By David Weiner
9:00 AM PST, January 29, 2013
Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez and Andy Samberg find for ghoulish giggles in Hotel Transylvania; Downton Abbey season 3; Seven Psychopaths; Die Hard turns 25 and more in this week's new releases.
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New on Blu-ray & DVD: January 29
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez and Andy Samberg find for ghoulish giggles in Hotel Transylvania; Downton Abbey season 3; Seven Psychopaths; Die Hard turns 25 and more in this week's new releases.
Hotel Transylvania
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Adam Sandler teams up with Selena Gomez and his That's My Boy buddy Andy Samberg for ghoulish giggles in this hilarious and fast-paced animated family comedy with heart. Hotel Transylvania casts Sandler as Dracula, who has built a safe haven for his beloved daughter Mavis (Gomez) and the world's most famous monsters to protect them from – gasp! – human beings. But when an ordinary guy (Samberg) crashes his daughter's 118th birthday and takes a shine to her, Dracula's over-protective nature is put to the test with comic results. Featuring such memorable fiends as Frankenstein's monster (Kevin James), the Mummy (Cee-Lo Green), the Invisible Man (David Spade), Quasimodo (Jon Lovitz), the WolfMan (Steve Buscemi) and more, Hotel Transylvania also features the vocal talents of Fran Drescher, Molly Shannon and David Koechner. The Blu-ray Combo Pack includes deleted scenes, commentary, music video and Goodnight Mr. Foot mini-movie.
Paranormal Activity 4
Paramount
The groundbreaking horror franchise returns with the scariest installment yet! The shocking story of the evil surrounding Katie (Katie Featherston) and her nephew Hunter continues as a new family begins experiencing unexplained events that quickly turn deadly. You may never look at your Xbox the same way again! Directed by Paranormal Activity 3 and Catfish creators Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the Blu-ray includes both the theatrical and unrated versions of the film, plus 30 minutes of "found footage."
Seven Psychopaths
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
In Bruges writer-director Martin McDonagh rounds up usual suspects Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell alongside Woody Harrelson, Tom Waits, Olga Kurylenko, Abbie Cornish and Željko Ivanek for this twisted comedy about a struggling screenwriter (Farrell) who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Walken and Rockwell) kidnap a gangster's (Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu. Bonus features on the Seven Psychopaths Blu-ray and DVD include deleted scenes, multiple behind-the-scenes featurettes and UltraViolet digital copy.
Best of Warner Bros. 50 & 100 Film Collections
Warner Bros. Home Video
Warner Bros. is starting its 90th anniversary celebration with two amazing box sets, the ultimate collections for any film fan! In addition to the respective 50 (on Blu-ray) and 100-film (on DVD) collections, each set contains the brand-new, full-length documentary Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot, featuring some of Warner Bros.' top talent and executives giving an inside look at the history of the studio, including Clint Eastwood, Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman. A second doc, The Warner Bros. Lot Tour, giving viewers a "virtual" tram ride, is also included.
The Best of Warner Bros. 100 Film DVD Collection includes all 22 of the Warner Bros. library's Best Picture Oscar winners and the two new documentaries on 55 discs, presented in book style premium packaging. The Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-ray Collection includes 50 movies and the two new documentaries on 52 discs, also presented in book style premium packaging. It introduces several new-to-Blu-ray film titles, including Grand Hotel, Mrs. Miniver, and Driving Miss Daisy. Both are limited and numbered collections and each includes a collectible poster and series of art cards featuring movie poster designs created by legendary American graphic designer Bill Gold. CLICK HERE for the full list of films in each set.
Also available: The Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Best Pictures (Academy Awards®) DVD Collection
The Best of Warner Bros. 100 Film DVD Collection includes all 22 of the Warner Bros. library's Best Picture Oscar winners and the two new documentaries on 55 discs, presented in book style premium packaging. The Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-ray Collection includes 50 movies and the two new documentaries on 52 discs, also presented in book style premium packaging. It introduces several new-to-Blu-ray film titles, including Grand Hotel, Mrs. Miniver, and Driving Miss Daisy. Both are limited and numbered collections and each includes a collectible poster and series of art cards featuring movie poster designs created by legendary American graphic designer Bill Gold. CLICK HERE for the full list of films in each set.
Also available: The Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Best Pictures (Academy Awards®) DVD Collection
Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 3
PBS
The surprise PBS hit returns with a third season! The Great War is over and the long-awaited engagement of Lady Mary and Matthew is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises grip the majestic English country estate for a third thrilling season. The all-star cast, including Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess of Grantham, returns and welcomes guest star Shirley MacLaine.
Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Collection on Blu-ray
20th Century Fox
Yippee ki yay! The Bruce Willis action franchise celebrate 25 years with a brand-new 5-disc collection featuring the first four Die Hard films and an all-new bonus disc, Decoding Die Hard, with all-new behind-the-scenes featurettes and interviews, tracking John McClane's evolution, his well-armed and formidable foes, intense action sequences and reinventing the action genre.
The Duellists
Shout Factory
Director Ridley Scott's visually stunning feature-length motion picture debut is finally on Blu-ray! Harvey Keitel and Keith Carradine play two officers in Napoleon's army who violently confront each other in a series of duels. Stemming from a minor incident, the confrontations escalate into a consuming passion that rules the lives of both men for a period of 30 years. Based on the Joseph Conrad story. All-new bonus features include an all-new interview with Keith Carradine, audio commentary by Ridley Scott and the featurette Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott and Kevin Reynolds.