Movies on DVD
Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is a powerful and arrogant warrior who is cast out of the realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
Special Features: Commentary by Director Kenneth Branagh, Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant, featurette, Road to the Avengers, 11 deleted scenes with optional commentary, plus theatrical trailers.
Citizen Kane: The Exclusive 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition Plus The Magnificent Ambersons are two of Orson Welles’ finest achievements. If you’ve never seen these two masterpieces, this edition is worth the investment. Citizen Kane is patterned after the life of publishing titan William Randolph Hurst with Charles Foster Kane (Welles) rising from an unhappy childhood to become one of the most powerful newspaper publishers in the world. The Magnificent Ambersons revolves around George (Tim Holt), a spoiled heir to a fortune who comes between his mother Isabel (Delores Costello) and Eugene Morgan (Joseph Cotton), the man she loves.
Special Features: Great bonus discs: The Magnificent Ambersons, RKO 281, American Experience: The Battle Over Citizen Kane, separate commentaries from Peter Bogdanovich and Roger Ebert, documentary The Battle Over Citizen Kane, world premier of Citizen Kane featurettes, separate interviews with lead actress Ruth Warwick and Director Robert Wise, storyboards, crew and actor call sheets, still photography with commentary from Roger Ebert, deleted scenes, the ad campaign, press book, opening night, two classic audio radio broadcasts: Mercury Theatre broadcast of War of the Worlds from October 30th, 1938 and KTSA, San Antonio radio broadcast of H.G. Wells Meets Orson Welles on October 28th, 1940, plus the theatrical trailer.
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop is a detailed documentary on Conan O’Brien‘s comedy tour of the U.S. and Canada after leaving The Tonight Show and cutting his ties with NBC.
TV on DVD
Blue Bloods: The First Season revolves around a family of New York police officers, but naturally the family drama is dominant.
Solid cast headed up by Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg and Bridget Moynahan.
Camelot: The Complete First Season is a telling of the classic medieval story of King Arthur.
Special Features: Character profiles, featurettes The Knights of Camelot, The Women of Camelot, On The Set: Mooney’s movie, along with scene breakdowns and candid Camelot. Plus, Camelot Chronicles: Pop-Up History, which is exclusive to Blu-ray.
The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Fourth Season follows Penny (Kaley Cuoco), a young woman who moves into an apartment next door to Leonard Hofsteadter (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons), two socially awkward, yet brilliant physicists.
Special Features: Actor on Actor: The Big Bang’s Theory of Relativity featurette, Barenaked Ladies on Big Bang Theory featurette, which includes an interview with the band, behind the scenes footage of the filming of an episode, and clips from the new video itself, the History of Everything music video, plus a gag reel.
Supernatural: The Complete Sixth Season continues the struggles of Sam and Dean Winchester (Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles), two brothers searching for their missing father, who trained them to be warriors against supernatural evil after the gruesome murder of their mother.
Special Features: Jensen Ackles: a Director’s Journey featurette, Supernatural and the Quest for the Soul featurette, A Hunter’s Guide to Season Six (Blu-ray only), audio commentary on Clap Your Hands if you Believe and The French Mistake with Executive Producers Robert Singer, Sera Gamble and Ben Edlund, a pop up trivia track (Blu-ray only), The French Mistake episode alternate takes and outtakes, a gag reel, Easter egg, plus bonus episodes from Supernatural: The Anime Series – All Hell Breaks Loose parts one and two.
Glee: The Complete Second Season is a musical-comedy series that revolves around high-school Spanish teacher Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), who becomes the director of the school’s Glee club, hoping to restore it to its former glory. All while the school’s P.E. coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) tries to undermine and kill the program.
Grey’s Anatomy: The Complete Seventh Season is a drama centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors. In short, a melodramatic series loaded with angst and some humor.
The series stars Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey.
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena takes place before Spartacus nailed his first opponent in the arena. During that time there were many gladiators hit the sand and this story revolves around the original Champion of the House of Batiatus: Gannicus, which was a more ruthless time.
Special Features: Starz Studios: Gods of the Arena, extended scenes, alternate endings, content too risqué for cable TV, convention panel, bloopers, on set with Lucy Lawless, post production: The Final Execution, Weapons of Mass Disruption, Battle Royale: anatomy of a scene, 10 easy steps to dismemberment, dressed to kill, enter the Arena: production design, 3D battle sequence, audio commentaries on all six episodes, plus extended episodes.
Rescue Me: The Complete Sixth Season tells the story of firefighter Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary), who is dealing with the fears of his job. Adding to his troubles is having to watch his ex-wife (Andrea Roth) dating other men.
Special Features: Denis Loves Lenny: a match made in Hell, Kicking the Ashes and Mopping Up: an attempt to remember season six, the creators’ Last Call
burning the actors at both ends gag reel balls.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season Six is a comedy series surrounding four young friends, Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day), Dee Reynolds (Kaitlin Olson), Dennis Reynolds (Glenn Howerton) and Mac (Rob McElhenney), all with big egos and slightly arrogant attitudes, that are the owners of an Irish bar in Philadelphia. Danny DeVito also stars.
Private Practice: The Complete Fourth Season is a spin-off of the hugely popular medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. However, this show centers on the life of neonatal surgeon Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh).