Ouran High School Host Club: Complete Series (Classic) [Blu-ray]

Ouran High School Host Club: Complete Series (Classic) [Blu-ray] by Funimation Prod

Ouran High School is an individual academy, catering to the super-rich, the super-cute, and the superficial. To amuse themselves--and earn just a few further yen--the richest, most attractive boys in the college have arrange a number club, where they dispense tea and allure the ladies. Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship scholar who's this sort of schlump no person even notices she's a woman, stumbles into the membership and damages an vintage vase. To repay the wonderful value of the vase, the contributors demand she gown as a boy and sign up for the club. Although she's an outsider and a "commoner," Haruhi quickly turn intos everyone's favourite. Club president Tamaki (who symbolizes the "blond prince" sort) falls for her; Mitsukuni (the "Lolita boy") adores her, as do identical twins Hikaru and Kaoru ("forbidden brotherly love"). Despite their good seems to be, social prominence, and wealth, the boys have led lonely lives, which they recount in the later episodes. Hikaru and Kaoru by no means paid any attention to any individual else except Tamaki recruited them. Mitsukuni needed to apply his household tradition and changed into a martial arts champion. The Host Club has given them the one thing they lacked: a way of belonging. Similarly, Haruhi finds a level of acceptance she's never ahead of experienced. The heat of those consciousnesss would not forestall the Hosts from squabbling and playing pranks, but it surely gives the sequence a balance that maintains it from feeling too foolish. The success of Ouran High School Host Club (2006) counsels that a reverse harem comedy can also be just as a lot fun as the usual nerdy-guy-in-a-houseful-of-beauties model.. Read more Ouran High School Host Club: Complete Series (Classic) [Blu-ray]

Puss in Boots (Two-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)

Puss in Boots (Two-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) by DreamWorks

In this fractured fairy story, Jack and Jill have the magic beans and Humpty Dumpty, with assistance from Kitty Softpaws, persuades his previous friend Puss in Boots to help him steal the beans so they can climb the beanstalk to get to the golden eggs. Never thoughts that Humpty Dumpty and Puss in Boots had a falling out years ago, or that Jack and Jill are utterly preoccupied via their squabbling over whether or not or to not have a child--and regardless that Puss in Boots is a wished cat who's sworn off his thieving ways, and Kitty Softpaws is a cat burglar who works on my own. Comedy abounds on this film, no longer only within the twists and switchs of some traditional fairy testimonies long past awry, but with scenes that vary from a litter-box dance combat between crowds of cats to Jack expressing hellos paternal intuitions via strapping on a child service filled with a piglet in a diaper, and, of course, Puss in Boots' crafty use of his well-known sad eyes to get simply what he desires. The animation is top-notch (especially in the mass cat scenes), the music is compelling, and the voice abilities of Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zack Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Amy Sedaris are solid.. Read more Puss in Boots (Two-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)

Fairy Tail: Part 4 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Fairy Tail: Part 4 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) by Funimation

(37. Armor of the Heart, 38. Destiny, 39. Give Out Prayers to the Sacred Light, forty. Titania Falls, 41. Home, 42. Battle of Fairy Tale, 43. Defeat Four Friends to Save Your Friends, 44. Thunder Palace, forty five. Advent of Satan, 46. Clash at Kardia Cathedral, forty seven. Triple Dragons, 48. Fantasia) Friendship--a sacred bond at the heart of many anime series--comes to the fore within these episodes of the hit slapstick adventure Fairy Tail. Erza is torn between her loyalty to the friends she had as an enslaved youngster and her ties to the individuals of the Fairy Tail Guild when she challenges the powerful Jellal. As the fight reaches its climax, viewers get a glimpse of the phenomenal energys fire wizard Natsu commands. Before the gang has time to interrupt in their rebuilt guild corridor, they may just be faced with a fancy set of interlocking challenges posed through the Thunder Legion. Their redoubtable leader, the lightning wizard Laxus, needs to wrest keep watch over of Fairy Tale from hellos grandfather, Makarov--even if it method killing the harmless electorate of the encompassing city. Despite being in the course of a pitched fight, Natsu and fellow dragon slayer Gajeel squabble over who's going to take out their popular enemy. Much to their chagrin, they have to join powers and use each Fire and Iron Dragon tactics to defeat Laxus. The ending counsels even better foes are lurking in the wings and that the wizards of Fairy Tail have just been a cat's paw, manipulated from at the again of the scenes.. Read more Fairy Tail: Part 4 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

