June 1, 2012 - Paramount has issued a detailed press release for their September 14th Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D debut of James Cameron's epic Titanic. The Oscar-winning box office behemoth will be available in a new 2-disc DVD, as well as two loaded four-disc combo packs with digital copies and either a Blu-ray 3D or standard DVD presentation. The bountiful extras will include two new documentaries, three audio commentaries, and the many supplements of its prior DVD including deleted scenes, photo galleries, Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" music video, and even three short parodies. For much more information, check out the full press release.

Marvel's The Avengers, the highest-grossing film in the history of Disney, is now available for preorder at Amazon in four different editions: a single-disc DVD ($29.99 SRP), a two-disc Blu-ray + DVD ($39.99 SRP, also available in DVD packaging), and a four-disc Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack ($49.99 SRP). Imminently to become the third highest-grossing film in history behind James Cameron's Avatar and Titanic, the superhero team-up flick is expected in stores in the fall. Check out cover art here. In addition, the film will be available in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase One: Avengers Assembled, a 10-disc, 6-movie collection that includes the Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D discs of The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Thor; the Blu-rays of Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and The Incredible Hulk; and the bonus feature BD The Phase One Archives.

A lot more Disney animation is coming to Blu-ray this summer. On August 21st, Disney will release three-disc 2 Movie Collections ($39.99 SRP each) of The Rescuers (35th Anniversary Edition) & The Rescuers Down Under and Pocahontas & Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World. The Pocahontas films will be joined by the new featurette "Drawing Inspiration: The Lost Story of Hiawatha", the deleted song "If I Never Knew You", the classic Disney short Little Hiawatha, audio commentary, deleted scenes, a Virtual Vault, and DVD extras.

But wait, there's more. On the same day, the studio will also issue a Special Edition Blu-ray + DVD combo pack for The Aristocats ($39.99 SRP), with a alternate beginning, a "Oui Oui Marie" music video, a free download of an Aristocats Disney storybook app, and DVD extras. Also arriving August 21st is a Bounce-a-rrrific Special Edition Blu-ray + DVD combo pack of 2000's The Tigger Movie. Extras will include Disney Intermission, the retrospective A Tigger Tale, ten short Mini-Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Kenny Loggins' "Your Heart Will Lead You Home" music video, a "Round My Family Tree" sing-along, and an in-pack family tree activity poster with character stickers. Finally, Lady and the Tramp II: Special Edition Blu-ray + DVD will serve up audio commentary, sing-along songs, a making-of featurette, and new "Puppy Trivia Tracks."

Shortly after returning to theaters for the first time in 3D, Finding Nemo will at last find its way to Blu-ray, arriving on the format on December 4th. Making it possible to own the complete Pixar canon on BD, a 5-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition combo pack ($49.99 SRP) will present the film on Blu-ray, DVD, Blu-ray 3D, and Digital Copy, with bonus features claiming a second standard Blu-ray disc. The film will also be available as a 3-Disc Blu-ray + DVD combo pack ($39.99 SRP) in Blu-ray and DVD packaging. Bonus features will include a Cine-Explore playback mode, HD Aquariums (with 3D equivalent on the Blu-ray 3D), a new filmmakers' roundtable discussion, the featurette "Reinventing the Submarine Voyage", an art review, "Flashbacks", and classic DVD extras. On the same day, Disney/Pixar's Up will be rereleased in a five-disc Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy ($49.99 SRP).

May 31, 2012 - Our last review of May covers Mill Creek Entertainment's recent Blu-ray debut of New York Stories. This 1989 Touchstone Pictures film gets about 40 minutes each from three of America's most esteemed directors: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Woody Allen. From a tortured artist (Nick Nolte) in unrequited love to a hotel-dwelling girl (Heather McComb) to a lawyer (Woody Allen) whose overbearing mother takes to the sky, this anthology offers a little something for everyone. On Blu-ray, it is now presented in widescreen, with its original trailer, and for under $10. Review.

