Did you miss the riotious and rollicking Wild Tales during the Argentian entry for Best Foreign Language Film’s extremely limited domestic release? You did?! (I did, too!) Well, now you have zero excuse to not catch up one of last year’s most original and inventive films, thanks to the magic of home-video. The Damián Szifron-directed anthology film is now available on both Blu-ray and DVD (such choices), allowing fans of revenge cinema the chance to enjoy some truly special insanity in the confines of their own home. It’s easily the must-buy pick of the pack, so go forth, get crazy.
Don’t want to get crazy? That’s okay, too. This week’s new home-video releases include plenty of other options, including a new batch of Warner Archive releases (from Doctor, You’ve Got To Be Kidding! to Three Bites Of The Apple), a pair of Chuck Norris features (An Eye For An Eye and Hero & The Terror), and the long-anticipated release of a mess of Wallace Shawn- and Andre Gregory-centric Criterion Collection offerings. Chappie is also available, if you need some robots in your life (you don’t need these robots, but I like to give you options), along with the Kristen Wiig-starring Welcome To Me and Run All Night, if you need to catch up on recent stuff. Oh, and some sort of new combo pack for Spirited Away. You guys don’t need that, do you?
DVD and Blu-ray (* = combo pack)
A Master Builder (Criterion Collection)
Andre Gregory & Wallace Shawn: 3 Films (Criterion Collection)
An Eye For An Eye (Kino Lorber)
Beyond The Reach (Lionsgate)
Chappie (Sony)
Proof (Lionsgate)
Run All Night (Warner Bros.)
Spirited Away (Disney/Buena Vista)*
The Cat Returns (Disney/Buena Vista)*
The Lazarus Effect (20th Century Fox)
The Onion Field (Kino Lorber)
The Shipping News (Lionsgate)
Time Lapse (XLrator Media)
Unfinished Business (20th Century Fox)
Welcome To Me (Millennium Media)
Wild Tales (Sony)
DVD
200 Motels (MGM)
A Deadly Game (MTI Home Video)
A Father’s Son (Word Films)
Alton & Kenya’s Outrageous Wedding (Level 33 Entertainment)
Blindness (Lionsgate)
Bravetown (Peace Arch Trinity)
Doctor, You’ve Got To Be Kidding! (Warner Archive)
Mixed Company (MGM)
Nashville Girl (Scorpion Releasing)
Night Of The Strangler (Vinegar Syndrome)
Old Fashioned (Pure Flix Entertainment)
One More Round (Lightworx Entertainment)
Playing It Cool (Vertical)
Spirit Riders (Entertainment One)
The House With 1,000 Eyes (Artsploitation Films)
The Flying Acquaintances (Vinegar Syndrome)
Three Bites Of The Apple (Warner Archive)
Quick! Before It Melts (Warner Archive)
Why She Cries (Maverick Entertainment)
Blu-ray
Blindness / Proof (Lionsgate)
Hero & The Terror (KL Studio Classics)
Malice (Kino)
My Dinner With Andre (Criterion Collection)
Tentacles / Reptilicus (Shout Factory)
The Boys In The Band (Kino Classics)
The Happiness Of The Katakuris (Arrow Video)
The Land That Time Forgot (Scorpio Releasing)
The Sunshine Boys (Warner Archive)
The Wrecking Crew! (Magnolia)