By David Weiner
12:53 PM PDT, March 26, 2014
Leo & Jonah make mischief in the wild The Wolf of Wall Street; Julia Louis-Dreyfus creates more comedy in Veep: The Second Season; Little House on the Prairie is back to celebrate 40 years; Vince Vaughn fathers 533 kids (!) in Delivery Man; the Best of Humphrey Bogart; Green Lantern and more in this week's new releases.
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New Blu-ray Buzz: This Week's Picks
Paramount
Leo & Jonah make mischief in the wild The Wolf of Wall Street; Julia Louis-Dreyfus creates more comedy in Veep: The Second Season; Little House on the Prairie is back to celebrate 40 years; Vince Vaughn fathers 533 kids (!) in Delivery Man; the Best of Humphrey Bogart; Green Lantern and more in this week's new releases.
The Wolf of Wall Street
Paramount
There's more than a corporate raider's share of indulges to feast upon in director Martin Scorsese's Oscar-nominated The Wolf of Wall Street. Based on the true adventures of Wall Street wallbanger Jordan Belfort, Leonardo DiCaprio plays the title wealthy stockbroker, who made just shy of a million a week during the corporate-raiding '80s, living a life of hedonism and using illegal money operations until the federal government finally caught up with him. Nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture, The Wolf of Wall Street features a stellar supporting cast that includes a loopy Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Jon Favreau, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jean Dujardin and Kenneth Choi. Includes the bonus feature The Wolf Pack, in which Scorsese, DiCaprio, Hill and other cast and crew discuss the incredible journey of making the film.
Veep: The Complete Second Season
HBO
In Season 2 of the acclaimed HBO comedy series, which follows the day-to-day life of Vice President Selina Meyer (Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Meyer puts out political fires, juggles a busy public schedule and demanding private life, and defends the president’s interests. But can she stay awake for it all? Veep: The Complete Second Season is loaded with even more laughs thanks to hilarious deleted scenes and four audio commentaries with cast and crew.
Delivery Man
Dreamworks
Vince Vaughn's "good deeds" as a sperm donor yields amazing results in the comedy Delivery Man. Vince plays affable underachiever David Wozniak, whose mundane life is turned upside down when he finds out that he fathered 533 children through sperm donations he made 20 years earlier. In debt to the mob and rejected by his pregnant girlfriend, things couldn't look worse for David – until he is hit with a lawsuit from 142 of the 533 twenty-somethings who want to know the identity of the donor. As David struggles to decide whether or not he should reveal his true identity, he embarks on a journey that leads him to discover not only his true self but the father he could become as well. Directed by Ken Scott and based on his original film Starbuck, Delivery Man also stars Chris Pratt and Cobie Smulders.
Californication: The Sixth Season
Showtime
David Duchovny's Hank Moody is back for more entertaining debauchery in the sixth season of Showtime's hit series, which finds Hank attempting to collaborate on a rock opera based on his book with a famous rock star while taking up with his beautiful muse; meanwhile, Charlie and Stu compete for the affections of Marcy; Marcy falls under the spell of a seriously radical feminist; and Becca drops out of college to become a writer. Natascha McElhone, Madeleine Martin, Pamela Adlon and Evan Handler co-star.
The Best of Bogart on Blu-ray
Warner Home Entertainment
Bogie's all-time favorites are now together in one special set on Blu-ray! Film noir fans and those who want to own a piece of film history deserve to dive into this quartet collection of top-shelf classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948) and The African Queen (1951). Contains hours of special features, plus art cards for each film.
Green Lantern: The Complete Animated Series
Warner Home Entertainment
In brightest day, in blackest night. No evil shall escape my sight. Let all who worship evil's might. Beware my power, Green Lantern's light! The creative talents behind Batman: The Animated Series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and more deliver an exciting, CGI-animated series that is a perfect forum for the beloved DC Comics superhero. In his first animated series (featuring all 26 episodes), Hal Jordan is placed beyond the reach of his fellow Green Lantern Corpsmen on the edges of the Guardian Frontier aboard the experimental spacecraft the Interceptor with self-aware AI Aya and fan favorite GL Kilowog. Together they must confront the rising menace of the Red Lanterns, and take on an even greater evil that threatens to extinguish all life in the universe.
Manufactured On Demand: To order, visit The Warner Archive Collection (www.WarnerArchive.com or www.wbshop.com)
Manufactured On Demand: To order, visit The Warner Archive Collection (www.WarnerArchive.com or www.wbshop.com)
Odd Thomas
Image Entertainment
Star Trek Into Darkness star Anton Yelchin is a small-town fry cook with a big problem -- he sees dead people -- and his gift turns into a real curse in the supernatural action thrill-ride Odd Thomas. When a creepy stranger shows up with an entourage of ghostly predators that herald mass destruction, Thomas teams up with his sweetheart Stormy (played by Addison Timlin) and the local sheriff (Willem Dafoe) to try to stop a disaster of apocalyptic proportions. Based on the best-selling thriller by Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas co-stars Patton Oswalt, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Nico Tortorella and was directed by The Mummy and G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra helmer Stephen Sommers.
Little House on the Prairie: Season One on Blu-ray
Lionsgate
Little House on the Prairie celebrates the 40th anniversary of the show's pilot episode debut this year with a newly restored Blu-ray and DVD. Inspired by the books series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the show follows the dramatic, gripping adventures of a young pioneer family’s struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American frontier of the 1870s. Season one chronicles the arrival of Charles Ingalls (played by Landon) and his family to Walnut Grove, from the construction of their new home to their battles with the elements and a vicious blizzard. Includes all 24 original broadcast-length episodes of the premiere season, plus the 96-minute pilot movie, screen test footage, and part one of a newly created six-part documentary that takes a historical look back at the acclaimed series.
The Past
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
From the director of A Separation comes his follow-up drama, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2014 Golden Globes. Bérénice Bejo (The Artist) stars opposite Tahar Rahim and Ali Mosaffa in this story of a man (Mosaffa) who returns to Paris to finalize his divorce so his wife (Bejo) can marry her new boyfriend (Rahim). During his tense stay, he discovers the conflicting nature of her relationship with her daughter (Pauline Burlet), and his efforts to improve the relationship soon unveil a secret from their past. Bonus features include a making-of featurettes, commentary and Directors Guild of America Q & A with Asghar Farhadi.
Welcome to the Jungle
Universal
Jean Claude Van Damme shows off his comic timing as an unhinged marine in Welcome to the Jungle, in which a group of unsuspecting office workers find themselves stranded on a desert island when their corporate retreat, led by former marine Storm Rothchild (Van Damme), goes horribly wrong -- and they must battle nature -- and each other -- to survive! Adam Brody, Rob Huebel, Kristen Schaal and Dennis Haysbert co-star. Bonus features include deleted scenes and a behind-the-scenes featurette.