May 30, 2012 - The sequel to 2008's hit Journey to the Center of the Earth, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island takes adventuresome teenaged Vernian Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) and his stepfather (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) to the fantastical remote tropical island where he believes his grandfather (Michael Caine) is stranded. Also along for the ride are a Polynesian pilot (Luis Guzmán) and his daughter (Vanessa Hudgens). In stores next week, New Line/Warner's Blu-ray + DVD combo pack supplies deleted scenes and a gag reel on both formats, plus an interactive map of behind-the-scenes featurettes on Blu-ray, and an UltraViolet stream. Our review.

May 29, 2012 - Just in time for tonight's season premiere, we take a look at next week's "Workaholics" Seasons 1 & 2 Combo Doggy Blu-ray. The 2-disc set holds the first twenty episodes of Comedy Central's sitcom, all of which include audio commentaries by the cast/creators. Other extras include deleted scenes, alternate takes, bloopers, a sketch from Bonnaroo, and new behind-the-scenes featurettes. Full review...

May 24, 2012 - Ralph Fiennes makes his directorial debut on Coriolanus, a modern-day adaptation of one of William Shakespeare's lesser-known play. Fiennes also stars in the title role as a decorated war general whose political ambitions are thwarted when is banished from Rome. Written by John Logan (Hugo, Gladiator) and featuring Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave, and Jessica Chastain, this drama reaches stores on Tuesday in a Blu-ray + DVD combo with Fiennes commentary and a making-of short. Our review.

May 23, 2012 - Two CIA operatives vie for the same civilian's affections in the romantic spy comedy This Means War. Chris Pine and Tom Hardy play partners and longtime best friends who both begin dating an LA product researcher (Reese Witherspoon) and use their government technology to gain the upper hand. Now available, Fox's two-disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack supplies the film in theatrical and unrated cuts along with three alternate endings, deleted scenes, an opening sequence animatic, the original trailer, and an audio commentary by director McG. Read on...

Lionsgate has announced an August 18th Blu-ray and DVD debut for their mega blockbuster The Hunger Games. Adapted from Suzanne Collins' bestselling novel, this fantasy is set in a post-apocalyptic world where randomly-picked young people from each district compete against each other in a televised battle to the death. Given two discs and a digital copy on both formats, the hit film will be joined by an 8-part making-of documentary, featurettes, the propaganda short film in its entirety, marketing materials, and more. For more, see the full press release. Cover art here.

May 22, 2012 - Our coverage of today's new Studio Ghibli Blu-rays comes to a close with our Castle in the Sky review. Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the studio's first film follows two kids on an adventure on land and in the clouds, as pirates and military pursue the powerful, mysterious necklace they possess. Disney's recycles most extras from 2010's two-disc DVD, this time in high definition. They include trailers, storyboards, making-of retrospectives, an English voice cast featurette, and an introduction by John Lasseter. See a clip from the film as part of our full review.

May 20, 2012 - We bring you an early look at the upcoming Blu-ray debut of John Wayne's Hondo. Adapted from a Louis L'Amour short story, this 1953 Western tells the tale of a prize-winning gunman who visits a mother (Geraldine Page) and her young son (Lee Aaker) on their ranch. Death, romance, and Apache vengeance ensue. Though not presenting the film in its original 3D format, Paramount's BD treats Hondo to an overdue widescreen presentation while hanging onto many DVD bonus features including three retrospectives, an audio commentary featuring Leonard Maltin and Aaker, an "Entertainment Tonight" segment, a photo gallery, and trailer. Read all about it now before it reaches stores on June 5th.

May 18, 2012 - The Secret World of Arrietty, Studio Ghibli's latest film, comes to home video on Tuesday. Adapted from the 1952 novel The Borrowers by Mary Norton, this fantasy tells of a small family living in secret and the humans from whom they borrow what they need. The Blu-ray + DVD combo pack includes both Japanese and English versions of the film along with a storyboard feature presentation, Japanese trailers & TV spots, music videos by Cécile Corbel and Bridgit Mendler, and a making-of featurette on the latter. Read more...

May 17, 2012 - Another day, another found footage movie Blu-ray. Chronicle documents what happens when three Seattle high school students encounter an unknown entity that gives them powers of telekinesis and more. This acclaimed box office hit is now available to own in a two-disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack, which presents the film in theatrical and director's cuts with a deleted scene, pre-visualization animatics, a camera test, and trailer. Our review.

