McCanick

Well Go USA / Released 5/20/14

When narcotics detective Eugene “Mack” McCanick (David Morse, The Green Mile) discovers that Simon Weeks (Cory Monteith, Glee) has been released from prison, he instigates a brutal manhunt, without permission from the Chief of Police (Ciaran Hinds, There Will Be Blood). The frenzy of paranoia and violence that follows pushes Mack and his partner to the edge of the law. The closer Mack gets to his prey, the closer he gets to a secret from his past – one that only Weeks can expose. Extras include Behind The Scenes, Deleted & Extended Scenes and Trailer.

The Right Kind of Wrong 

Magnolia / Released 5/20/14

Leo Palamino is a failed-writer-turned-dishwasher made famous for his many flaws and shortcomings in a blog called “Why You Suck,” a huge Internet success written by his ex-wife. Then Leo meets Colette, the girl of his dreams… on the day she is marrying the perfect man. And so, the ultimate underdog story begins as Leo, a fearless dreamer, risks all to show Colette and the whole wide world all that is right with a man famous for being wrong. Extras include Deleted Scenes, Behind The Scenes, and featurettes.

Sophia Grace & Rosie: A Royal Adventure

Warner Bros / Released 5/20/14

Get ready for another British invasion! The super-cute, talented twosome of Sophia Grace and Rosie became an Internet sensation with their remarkable viral videos. Then the duo sang and danced their way to stardom on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where they regularly report from the red carpet. Now see the little, lovable performers in their very own original live-action movie! The girls are sent to Switzelvania as Ellen’s correspondents to cover the coronation of a new queen. When they encounter three very different princesses competing for the throne, Sophia Grace and Rosie hatch a royal plot to help the best candidate win. So grab your microphone, put on your best pink tutu and tiara, and go on a splendidly fun-filled, exciting adventure fit for a princess! Extras include featurettes, bloopers and Favorite Moments From The Ellen Degeneres Show.

The Bob Newhart Show: The Complete Series

Shout! Factory / Released 5/27/14

Dr. Hartley will see you now…and you will see Dr. Hartley in The Bob Newhart Show: The Complete Series.  This sitcom classic stars the incomparable Bob Newhart as Dr. Robert Hartley, a Chicago psychologist who finds himself surrounded by some unusual and neurotic characters on the job, as well as at home! Hartley faces an uphill battle to not lose patience with his patients, but with the support of his quick-witted wife Emily (Suzanne Pleshette), you can count on him to conduct a healthy session of laugh therapy in all 142 episodes of The Bob Newhart Show. An outstanding supporting cast is on call to back up Newhart and Pleshette, including Bill Daily (I Dream of Jeannie), Peter Bonerz (Murphy Brown), Jack Riley (Rugrats, Spaceballs), and Marcia Wallace (The Simpsons).  Originally airing on CBS from 1972 to 1978, The Bob Newhart Show is often cited among the best-loved situation comedies in history, with TV Guide and Time naming it one of the greatest television shows of all time. Get ready to lie back on the couch and laugh with Bob — you’d be crazy not to.

Extras include Group Therapy (2014) – Bob Newhart sits down with Peter Bonerz, Jack Riley, Bill Daily, and Michael Zinberg, P-I-L-O-T #1 – The unaired version of The Bob Newhart Show’s pilot episode, The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary (1991) – The entire cast assemble for a one-hour clip show which finds the show’s characters in the present day, Audio commentaries with Peter Bonerz, Fred Willard, Jim Burrows, Suzanne Pleshette, Tom Poston and Jack Riley, Gag reel and 40-page collectible booklet.

Endless Love

Universal / Released 5/27/14

When beautiful Jade (Gabriella Wilde) meets charismatic David (Alex Pettyfer), her sheltered world of privilege is turned upside down as the pair’s instant desire sparks a reckless summer love affair. While Jade leaves behind her inhibitions and innocence as she falls for David, he works to prove himself worthy of her love. But when David’s mysterious past and Jade’s overprotective father threaten to tear them apart, their romance will be put to the ultimate test. Extras include Extended Ending and Deleted, Extended and Alternate Scenes.

