THE ART OF THE STEAL: Starring Kurt Russell & Matt Dillon On Blu-ray May 6th!
April 1st, 2014 by Brandon Peters
Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-TWC are proud to announce the home entertainment release of Jonathan Sobol’s crime caper, THE ART OF THE STEAL. Following its world premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, RADiUS-TWC released the film theatrically on March 14th of this year. Audiences can own the clever heist film on DVD and Blu-Ray™ on May 6, 2014. No pre-order is yet available.
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Who’s ready for some kung fu action this summer? Well, Shout! Factory is! They’re bringing some classics from that golden era of the 70s to DVD this May! It even has some films featuring the work of legendary John Woo and Sammo Hung! I tend to really like these Movie Marathon packs that Shout! Factory puts out as they always seem to keep with a common theme for the movies and not just like they got some rights to movies and slapped them together “just because”. Maybe they are and its just dumb luck I’m finding common occurrences in them. Who knows? What I do know is that this DVD comes out on May 20th and you can pre-order it now so it’ll get there just before that lazy Saturday that is perfect for just popping it in and binging through all 4 films on it. Below you can find all the details provided from Shout! Factory. 
Any fellow Phantasm fans that read us here at Why So Blu? Well, screw it. This story that popped up this week with a poster and word that a fifth film was coming and that is was likely actually already shot and almost ready to go completely took my fascination. Fans have been on Don Coscarelli and stars like Reggie Bannister about when we would get to see the further antics of the Tall Man and those damn deadly silver balls. They’d all keep saying they’d like to and talked about it for years. Little did we know, they were filming the thing behind our backs. It was already done. This kind of stuff isn’t allowed to happen anymore in this day and age of internet news and social media. Yeah, I know its Phantasm and not a big huge tentpole film, but its a franchise picture and a horror one at that, a fanbase that will dig to find every dirty detail. Today, Entertainment Weekly was given the privilege of dropping the film’s first trailer, letting us know that YES, this film is pretty damn close to us seeing it already. So, yeah, this sneaking up on us has definitely brought my excitement even if I was bored by Phantasm IV. 
More clips and promos arrive to torture those of us who can’t see THE WINTER SOLDIER until next weekend. They’re down below. I’m not going to view them, as I’d like to be as clear headed going in as can be (just the way I am). But, you’re more than welcome to check these out. THE WINTER SOLDIER invades your local multiplexes on April 4th. Soak it all in now, because one day Chris Evans will be retired.
Attention readers…to celebrate this week’s Blu-ray release of The Wolf of Wall Street on Blu-ray, Paramount was able to surprise three offices with a Wolf of Wall Street party and hidden cameras recorded their reactions. Sounds like a rowdy good time huh? Well, why don’t you check it out for yourselves? They gave us the exclusive video below to share with you all. And in the meantime, if you haven’t already, please click 
True Detective, the critically-acclaimed show starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as two detectives assigned to a grisly and cultish murder case in the Louisiana bayou country, has become the most talked about new TV show of the year…and I have NOT seen it yet (insert unhappy face). To say I’m looking forward to seeing it is like saying it sure gets hot in the desert. Speaking of hot…hot off McConaughey’s Academy Award win (Dallas Buyers Club) and the show’s tense and explosive season finale, HBO Home Entertainment has just announced the June 10, 2014 Blu-ray with Digital HD, DVD & Digital Download debut of True Detective. Just in time for Father’s Day, the sets are packed with exclusive bonus features including interviews with McConaughey and Harrelson, conversations with creator Nic Pizzolatto, director Cary Joji Fukunaga and series composer T Bone Burnett, whose music helped establish the dark and ominous tone of the series, and never-before-seen footage from the series. 
Sorry about the title, but I saw the door open and went there. Sally Field’s Academy Award winning performance as a millworking union leader is making the jump to Blu-ray. Norma Rae was also nominated for several other Academy Awards and took home 2 statues. This was actually one of the higher profile films that my college screenwriting professor had worked on. But we’ll get into that more when we hit the review. I haven’t seen this film in a super long time time (close to maybe 20 years?), so I’m excited to revisit it. It comes out on April Fool’s Day, so we’ll see if its actually happening. I kid, I kid. Though I do wish some distributor would have played a joke this year with New Release Tuesday falling on April Fool’s to get the internet going in a tangent, like “Halloween 6 Producer’s Cut coming April 1!!!” and then it not coming out or something. Okay, so maybe I’m have a dark sense of humor. Anyway, read the specs on Norma Rae (No pre-order, but it really is coming out!) below where you can see the horribly photoshopped Sally Field on the cover. Also, how weird is it that they tell you there’s an Easter Egg on the disc already? 
The Hammer library is slowly creeping out into Blu-ray. It’s wild that there’s only one Christopher Lee Dracula film out there, but I have no idea what the rights situations are with those. Synapse Films, however, they’ve got ahold of one. It’s Countess Dracula, which is actually based somewhat around true events. Its coming as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on May 6th. Below you’ll find all the details and a pre-order link so you can assure yourself a copy come release day!
Check out the sizzle below of Christina Hendricks, Mae Whitman, Natasha Bedingfield, Carlos Ponce, filmmmakers Peggy Holmes and Jenni Magee Cook and more at The Pirate Fairy World Premiere this weekend! It comes to Blu-ray next Tuesday!
This doesn’t make up for Oldboy, but alas someone is finally digging into Spike Lee’s back catalog of films. And, funny enough, I now need to write a new piece for next week’s ‘Wishlist’ article as it was going to be for The 25th Hour which now sees a release date of June 10! It also includes a film I liked back when I saw it (but haven’t seen since the 90s) Summer Of Sam. Probably the highest profile of this release to many will be He Got Game. All the films feature a newly recorded commentary track. Maybe Jungle Fever is down the pipeline sometime soon? Its still not clear whether these will be 2-disc sets or share a disc. If they’re using BD-50s (which I would be shocked if they weren’t), then its really no big deal. No pre-order is available yet, but scroll down for the first official announcement and specs! 
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has finally announced the Blu-ray release of writer/director Spike Jonze’s award-winning Her, which stars Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Chris Pratt, Olivia Wilde and the sexy, seductive voice of Scarlett Johansson. The romantic science fiction drama was nominated for five Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and won Best Original Screenplay. Oh yeah! The date! I’m sorry…I’m just so excited for this release!!! Her will arrive on Blu-ray/DVD/UltraViolet combo pack on May 13th. I was blown away by what a character relationship piece this is and can’t wait to experience it all again on Blu-ray! Check out the full press release below. 