May 16, 2012 - The Devil Inside turned heads earlier this year when it grossed over thirty times its production budget in a dynamic opening weekend. Launching Paramount's micro-budgeted Insurge Pictures brand, this horror film follows a young woman (Fernanda Andrade) to Italy, where her mother remains hospitalized over three brutal murders she committed twenty years earlier. The daughter teams up with young priests conducting their own unsanctioned exorcisms. Wildly profitable but extremely front loaded, this film is now on Blu-ray exclusively at Best Buy. Read our review.

May 15, 2012 - Our first look at next week's new Disney/Studio Ghibli Blu-ray + DVD combos comes with our Whisper of the Heart review. This 1995 coming-of-age drama follows a high school-bound, book-loving girl into adventure, music, romance, and a touch of feline fantasy. The Blu-ray adds progressions of four paintings by art director Naohisa Inoue to the storyboards, trailers, and English voice cast featurette from the film's 2-disc DVD. See a clip from the film as part of our complete review.

May 14, 2012 - Being John Malkovich, the esteemed 1999 film debut of both writer Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze enters The Criterion Collection tomorrow and we've got a Blu-ray review. John Cusack plays an unemployed puppeteer who takes a job as a filer and discovers a portal into the mind of John Malkovich. Cameron Diaz, an Oscar-nominated Catherine Keener, and Malkovich himself co-star in this imaginative dark comedy. Extras include a selected scene audio commentary largely consisting of a phone conversation between Jonze and Michel Gondry, a half-hour making-of documentary, a new interview of Malkovich by John Hodgman, two short films seen within the film, a photo retrospective with Jonze, and the original trailer and TV spots. Malkovich.

We provide a new look at Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II, courtesy of this week's 2-Movie Collection Blu-ray + DVD Combo. These PG-rated 1990s Touchstone comedies remake a pair of films from the 1950s with Steve Martin assuming Spencer Tracy's lead role. In the first, George Banks hates to see his daughter (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) getting married. In the second, the daughter gets pregnant and so, unexpectedly, does George's wife (Diane Keaton). The single Blu-ray, 2-DVD combo pack hangs onto promotional shorts including making-of featurettes and Steve Martin's playful interview with Martin Short as well as director Charles Shyer's audio commentary on the original. Read all about it.

May 11, 2012 - In Albert Nobbs, Glenn Close reprises the Obie-winning role of her 1982 Off-Broadway play and earned her sixth Academy Award nomination for it. Close plays a woman living as a man and working as a hotel waiter in turn-of-the-century Dublin. Co-starring Alice in Wonderland's Mia Wasikowska, Kick-Ass's Aaron Johnson, Harry Potter's Brendan Gleeson, and Oscar-nominated Janet McTeer, this period drama hits home video next week and we've got an early review of the Blu-ray, which includes deleted scenes, an audio commentary, and the trailer. Read more...

May 9, 2012 - Our newest review looks at this week's Blu-ray release of Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie. Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, the duo behind Adult Swim's "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" and "Tom Goes to the Mayor", share writing, directing, and lead acting duties on this crude comedy. After blowing a billion dollars on an unreleasable Johnny Depp short, Tim and Eric try to earn it back by revitalizing a rundown mall. John C. Reilly, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jeff Goldblum, and Robert Loggia co-star. Magnolia's Blu-ray includes an audio commentary, deleted and extended scenes, a making-of featurette, interviews, promos, trailers, and a Shrim Dance screensaver. Check it out!

May 7, 2012 - Submarine, a British coming-of-age dramedy "presented by" Ben Stiller, tells the story of a teenager's (Craig Roberts) first love and his parents' (Sally Hawkins and Noah Taylor) dwindling passions in 1980s Wales. Adapted and directed by "The IT Crowd" star Richard Ayoade, this critically acclaimed Weinstein-distributed indie is available on DVD and Blu-ray with deleted/extended scenes (prominently featuring Paddy Considine as the motivational psychic next door) and a making-of featurette. Review.

May 6, 2012 - The hit romantic drama The Vow hits stores this week and we've got a review of Sony's Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet combo pack. Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum play an artsy married Chicago couple who get into a car accident that wipes out the wife's memory of the past five years, marriage and all. Scott Speedman, Sam Neill, and Jessica Lange co-star in this film directed by Michael Sucsy (HBO's Grey Gardens). Both Blu-ray and DVD serve up deleted scenes, gag reel, and a director's commentary, while the Blu-ray adds 3 making-of featurettes. Our review...