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Series 2 

Acorn Media / Released 5/27/14

Essie Davis (The Babadook, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Australia) returns as the glamorous Miss Phryne Fisher, a lady detective in 1920s Australia. Armed with a razor-sharp wit (and a ladylike pistol, of course), Miss Fisher investigates crimes in a role that Davis decribes as, “the female answer to James Bond, Indiana Jones or a combination of both.” Based on the popular detective novels by Kerry Greenwood and filmed on location in Melbourne with stellar production values, these sharply written and gorgeously costumed episodes are sure to charm fans of costume dramas and mysteries alike. Sharply written and gorgeously costumed, these episodes are sure to charm fans of costume dramas and mysteries alike.  Extras include promos, featurettes, photo gallery and trailers.

Journey to the West: Conquering The Demons

Magnolia Pictures / Released 5/27/14

From Stephen Chou, the director of Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer! Demon hunter Chen Xuanzhang believes that he can purify any demon through love. However, his belief is shaken when he fails to defeat a demon fish. Encouraged by his master, Xuanzhang soldiers on to hunting down a demonic hog with the help of Duan, the demon hunter who vanquished the demon fish — and has also fallen in love with Xuanzhang. Despite help from other demon hunters, the hog gets away. As a last resort, Xuanzhang and Duan turn to the help of Sun Wukong, who was imprisoned by Buddha five centuries ago for his crimes in heaven.  Extras include featurettes and trailer.

Gambit

Sony / Released 5/27/14

Harry Deane (Colin Firth) is a man with a plan. Art Curator for media tycoon Lord Lionel Shabandar (Alan Rickman), Harry devises an elaborate plot to con his abusive boss, Shabandar, into purchasing a fake Monet painting. With the help of beautiful rodeo queen PJ Puznowski (Cameron Diaz), Harry hatches a scheme to fool Shabandar into believing that Harry’s Expert forgery is the real deal, pocketing a hefty sum in the process. But with the con proving harder to pull off than they had first intended, Harry and PJ find themselves in increasingly hilarious situations in order to see the job through to the end. 

Dan Curtis’ Dracula 

MPI Media Group / Released 5/27/14

Academy Award winner Jack Palance stars in this terrifying adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire legend written for the screen by sci-fi/horror master Richard Mathseon and produced by the legendary Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows). Palance is Count Dracula, whose centuries-old existence is threatened after he attacks the lovely Lucy Westenra (Fiona Lewis), causing her fiance (Simon Ward, The Tudors) to call in famed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing (Nigel Davenport) to investigate. Filmed on location in England and Yugoslavia, Dan Curtis’ Dracula has been transferred and restored in 2K High Definition from the original 35mm camera negative and presented here on Blu-Ray for the first time! Extras include interviews Outtakes, TV Cuts, and trailer.

Doctor Who: An Adventure In Space And Time 

BBC Home Video / Released 5/27/14

Travel back in time to witness the dramatic birth of Doctor Who. Actor William Hartnell (David Bradley, Filch from the Harry Potter films, Game of Thrones) felt trapped by a succession of tough-guy roles. Wannabe producer Verity Lambert (Jessica Raine, Call the Midwife) was frustrated by the TV industry’s glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday afternoon drama, time travel and monsters! Allied with a brilliant creative team, they went on to introduce the world to the longest running science fiction series ever, currently in its 50th year and counting. Extras include making of, deleted scenes, Recreated Scenes Using Original Marconi Cameras Plus Bonus DVD Featuring The Very First Doctor Who Adventure, “An Unearthly Child,” With Its Own Bonus Content Including The Mark Gatiss / David Walliams Comedy Sketch “The Pitch Of Fear”

Independence DaySaster

Anchor Bay / Released 5/27/14

Its the 4th of July, and America is celebrating. But when a hostile force attacks from both outer space and within Earth itself, our planet may be on the menu for a holiday barbecue. Can a small-town fireman (Ryan Merriman of Pretty Little Liars), a physics-loving teen (Andrea Brooks of Supernatural), a rogue scientist (Emily Holmes of Meteor Storm), a pair of nerd hackers and the stranded President Of The United States (Tom Everett Scott of That Thing You Do!) now find a way to stop the invasion, nuke the alien mothership, and set off the biggest fireworks display of all? Keenan Tracy (Bates Motel) co-stars in this Syfy Original hit from the producers of 12 Disasters and End Of The World.

