By David Weiner
5:34 PM PST, February 18, 2014
Winter is coming, but Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season is here! Plus Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox on Criterion, Nurse Jackie, a young Robin Williams in The World According to Garp and more in new releases…
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New on Blu-ray & DVD: February 18
HBO
Winter is coming, but Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season is here! Plus Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox on Criterion, Nurse Jackie, a young Robin Williams in The World According to Garp and more in new releases…
Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season
HBO
The third season of Game of Thrones culminated in one of the most talked-about episodes in television history. The battling families of the Seven Kingdoms continue to fight for power as bonds are strained, loyalties are tested and cruel fates are met! Bonus features on the Season Three Blu-ray include the featurette The Rains of Castamere Unveiled, with an in-depth look at the creation of the most pivotal and talked-about episode of Season 3; an In-Episode Guide with background information about on-screen characters, locations and relevant histories; The Roots of Westeros; Histories & Lore; plus the DVD featurettes A Gathering Storm; The Politics of Marriage; Inside the Wildlings; New Characters of Season 3; deleted/extended scenes and audio commentaries with cast and crew including David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, George R.R. Martin, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Michelle Fairley, Kit Harington, Richard Madden and more.
Nurse Jackie: Season Five
Lionsgate
Showtime's award-winning dramedy series stars Edie Falco as the title character, a recovering addict at a serious crossroad in her life this season as she spends all of her time at work and home in an unfamiliar state: sober. After leaving rehab early, Jackie struggles with new challenges with her marriage coming to an end, a careless accident that sends her to her own All Saints Hospital for emergency care, and a budding new romance with NYC policeman Frank Verelli (Adam Ferrera). Peter Facinelli, Eve Best, Paul Schulze, Dominic Fumusa, Anna Deavere Smith, Bobby Cannavale, Morris Chestnut and Merritt Wever co-star. Bonus features include audio commentaries with the cast and crew, deleted scenes, a gag reel and the featurettes A Sober Jackie and New to the Floor.
Fantastic Mr. Fox on Criterion
Criterion Collection
Director Wes Anderson's impressive ode to classic stop-motion animation is back on Criterion Blu-ray/DVD in a new digital master approved by the director. Anderson takes the beloved children's tale and makes it his own with the help of the vocal talents of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman, using charming, old-school stop-motion animation to tell the tale of an audacious, settled-down family fox who is chomping at the bit to raid a nearby farm, setting off a chain of events that threatens not only Mr. Fox, but the whole animal community. Bonus features include audio commentary, storyboard animatics, footage of the actors voicing their characters, puppet construction, stop-motion setups, the recording of the score, animation tests, an audio recording of author Roald Dahl reading his beloved book, a stop-motion Sony robot commercial by Anderson, a booklet featuring a new essay, White Cape, a comic book used as a prop in the film and much more.
The World According to Garp
Warner Bros.
The classic 1982 movie starring Robin Williams in his first, serious big-screen role is now available on DVD (manufactured On Demand from The Warner Archive Collection at (www.WarnerArchive.com or www.wbshop.com). Based on the John Irving novel, Williams plays T.S. Garp, novelist son of strident feminist Jenny Fields (Glenn Close), who must wrestle his way through a life full of gender politics, parenthood, adultery, tragedy and recovery as he searches for his place. John Lithgow's performance as Roberta Muldoon, a transgender NFL Pro, cemented his place as one of the character greats, and the film garnered Supporting Actress/Actor Oscar noms for Close and Lithgow.
Afternoon Delight
Docurama
This witty comedy about sex, love and finding yourself stars Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor and Jane Lynch. Han plays Rachel, a quick-witted yet tightly coiled thirty-something frustrated with her daily routine of preschool auctions and a lackluster sex life, and career that has gone kaput. Looking to spice up her marriage, Rachel takes her husband to a strip club and meets McKenna (Temple), a stripper she becomes obsessed with saving – and takes her in as her live-in nanny, wreaking havoc on her friends, family and herself.
Darkman Collector's Edition on Blu-ray
Shout Factory
Spider-Man trilogy director Sam Raimi's first foray into the superhero world is back in a special collector's edition from Shout Factory! Liam Neeson is Dr. Peyton Westlake – on the verge of a major breakthrough in synthetic skin, his lab is destroyed by gangsters and he's burned beyond recognition, transforming into Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love (played by Frances McDormand). Bonus features include all-new interviews with Neeson, McDormand, Larry Drake, Danny Hicks, make-up effects artist Tony Gardner, production designer Randy Ser, art director Philip Dagort and much more!
Also available from Shout Factory this week: Bad Dreams & Visiting Hours double-feature on Blu-ray!
Also available from Shout Factory this week: Bad Dreams & Visiting Hours double-feature on Blu-ray!
Tom & Jerry: Mouse Trouble
Warner Bros.
The pursuit of laughter and fun continues with this rollicking new Tom and Jerry collection featuring 30 cartoons taken from some of the funniest episodes from Tom and Jerry Tales and the classic, theatrical Tom and Jerry shorts, from the Academy Award-winning Mouse Trouble to Cry Uncle and Love Me, Love My Mouse.