May 4, 2012 - The Iron Lady won Meryl Streep her third Academy Award out of a record seventeen nominations. Streep portrays the United Kingdom's only female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, in the past and present in a jumpy biopic directed by Mamma Mia!'s Phyllida Lloyd. Jim Broadbent plays Thatcher's husband, who continues to converse with her after death. Now available, Anchor Bay's three-disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy serves up a making-of featurette, four topical shorts, and a documentary on the history of The Weinstein Company's 2011 award season movies. Full review.

We've updated the Cinderella Diamond Edition press release with Disney's lists of bonus features issued for the Blu-ray editions of the 1950 animated classic. At this time, it is not yet clear if the bonus features from the film's 2005 Platinum Edition will be included. A new single-disc DVD Edition DVD ($29.99 SRP) will be released to store the usual seven weeks later, arriving "perfectly timed for holiday gift-giving" on November 20. See the updated announcement.

May 3, 2012 - Another Paramount Blu-ray makes its debut as a Best Buy exclusive later this month in Road Trip. The narrative debut of The Hangover director Todd Phillips, this 2000 DreamWorks comedy follows four New York college students on a trip to Texas to intercept a mistakenly mailed sex tape. Starring Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Amy Smart, and Tom Green, the Blu-ray presents the film in its barely different R-rated and unrated cuts along with ten minutes of deleted scenes, a Green-hosted making-of short, three high-definition trailers, and the music video for Eels' "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues." Pack your bags for our full review.

May 1, 2012 - Men in Black II made its Blu-ray debut today and we've got a review. Five years later, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones reunite as Agents J and K, this time the neuralyzed latter needing to be brought up to speed. This time, New York City and, by extension, the planet are threatened by a snake-slinging alien who looks like a lingerie model (Lara Flynn Boyle). Sony's Blu-ray serves up $10 towards a Men in Black III movie ticket, UltraViolet, a director's audio commentary, an alternate ending, Will Smith's music video, and hours of behind-the-scenes making-of featurettes. Check out some video clips as part of our complete review.

April 30, 2012 - The romantic drama W./E., directed, written, and co-produced by Madonna, hits stores tomorrow and we've got a look at Anchor Bay's 3-disc DVD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy combo pack. This critically thrashed box office flop, an Academy Award nominee for costume design, tells the story of King Edward VIII's (James Darcy) controversial romance with American divorcee Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) as well as a young woman in Manhattan (Abbie Cornish) of the late 1990s who forms a strong connection to the late Duchess of Cornwall. On both Blu-ray and DVD, the film is joined by a making-of featurette. Full review...

Shout! Factory's Love Is on the Air bundles romantic episodes from seven classic sitcoms of the 1950s, '60s, and early '70s: "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet", "Father Knows Best", "Leave It to Beaver", "Dennis the Menace", "Hazel", "The Patty Duke Show", and "That Girl." The three-hour disc is in stores tomorrow, but you can read all about it today.

April 28, 2012 - Details remain scarce, but we've posted Disney's official press release for Cinderella: Diamond Edition, which will be available in 2, 3, and 6-disc Blu-ray + DVD combo packs beginning October 2. Cover art, the trailer, a clip (which should clear any doubts regarding the announcement's aspect ratio), and site-supporting Amazon preorders here.

April 27, 2012 - In anticipation of the theatrical release of Men in Black III, the original Men in Black will be reissued in a new Blu-ray + UltraViolet edition next week and we've got a review. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, the blockbuster 1997 sci-fi comedy is joined by an abundance of bonus features including two commentaries, an assortment of workshops and demonstrations, galleries, a trivia game, and a code good towards a $10 MIB3 admission. See clips from the film as part of our thorough review.

Disney has announced an October 2, 2012 release date for the studio's next Diamond Edition title, Cinderella. The animated 1950 hit will be available as a 2-disc Blu-ray + DVD combo pack ($39.99 SRP) in Blu-ray and DVD packaging as well as a 3-disc set with digital copy ($44.99 SRP) and a six-disc Limited Edition Trilogy set in collectible jewelry box packaging ($89.99 SRP).

