‘The Courier’ on Blu-ray & DVD January 21, 2020!
November 25th, 2019 by Gerard Iribe
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Academy Award® winner Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight) stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier (Olga Kurylenko, Quantum of Solace) to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick. But after she rescues Nick from certain death, the duo must confront an army of ruthless hired killers in order to survive the night. Continue reading ‘‘The Courier’ on Blu-ray & DVD January 21, 2020!’
Prophecy celebrates its 40th anniversary with a brand new Scream Factory release, marking its debut on the Blu-ray format. The environmental horror film notably has Talia Shire in its cast. Oh and you may have heard something or other about a mutated bear. I’ll say this; what you’ve heard is likely true and possibly more bizarre than you’d imagined. Scream Factory know a piece of cheese when they see one and were ready in the wings to take on this movie and they did not disappoint. Its crazy, but this thing wound up nabbing a pretty impressive amount of interviews, and the results they got are pretty blunt, honest and of the best type when it comes to these Scream Factory releases. This one is available now, and you can order it from the link below (To which I do earn a small percentage) or you can go to Shout! Factory’s website where they can also hook you up with a copy. So, without further adieu, lets get our mutated bear on.
One of Shout! Factory’s more impressive releases this holiday season is definitely the Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection. This truly is an all-timer set, collecting 28 of the legendary comedy duos’ films. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello did 36 feature films altogether, so you’re getting pretty much everything here. Yes, that does mean if you’re a Classic Monsters fan, you’re getting Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein for the bazillionth time (As well as the other monster films for the ga-jillionth time). Given the enormity of this box set and the fact that we do things right over here at Why So Blu, its going to take a while to plow through these 28 films and accompanying bonus material spread out over 15 discs. We’ll be taking a disc-by-disc approach (2 Films each disc, Disc 15 is all bonus material) culminating in a “Full” review of the entire set featuring links to quickly navigate from film-to-film/disc-to-disc. This review focuses on Disc 9, featuring The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) and Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). 
“An instant classic” (Rachel Handler, New York Magazine) comes ashore when The Lighthouse arrives on Digital December 20, On Demand January 7, and on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) and DVD January 7 from Lionsgate. From Robert Eggers, the visionary director of The Witch, The Lighthouse stars Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominee Willem Dafoe (1986, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Platoon; 2000, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Shadow of the Vampire; 2017, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, The Florida Project; 2018, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, At Eternity’s Gate; 2001, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, Shadow of the Vampire; 2018, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, The Florida Project; 2019, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, At Eternity’s Gate) and Robert Pattinson in a pair of Oscar®-worthy performances. Executive produced by Academy Award® nominee Arnon Milchan (1997, Best Picture, L.A. Confidential; 2015, Best Picture, The Revenant) and Academy Award® nominee Michael Schaefer (2015, Best Picture, The Martian). Special features include an audio commentary with the co-writer & director Robert Eggers, deleted scenes, and more. The Lighthouse will be available on Blu-ray™ plus Digital and DVD January 7th. 
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of director Martin Scorsese’s atmospheric thriller SHUTTER ISLAND, arriving for the first time on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on February 11, 2020 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Debuting just prior to the film’s original release date (February 19, 2010), the 4K Ultra HD will be available in a Limited Collector’s Edition Steelbook. 
Missed this one in the theater so looking forward to this home release! Inspired by the provocative true story about a crew of former strip club employees who turn the tables on their greedy Wall Street clients, HUSTLERS arrives on Digital November 26, 2019 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand December 10, 2019 from STXfilms and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Dazzling critics and audiences alike, the “fiercely funny” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) drama follows a band of business-savvy strippers as they unite to seek revenge in what critics are hailing as “one of the year’s best films” (Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly). Inspired by journalist Jessica Pressler’s 2015 viral New York Magazine article “The Hustlers at Scores,” HUSTLERS is filled with wildly entertaining and empowering moments from beginning to end and takes audiences behind the scenes of this inspiring real life con. And now you can enter our free giveaway contest to bring Hustlers home on Blu-ray. Read on below to find out how! 
“It will be a day-long remembered.” While Darth Vader can be quoted as saying that, I want to borrow it for the recent release of the latest Star Wars game, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order from EA. When attending Star Wars Celebration this past April in Chicago, I had the privilege of attending the live panel discussing the game. It is, after all, Star Wars, so it’s going to have that massive attention right there. On top of that, fans of the franchise have wanted a solo player game for ages. The last Star Wars title I can remember that fit the bill was Force Unleashed II and that was nearly a decade ago. Games like the recent Battlefront and Battlefront II had single-player scenarios, but those titles are online multi-players more than anything. Ask, and you shall receive, though, as we now have the solo Star Wars game we have been after. Now that it has been out slightly over a week, here’s a look at Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
Big secrets will be revealed After The Wedding. Big drama is the star of this show. Julianne Moore, Michele Williams and Billy Crudup all come together to entice us into mystery with this story of family, sacrifice and unlikely necessity. Whether you will want to know the secret remains to be seen. More on that below…
Mike Banning is back. The unlucky secret service agent always happens to put himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Last most of us (not me) saw him, he was saving the President in London. Now, back home, Mike has some demons and some ailments making him less heroic. The human side of Banning is what makes Angel Has Fallen one of the better 3rd installments I’ve seen recently. Read more about the action packed three-quel below and grab your copy (at a great price) from the link below. As an Amazon Associate your purchases from that link help keep the site going, and gives me a small (minuscule, really…) kick back that can go to buying more movies, eventually. Read on!
Here we go. The series DC Universe apparently didn’t want is coming to Blu-ray. Fans are in for suspense and shock when Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Swamp Thing: The Complete Series, the latest DC UNIVERSE Original Series, on Blu-ray and DVD February 11, 2020. Fans can purchase the sets with all 10 of the original series episodes on Digital and Blu-ray which includes a Digital Copy (US Only). Swamp Thing: The Complete Series will also be available to own on Digital on December 2, 2019, via purchase from all major digital retailers (in Canada Digital is available to own now). 
It’s time for my annual fall ritual with something a little special for all your Christmas Wishlists. The Big Bang Theory returns once again to the Blu-ray format. However, the buck stops here literally speaking.
Elsa and the gang are back as, apparently, no one could just let it go. Six years after what is arguably the biggest animated zeitgeist flick of the decade, the gal with ice powers, her sister Anna, and snow buddy Olaf are ready for a brand-new adventure – this time in a forest! The mood is “kid dark,” which might be a bit much for toddlers. Others, who have long since worn out their Elsa dresses, now closer to the ripe old age of ten, should be fine. Visually a stunner with decent-ish songs, Frozen 2 is very much a Disney sequel, not a Pixar one.
After an impressive run, the hit HBO comedy VEEP will closes out its final season and fans can relive all of the hilarious episodes as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment gets set to release VEEP: THE FINAL SEASON on Blu-rayTM and DVD along with VEEP: THE COMPLETE SERIES on DVD on January 14, 2020. Case artwork for the Complete Series release and pre-orders for both are not yet available as of this posting.
Women In Film Focus is a new article series featuring successful women within the film industry who have made a name for themselves by creating exceptional careers and outstanding work in their respective fields. First up we are proud to present a look into the life and career of in-demand special effects make-up movie artist 
