By David Weiner
11:16 AM PDT, March 12, 2014
What's new on Blu-ray and DVD this week? Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake and Adam Driver croon in the The Coen Bros. insta-classic Inside Llewyn Davis; Christian Bale seeks revenge in the explosive drama Out of the Furnace; Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson bring The Book Thief to life and more...
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New on Blu-ray & DVD: March 11
Sony Pictures
What's new on Blu-ray and DVD this week? Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake and Adam Driver croon in the The Coen Bros. insta-classic Inside Llewyn Davis; Christian Bale seeks revenge in the explosive drama Out of the Furnace; Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson bring The Book Thief to life and more...
Inside Llewyn Davis
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
This instant classic from the Oscar-winning Coen Bros. beautifully captures the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early '60s, following a week in the life of the title character played by Oscar Isaac, an aimless folk singer looking for love, purpose and a modicum of success as the forces of fate work against him. Justin Timberlake and Girls star Adam Driver co-star as fellow musicians trying to make their mark; Carey Mulligan is Davis' jilted lover; and Coen Bros. regular John Goodman plays a boisterous jazz musician during a surreal road trip, piloted by Garrett Hedlund. Bonus features include Inside Inside Llewyn Davis.
Also Available Separately: The compelling concert film Another Day/Another Time: Celebrating The Music of Inside Llewyn Davis
Also Available Separately: The compelling concert film Another Day/Another Time: Celebrating The Music of Inside Llewyn Davis
Out of the Furnace
20th Century Fox
Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoe Saldana and Woody Harrelson co-star in this gritty tale about family, fate, circumstance and justice from Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper. Bale plays Russell Baze, a man with a dead-end life who works a meaningless steel mill job all day, and then cares for his terminally ill father at night. When Russell’s brother Rodney returns home from Iraq, he is lured into one of the Northeast’s most ruthless crime rings and mysteriously disappears. When the police fail to solve the case, Russell puts his life at risk in order to seek justice for his brother. Bonus features include The Music of Out of the Furnace, Crafting the Fight Scenes and more behind-the-scenes featurettes.
The Book Thief
20th Century Fox
Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson and newcomer Sophie Nélisse bring the pages of The Book Thief to life. Based on the beloved bestselling novel by Australian author Markus Zusak, the film follows the story of a courageous young girl's relationship with her new foster parents -- and the jeopardy they experience when war breaks out and they choose to shelter a Jewish refugee named Max (played by Ben Schnetzer). Directed by British filmmaker Brian Percival.
Enemies Closer
Lionsgate
The Expendables 2 action star Jean Claude Van Damme plays an eccentric bad guy in the stylish new thriller Enemies Closer, a pulse-pounding thriller that follows two former enemies forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse deep in the forest on the Canadian border, attempting to escape a ruthless drug cartel -- led by the maniacal Xander (Van Damme) -- hell-bent on retrieving a missing drug shipment. Tom Everett Scott and Orlando Jones co-star. Bonus features include a "making of" featurette and audio commentary with director Peter Hyams.
Transformers Armada: The Complete Series
Shout Factory
The most astonishing Transformers battles between the Autobots and the Decepticons take place in this 2002 animated series, the first part of the rare UNICRON Trilogy that chronicles the battles on Cybertron over the Mini-Cons that spills over to Earth. As the battle rages on, the Transformers face mysterious mercenaries, mighty Mini-Con weapons and even time travel as they fight for control or freedom. All 52 memorable episodes are here in this collectible 8-DVD set for the first time ever!
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo
Disney
Pooh, Piglet and all of their friends from Hundred Acre Wood are back in an all-new animated tale for the whole family! Each year, Rabbit plays Easter Bunny, but this year, he’s decided it’s "Spring Cleaning Day," and he orders everyone to hop to it: scrubbing, dusting, and mopping. All his pals are disappointed – especially little Roo – until Rabbit learns that putting others first and showing friends how much you care turns every day into a precious gift. Sparkling with unforgettable songs and a never-before-seen bonus treat, this delightful "egg-stravaganza" shows why love, hope and friendship are always in full bloom!
Armistice
Vampire Diaries star Joseph Morgan takes on this brutal psychological and supernatural thriller as a Royal Marine who finds himself imprisoned and forced to fight for his life against grotesque, inhuman opponents. Forced to kill every day or die himself, his one glimmer of hope comes in the form of a diary, left by former occupant WWI Lieutenant Edward Sterling (played by Matt Ryan).