April 26, 2012 - Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked takes us back to the world of squeaky-voiced, musical rodents. Mischief moves the Chipmunks and Chipettes off a cruise ship and onto a desert island. While Dave (Jason Lee) looks for his wards, the furry sextet find a castaway and new sides to themselves. Now available, Fox's two-disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack serves up the musical numbers, music videos, extended scenes, Fox Movie Channel specials, sincere and tongue-in-cheek making-of featurettes, and a number of promotional shorts. Get on board now for our full review.

April 24, 2012 - Clueless debuts on Blu-ray next Tuesday and we've got an early review today. A loose retelling of Jane Austen's Emma, Amy Heckerling's 1995 comedy centers on a rich California high school student (Alicia Silverstone) who looks to makeover a frumpy new classmate (Brittany Murphy) while also seeking a love life of her own. Paramount's BD is loaded up with all the extras from the movie's 2005 "Whatever!" Edition DVD and to them adds the feature-length "Clue or False" trivia game. Read on...

April 23, 2012 - Vanya on 42nd Street reunited director Louis Malle with Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn, the creative team behind My Dinner with Andre. This 1994 drama culminates a four-year project in which Gregory directed rehearsals of David Mamet's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya never intended for public exhibition. In the title role, Shawn leads an ensemble cast that also includes Julianne Moore and George Gaynes ("Punky Brewster"). The Criterion Collection's recent Blu-ray debut gathers reflections from all surviving cast members in a new documentary, which it includes alongside a trailer and essay booklet. Full review.

April 22, 2012 - In The Darkest Hour, invisible, electrical aliens invade Moscow. We follow a small international group of young survivors (Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor, and Joel Kinnaman) as they try to exploit the lethal, mysterious invaders and find a rescue. This Christmas Day theatrical release is now on Blu-ray with deleted/extended scenes, an audio commentary, a making-of featurette, and a short film. Read our review.

March 8, 2012 - Something different for you today: we've just posted a preview of 2012 movies featuring trailers, photos, posters, synopses, cast and crew information, release dates, box office predictions, and early thoughts. Currently given this treatment: John Carter, A Thousand Words, 21 Jump Street, Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Casa De Mi Padre, The Hunger Games, The Three Stooges, The Five-Year Engagement, The Dictator, What to Expect When You're Expecting, Men in Black 3, Moonrise Kingdom, That's My Boy, Nero Fiddled, The Dark Knight Rises, Argo, The Gangster Squad, Wreck-It Ralph, Django Unchained, and Lincoln. We'll be adding more of this year's scheduled releases, but only if there is adequate interest, so let us know with "likes", "tweets", and "shares." Full index: 2012 Movie Preview.