From KIDS FIRST!: A fox is in the henhouse, and this time you're rooting for him. This movie, based on the child’s guide by way of Roald Dahl, is an exciting stop-motion animation that includes the voices of Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Michael Gambon and Bill Murray. When Fox finds out he is going to be a father, he promises hellos spouse that he is going to place hellos thieving manners behind him. He does no longer cling real to this promise, and chaos take places because the farmers he steals from attempt to get him again, affecting the complete underground animal community. As he battles to proper things, the fox is also working on his relationship with his son whereas learning who he, himself, truly is. “Fantastic Mr.. Read more Fantastic Mr. Fox (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

21 Jump Street (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

21 Jump Street (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] by Sony Pictures Studios

When 21 Jump Street premiered on Fox in 1987, it provided a cool-kid twist on the cop drama system. This new-era reinvention keeps the law enforcement authentics, but alternates earnest drama for raunchy comedy. At Sagan High, Schmidt (newly scrawny Jonah Hill, contemporary off an Oscar nomination for Moneyball) used to be a brainy guy without a game, whereas Jenko (ever-brawny Channing Tatum, funnier than expected) was a popular jock with unhealthy grades. Five 12 monthss later, they reconnect at police academy, the place enemies grow to be chums when they pool their resources, but after their first bust goes unhealthy, the deputy chief (Nick Offerman) ships them off to Jump Street, the place their youthful looks result in an undercover sting operation at Sagan (apparently, no group of workers contributors acknowledge the previous students). Due to a mix-up, Schmidt ends up with the theater youngsters and Jenko with the science nerds. Through a production of Peter Pan, Schmidt meets Molly (Brie Larson), who introduces hellom to her drug vendor boyfriend, Eric (James Franco's deadpan brother, Dave). Now, they only need to monitor down Eric's provider to close the whole operation down. Along the best approach, Schmidt discovers hellos inner performer and Jenko his interior geek, however these new personas threaten the case, producing a few Superbad-style snorts, so it can be too unhealthy the finale devolves into bloodshed extra befitting a John Woo crime caper, although the snappy chemistry between Hill and Tatum papers over one of the holes in the script--along with a foul-mouthed Ice Cube and one reasonably well-known authentic forged member. --Kathleen C.. Read more 21 Jump Street (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

The Princess Bride (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging)

The Princess Bride (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging) by MGM

Screenwriter William Goldman's novel The Princess Bride earned its personal loyal target audience on the power of its narrative voice and its gently satirical, hyperbolic spin on swashbuckled journey that gave the impression nearly purely literary. For all its derring-do and vivid over-the-top personas, the book's joy used to be dictated as a lot by the deadpan tone of its narrator and a winking acknowledgement of the clichés being despatched up. Miraculously, director Rob Reiner and Goldman himself managed to visualize this romantic myth whereas protecting that external voice generally intact: the usage of a storytelling framework, avuncular Grandpa (Peter Falk) gradually seduces his skeptical grandson (Fred Savage) into the absurd, irresistible melodrama of the title story.. Read more The Princess Bride (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging)

Underworld Trilogy (Underworld / Underworld: Evolution / Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

