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.
Der Samurai (Till Kleinert)
A strange man drags through the forest a meat-filled bag, its bloody contents all too visible through the clear plastic material. What seems like the introduction to a psychopath ends innocently when he, with a forlorn expression, hangs his messy bundle from a low-hanging tree branch. It’s soon revealed that the man, a police officer named Jakob (Michel Diercks), has ventured into the woods to make offerings to a lone wolf causing problems in the area. Why Jakob feeds the animal, especially since he’s been tasked with eliminating it, speaks to the deep-seated turmoil that defines Der Samurai, the latest feature from German writer/director Till Kleinert. – Amanda W. (full review)
Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch)
Getting a Blu-ray release today is Ernst Lubitsch‘s 1939 wartime comedy Ninotchka, featuring one of the greatest and last performances from Greta Garbo as a Russian women sent to Paris as an unexpected romance bubbles up. While the special features are light, including the Oscar-nominated short Prophet Without Honor and the classic MGM cartoon The Blue Danube, the release is worth it alone to see one of Lubitsch’s best films in high-resolution. – Jordan R.
Also Arriving This Week
The DUFF (review)
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Kingsman: The Secret Service (review)
Red Army
Serena (review)
Recommended Deals of the Week
(Note: new additions are in red)
Adaptation (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Alfred Hitchcock: The Essentials Collection (Blu-ray) – $30.99
A Most Wanted Man (Blu-ray) – $9.96
The American (Blu-ray) – $6.75
Amelie (Blu-ray) – $6.66
Anna Karenina (Blu-ray) – $12.05
Before Midnight (Blu-ray) – $8.49
Beginners (Blu-ray) – $9.10
Black Swan (Blu-ray) – $7.04
Bronson (Blu-ray) – $10.91
The Brothers Bloom (Blu-ray) – $7.95
The Cabin in the Woods (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Casino (Blu-ray) – $8.89
Captain Phillips (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Cloverfield (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Collateral (Blu-ray) – $7.88
The Descendants (Blu-ray) – $6.49
Do the Right Thing (Blu-ray) – $9.48
Drive (Blu-ray) – $7.99
The Fly (Blu-ray) – $6.99
Gangs of New York (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Godzilla (Blu-ray) – $10.00
Goodfellas (Blu-ray) – $8.35
Good Will Hunting (Blu-ray) – $7.50
The Graduate (Blu-ray) – $7.50
Gravity (Blu-ray) – $10.00
The Grey (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Haywire (Blu-ray) – $7.64
Hot Fuzz (Blu-ray) – $7.88
The Illusionist (Blu-ray) – $9.99
The Immigrant (Blu-ray) – $14.99
Inglorious Basterds (Blu-ray) – $8.71
Jackie Brown (Blu-ray) – $5.00
Jane Eyre (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Jaws (Blu-ray) – $10.99
Killing Them Softly (Blu-ray) – $6.96
L.A. Confidential (Blu-ray) – $8.52
The Lady From Shanghai (Blu-ray) – $8.99
Looper (Blu-ray) – $9.96
Lost In Translation (Blu-ray) – $8.71
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Blu-ray) – $6.50
Margaret (Blu-ray) – $9.49
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Blu-ray) – $6.99
Michael Clayton (Blu-ray) – $8.63
Never Let Me Go (Blu-ray) – $6.19
Nightcrawler (Blu-ray) – $13.99
No Country For Old Men (Blu-ray) – $7.49
Observe & Report (Blu-ray) – $7.49
Office Space (Blu-ray) – $6.96
Pariah (Blu-ray) – $6.13
Persepolis (Blu-ray) – $6.50
Public Enemies (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Pulp Fiction (Blu-ray) – $7.00
Reality Bites (Blu-ray) – $8.72
The Secret In Their Eyes (Blu-ray) – $6.72
A Serious Man (Blu-ray) – $9.94
Seven (Blu-ray) – $7.00
Seven Psychopaths (Blu-ray) – $7.99
Shutter Island (Blu-ray) – $6.90
A Single Man (Blu-ray) – $6.66
The Social Network (Blu-ray) – $9.96
The Spectacular Now (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Spring Breakers (Blu-ray) – $9.96
Synecdoche, NY (Blu-ray) – $6.55
There Will Be Blood (Blu-ray) – $7.88
The Tree of Life (Blu-ray) – $6.99
The Truman Show (Blu-ray) – $7.99
True Grit (Blu-ray) – $7.88
This is the End (Blu-ray) – $9.99
Vanilla Sky (Blu-ray pre-order) – $8.32
We Own the Night (Blu-ray) – $9.12
Where the Wild Things Are (Blu-ray) – $6.94
Whiplash (Blu-ray) – $14.99
The Wrestler (Blu-ray) – $6.73
Zero Dark Thirty (Blu-ray) – $9.99
What are you picking up this week?