Recent DVD and Blu-ray Reviews:
• ¡Alambrista: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray - Written and directed by Robert M. Young, this elusive 1977 drama follows a young Mexican father who illegally enters America in search of higher-paying work. Presenting the film in a tighter director's cut, Criterion's Blu-ray includes a commentary by Young and his co-producer, Young's 1973 television documentary Children of the Fields, on-camera interviews with Young and frequent collaborator Edward James Olmos (who earns one of his first film credits here), and an original trailer.
• Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (3-Disc Limited Edition Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) - Brad Bird (The Incredibles) makes his live-action directing debut on this fourth entry to the spy film series. Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, and newcomers Paula Patton and Jeremy Renner globe-trot to adventure at Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the Kremlin, Mumbai, and beyond as they try to clear their agency's name and relieve international tensions. Following a blockbuster holiday season run in theaters, the film hit stores yesterday. The Best Buy-exclusive combo pack serves up over two hours of making-of featurettes, deleted scenes, and Easter eggs on a bonus Blu-ray.
• Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour - This hour-long stand-up comedy special aired on Showtime last September and comes to Comedy Central this Saturday before hitting stores on Tuesday. In it, the Ratatouille and Young Adult actor sounds off on religion, superheroes, fatherhood, sweatpants, New York, and much more. The DVD includes Oswalt's encore, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and a slideshow of all the things referenced within.
• We Bought a Zoo (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) - Smoothly moving writer/director Cameron Crowe into family film territory, this PG-rated dramedy follows a recent widower (Matt Damon) and his two kids into the world of zoo ownership as they try to reopen a shuttered California wildlife park. Thomas Haden Church plays Damon's brother and Scarlett Johansson is the head zookeeper, both of whom have their misgivings that he is up to the task. Fox's 3-disc combo pack includes over a half-hour of deleted scenes, an audio commentary, a 75-minute making-of documentary, featurettes on the score by Sigur Rós' Jónsi and the real Benjamin Mee, a gag reel, a family-friendly audio track, and more.
• "The Witches of Oz" (Blu-ray) - A new take on L. Frank Baum's enduringly popular book series, this 4-hour miniseries broadcast last year in the UK and reconfigured as a feature film in US theatrical release this winter makes Dorothy Gale (Paulie Rojas) a young adult in the present day whose children's novels are inspired by her own suppressed memories of Oz. In New York to sign a book deal, Dorothy discovers her Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion, while witches pursue her for the key to Oz. Boasting a cast that includes Mia Sara, Christopher Lloyd, Billy Boyd, Sean Astin, Ethan Embry, and Lance Henriksen, the miniseries edit is now available to own with a trailer and short behind-the-scenes featurette.
• Born to Be Wild (Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet) - This 3D IMAX documentary looks at facilities in Borneo and Kenya where orphaned orangutans and elephants are raised to be returned to the wild in adulthood. Warner's combo pack serves up six behind-the-scenes webisodes.
• "Mystery Science Theater 3000": The Wild World of Batwoman - This Season 5 episode of the cult '90s Comedy Central series lampoons Jerry Warren's low-budget 1966 attempt to cash in on Batman's new film and television success. Katherine Victor plays the heroine who along with her dancing Bat Girls must stand up to a corporation that developed an atomic hearing aid and is in cahoots with archenemy Rat Fink. After many years out of print, the episode -- which opens with the 1952 educational short Cheating -- is available again as a Shout! Select DVD.
• Ernie Kovacs: The ABC Specials - Shout! Factory compiles the five last half-hour sketch programs the innovative comedy icon worked on before his premature 1962 death. The surreal, effects-laden, Emmy-winning black & white series is accompanied by more of Kovacs' commercials for his primary sponsor Dutch Master cigars.
• "That '70s Show": Season One (Blu-ray) - The 1990s Fox sitcom becomes one of the first catalog TV series released on Blu-ray Disc. Mill Creek Entertainment surprises with a stunning widescreen 4-disc collection which arrives with a 5.1 DTS-HD master audio soundtrack, subtitles, and an hour of fun bonus features.
• Chinatown (Blu-ray) - Jack Nicholson stars as a private eye in 1930s Los Angeles investigating the apparent murder of a public official and the drought conspiracy it may be linked to. This Robert Evans-produced, Roman Polanski-directed classic neo noir competed for 11 Academy Awards and won for Robert Towne's original screenplay. Paramount's loaded Blu-ray includes an audio commentary by Towne and David Fincher, an hour-long documentary on water in Los Angeles, another 90 minutes of retrospective featurettes, and the original trailer.
• JB Smoove: That's How I Dooz It - Presented in an extended, uncensored form, the film and television actor's hour-long first television special is accompanied by two short bonus features.
• War Horse (4-Disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) - Steven Spielberg's drama adapts a novel and Tony-winning stage play with the story of a stallion who keeps changing ownership during World War I. He begins as poor rural family's impulsive purchase, where he befriends Albert (Jeremy Irvine), but is sold and then becomes a part of both the British and Germany armies. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, this Touchstone/DreamWorks production is joined by nearly two hours of bonus features.
• A Night to Remember (Criterion Collection Blu-ray) - One hundred years later, the Titanic's collision with an iceberg and deadly subsequent sinking remains a source of fascination to many. Today's new review looks at probably the second best known film on the tragedy. Faithfully adapted from Walter Lord's thoroughly-researched book, this 1958 British production treats us to a large ensemble entirely based on the real crew and passengers of that maiden voyage. Now available, The Criterion Collection's Blu-ray dazzles with a new restoration and bonus features including an audio commentary by Titanic historians, an hour-long 1993 making-of documentary, interviews with survivors, a BBC documentary on icebergs, and the original trailer.

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