Underworld Trilogy (Underworld / Underworld: Evolution / Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Underworld Blade meets The Crow and The Matrix in Underworld, a hybrid thriller that rewrites the rulebook on werewolves and vampires. It's a "cuisinart" movie (blend numerous familiar ideas and hope something interesting happens) in which immortal vampire "death suppliers" wage an historic conflict once morest "Lycans" (werewolves), who've obtained centuries of revenge--and some relatively ambitious genetic tests--on their lycanthropic agenda. Given his preoccupation with gloomy architecture (mostly filmed in Budapest, Hungary), frenetic mayhem and receivedhic costuming, it's no surprise that first-time director Len Wiseman won experience in TV businesss and the artwork departments of Godzilla, Men in Black, and Independence Day. His work is all surface, no substance, filled with spinoff, grand-scale motion as conflicted vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale, who later turned into engaged to Wiseman) battles to rescue an ill-fated human (Scott Speedman) from Lycan transformation. It's great taking a look all the manner, and a guaranteed deal with for horror buffs, who will eagerly dissect its many energys and weaknesses. --Jeff Shannon Underworld: Evolution Better action, somewhat of intercourse, and gorier R-rated violence make Underworld: Evolution a fairly pleasing sequel to 2003's surprise hit Underworld. Looking stunning as ever in her black leather battle tools, Kate Beckinsale is every acquiredh guy's fable as Selene, the vampire "death seller" who's now preventing to stop the discharge of the unique "Lycan" werewolf, William (Brian Steele) from the prison that's held hellom for lots of of 12 monthss. As we study from the film's action-packed prologue, William and hellos brother Marcus (Tony Curran) started the bloodline of vampires and werewolves, and after witnessing centuries of strugglefare between them, their immortal father Corvinus (Derek Jacobi) now are looking fors Selene and the human vampire/lycan hybrid Michael (Scott Speedman) to position an finish to the battle perpetuated by way of Victor (Bill Nighy), the vampire conflictrior whose betrayal of Selene turns Underworld: Evolution into an epic tale of familial revenge. This bold try at Shakespearean horror is compromised by a script (by Danny McBride and returning director Len Wiseman, Beckinsale's real-life husband) that's extra confusing than it must be, with too many personas and now not sufficient storytelling detail to flesh them all out. Aspiring to greatness and falling smartly in want of that purpose, Underworld: Evolution prevails as an alternative as a full-throttle action/horror thriller, with enough swordplay, gunplay, and CGI monsters to justify the continuation of the Underworld franchise. If you're an established fan, this may also be a must-see movie; if now not, smartly.... Read more Underworld Trilogy (Underworld / Underworld: Evolution / Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [Blu-ray]

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [Blu-ray] by NEW VIDEO GROUP

On the Blu-ray discEven if you could have already watched or downloaded Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, quite quite a bit of bonus options would possibly entice you. There are two commentary monitors: Harris, the three Whedons, Tancharoen, Day, and Fillion recorded a spirited track discussing the movie, and there's also "Commentary! The Musical" in which they ignore the movie and sing in regards to the authors' strike and each and every different (e.g., Fillion sings "I'm Better than Neil")--the tracks don't appear to be as just right as the Horrible musics, but it's excellent silly enjoyable. A 20-minute making-of discusses the forged, the recording periods, and how the movie turned into a phenomenon, and 10 movies (a half-hour total) have been recorded via fans who need to join the Evil League of Evil. And when's the closing time you wished to pause the FBI warning? --David Horiuchi

Conceived as an "online miniseries event" all the way through the 2008 authors' strike, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a 42-minute musical romp that undergos the diverse stamp of Joss Whedon. Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) plays the title personality, who video-blogs about his twin objectives to join the Evil League of Evil and to woo the fair Penny (Felicia Day, of Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Web collection The Guild), a lady he met at the local laundromat. Dr. Horrible is foiled on each fronts, alternatively, with the support of hellos arch-nemesis, the self-absorbed superhero Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion, Whedon's Firefly).Dr. Horrible was once written with the help of Whedon, hellos brothers Zack and Jed, and Jed's fiancee Maurissa Tancharoen, and the songs have been written by way of Joss and Jed (who additionally produced, orchestrated, performed, and so forth.) with some lyrics through Tancharoen. (Jed and Tancharoen have backup singing positions.) The offbeat, off-the-cuff humor is laugh-out-loud enjoyableny, and similar to Dr. Horrible needs to take over the sector, the musics will take over your head: they're attractive ("My Freeze Ray"), stirring ("My Eyes"), and candy ("Penny's Song"). "So They Say" is particularly evocative of Jonathan Larson's Rent, but as with Joss Whedon's musical episode of Buffy, "Once More with Feeling," the influences are numerous. It's arduous to think about a higher solid. Harris, who's sung Sondheim on Broadway, is a just right lead and certainly the most effective singer, Day is totally charming, and who higher than Captain Tightpants to play the pompous superhero? One could argue about the ending, and the impartial budget presentations, but Dr.. Read more Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [Blu-ray]

