Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s weekly sneak peek at the major DVD and Blu-ray releases! Using the gallery below, you’ll be able to navigate through some of the key titles that are set to hit stores on February 25, 2014. For the complete list of February DVD releases, click here, and the complete list of Blu-ray releases can be found here.
February 25 Blu-ray and DVD Releases
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Thor: The Dark World
Phase Two of Marvel Studios' Cinematic Universe continues with Thor: The Dark World coming home just in time for fans to get another viewing in before the theatrical release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier on April 4. In addition to a four-minute preview of that film, Thor includes "Hail to the King," a new "Marvel One-Shot" that features Ben Kingsley reprising his Iron Man 3 role.
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Tess
Roman Polanski's Victorian drama (based on Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles") took home three Academy Awards following its release in 1979. It joins the Criterion Collection with a number of special features, including two documentaries about the production: One shot during the production for French television and one created in 2006.
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The Shadow
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! Alec Baldwin stars as Lamont Cranston, the man who becomes New York City's mysterious defender in director Russell Mulcahy's 1994 take on the pulp hero. Celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year, The Shadow comes to Blu-ray for the first time from Shout! Factory, along with a 23-minute look back, featuring new interviews with the entire cast.
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Nebraska
Alexander Payne's humor-infused drama offers an honest look at the American midwest through the eyes of a young man (Will Forte) and his elderly father (Bruce Dern), who wind up traveling together from Montana to Nebraska. Nebraska is currently nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and, for Dern, Best Actor in a leading role.
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LA Law: Season One
Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher's hit series premiered on NBC in 1986 and ran for nearly 200 episodes over the next eight years. Now, the firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak takes up residency on DVD, courtesy of Shout! Factory.
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King of the Hill
Writer/director Steven Soderbergh's third feature film adapts A.E. Hotchner's memoir of the same name, depicting St. Louis life during the Great Depression. It joins the Criterion Collection with Soderbergh's entire follow-up feature, The Underneath, included as a special feature.
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Gravity
One of the biggest box office hits of 2013, Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity has already grossed more than $700 million. Now, it comes to DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D in an edition that includes hours of special features, including "Aningaaq," a ten-minute short film by Cuaron's son, Jonas Cuaron, that tells a parallel narrative set in the world of Gravity.
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Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard ushered in the French New Wave, redefining the art of filmmaking with his 1960 masterpiece, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg. A must-own for any serious film collector, Breathless releases the previous Criterion Collection Blu-ray and DVD together as one of their new dual-format sets.
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Blue is the Warmest Color
The winner of last year's Palme d'or, Abdellatif Kechiche's story of sexual awakening joins the Criterion Collection as a new budget-priced movie-only release. If you're willing to wait, however, Criterion has plans to reissue the film in the future as a full-fledged special edition.
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Adventure Time: Season Three
All 26 episodes of the hit Cartoon Network series come to Blu-ray in a special release that includes cut-out arms and legs so that fans can turn the packaging into their very own BMO!
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