By David Weiner
11:59 AM PST, November 5, 2013
Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx face terrorists in White House Down; Kristen Wiig is Girl Most Likely; Twilight returns in an ultimate box set; get the entire 90210 series, plus Weeds, Saved By the Bell and Boy Meets World; James Dean lives in an ultimate collector's set; Mad Men season six; Under the Dome and much, much more in this week's new releases!
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New on Blu-ray & DVD: November 5
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx face terrorists in White House Down; Kristen Wiig is Girl Most Likely; Twilight returns in an ultimate box set; get the entire 90210 series, plus Weeds, Saved By the Bell and Boy Meets World; James Dean lives in an ultimate collector's set; Mad Men season six; Under the Dome and much, much more in this week's new releases!
White House Down
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
It's Die Hard in the Oval Office by way of Roland Emmerich! Channing Tatum plays John Cale, a secret service man who has just been denied his dream job to protect President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx). Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, just when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. The Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital contain over an hour of bonus features including a gag reel and nine behind-the-scenes, making-of featurettes.
Grown Ups 2
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock and David Spade return for all-new laughs in the sequel to the summer fun comedy hit. Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph and Maria Bello also return in the story of Sandler's family and pals returning to their hometown where they grew up for a little peace and quiet, only to be bugged by rowdy college kids (including Taylor Lautner and Patrick Schwarzenegger) , old bullies and new adventures in the wild. Bonus features include eight deleted scenes and numerous featurettes.
2 Guns
Universal
Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg headline this explosive and entertaining action film that casts them as two operatives from competing bureaus -- the DEA and U.S. naval intelligence -- who are forced to go on the run together after a Mexican drug cartel infiltration goes awry, each of them unaware of the fact that the other is an undercover agent. Bill Paxton, Paula Patton, Fred Ward, James Marsden and Edward James Olmos also star.
Passion
Entertainment One
Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace drop their inhibitions for a round of wild mind games in the new erotic thriller from Brian De Palma. A return to form for De Palma fueled by sex, ambition, image, envy and the dark, murderous side of desire, Passion casts McAdams and Rapace as two rising female executives in a multinational corporation whose fierce competition to rise up the ranks is about to turn literally cut-throat. Christine (McAdams) is searching for a killer advertising idea to impress her bosses, helped by her clever but naïve protégé Isabelle (Rapace). But when Isabelle comes up with a brilliant viral marketing idea, Christine takes the credit, igniting a cat-and-mouse game of scheming -- professional, sexual and ultimately homicidal – as the two jockey for power. Who will be the greater manipulator, and who will have the final revenge?
Lovelace
Anchor Bay
Amanda Seyfried portrays notorious '70s adult film star Linda Lovelace in this racy and dramatic biopic. Set against the sexual revolution of the 1970s, Lovelace tracks the rise of the legendary Deep Throat star. To the public, she was an enthusiastic spokesperson for sexual freedom and uninhibited hedonism. But behind closed doors, she was used and abused by the porn industry at the hands of her coercive husband, Chuck Traynor (played by Peter Sarsgaard). In time, she learned to take control of her life, and soon changed her tune to reveal that she was actually the survivor of a far darker story. Bonus materials include an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film.
James Dean Ultimate Collector's Edition
Warner Bros.
The '50s screen legend lives in this ultimate collector's edition on Blu-ray, perfect for the film completist! James Dean died young in car wreck at the tender age of 24, but his legacy lives in his three films, restored and remastered on Blu-ray: Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden and Giant. The limited and numbered six-disc set includes a 48-page photo book with behind-the-scene images and rare insight into each film, plus three feature-length documentaries about Dean’s life: James Dean Forever Young, narrated by Martin Sheen; American Masters James Dean Sense Memories and George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey.
Girl Most Likely
Lionsgate
The versatile Kristen Wiig teams up with Glee star Darren Criss for the deliciously offbeat comedy Girl Most Likely, which casts Kristen as Imogene Duncan, a promising Manhattan playwright whose crisis of confidence leads her to stage an elaborate fake suicide to get the attention of her ex-boyfriend. The stunt puts her in the hospital psychiatric unit -- and then unwittingly in the care of her gambling addict mother Zelda (Annette Bening in spot-on comedy mode), who wants nothing to do with her. Forced to live at her childhood home on the Jersey Shore, she must grapple with the family dynamics of her unique brother (Christopher Fitzgerald), her mom's new boyfriend (Matt Dillon) and a cute young lodger (played by Darren) -- who has taken over her room -- as she figures out how to find her place in the world.
