Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller)
Three decades of production woes and artistic detours for director George Miller delayed a return to the apocalyptic wastelands of the Mad Max franchise. This year, Mad Mad: Fury Road revived the series with radical changes. Mel Gibson was out as the titular character in favor of Tom Hardy, Namibia replaced the Australian outback as the backdrop, and the world expanded to tell the stories of characters with names like Imperator Furiosa and Immortan Joe. While Fury Road succeeds in re-imagining these core elements, the film’s madcap taciturn creations and kinetic pacing prove to be essential elements that separate the film from its previous installments and recent action films. Filmgoers invigorated by the audacity and practical stunts of the chase scenes, galvanized by Charlize Theron’s performance — and the ideas of femininity core to its story — and receptive to the imagery that most other studios wouldn’t dare attempt, have been vocal supporters of the film. Ultimately, Fury Road unifies these different audiences (from the casual moviegoer to the cinephile) and interests by offering a relentless and visceral experience. We expect Fury Road to be as fresh and compelling at the year’s end as it stands right now. – Zade C.
Also Arriving This Week
Boulevard (review)
The D Train (review)
The Face of an Angel
Gemma Bovery (review)
Good Kill (review)
I’ll See You in My Dreams
Recommended Deals of the Week
(Note: new additions are in red)
Top Deal: WWII-related titles on The Criterion Collection are currently on sale.
12 Years a Slave (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Adaptation (Blu-ray) – $7.99
A Most Wanted Man (Blu-ray) – $7.99
The American (Blu-ray) – $9.49
Amelie (Blu-ray) – $5.95
Anna Karenina (Blu-ray) – $11.83
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Blu-ray) – $9.69
Beginners (Blu-ray) – $12.22
Black Swan (Blu-ray) – $6.75
The Brothers Bloom (Blu-ray) – $8.19
The Cabin in the Woods (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Casino (Blu-ray) – $9.95
Captain Phillips (Blu-ray) – $8.31
Children of Men (Blu-ray) – $8.50
Cloverfield (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Cold in July (Blu-ray) – $9.60
Collateral (Blu-ray) – $7.88
The Counselor (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Drive (Blu-ray) – $7.99
The Fly (Blu-ray) – $8.99
Gangs of New York (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Goodfellas (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Good Will Hunting (Blu-ray) – $7.50
The Graduate (Blu-ray) – $8.19
The Grandmaster (Blu-ray) – $5.00
A History of Violence (Blu-ray) – $6.99
Hot Fuzz (Blu-ray) – $7.66
The Hustler (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Inglorious Basterds (Blu-ray) – $8.48
In the Loop (Blu-ray) – $7.59
It Follows (Blu-ray) – $13.07
Jane Eyre (Blu-ray) – $8.33
Killing Them Softly (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Blu-ray) – $9.64
The Lady From Shanghai (Blu-ray) – $8.99
Looper (Blu-ray) – $9.96
Lost In Translation (Blu-ray) – $8.71
Magic Mike (Blu-ray) – $6.99
Magnolia (Blu-ray) – $9.07
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Blu-ray) – $6.49
Margaret (Blu-ray) – $8.99
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Blu-ray) – $5.83
Michael Clayton (Blu-ray) – $8.50
Never Let Me Go (Blu-ray) – $6.70
No Country For Old Men (Blu-ray) – $4.96
Observe & Report (Blu-ray) – $7.49
Office Space (Blu-ray) – $5.88
Pariah (Blu-ray) – $6.74
Persepolis (Blu-ray) – $6.50
Public Enemies (Blu-ray) – $9.47
Pulp Fiction (Blu-ray) – $4.99
Reality Bites (Blu-ray) – $8.72
Road to Perdition (Blu-ray) – $8.98
The Secret In Their Eyes (Blu-ray) – $6.51
Seven (Blu-ray) – $6.68
Seven Psychopaths (Blu-ray) – $7.99
A Single Man (Blu-ray) – $6.14
Snowpiercer (Blu-ray) – $11.03
The Spectacular Now (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Synecdoche, NY (Blu-ray) – $6.32
There Will Be Blood (Blu-ray) – $7.88
The Tree of Life (Blu-ray) – $6.89
The Truman Show (Blu-ray) – $7.84
They Came Together (Blu-ray) – $9.99
True Grit (Blu-ray) – $9.99
This is the End (Blu-ray) – $9.43
Under the Skin (Blu-ray) – $9.99
We Own the Night (Blu-ray) – $6.99
Where the Wild Things Are (Blu-ray) – $6.91
While We’re Young (Blu-ray) – $9.99
The Wrestler (Blu-ray) – $6.42
Zero Dark Thirty (Blu-ray) – $9.99
What are you picking up this week?