By David Weiner
4:00 AM PDT, March 26, 2013
Daniel Day-Lewis earns his Best Actor Oscar as Lincoln; Brad Pitt takes aim in Killing Them Softly; Billy Crystal and Bette Midler need some Parental Guidance; Star Trek: Enterprise beams onto Blu-ray; Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Veep; Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot and much more this week.
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New on Blu-ray & DVD: March 26
Dreamworks
Daniel Day-Lewis earns his Best Actor Oscar as Lincoln; Brad Pitt takes aim in Killing Them Softly; Billy Crystal and Bette Midler need some Parental Guidance; Star Trek: Enterprise beams onto Blu-ray; Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Veep; Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot and much more this week.
Lincoln
Dreamworks
Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winning historical drama focuses on the last four months of Abraham Lincoln's (portrayed by Best Actor Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis) life and the political strategizing he undertook at the close of the Civil War to ensure that slavery would be forever outlawed. Lincoln also stars David Strathairn as Abe's loyal Secretary of State, William Seward; Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gulliver McGrath as Lincoln's sons, Robert and Tad; Sally Field as his wife Mary Todd Lincoln; and Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens, a radical member of Lincoln's own party.
Killing Them Softly
Starz
Based on the George V. Higgins novel Cogan's Trade, this gritty new mob thriller follows what happens after a couple of not-too-bright guys (Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn) decide to rob a Mafia-protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the enforcer hired to track them down and restore order. The film also stars Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta and Sam Shepard.
Parental Guidance
20th Century Fox
Billy Crystal and Bette Midler team up as a couple tasked with looking after their grandkids in this hilarious generation-gap comedy. Inspired by his own real-life experiences, Crystal plays Artie, a grandfather who's used to calling the shots. When his eager-to-please wife Diane (Midler) agrees to babysit their three grandkids, modern problems collide with Artie and Diane's old school methods of tough rules. But despite numerous problems, the family learns that they can come together by embracing the best of both worlds. Marisa Tomei and Tom Everett Scott also star as the kids' type-A helicopter parents.
Veep: The Complete First Season
HBO
Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars in this hilarious and witty HBO comedy as Selina Meyer, a rising star in her party who becomes vice president of the United States. Follow her whirlwind day-to-day existence as she puts out political fires, juggles a busy public schedule and demanding private life, and defends the president's interests, even as she tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the chief executive. Bonus features include deleted scenes, commentary, behind-the-scenes featurettes, a hilarious public service announcement, outtakes and more.
The Borgias: The Second Season
Paramount Home Video
The original crime family is back! Set in Renaissance-era Rome, Jeremy Irons plays ruthless patriarch Pope Alexander VI, exacting vicious punishment on all those who oppose his clan. With the world around them in war and turmoil, they continue to exploit their allies, silence their critics, and solidify their legacies. In season two, the seemingly unbreakable bonds of family will be tested like never before -- and this time, no one will emerge unscathed.
The Terminator Anthology Blu-ray set
Warner Bros.
Arnold said, "I'll be back," and you knew he would. Now, watch all four Terminator movies in one, all-new Blu-ray collection: The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day Skynet Edition, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation. The slick set boasts more than 15 hours of bonus content, including deleted scenes/outtakes, documentaries, interviews with director James Cameron, audio commentaries and 8 hours of interactive features; from storyboard-script mode to quizzes and games.
Star Trek: Enterprise - The Complete First Season on Blu-ray
Paramount Home Video
The inaugural voyage of the Starship Enterprise NX-01 boldy goes onto Blu-ray! Watch all 25 episodes of the first season as Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and his crew explore strange new worlds and seek out new life and new civilizations, 100 years before James T. Kirk helmed the starship of the same name. Includes the brand-new, multi-part retrospective documentary To Boldly Go: Launching Enterprise.
Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot: The Complete Series
Shout Factory
The classic Japanese live-action fantasy series from the late '60s – packed with giant rubber kaiju monsters and a giant radio-controlled robot hero -- is finally on DVD in one set containing all 26 episodes! Follow young Johnny Sokko and the good-guy organization Unicorn as they battle the malevolent Gargoyle Gang to keep peace and order in the world --- and the galaxy! Special features include a detailed, 24-page retrospective book on the series and its impact.
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
20th Century Fox
Your favorite LEGO Star Wars characters are back – including Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia – in a 22-minute original standalone special containing the same tongue-and-cheek humor and action-packed adventure fans know and love. While Luke grapples with his new celebrity after destroying the Death Star, Darth Vader and Darth Maul are locked in a hilarious "Sith-ling" rivalry as they compete for the Emperor's approval. Comes complete with an exclusive Darth Vader LEGO minifigure!
Futureworld
Shout Factory
This 1976 sequel to Westworld returns to the same resort where a few robots went out of control -- and killed a few guests. The entire resort has now been rebuilt and redesigned to be completely fail-safe, and now reporters Blythe Danner and Peter Fonda get the opportunity to turn around the negative publicity with a private tour. But once inside the park, they come to realize that things might not be as safe as they thought…
The Sandlot 20th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray
20th Century Fox
The nostalgic baseball classic is back on Blu-ray in a special 20th anniversary edition. Set in the early '60s, the film follows fifth-grader Scotty Smalls – new to town, he joins the neighborhood gang to play baseball on the nearby sandlot field, marking the beginning of a magical summer of baseball, wild adventures, first kisses and a few fun scares.
Tom Green Live
This stand-up comedy special brings the actor back to his brick wall-backed roots (brick wall not included).
Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXVI
Shout Factory
One cult TV series, two guys, two robots, four movies and 10,000 jokes… Featuring four episodes previously unreleased on DVD, the new edition of MST3K: XXVI includes comic skewerings of The Magic Sword, Alien From L.A., Danger!! Death Ray and The Mole People. Bonus features include a new interview with Alien From L.A. director Albert Pyun, an interview with The Magic Sword director Bert I. Gordon, Life After MST3K: Mike Nelson, four exclusive Mini-Posters by artist Steve Vance and more!