By David Weiner
9:58 AM PDT, June 4, 2013
Melissa McCarthy scams Jason Bateman in the hilarious Identity Thief; Bruce Willis blasts and quips his way through A Good Day to Die Hard; Breaking Bad Season Five; Pretty Little Liars Season Three and more in this week's new releases.
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New on Blu-ray & DVD: June 4
Universal
Melissa McCarthy scams Jason Bateman in the hilarious Identity Thief; Bruce Willis blasts and quips his way through A Good Day to Die Hard; Breaking Bad Season Five; Pretty Little Liars Season Three and more in this week's new releases.
Identity Thief
Universal
In this hilarious cross-country comedy, Melissa McCarthy plays a con artist in Miami who is enjoying retail bliss courtesy of an I.D. that belongs to an accounts rep (played by Jason Bateman) who lives halfway across the U.S in Denver. A regular guy forced to extreme measures to clear his name and extremely bad credit, Bateman hunts down McCarthy in an attempt to bring her to justice himself – and quickly finds out it ain't easy to wrangle, coax or even bribe her to travel to Denver in order to get his life back on track.
A Good Day to Die Hard
20th Century Fox
Cue Beethoven's Ode to Joy... Bruce Willis is back for more punishment, Yippee Ki Yay-style, and this time the action moves to Moscow for the fifth Die Hard movie. When we last saw Bruce's John McClane, he was busy trying to save his daughter (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and thwart a domestic techno-terrorist (played by Timothy Olyphant) with the help of hacker genius Justin Long. Now, McClane's son Jack (Jai Courtney) is the focus when he gets into trouble while in Russia. McClane flies to Moscow to help him out, only to find out the Die Hard way that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist from Russian underworld baddies.
Warm Bodies
Summit Entertainment
In this romantic horror-comedy, love conquers all as X-Men: First Class star Nicholas Hoult finds unexpected warmth in his heart when he sees I Am Number Four blonde beauty Theresa Palmer. Nicolas plays a highly unusual zombie, really just a regular guy, who rescues Theresa from imminent death at the hands of his undead cohorts. After teaching her to survive among the undead, the two develop a highly unlikely romance that sets off a chain of events that will start to transform him, his fellow dead -- and maybe even the whole lifeless world. Directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50), the film also stars Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, Analeigh Tipton and John Malkovich.
Breaking Bad: The Complete Fifth Season
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
In season five of the Emmy-winning AMC series, Walter's (Bryan Cranston) transformation from high school chemistry teacher to full-blown, ruthless drug lord continues. Now that he's "the king," what happens now? In addition to the all-new behind-the-scenes featurettes, outtakes, commentary, deleted scenes and audition/rehearsal footage, the producers of the show filmed an eight-minute bonus scene written and produced exclusively for the disc called Chicks 'N' Guns, in which Aaron Paul, Bob Odenkirk and Charles Baker reveal the pivotal back story to the season five episode Gliding Over All.
Pretty Little Liars: The Complete Third Season
Warner Home Video
Catch up on one of basic cable’s most suspenseful series! A summer has passed since Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer found out about Mona being "A" and the death of Maya. With the terror seemingly over and an alleged murderer now behind bars, what looks "normal" for each girl is not necessarily so, as all four are hardly over what happened. With post-traumatic stress, anger and the acquisition of more secrets, the four girls find themselves back on the defensive when a shocking event rocks Rosewood. The five-disc set contains all 24 episodes from the third season, plus special features including a brand-new featurette, gag reel, deleted scenes, and bonus Pretty Little Liars webisodes.
The Lone Ranger: Collector's Edition
Dream Works Classics
The Lone Ranger rides again! Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer are bringing the classic Western hero back to the big screen, and in the meantime you can catch up with the thrilling adventures of yesteryear with this special Collector’s Edition featuring all five complete seasons of the classic TV show (221 episodes on 30 DVDs) in a high-end box set resembling a coffee table book! Bonus content includes two full length features, a complete episode guide containing a synopsis for all 221 episodes, the original Lone Ranger radio broadcast from 1950, a rare comic book and photo reprint and much more.
Three all-new classic Lone Ranger DVD singles are available now: The Lone Ranger: Hi-Yo Silver, Away!, The Lone Ranger: Kemo Sabe, and The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man?
Three all-new classic Lone Ranger DVD singles are available now: The Lone Ranger: Hi-Yo Silver, Away!, The Lone Ranger: Kemo Sabe, and The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man?
The Mad Max Trilogy on Blu-ray
Warner Home Video
The perfect gift for Father's Day as you get ready for next year's Mad Max: Fury Road with Tom Hardy in the title role: Back in the '80s, Mel Gibson redefined the dusty action genre with this amazing trilogy spawned from the relentless Australian outback. Chronicling the taciturn, former cop-turned-vigilante Max as he fights off marauding gangs of punks in tricked-out wheels -- before and after the apocalypse -- the new set features the Blu-ray debut of 1985's Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome alongside the original Mad Max (1979) and The Road Warrior (1981).
Adventure Time: The Complete Second Season
Cartoon Network
Follow the fantastical adventures of unlikely heroes Finn & Jake in one of Cartoon Network’s most popular series as they traverse the mystical Land of Ooo and encounter its colorful inhabitants! Adventure Time: The Complete Second Season debuts on both DVD and Blu-ray complete with absolutely algebraic bonus content from series creator Pendleton Ward, including a featurette filmed by Ward that provides exclusive access to and interviews with members of his talented show team, as well as episode commentaries for all 26 season two episodes. Also available on Blu-ray is Adventure Time: The Complete First Season!
Falling Skies: The Complete Second Season
Warner Home Video
Noah Wyle is back battling an alien invasion in season two of this powerful TNT drama, which chronicles the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that leaves most of the world completely incapacitated. It has been nearly one year since the attack and reality has set in on this whole new world as the 2nd Massachusetts head to Charleston to find more human survivors and fighters and Wyle tries to keep the resistance fighters and his family in line as they face all-new new dangers. Bonus features include audio commentaries, behind the scenes featurettes and more.
Wrong
The new film from electronic musician-turned-writer/director Quentin Dupieux (Rubber) is a surreal comedy about a man's frantic search for his kidnapped dog. Reno 911 star Jack Plotnick is Dolph Springer, who must embark on a spiritual journey guided by enigmatic pony-tailed guru Master Chang (William Fichtner) to metaphysically reconnect with his pet. On his quest, Dolph encounters a series of characters whose lives he drastically alters including a promiscuous pizza delivery girl, a jogging-addicted neighbor, an opportunistic French-Mexican gardener, and an eccentric pet detective (Steve Little of Eastbound And Down).
Ring of Fire
A&E
Jewel headlines the inspiring biography told from the point of view of country music legend June Carter Cash. Based on the book Anchored In Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash, the film delves into the compelling history of the legendary singer/songwriter and her volatile relationship with Johnny Cash (played by Matt Ross of American Horror Story).
Wilfred: The Complete Original Series
Watch the original Australian series that inspired the FX remake with Elijah Wood! Starring Jason Gann, Adam Zwar and Cindy Waddingham, the series follows a man who questions his sanity when he sees Wilfred as a man in a dog suit, but to everyone else Wilfred is just a dog! All-new bonus features include behind-the-scenes vignettes and featurettes, a crew montage, outtakes, bloopers and more.