New on Blu-ray & DVD This Week!

Cate Blanchett mesmerizes in Blue Jasmine; Tom Hanks takes on terrorists as Captain Phillips; Shia LaBeouf is Charlie Countryman; Machete Kills; It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World on Criterion and more in new releases.

Cate Blanchett delivers the performance of her career in Woody Allen's latest dramedy as Jasmine French, a former New York socialite trying to pick up the pieces of her life. Fleeing the Manhattan high life for San Francisco, she tries to pull herself back together again with the help of her working-class sister (Sally Hawkins) as she toes the tightrope between fantasy and reality. Also starring Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K., Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Peter Sarsgaard, and Michael Stuhlbarg. Bonus features include Notes from The Red Carpet and the Blue Jasmine Cast Press Conference with Cate Blanchett, Peter Sarsgaard and Andrew Dice Clay.

Tom Hanks takes on the frightening, true-life tale of the cargo ship captain who went toe-to-to with modern-day Somali pirates in this film by Oscar-nominated director Paul Greengrass. Hanks portrays Captain Richard Phillips, whose US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama was overtaken by Somali pirates in 2009, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years. Quick to defend his ship from the machine-gun wielding attackers, his ship was nonetheless boarded and he had to face life-and-death decisions in protecting his crew and cargo.

Stanley Kramer's 1963 comedy classic is back, getting the Criterion treatment on Blu-ray and DVD. Following a crazy group of diverse individuals trampling everything in their path to get their hands on a fortune in stolen cash, the principal cast includes Sid Caesar, Mickey Rooney, Ethel Merman, Edie Adams, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Phil Silvers, Milton Berle and Spencer Tracy, with supporting turns and cameos by stars including Jerry Lewis, Jim Backus, Jimmy Durante, Peter Falk, Jack Benny, Buster Keaton, Don Knotts, Carl Reiner, Norman Fell and The Three Stooges! The newly restored transfer contains a 197-minute extended version of the film, reconstructed and restored by Robert A. Harris using visual and audio material from the longer original road-show version—including some scenes that have been returned to the film for the first time. New audio commentary, a new documentary on the film’s visual and sound effects, featuring rare behind-the-scenes footage of the crew at work, a talk show from 1974 hosted by director Stanley Kramer and featuring Mad World actors Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, and Jonathan Winters, a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Lou Lumenick and much, much, much, much more!

Danny Trejo is back as the relentless, titular anti-hero in the sequel to 2010's Machete from director Robert Rodriguez. This time, Machete is recruited by the President of the United States (played by Charlie Sheen!) for a special mission that will grant Machete his freedom as well as an opportunity to fulfill his own personal vendetta. Sofia Vergara, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Amber Heard, Demian Bichir and, yes, Mel Gibson, also star.

Rachel McAdams stars in this charming time-travel romance from Love Actually director Richard Curtis. Domhnall Gleeson plays a young man whose father (Bill Nighy) informs him that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life—so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as you might think. Tom Hollander and Margot Robbie also star.

Shia LaBeouf stars as the title character in the film, who heads to Bucharest as directed by a vision from his late mother. When his fellow passenger dies right next to him during the flight, his life takes yet another direction that leads him into the arms of a beautiful musician (Evan Rachel Wood). But complications quickly arise when her complicated past – in the form of a vicious gangster played by Mads Mikkelsen – arises to lay claim to her. Inspired by love, Charlie is determined to protect her and enters into the hallucinatory, Romanian underworld filled with violence and excitement. Also starring Vincent D'Onofrio, Melissa Leo and Rupert Grint.

Dylan McDermott finds himself trapped and running out of time in this high-stakes suspense thriller. McDermott plays Robert Saunders, a New York City mechanic who is knocked unconscious at his birthday dinner and wakes up to find himself locked inside the restaurant's walk-in freezer, a victim of a chilling nightmare of mistaken identity. But why he’s there -- and how he’ll survive -- becomes a very real problem for him as he grapples with the Russian mob, a missing $8 million, and a wounded cop (played Peter Facinelli) who may hold the key it all.

The sexy, sultry '80s update of the classic '40s thriller is now on Blu-ray from Shout! Factory. Nastassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell are a unique brother and sister duo who come from a long line of people whose sexual awakening transform them into dangerous panthers. Worth it for the killer Giorgio Moroder/David Bowie soundtrack and American Werewolf style transformations alone, the film also stars John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee and Lynn Lowry.

Also available from Shout! Factory this week: Die Monster Die! and Raise the Titanic

Lake Bell stars in this hilarious romantic comedy about a struggling vocal coach who strikes it big in the cutthroat world of movie-trailer voiceovers, only to find herself in direct competition with the industry’s reigning king—her father. Fred Melamed, Demetri Martin, Michaela Watkins, Ken Marino, Rob Corddry, Nick Offerman, Alexandra Holden and Geena Davis co-star.

It's Grumpy Old Men for the digital age! This award-winning comedic blend of fiction and reality shot in and around Seattle follows a trio of cantankerous elderly men who each must come to terms with his sunset years in his own unique fashion, finding humor and heart in their everyday foibles, including seeking romance through an online dating site for seniors!

Fans of The Hunger Games will laugh 'til it hurts at this spoof of the hit franchise, as well as other popular box-office hits from The Avengers to Avatar and The Expendables, Harry Potter and Taylor Swift! Maiara Walsh plays Kantmiss Evershot, who must leave behind her smoldering just-a-friend Dale (Brant Daugherty) and team up with the geeky baker’s son Peter Malarkey (Cody Christian) in a fight for her life in the 75th annual "Starving Games." Plus, she could also win an old ham, a coupon for a footlong sub at a six-inch price, and a partially-eaten pickle!

The outrageous action-comedy cult hit is now available on DVD! In the neo-noir, dystopian universe of Brüteville, high-octane thrills, gangster mayhem, and a generous dose of subversive, satirical bent collide! The series follows violent criminal Gunter Vogler (Max E. Williams). When a bloody jewelry store robbery goes awry and he is shot by his accomplice and girlfriend, Martine (Kate Kelton), he wakes up in a hospital having received a face transplant -- the police officer he had killed earlier -- and as payback, the police tell him he now has to work for them and fight crime. The all-star cast includes Neil Napier, Jessica Steen and special guest stars Eddie Izzard and Eric Roberts as notorious crime lords. Features special audio commentary by Alan Spencer.

Ken Marino stars in this hilarious, over-the-top supernatural comedy as a man tormented by a manipulative, crooked boss (Patrick Warburton), a nagging mother (Mary Kay Place), a deadbeat new age dad (Stephen Root), and a sweet, yet pressuring, wife (Gillian Jacobs). When his mounting stress triggers an insufferable gastrointestinal reaction, he discovers a pintsized demon living in his intestine that forces its way out and slaughters the people who have wronged him. Out of fear that his intestinal gremlin may target its wrath on the wrong person, he attempts to befriend it, naming it Milo and indulging it to keep its seemingly insatiable appetite at bay.

The horrifying history of Freddy Krueger is detailed in this entertaining "shockumentary" hosted by A Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp -- on Blu-ray for the very first time. Featuring exclusive interviews with over 100 cast and crew members rom every Nightmare movie, including creator Wes Craven and Freddy himself, Robert Englund, the film features exciting clips, never-before-seen photos, behind-the-scenes footage, conceptual art, publicity materials and exclusive interviews.