The Silence of the Lambs [Blu-ray]

The Silence of the Lambs [Blu-ray] by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Based on Thomas Harris's novel, this terrifying film with the aid of Jonathan Demme truly handiest comprises a few if fact be told stunning seconds (one involving an autopsy, the opposite a jail break). The remainder of the film is a splatter-free visible and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed astonishingly through an not going connection between a monster and a haunted young girl. Anthony Hopkins is out of the ordinary because the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, virtually entombed in a subterranean jail for the criminally insane. At the behest of the FBI, agent-in-training Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) methods Lecter, requesting his perceptions into the identification and strategies of a serial killer named Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). In exchange, Lecter demands the best to penetrate Starling's most painful memories, creating a strange but palpable intimacy that liberates them each under separate however equally horrific instances. Demme, a moviemaker with a uniquely populist imaginative and prescient (Melvin and Howard, Something Wild), additionally spent his early 12 monthss making pulp for Roger Corman (Caged Heat), and he hasn't forgotten the importance of tone, atmosphere, and the unsettling nature of a crudely efficient close-up. Much of the movie, actually, contains actors staring straight into the camera (usually from Clarice's point of view), making every bridge between one set of eyes to some other appear terribly bad.. Read more The Silence of the Lambs [Blu-ray]

Psycho (50th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]

Psycho (50th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] by Universal

For all the slasher pictures that have ripped off Psycho (and particularly its basic set piece, the "shower scene"), nothing has ever matched the affect of the real thing. More than only a quality shocker full of thrills and suspense, Psycho is also an engrossing personality study through which director Alfred Hitchcock skillfully seduces you into opting for with the main personas--then pulls the rug (or the bathmat) out from underneath you. Anthony Perkins is unforgettable as Norman Bates, the mama's boy proprietor of the Bates Motel; and so is Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, who makes an impulsive determination and grow to bes a fugitive from the regulation, hiding out at Norman's highwayside motel for one fateful evening.. Read more Psycho (50th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]

Hop Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy+UltraViolet)

Hop Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy+UltraViolet) by Universal Pictures

Hop is all about reaching one's goals, regardless of how fantastical these dreams could appear. Hidden deep within the mouth of a moai statue on Easter Island is a sweet manufacturing facility that produces the world's Easter candy and looks like a cross between Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory and Santa's Workshop. The Easter Bunny and an awfully bossy chick foreman named Carlos take their responsibility to make Easter happen very seriously. But the Easter Bunny's son E.B. goals now not of taking his rightful location as the next Easter Bunny, but of becoming a well-known drummer--a situation that hellos father in findings helloghly disappointing. In the human world, Fred O'Hare can be a disappointment to his father; he is a young man who can't seem to discover a job that he's passionate about--indeed, he is a slacker who can't appear to discover any job at all. E.B. and Fred meet on the roads of Hollywood and change into not likely roommates in a borrowed mansion. As the two battle to find and pursue their desires, hilarity happens and every persona examines a surprising lesson from the other. Hop is stuffed with comedian moments that embody a bunny that poops jellybeans, chicks that shout through "eggaphones," and an elite bunny drive often called the "pink berets." The premise of the story is a lot like director Tim Hill's previous Alvin and the Chipmunks films--a man with out course in findings his function through an not going relationship with a lovely talking animal after enduring quite lots of big messes and loads of silly slapstick humor. The major difference is that on this film, lively drum solos replace the high-pitched, sped-up singing of little chipmunks. The blended animation and are living motion is deftly treated by Chris Meledandri's Illumination (Despicable Me). Hop is a movie stuffed with foolish antics and some good snorts--it's now not deep, but kids a lengthy time 7 and older, as well as grownups, must revel in it.. Read more Hop Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy+UltraViolet)

Rio (Blu-ray/ DVD Combo + Digital Copy)

Rio (Blu-ray/ DVD Combo + Digital Copy) by 20th Century Fox

This comedy-adventure centers on Blu, a flightless macaw who acts more human than chook. When Blu, the last of his variety, discovers there’s any other – and that she’s a she – he embarks on an adventure to magical Rio. There, he meets Jewel and a menagerie of vivid personalitys who lend a hand Blu fulfill hellos dream and examine to fly.. Read more Rio (Blu-ray/ DVD Combo + Digital Copy)

