Reed Hastings cast a bright light all over the demise of the DVD. No, it isn’t news that the film discs are in decline but it is news that Hastings chose to call attention to it in such a public way.
The Golden Globe-nominated 50/50 is now available on DVD featuring hilarious extras.
This week on DVD/Blu-ray: “Bombay Beach” from music video director Ama Har’el; the last epic from Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz; George Clooney’s political thriller “The Ides of March”; “Belle de Jour” starring Catherine Deneuve; and the Blu-ray debut of “Traffic.” #1. Critic’s Pick: “Bombay Beach” (DVD) Music video director Alma Har’el’s first foray into feature filmmaking, the documentary hybrid …
John Michael McDonagh’s comedy-thriller stars Brendan Gleeson as a dissolute Irish copper who breaks more laws than he enforces, and Don Cheadle as a slick American agent who’s forced to work with him.
A large number of the Times’s critics’ picks release on DVD this week.
The movie studio has yet to make the announcement, but the new deal is expected to be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show next week.
“Too many trolls are out and about,” says Hans (the comedian Otto Jespersen) to three wide-eyed Norwegian students keen on filming reported bear sightings in the mountains.
All movies are 2011 releases unless otherwise noted. Availability: DVD | Blu-ray | Both Blu-ray and DVD Steven Soderbergh’s first dramatic film in two years (which kicks off an especially prolific period for the director, who has two more movies arriving in the next six months) was this fall’s well-reviewed thriller about a deadly global pandemic.