Magnet Releasing takes a DETOUR (review)

When law student Harper's mother gets into a car wreck and is put on life support, he blames his stepfather.  Meeting two-bit criminal Johnny Ray in a bar, he drunkenly makes a deal to pay the man twenty grand to teach his stepfather a lesson.  When the Johnny appears on his doorstep the next day, Harper's life splits into two parallel realities: one where he goes with Johnny and hooker Cherry to Vegas to kill his stepfather, and another in which he remains home only for things to go equally awry.  Tye Sheridan, Bel Powley, Emory Cohen, Stephen Moyer, and John Hannah star in this film noir homage from Christopher Smith (CREEP, TRIANGLE).

REVIEW LINK: Magnet Releasing (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

DETOUR Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles
• Behind the Scenes
• Deleted Scenes
• Interviews with director Christopher Smith and actor Tye Sheridan
• Theatrical Trailer
• Previews

Magnet peers through THE EYES OF MY MOTHER (Review)

REVIEW LINK: Magnet Releasing (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE EYES OF MY MOTHER Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 widescreen
• English/Portuguese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles
• Interview with director Nicolas Pesce
• Behind the Scenes Still Gallery
• Previews

Magnolia Pictures befriends LITTLE MEN (review)

In the indie family drama LITTLE MEN, Brian inherits his estranged father's home above a dress shop rented for years by a family friend and her son.  When the issue of raised rent comes between the two families, their sons swear an oath of silence against their parents but also find their friendship tested in other ways.

REVIEW LINK: Magnolia Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

LITTLE MEN DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.66:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1
• Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles
• Making-of
• Audition Tapes
• Trailer

Magnolia Pictures fears THE ONES BELOW (review)

Career-oriented Kate and Justin are finally expecting, as is the new couple Jon and Theresa below until a tense dinner party ends in inexplicable tragedy.  As Kate gives birth to her baby, she soon starts to grow suspicious of and fear THE ONES BELOW in this British paranoia thriller.

REVIEW LINK: Magnolia Pictures (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE ONES BELOW Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles
• "Creating a Cinematic Moment: Under the Bridge"
• "Going Below the Story"
• "Beyond the Cast and Characters"
• "Car Stunt: Breaking Down an Action Sequence"
• Theatrical Trailer

Magnolia Pictures reflects on MY GOLDEN DAYS (review)

In this prequel to Arnaud Desplechin's memorable MY SEX LIFE... OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT, Mathieu Amalric plays an anthropologist who reflects on his past and the great love of his life as he returns to France after a long self-exile.

REVIEW LINK: Magnolia Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

MY GOLDEN DAYS DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.40:1 widescreen
• French Dolby Digital 5.1
• Optional English, English SDH, and Spanish subtitles
• "Casting Session: Paul & Esther"
• "Two Pauls and Three Esthers: Meeting the Cast of MY GOLDEN DAYS"
• A Conversation with director Arnaud Desplechin
• Theatrical Trailer

Magnolia Entertainment investigates THE LADY IN THE CAR WITH GLASSES AND A GUN

In this visually dynamic adaptation of the novel by Sebastien Japrisot, mousey secretary Dany's decision to play hooky from work with her boss' sports car vaults her into a bizarre adventure in the French countryside as she encounters people who claimed to have seen her before, a violent attack by an unseen assailant, and the sudden appearance of a body in the trunk.

REVIEW LINK: Magnolia Entertainment (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE LADY IN THE CAR WITH GLASSES AND A GUN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 widescreen
• French and English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English, English SDH, English Narrative, and Spanish subtitles
• "The Man in the Car with a Pen and a Camera" interview with director Joann Sfar
• "The Paintings of director Joann Sfar"
• Theatrical Trailer
• Previews

Arrow Films goes on a HONEYMOON (review)

COCKNEYS VS. ZOMBIES' Harry Treadaway and GAME OF THRONES' Rose Leslie star in this intriguing and creepy feature about a New York couple who go north to a Canadian cabin for their honeymoon.  The husband encounters strange phenomena including his wife's sudden habit of sleepwaking.  As she grows more distant from him, he begins to believe that she is literally a completely different person or thing.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Films (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

HONEYMOON DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1
• Behind the Scenes
• Theatrical Trailer

 More Arrow Films reviews at Review Archive: Arrow Films.

Artificial Eye and Takashi Miike take on 13 ASSASSINS (review)

Takashi Miike's epic samurai pic hits UK DVD and Blu-Ray courtesy of Artificial Eye.  The Japanese version ran roughly twenty minutes longer than the international version, but the DVDs feature all of the trimmed footage in the deleted scenes section!

REVIEW LINK: Artificial Eye (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD vs Magnolia/Magnet (USA) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

13 ASSASSINS Artificial Eye DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Interview with Takashi Miike
• Deleted Scenes

13 ASSASSINS Magnolia/Magnet DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 audio
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Interview with Takashi Miike
• Deleted Scenes
• Digital Copy disc