Tangled

Tangled by Walt Disney Pictures

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Memorial Day [Blu-ray]

Memorial Day [Blu-ray] by IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT

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Ben-Hur: 50th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray]

Ben-Hur: 50th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray] by Warner Home Video

High-definition Blu-ray hits better tops with the arrival of the visual attractiveness, thundering motion and towering drama of this record-setting winner of 11 Academy Awardsr* including Best Picture. Charlton Heston brings a muscular bodily and ethical presence to his Best Actor Oscarr-winning role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement with the help of the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors all through a furious enviornment chariot race and fateful stumble upons with Jesus Christ. Best Director Oscarr winner William Wyler masterfully grips the reins of an enduring and spellbinding marvelous.. Read more Ben-Hur: 50th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray]

Chuck: The Complete Fifth and Final Season [Blu-ray]

Chuck: The Complete Fifth and Final Season [Blu-ray] by Warner Home Video

Chuck's exciting amalgam of action-adventure, comedy, and romance makes its last stand--much to the dismay of its trustworthy adherents--with this set of thirteen episodes (on three discs, together with bonus material) from its fifth and final season. As veteran viewers will comprehend, this season's Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) is a a methods cry from the nerdy fellow from the express's previous run. Beautiful fellow undercover agent Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski) is now hellos wife, and while Chuck remains rather uncertain about his talents, his own talents have sharpened significantly. But he not has the supercomputer often nameed the Intersect in hellos brain; for the primary a couple of episodes it's in Morgan Grimes (Joshua Gomez), with Chuck appearing as "handler" as Morgan makes use of and abuses its spectacular energys, until the Intersect eventually turns up inside of a sinister villain later within the season. Chuck and hellos crew of "free agent spies," which also embraces difficult man John Casey (Adam Baldwin), have beenn't precisely a crack workforce to commence with ("We're nonetheless figuring out the kinks," as he places it). Now they've to have the opportunity to forestall the significant "Omen" laptop virus (the season's best storyline), foil many baddies (guest superstars embody Rebecca Romijn, Cheryl Ladd, and Craig Kilborn; Linda Hamilton and Bo Derek additionally put in appearances), and in any other case shop the world with out the Intersect, and a just right lots of their missions come down to workouts in mere survival. None of that is what you'll name cutting edge; it's escapism, pure and simple. But Chuck's refreshingly mild touch additionally allows for some poignant seconds (especially in the finale) and an interesting household vibe. Chuck isn't the primary television exhibit whose devotees reacted to its cancellation by using campaigning furiously to convey it again. As is regularly the case, they have been unsuccessful, but a lineup of fan-friendly bonus options may just help ease the pain. Not simplest do the solid and crew pay tribute to "the world's best fans"; they even predict how the convey may have evolved had it been renewed. There are additionally featurettes about making the ultimate episode (plus audio commentaries for the final two) and Chuck's startnings and development through the years, together with a blooper reel, businesss for the Buy More store that serves as a front for the spies' operation, and more.. Read more Chuck: The Complete Fifth and Final Season [Blu-ray]

Good Will Hunting [Blu-ray + Digital Copy]

Good Will Hunting [Blu-ray + Digital Copy] by Lionsgate Miramax

Robin Williams gained the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck nabbed one for Best Original Screenplay, however the feel-good hellot Good Will Hunting triumphs as a outcome of its proficient director, Gus Van Sant. The unconventional director (My Own Private Idaho, Drugstore Cowboy) stores a script marred through vainness and clunky personality development with the aid of yanking soulful, touching efficiencys out of his entire forged (amazingly, even one via Williams which is moderately schtick-free).. Read more Good Will Hunting [Blu-ray + Digital Copy]

Planet Earth (Six-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray]

Planet Earth (Six-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray] by BBC Worldwide

Stills from Planet Earth (click for better image) With so lots of Earth's natural surprises on display, it can be most effective fitting that the ultimate DVD in this five-disc set is devoted to Planet Earth: The Future, a separate three-part sequence during which a world array of experts is assembled to discuss about problems with conservation, safety of refined ecosystems, and the socio-economic benefits of working out nature as a commodity that returns trillions of bucks in value for gratis to Earth's human inhabitants.. Read more Planet Earth (Six-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray]

Sade: Bring Me Home - Live 2011 (Blu-ray)