Beverly Hills, 90210: The Complete Series
Paramount
Wow! Beverly Hills, 90210: The Complete Series arrives in fun, collectible yearbook-themed packaging: Following the trials and tribulations, loves, laughs and losses of the high school teens of the world's most famous zip code, the Aaron Spelling-produced show made household names out of Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green, Gabrielle Carteris, Vincent Young, Daniel Cosgrove, Kathleen Robertson, Vanessa Marcil, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling. Beverly Hills, 90210: The Complete Series allows fans to devour all 10 seasons on 72 discs, highlighted by a bonus disc filled with special features including a newly produced interview with show creator Darren Star, taking an in-depth look back at the series and how it began. Other goodies include two behind-the-scenes specials that originally aired on FOX (including a 10-year cast reunion special) and great, archival Entertainment Tonight segments.
Farscape: The Complete Series on Blu-ray
New Video Group
Farscape celebrates its 15th anniversary with a special, complete series Blu-ray and DVD set! Fueled by the wild imagination of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Farscape earned its cult TV status with incredible special effects, amazing alien life forms, edge-of-your-seat thrills and irreverent humor. The show chronicles the adventures of astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder), accidentally flung across space into hostile alien territory, where he allies with the motley crew of the living space ship Moya in search of a way home. The 20-disc Blu-ray set contains all 88 episodes, a collectible 16-page mini comic book based on the prequel Peacekeeper Wars, and more than 15 hours of bonus features including episode commentaries; deleted scenes; multiple behind-the-scenes featurettes; interviews with the show's stars; production design galleries, character concepts, promotional photos and much more.
Intolerance on Blu-ray
Director D.W. Griffith's epic film triumph about man's inhumanity to man makes the leap to Blu-ray with Carl Davis' orchestral score in 5.1 Dolby Digital! The 1916 film featuring a cast of thousands and massive sets in the days when movies were major cross-cuts between four different tales of "intolerance" set in four different times: The Modern Story, The Judean Story, The Medieval Story and The Babylonian Story. Many of the leading stars of the silent screen appear in the film, including Griffith regular Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Elmo Lincoln, Robert Harron and Constance Talmadge. Bonus features include the two full-length features drawn from the film -- The Fall of Babylon and The Mother and the Law -- accompanied by new scores by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra; a 2013 featurette with film historian Kevin Brownlow; new essays by Cineaste magazine editor Richard Porton and historian William M. Drew; and a theatrical re-release trailer.
Under the Dome
CBS
Stephen King's bestseller comes to the screen in this intense and entertaining series starring Mike Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Dean Norris, Natalie Martinez, Britt Robertson, Alexander Koch, Colin Ford, Nicholas Strong, Jolene Purdy and Aisha Hinds. What happens when the small town of Chester's Mill is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by a massive transparent barrier? Find out as the epic struggle to survive and maintain control unfolds as they attempt to uncover the truth about the dome.
Parkland
Millennium Entertainment
An all-star cast recreates the events that transpired the day JFK was assassinated in the new film Parkland from writer-director, Peter Landesman. Paul Giamatti, Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden, Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Welling, James Badge Dale and Jacki Weaver are among the cast of the new drama that focuses on the ordinary heroes that responded in the critical moments following the president's assassination on November 22, 1963.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition
Warner Bros.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug opens in theaters December 13, and fans of the Peter Jackson saga can go there and back again with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition! Giving Middle-earth fans the opportunity to gain a broader experience of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the Extended Edition is a new cut of the film that includes 13 minutes of extra film footage that extends individual scenes. The release also includes nearly nine hours of new bonus features.
Mad Men Season Six
Lionsgate
The incredible season six of AMC's Mad Men is finally on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download! Continuing the drama and amusing moments surrounding the ad men and women of Madison Avenue during the tumultuous '60s, the sixth season of Mad Men follows Jon Hamm's Don Draper as he struggles with his penchant for drinking and adultery amid an ever-changing corporate climate. The 3-disc Blu-ray and 4-disc DVD sets of Mad Men season six include such behind-the-scenes featurettes as Recreating an Era; Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out; and Summer of Love Archives.
Clear History
HBO
Larry David's hilarious HBO movie arrives on Blu-ray with Digital Copy and DVD! Jon Hamm and Kate Hudson co-star – and put their improvisational skills to the test – in this typical Larry David character study. David plays a marketing exec at a start-up electric car company who gives up his ten percent of the business after a petty argument with his boss (Hamm). The company subsequently makes billions of dollars, destroying his life and leaving him publicly humiliated. Ten years later, after changing his name and moving to a small island off the Massachusetts coast, all is well – until something from the past threatens his new life.