Trials of Cate McCall

Vertical / Released 5/27/14

In order to be reinstated to the bar and regain custody of her daughter, hotshot lawyer Cate McCall (Kate Beckinsale) – sober, in recovery and on probation – reluctantly takes on the appeal of a woman who claims she was wrongfully convicted of murder. Indifference soon gives way to determination as she uncovers a web of deceit and corruption that extends to the most powerful echelons of the police department. It’s her word against theirs and she may not live to tell the story. A gritty, suspense-filled thriller with an all-star cast, also including Nick Nolte, James Cromwell, Clancy Brown, Anna Anissimova, Kathy Baker and Mark Pellegrino.

24 Exposures

MPI Home Video / Released 5/27/4

When one of his models is brutally murdered, a fetish photographer finds himself suspected of the crime. But the involvement of an enigmatic homicide detective assigned to the case leads to a strange and disturbing bond between cop and criminal, as they discover they both share a love for the erotically violent. Before long each tries to ingratiate themselves into the other’s life, but their mutual affection for the macabre and grisly may ultimately lead to horrific consequences for both. Starring the creators of You’re Next, director Joe Swanberg’s (Drinking Buddies) sexy thriller 24 Exposures is an investigation of the thin lines separating reality from fiction, art from pornography, and life from death. Extras include commentary, photo gallery and trailer.

Cimarron Strip: Complete Series

Entertainment One / Released 5/27/14

Set in 1888 as the frontier was closing, U.S. Marshal Jim Crown (Stuart Whitman), was the one and only man responsible for maintaining justice and enforcing the peace among cattlemen, settlers, outlaws, Indians and the U.S. Army at the Cimarron. The border region between Kansas and Indian Territory, the Cimarron Strip, was a land of infinite promise and everpresent danger in the late 19th century.  Following a stint cleaning up Abilene, Crown arrived to find that the local sheriff had resigned, leaving him the responsibility to keep law and order in a lawless land.  With a star turn by Whitman, a memorable theme from Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre and guest stars including Beau Bridges, David Carradine, Seymour Cassel, Joseph Cotton, Robert Duvall, Victor French, Mariette Hartley, Darren McGavin, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Oates, Slim Pickens, Suzanne Pleshette, Denver Pyle, Telly Savalas, John Saxon, Tom Skerrit, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Voight, and Tuesday Weld.  Extras include exclusive interview with Stuart Whitman.

The Dinosaur Experiment

Phase 4 Films / Released 5/27/14

A quaint, little town in Texas, Fossil Ridge, is 100 miles from anywhere … Home to one gas station, which doubles as a diner, and not much else. But the sleepy community is abruptly turned upside down when it’s discovered that a local cattle ranch is actually a breeding ground for ferocious velociraptors—blood-thirsty dinosaurs long-thought extinct. When the vicious beasts escape, the terrified townspeople must fight to survive the deadly, prehistoric killers hunting them down as prey.

Jack Irish, Set 2

Acorn Media / Released 5/27/14

Emmy-winner Guy Pearce (Memento, Iron Man 3) returns as down-on-his-luck private detective Jack Irish in this cinematic Australian noir series. Even as Jack attempts to rebuild his life, his tragic past resurfaces and pulls him into the fatal depths of Melbourne’s criminal underworld. When a man he’s been tasked to find turns up dead from a drug overdose, Jack thinks his job is done. But his client compels him to continue working on the case, revealing a personal stake that Jack can’t ignore. As he digs deeper, Jack uncovers a conspiracy involving smuggling, police corruption, and blackmail that could compromise someone close to his heart.  Based on the novel Dead Point by award-winning writer Peter Temple, this satisfyingly complex mystery offers an original take on the genre. The feature-length drama also stars Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage) as a crusading judge and Marta Dusseldorp (BlackJack) as Jack’s journalist paramour. Extras include behind the scenes clips.

