Each week we like to try to let you know what new options you have in the way of new Blu-rays. Here’s a list of movies being released today, April 15, 2014.

PHILOMENA Brief Synopsis: “A woman searches for her adult son, who taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.” Overall Rating Rank from 2013 75% 59 Cast: Judi Dench – Steve Coogan – Michelle Fairley – Mare Winningham – Anna Maxwell Martin – Charlie Murph – Simone Lahbib– Sophie Kennedy Clark – Charles Edwards – Sean Mahon –Directed by: Stephen Frears. RATING BREAKDOWN (THE MIXED BAG) Buttery 30% Regular 60% Half-Popped 10% Stale 0% Burnt 0%

SELECT REVIEWS

• Marshall And The Movies -[88 / 100]- (full review)
• Minnesota Man -[85 / 100]- (full review) – This is one of those films that creeps up on you in ways you least expect it.
• Movie Waffler Eric Hillis -[80 / 100]- (full review)
• Bryan Lienesch -[76 / 100]- – ‘Philomena’ is good, but ultimately what holds it back from being great is its own indecision as to what it is. Is it a history-hunting thriller? Is it an artsy tale of the unlikely kinship between two people worlds apart? Or is it period piece with a scathing message for how Irish nunneries conduct themselves? Trying to be all three, as Stephen Frears’ latest film does, can only have so much success.
• Silver Screen Riot Matt Oakes -[71 / 100]- (full review)
• Angry Vader -[70 / 100]- (full review)
• Fast Film Reviews Mark Hobin -[70 / 100]- (full review)
• Dan O’Neill -[50 / 100]- (full review)

SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY, THE Brief Synopsis: “A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.” Overall Rating Rank from 2013 76.15% 54 Cast: Ben Stiller – Kristen Wiig – Patton Oswalt – Shirley MacLaine –Adam Scott – Kathryn Hahn – Sean Penn – Terence Bernie Hines –Gurdeep Singh – Alex Anfanger – Directed by: Ben Stiller. RATING BREAKDOWN (THE MIXED BAG) Buttery 30.77% Regular 46.15% Half-Popped 23.08% Stale 0% Burnt 0%

SELECT REVIEWS

• Words of WisTIM -[92 / 100]- (full review)
• Dave Examines Movies -[86 / 100]- (full review)
• Committed to Celluloid Fernando Rafael -[80 / 100]- (full review)
• Fr Dennis -[80 / 100]- (full review)
• Tom Little of Digital Shortbread -[78 / 100]- (full review)
• Dan O’Neill -[75 / 100]- (full review)
• mducoing -[70 / 100]- (full review)
• Angry Vader -[61 / 100]- (full review)
• Chris of This Is Madness -[50 / 100]- (full review)

RIDE ALONG Brief Synopsis: “For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben (Kevin Hart) has been trying to show decorated APD detective James (Ice Cube) that he’s more than just a video-game junkie who’s unworthy of James’ sister, Angela (Tika Sumpter). When Ben finally gets accepted into the academy, he thinks he’s earned the seasoned policeman’s respect and asks for his blessing to marry Angela. Knowing that a ride along will demonstrate if Ben has what it takes to take care of his sister, James invites him on a shift designed to scare the hell out of the trainee. But when the wild night leads them to the most notorious criminal in the city, James will find that his new partner’s rapid-fire mouth is just as dangerous as the bullets speeding at it.” Overall Rating Rank from 2014 47.07% 30 Cast: Ice Cube – Kevin Hart – John Leguizamo – Tika Sumpter –Laurence Fishburne – Bruce McGill – Bryan Callen – Gary Weeks –Gary Owen – Jay Pharaoh – Jasmine Burke – David Banner – Aaron Saxton – Lucius Baston – Directed by: Tim Story. RATING BREAKDOWN (THE MIXED BAG) Buttery 0% Regular 11.11% Half-Popped 55.56% Stale 22.22% Burnt 11.11%

SELECT REVIEWS

• Dave Examines Movies -[66 / 100]- (full review)
• Fr Dennis -[61 / 100]- (full review)
• Tom Little of Digital Shortbread -[54 / 100]- (full review)
• Sober Film Critic James Brown -[52 / 100]- (full review)
• Dan O’Neill -[50 / 100]- (full review)
• Minnesota Man -[30 / 100]- (full review)
• Citizen Charlie -[29.6 / 100]- (full review)

THE NUT JOB Brief Synopsis: “Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Lucky for him, he stumbles on the one thing that may be able to save his life, and the rest of park community, as they gear up for winter – Maury’s Nut Store.” Overall Rating Rank from 2014 46.75% 32 Cast: Will Arnett – Katherine Heigl – Brendan Fraser – Liam Neeson –Stephen Lang – Sarah Gadon – Directed by: Peter Lepeniotis. RATING BREAKDOWN (THE MIXED BAG) Buttery 0% Regular 0% Half-Popped 100% Stale 0% Burnt 0%

SELECT REVIEWS

• Fr Dennis -[43 / 100]- (full review)
• Citizen Charlie -[43 / 100]- (full review)
• Minnesota Man -[40 / 100]- (full review)

Check out previous editions of DVD Release announcements here!