Sade: Bring Me Home - Live 2011 (Blu-ray) by Epic

Live Blu-ray tracklisting:1. Soldier Of Love 2. Your Love Is King 3. Skin four. Kiss Of Life 5. Love Is Found 6. In Another Time 7. Smooth Operator eight. Jezebel 9. Bring Me Home 10. Is It A Crime 11. Love Is Stronger Than Pride12. All About Our Love 13. Paradise 14. Nothing Can Come Between Us 15. Morning Bird sixteen. King Of Sorrow 17. The Sweetest Taboo 18. The Moon And The Sky 19. Pearls 20. No Ordinary Love 21. By Your Side 22.. Read more Sade: Bring Me Home - Live 2011 (Blu-ray)

Cowboys & Aliens (Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy in Blu-ray Packaging)

Cowboys & Aliens (Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy in Blu-ray Packaging) by Universal Pictures

Cowboys & Aliens fuses rip-snortin' horse opera with some whiz-bang sci-fi, melding dry and austere badlands with slimy, mucusy aliens. Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig, of James Bond fame) wakes up within the midst of sagebrush with a mysterious gadget round hellos wrist and no idea who he is--but he certain does keep in thoughts that learn how to care for the bounty hunters who want to bring hellom in. His direction soon crosses with a ruthless cattle baron named Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford, of Indiana Jones fame), who's now not too ok with Lonergan, who acquired Dolarhyde's son in trouble.. Read more Cowboys & Aliens (Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy in Blu-ray Packaging)

Sleepy Hollow [Blu-ray]

Sleepy Hollow [Blu-ray] by Paramount

The motion images of Tim Burton shine during the muck like a jack-o-lantern on a foggy October evening. After such successes as The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands, it must come as no shock that Sleepy Hollow is a blinding movie, a scrumptious transforming of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Dark and moody, the film is an exhilarating experience back to the flip of the 19th century. Johnny Depp stars as Ichabod Crane, a seemingly hapless constable from New York City who is shipped to the small town of Sleepy Hollow to unravel the thriller of the decapitations which are plaguing the city. Crane is a bumbling type, with a tremendous religion in science over mysticism, and he comes up once morest city secrets, bewitching women, and a quantity of bodies missing heads. Christina Ricci, as gorgeous as ever, is Katrina Van Tassel, the offbeat love pastime who alternately allures and frightens Crane. The film, whereas on occasion gory (as one will have to are expecting from a film a couple of headless horseman), is not terribly frightening, despite the fact that it is suspenseful. Both Depp and Ricci are convincing, and the artwork course and production prices give the village its harsh really feel. Toward the tip, as soon as the secrets are published, the movie does slow down; then once more, this stylistic horror film offers many methods and even more treats.. Read more Sleepy Hollow [Blu-ray]

Easy A [Blu-ray]

Easy A [Blu-ray] by Sony Pictures

Easy A is a frothy, fizzy, and funny romantic comedy for teens--and adults will like it too. Not on account that Clueless has a high-school heroine been in a position to please both target audiences, and Easy A's Olive (the sparkling Emma Stone) is a stellar younger superstar. But Easy A benefits from a great script via author Bert V. Royal and warranted path by way of TV veteran Will Gluck. Olive is a smart woman happy to stay in the shadows of highschool, unless her good buddy, Brandon (Dan Byrd), who's gay, begs her to fake to have sex with him so the remainder of the school will stop picking on him. She obliges, but soon she chooses up not one but two popularitys--as the lady who sleeps around, and, on the down-low, as the woman who'll faux to sleep with a guy so he won't be branded a virgin. Soon Easy A's complications pile up larger than the entrance of Olive's highschool, and her two story lines, neither of which reflects the actual Olive, tackle lives of their own. There are backlashes and blacklists and repercussions galore. "I at all times thought pretending to lose my virginity would really feel a bit more special," muses Olive. "Judy Blume will have to have prepared me for that." Stone is accompanied through a robust supporting cast: Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson as her bemused folks, Gossip Girl's dreamy Penn Badgley, the freshly unretired Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Lisa Kudrow, and Malcolm McDowell. And it is to the cast's and the writer's credit that the audience is saved engaged, and guessing, till the very end. Easy A will have to be awarded precisely that. --A.T.. Read more Easy A [Blu-ray]