Run & Jump

MPI Home Video / Released 5/27/14

After her husband suffers a debilitating stroke, spirited Irish housewife Vanetia Casey (Maxine Peake, Silk) struggles to keep her family together in the wake of tragedy. Help comes in the form of American doctor Ted Fielding (Saturday Night Live‘s Will Forte), whose research grant for documenting the family’s recovery process takes care of finances but also requires that the straight-laced doctor live with the chaotic Casey family for two months. Although Vanetia initially resents living under Ted’s microscope, she soon finds comfort in his calming presence, while Ted grows surprisingly accustomed to Vanetia’s dynamic, unpredictable personality. As the two explore their bond within their unique situation, they discover that a new family is beginning to take shape around them. Uplifting and authentic, Academy Award-nominated director Steph Green’s Run & Jump is an unexpected, unconventional romance about human connection and the power of acceptance. Extras include featurettes and trailer.

The Max Linder Collections 

Kino Classics / Released 5/27/14

Kino Classics and Lobster Films celebrate the legacy of Max Linder, a pioneer of slapstick whom Charlie Chaplin referred to as “the great master.” With his trademark silk top hat and cane, the French-born Linder blended slapstick with sophistication, and invested his films with a layer of cleverness that elevated them above mere knockabout comedies, paving the way for such multi-dimensional screen comedians as Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. The collection includes three films: The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922), Seven Years Bad Luck (1921), and Be My Wife (1921), plus a bonus short.

Death Spa

MPI Media Group / Released 5/27/14

The new fitness club in town has everything a health nut could ever want: a variety of workout machines, classes taught by friendly (and frisky) instructors, and a state-of-the-art computer control system for maximum client comfort. Unfortunately, it’s also possessed by the evil spirit of the owner’s dead wife, and before long every dumbbell, leg press, and rowing machine becomes a deadly weapon for her to enact bloody vengeance on the club’s beautiful members. So if you’re looking for a real workout from hell, enter Death Spa – a new exercise in terror! Extras include making of, trailer and commentary.

Eastern Bandits

Well Go USA / Released 5/27/14

Eastern Bandits is the heroic story of rebels with a fortune to gain, and everything to lose.  Leader Fang Youwang, with his compatriots Kuei, San Pao, and Lady Dagger – lead a posse of roving bandits that are fearless, enterprising, and loyal to the death.  Their baby-faced masks make them terrifying; their underground lair untraceable.  And now, they’re plotting a double-scam – a heroic rescue and a kidnapping mission – that will make them legends…if anyone gets out alive.  Extras include trailer.

Falling Skies: The Complete Third Season

Warner Bros / Released 6/3/14

Season three opens seven months after the 2nd Mass arrived in Charleston. In the interim, Tom has been elected as president of New Charleston, but he has his hands full as the struggle for humanity’s survival continues. The resistance now faces an enemy who has become more resourceful, more pervasive, and even more merciless. But the 2nd Mass may have an upper hand when they are joined by powerful new alien allies. Now they have the universe on their side when those from another world fight to free Earth. No more running, no more retreating. Now is the time for the humans to stand their ground. Now is the time to fight. Extras include featurettes, Behind The Scenes and 2nd Watch hosted by Wil Wheaton.

Rawhide: Eighth & Final Season

Paramount / Released 6/3/14

Saddle up and hold on tight because Rawhide is back for its eighth and final season, with even more danger, excitement, and adventures of the West. Clint Eastwood leads the way as the brave and high-minded trail boss Rowdy Yates in this Golden Globe – nominated classic that features 13 powerful episodes on a 4-disc set. Rowdy and his team of expert drovers, including wisecracking cook Wishbone (Paul Brinegar), ride herd across the ever-expanding frontier of America, running into some perilous mishaps and devious criminals. Rowdy’s taken hostage by a family of crooked horse traders and nearly hanged, a couple of drovers are trapped in an old mine with a bloodthirsty bear, and the whole crew finds themselves in the middle of a war between a Confederate family and a Union family. Don’t miss the rip-roaring finale of television’s most legendary dramas!