Infinite Stratos Complete Collection [Blu-ray]

Infinite Stratos Complete Collection [Blu-ray] by Section 23

Based on the light novels of Izuru Yumizuru, the comedy-adventure Infinite Stratos (2011) blends two popular anime styles: the mecha adventure and the harem comedy. Fifteen-year-old Ichika Orimura is the one boy who can prompt one of the super-sophisticated mecha swimsuits often called Infinite Stratos--and the only male student at the academy that educates pilots. (Although the Stratos suits characterize a step forward in weaponry, global treaties dictate they simply be used for Olympics-style suits.) Not fairly, Ichika appeal tos the attention of the helloghest pilot cadets who set out to defeat him, then fall for him: Celia Alcott from England; Rinin Fan (China); Charlotte Dunois (France); Laura Bodewig (Germany); and his elementary faculty friend, kendo champion Houki Shinonono. In the very best anime custom, Ichika is still blithely clueless about being the thing of everyone's affection, regardless of assertions of affection and fan carrier jiggle scenes. Director Yasuhito Kikuchi choreographs the aerial duels with agreeable panache, and the designs of the Stratos go properly withs are hanging.. Read more Infinite Stratos Complete Collection [Blu-ray]

Tropic Thunder (Unrated Director's Cut + BD Live) [Blu-ray]

Tropic Thunder (Unrated Director's Cut + BD Live) [Blu-ray] by Dreamworks Video

Be warned: The movie, too, is committed--to being an equal-opportunity wrongdoer. Its political incorrectness extends now not only to Lazarus's black-like-me posturing but in addition Speedman's contemporary, Sean Penn–style Oscar bid enjoying a cognitively challenged farmboy--or, in Lazarus's deathless phrase, "going the whole retard." Others in the forged include Steve Coogan as a director out of his depth, Nick Nolte as the Viet-vet novelist whose guide impressed the film-within-the-film, Matthew McConaughey as Speedman's sun-blissed agent back home, and Tom Cruise--bald, fat-suited, and profane--as an epically repulsive studio head. Two hours working time is a mite extreme, but in any other case, what's to not like? --Richard T. Jameson Stills from Tropic Thunder (Click for higher image)     It's no longer in level of fact a knock to say that now nothing in Tropic Thunder is funnier than its first five minutes, so sly that--especially for folk watching in theaters--you don't realize in an instant they are the hole minutes of the film. This outrageous comedy begins with a sequence of fake previews, each introducing probably the most primary characters in the film-proper (not that there is the rest proper about this film) and each bearing the familiar emblem of a distinct motion picture studio: Universal, DreamWorks SKG, et al. Such enjoying fast and loose with company talismans verges on sacrilege, but it is an index of how a lot le tout Tinseltown proposes the film as a demented valentine to itself. The premise is that the solid of a would-be "Son of Rambo" film taking photos in some Southeast Asian jungle get into a real taking pictures battle with drug-smuggling montagnards. Don't ask--though the movie does have an answer--why such highly paid, frequently ultra-pampered personnel as superhero Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), Mozart of fart comedy Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), hellop-hop artist Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), and 5-time Oscar-winner Kirk Lazarus from Aus-try-leeah (Robert Downey Jr.) must be running during the jungle unattended and really prone. It topics handiest that the real-life cast has a high time kidding their very own occupation and flexing their comedic muscle tissues. Bonus factors go to Stiller for co-writing the script (with Justin Theroux) and directing, and to Downey, brilliant as a white actor surgically turned black actor for his role and utterly committed to staying in personality no topic what ("I do not drop persona until I done the DVD commentary").. Read more Tropic Thunder (Unrated Director's Cut + BD Live) [Blu-ray]

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)