Twilight Forever: The Complete Saga
Summit Entertainment
We know, we know. It's November and there's no new Twilight movie! Twi-hards can still celebrate the fifth anniversary of the epic vamps vs. werewolves love-triangle franchise with Summit Entertainment’s incredible Twilight Forever: The Complete Saga box set! Featuring all five films of The Twilight Saga in beautiful packaging -- available as a 10-disc Blu-ray (plus Digital HD UltraViolet) set and as a 12-disc DVD (plus Digital UltraViolet) – the ultimate collector's set includes over two hours of brand-new, exclusive content (including a cast retrospective with new interviews; previously unreleased behind-the-scenes moments on set; an exploration of the Twilight FAN-omenon; and highlights of Edward's and Jacob's stories in Twilight Forever: Edward’s Saga and Twilight Forever: Jacob's Saga) and over 10 hours of every special feature ever created for the multi-billion dollar franchise.
The Right Stuff 30th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray
Warner Bros.
Gravity fans and newcomers alike owe it to themselves to watch director Philip Kaufman’s epic, Oscar-winning film about the birth of the U.S. space program, now on Blu-ray in a special 30th anniversary edition Blu-ray book with 40 pages of rare photos, production notes and more. An all-star cast (including Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward and Jeff Goldblum) portrays the real-life test pilots, daredevils and heroes who truly had The Right Stuff. In addition to scene-specific commentary, the 1998 PBS doc John Glenn: American Hero, and three more featurettes, the new release also boasts Dolby TrueHD with advanced 96k upsampling to deliver a full-range high-definition surround sound experience with remarkable clarity, detail and spaciousness.
Weeds: The Complete Collection on Blu-ray
Lionsgate
All eight seasons of the huge Mary-Louise Parker Showtime hit is now available in one complete collection, loaded with all-new special features including a discussion with the cast as well as a look at what makes the lead character of Nancy so desirable-- and why many of her lovers met an early demise. The Blu-ray contains 16 discs in a special "glowing" acrylic case package. The hilarious series casts Parker as soccer mom Nancy Botwin -- facing sudden widowhood and immediate poverty, she becomes the neighborhood pot dealer who soon faces the mafia, complicated love affairs, the birth of an illegitimate child and relocation after relocation.
Saved By the Bell: The Complete Collection
Lionsgate
Fans of Saved By the Bell rejoice! The entire late '80s/early '90s Saturday sitcom series is now available in a special DVD box set. Follow the misadventures of Bayside High School classmates Zack (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Screech (Dustin Diamond), Kelly (Tiffani Thiessen), Jessie (Elizabeth Berkley), A.C. (Mario Lopez) and Lisa (Lark Voorhies) -- Saved By The Bell: The Complete Collection contains seasons one through five on 22 discs and includes the featurettes Saturday Morning: From Toons to Teen and It's Alright: Back to the Bell, with new cast and crew interviews just for the fans.
A Very Merry Pooh Year & Mickey's Christmas Carol on Blu-ray
Disney
Celebrate the holidays with Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh! Winnie The Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year lands on Blu-ray for the very first time, while Mickey's Christmas Carol celebrates its 30th anniversary on Blu-ray too, sold separately. Both have digital copies and are perfect stocking stuffers for the entire family… Bonus features on the Pooh disc include Disney Intermission, with fun interactive games and trivia while someone has to leave the room, while Mickey's Christmas Carol includes fully-restored classic holiday shorts!
Magic City: The Complete Second Season
Anchor Bay
Jeffrey Dean Morgan returns for a second season as Ike Evans, who risks everything in a life and death battle to rid his Miramar Playa Hotel of the mob and Ben "The Butcher" Diamond. Meanwhile, changes in Castro's Cuba ripple to the shores of Miami Beach, and a new world order begins to tear the Evans family apart. Olga Kurylenko, Danny Huston, Jessica Marais, Steven Strait,Kelly Lynch, Esai Morales and Sherilyn Fenn co-star.
Boy Meets World: The Complete Collection
Lionsgate
The fan-favorite starring Ben Savage, Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle and William Daniels is now in a complete series set! Cory is your average guy. He has a best friend from the other side of the tracks, a teacher that constantly keeps him on his toes, and a friend named Topanga whom he has trouble understanding. With the support of his parents and his brother Eric, Cory learns to cope with the roller coaster called growing up. Includes all episodes from Seasons One through Seven!