Pretty Little Liars: Season 4

Warner Bros / Released 6/3/14

Senior year will be the best year ever… if the Liars can survive it! In the aftermath of the mysterious lodge fire, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer turn to a surprising new ally to help them discover what happened that night, and to try to uncover Red Coat’s next move. But when a new corpse appears in Rosewood, the girls are drawn into yet another murder investigation, one that puts a cloud of suspicion around them and their closest friends and family. With Red Coat lurking in the shadows and the truth about Alison closer than ever, finishing high school has never been more dangerous! Catch the shocking new twists and turns in all 24 episodes of the blood-soaked darling of a series based on author Sara Shepard’s best-selling books. Extras include featurettes, recap episode, and unaired scenes.

Small Time

Starz/Anchor Bay / Released 6/3/14

Al Klein (Christopher Meloni, Law & Order: SVU) and his longtime friend, Ash Martini (Dean Norris, Breaking Bad, Under the Dome) own a used car lot. These two know every trick in the book when it comes to selling cars. Martini is a good-time charley, who never settled down. Klein, however, still pines for his ex-wife Barbara (Bridget Moynahan, Blue Bloods) who left him years ago for a more successful man. After their son, Freddy (Devon Bostick, Diary of a Wimpy Kid) graduates high school, he decides to forego college in favor of selling cars with his old man. But what’s good for Klein might not be the best thing for Freddy, as Freddy quickly transforms from innocent young man into a jaded car salesman… leaving Al with a tough decision to make. Extras include commentary.

The Motel Life

Cinedigm / Released 6/3/14

Based on the popular novel by Willy Vlautin, The Motel Life is a searing and profound examination of brotherhood set in the timeless Sierra Nevadan frontier. Frank (Emile Hirsch) and Jerry Lee Flannigan (Stephen Dorff) work odd jobs, drink hard, and drift from motel to motel. Their only escape is through Frank’s fantastic stories and Jerry Lee’s rich illustrations. Everything changes when Jerry Lee is involved in a hit-and-run accident, which forces the brothers across the state to the home of Franks old flame, Annie (Dakota Fanning). Extras include featurette, gallery and trailer.

Parts Per Billion

 Millennium Media / Released 6/3/14

Led by a star-studded ensemble cast, Parts Per Billion tells the story of three couples forced to make life-defining decisions in the face of a biological catastrophe that threatens to destroy the human race. As the pandemic spreads and civilization is thrown into chaos, generations old and young must each make the ultimate decision that leaves us wondering: will love survive? Stars Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Gena Rowlands (The Notebook), Rosario Dawson (Cesar Chavez), Penn Badgley (“Gossip Girl”), Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies) and Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down).

Lone Survivor

Universal / Released 6/3/14

Based on The New York Times bestselling true story of heroism, courage and survival, Lone Survivor tells the incredible tale of four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative. The four men must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish. Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg leads an all-star cast including Taylor Kitsch, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, and Eric Bana. Extras include featurettes.

The Birdcage

20th Century Fox / Released 6/3/14

Robin Williams and Nathan Lane team up with a top-notch cast in this hilarious comedy. Williams delivers an uproarious performance as Armand, a gay cabaret owner whose son announces he’s marrying the daughter of a right-wing politician (Gene Hackman). It’s an outrageously funny culture clash as Armand and his drag-queen partner Albert (Lane) try to transform themselves into straight shooters at a dinner party and pull the chiffon over the eyes of the uptight senator and his wife (Dianne Wiest).

