What a week! Among this week's interesting releases are Fringe: The Complete Series, Mama, a ghost story from producer Guillermo del Toro, Superman Unbound, the latest entry in the DCU Animation line, Tom Cruise's starring turn as Jack Reacher, Upstream Color from the genius behind Primer, and several major catalog releases including The Verdict, The Great Escape, and a Shanghai Noon/Shanghai Nights Double Feature.
As always, fire up that queue and prep that shopping cart and check out this weeks' latest releases!
Mama
A mother's love is forever. Guillermo del Toro, the Academy Award-nominated writer of Pan's Labyrinth, presents this supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When the young sisters are found alive in a decrepit cabin, their uncle (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones) and his girlfriend (Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty) take them in. As they try to introduce the children to a normal life, Annabel (Chastain) begins to wonder if the traumatized girls are the only guests they have welcomed into their home. Extras include featurettes, deleted scenes, original short with introduction By Guillermo Del Toro, and audio commentary.
Citizen Hearst
Citizen Hearst, directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Leslie Iwerks and narrated by William H. Macy, traces the 125-year history of the Hearst media empire, from William Randolph Hearst's pioneering and controversial days of headline-grabbing yellow journalism to the global impact of the company's many successful media brands. Iwerks provides a rare glimpse behind the glass walls of the Hearst Tower, interviewing top magazine editors of Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire, among others, and gaining unprecedented access to the Hearst Castle and family members in San Simeon, California. Extras include deleted footage and Hearst Castle Episode from The A&E Television Series America's Castles.
Superman: Unbound
An unstoppable android on the horizon. A mysterious fireball hurtling toward Earth. A fearless - and beautiful - reporter, Lois Lane (Stana Katic) who'll stop at nothing to get her story. It's just another day for the heroic Man Of Steel... only this time, for better or for worse, he has his unpredictable cousin, Supergirl (Molly C. Quinn), by his side. The gritty adventure begins as Superman (Matthew Bomer) learns about the ruthless force known as Brainiac (John Noble), who has seized and miniaturized Krypton's capital city of Kandor. Determined to liberate the captured metropolis and protect his home planet form Brainiac's increasing power, Superman takes on his most menacing enemy yet in this DC Universe animated original movie based on the gripping comic book miniseries. Extras include featurettes, commentary, preview of upcoming animated movie, digital comic excerpt and four bonus cartoons.
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