Movies on DVD
X-Men: First Class is the prequel to the X-Men movies set in 1962. The U.S. government enlists the help of Mutants with superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determined to start world war III.
Special Features: Disc one: theatrical feature Blu-ray, X Marks the Spot, composer’s isolated score, Cerebro: mutant tracker, Children of the Atom – an eight part featurette, deleted scenes, disc two: a digital copy of the feature.
Hanna stars Saoirse Ronan as Hanna, a 16-year-old who was raised by her father to be the butt-kicking assassin. After she is sent on a mission across Europe, Hanna discovers that she is being tracked by Marissa (Cate Blanchett). Marissa is a ruthless intelligence agent who has a few secrets of her own.
In Everything Must Go, Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell) is an alcoholic who relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job. So, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Special Features: Behind the scenes featurette, audio commentary with Director Dan Rush, plus a Will Ferrell featurette.
TV on DVD
No Ordinary Family: The Complete First Season revolves around a family of superheroes, all with their own special abilities. The series was cancelled this past spring, which came as a huge disappointment to the fans.
The series stars Michael Chiklis, Julie Benz, Kay Panabaker and Jimmy Bennett.
Community: The Complete Second Season is a comedy series that takes place in a community college. Jeff Winger (Joe McHale) is an attorney whose education is determined void by the bar. So, he is sent back to a community college loaded with eclectic students and staff.
Special Features: Anthropology 101, commentary with actors Gillian Jacobs, Joel McHale, Joe Russo and Chris McKenna, accounting for lawyers commentary with series stars Joel McHale, Rob Corddry, Joe Russo and Emily Cutler, deleted scenes, the psychology of letting go commentary with actors Chevy Chase, Donald Glover, Anthony Russo and Hilary Winston, basic rocket science commentary with series Creator Dan Harmon and actors Donald Glover, Anthony Russo and Andy Bobrow, creating Wonderland, Abed’s uncontrollable Christmas, original storyboard animatic
Messianic myths and ancient peoples commentary with actors Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Richard Erdman and Garrett Donavan, epidemiology commentary with Creator Dan Harmon, actors Donald Glover, Ken Jeong and Anthony Hemingway, Abed’s uncontrollable Christmas in-process animatic, outtakes, aerodynamics of gender commentary with actors Donald Glover, Gillian Jacobs, Adam Countee and Producer Jake Aust, cooperative calligraphy commentary with Dan Harmon, Yvette Nicole Brown, Joe Russo and Megan Ganz, conspiracy theories and interior design commentary with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Jim Rash and Chris McKenna, mixology certification commentary with Yvette Nicole Brown, Joel McHale, Neil Goldman and Andy Bobrow, Abed’s uncontrollable Christmas commentary with Dan Harmon, Danny Pudi, Dino Stamatopoulos, Ludwig Goransson and Duke Johnson, Asian population studies commentary with Yvette Nicole Brown, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, Danny Pudi and Anthony Russo, outtakes, celebrity pharmacology commentary with Chevy Chase, Jim Rash and Hilary Winston, advanced Dungeons and Dragons commentary with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Joe Russo and Andrew Guest, early 21st century romanticism commentary with Donald Glover, Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong and Steven Sprung, intermediate documentary filmmaking commentary with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Joe Russo and Megan Ganz, introduction to political science commentary with Joel McHale, Dino Stamatopoulos, Joe Russo and Adam Countee with appearances by Robert Smigel and Andy Dick, custody law and Eastern European diplomacy commentary with Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs, Anthony Russo, Andy Bobrow, Season two: cast evaluations, more outtakes, DJ Steve Porter remixes, season one, critical film studies commentary with Ken Jeong, Danny Pudi, Neil Goldman and Sona Panos, competitive wine tasting commentary with Donald Glover, Danny Pudi, Producers Joe Russo and Jake Aust, paradigms of human memory commentary with Dan Harmon, Jim Rash, Director Tristram Shapeero and Producer Chris McKenna, applied anthropology and culinary arts commentary with Yvette Nicole Brown, Donald Glover, Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong, and Jim Rash, a fist full of paintballs commentary with Jim Rash, Joe Russo, Andrew Guest and Garrett Donovan, for a few paintballs more commentary with Donald Glover, Danny Pudi, Joe Russo and Hilary Winston, the paintball finale: from script to screen, plus, of course, even more outtakes.
The Office: Season Seven is a mockumentary based on a group of typical office workers. The workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium. The series is based on the hit BBC series of the same named created by Ricky Gervais.
Fringe: The complete Third Season centers around female FBI agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), who is forced to work with brilliant, yet institutionalized scientist, Walter Bishop (John Nobel), in order to rationalize a growing storm of unexplained phenomena. Walter is kept in check – sort of – by his son Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson).
Special Features: The mythology of Fringe, Fringe: analyzing the scene sidebars on six key episodes, in the lab with John Noble and Prop Master Rob Smith, commentary on four episodes by the series stars and the creative team, unusual side effects: gag reel, dissected files: unaired scenes, plus, the Unearthed episode starring Kirk Acevedo as Charlie.
Criminal Minds: The Sixth Season revolves around the Behavior Analysis Unit of the FBI. An elite group of investigators who dissect the pathology behind the minds of the criminals to locate, stop and arrest the assailants before they can continue their crime sprees.
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior – The DVD Edition is the spin-off series of Criminal Minds. However, this is an unconventional team that does its research in a rundown gym. The series was cancelled in May 2011, not quite able to attract the same passionate audience as Criminal Minds.
Parks and Recreation: Season Three follows the absurd antics of an Indiana town’s public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place. Season three was shot at the same time as season two to accommodate series star Amy Poehler’s growing pregnancy.