The Ringer

20th Century Fox / Released 6/3/14

Jackass star Johnny Knoxville delivers a “special” performance in this outlandishly funny comedy, co-starring Katherine Heigl and produced by the Farrelly Brothers. Steve Barker (Knoxville) is so desperate for cash he agrees to join his shady uncle’s scheme to “fix” the upcoming Special Olympics. Posing as a mentally challenged competitor named Jeffy, Steve goes for the gold… but winds up on the fast track to hilarious humiliation.

Kissing Jessica Stein 

20th Century Fox / Released 6/3/14

A funny, smart, fresh, look at sex and the single girl. Fed up with her fruitless search for “Mr. Right” and tired of blind dates from hell, attractive journalist Jessica Stein whimsically responds to a classified ad – from Helen! Making and breaking new rules of dating as they go, the two women muddle through an earnest but hilarious courtship that blurs the lines between friendship and romantic love. Extras include commentary, Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary, Outtakes And Original Ending, Behind-The-Scenes Featurette and Theatrical Trailer.

Barbary Coast

Acorn Media / Released 6/3/14

A secret agent brings law and order to 1880s San Francisco. William Shatner is Jeff Cable, an undercover agent patrolling the wild streets of 1880s San Francisco. Filled with casinos and saloons, this bustling slice of post–Gold Rush California runs on corruption, greed, and violence. It’s Agent Cable’s job to crack down on the numerous criminals who have made a home there. Even top public officials can’t be trusted, so Cable weaves elaborate ruses to uncover the Barbary Coast’s many plots. He also relies on the slick but beleaguered Cash Conover (Doug McClure taking over the role from Dennis Cole who appears in the pilot), proprietor of the Golden Gate Casino. Conover reluctantly puts his business and well-being on the line for Cable time and again. The charismatic pair often find the cards stacked against them, but that doesn’t stop them from having a rollicking good time as they police a town mired in vigilante justice. Also starring Richard Kiel, this Emmy-nominated series is a playful take on traditional Westerns with a terrific cast and guest stars (including William Daniels, Ralph Meeker, James Cromwell, Joan Van Ark, Pat Hingle and Lloyd Bochner.)

Ravenous

Shout! Factory / Released 6/3/14

It’s a recipe for nonstop action and excitement when the inhabitants of an isolated military outpost go up against a marauding band of cannibals in a deadly struggle for survival! Ever watchful of the enemies who might literally tear them apart, the uneasy alliance of soldiers must fight brutal elements of the Sierra Nevada wilderness: as well as their own murderous instincts to stay alive.  The film features a strong ensemble including Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer and Neal McDonough.  Extras include commentary,  deleted scenes with optional commentary, trailer, tv spots and still galleries.

Workaholics: Season Four

Comedy Central / Released 6/3/14

It’s time to get back to work for coworkers and roommates, Adam (Adam DeVine), Blake (Blake Anderson) and Ders (Anders Holm), but that also means partying harder than ever before. Comedy Central’s hit, scripted series Workaholics Season 4 is back with all new super fresh episodes. They do their jobs and sometimes they even do them well, but they show up late, leave drunk and always live for the day even if they don’t know what day it is. Whether they’re hanging out at their house in Rancho Cucamonga or getting ready to rage at a Renaissance Faire, the guys find trouble wherever they go.  Extras include outtakes, and alternate and deleted scenes. Guest stars include Alex Borstein, Kyle Bornheimer, Lorenzo Lamas, De’voreaux White, and Kevin Heffernan.

Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy?

MPI Home Video / Released 5/13/4

From Michel Gondry, the innovative director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The We and the I, Be Kind Rewind and The Science of Sleep, comes this unlikely and unique intellectual feast, an animated documentary on the life and ideas of controversial MIT professor, philosopher, linguist, anti-war activist and political firebrand Noam Chomsky. Through complex, lively conversations with Chomsky and brilliant illustrations by Gondry himself that make Chomsky’s ideas more accessible, the filmmaker reveals the life and work of the father of modern linguistics while also exploring his groundbreaking theories on the emergence of language. The result is not only a dazzling, vital portrait of one of the foremost thinkers of our age, but also a beautifully animated work of art.

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