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 April 15. For the complete list of April DVD releases, click here, and the complete list of Blu-ray releases can be found here.
April 15 Releases
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Touch of Evil
Both the theatrical, preview and the 1998 reconstructed version of Orson Welles' 1958 film noir classic come to Blu-ray in a detailed set that includes four different audio commentary tracks, including one with stars Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh.
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Sleep My Love
Douglas Sirk directs Claudette Colbert in this 1948 film noir thriller that follows a wealthy woman targeted by criminals who hope to drive her to madness and suicide to claim her inheritance.
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Ben Stiller directs and stars in a new adaptation of James Thurber's 1939 short story (previously adapted for the screen in 1947). Boasting breathtaking cinematography by Stuart Dryburgh, the film hits Blu-ray with quite a few special features, including deleted scenes, a Jose Gonzales music video and nearly a dozen featurettes.
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Ride Along
Ice Cube and Kevin Hart take on the buddy cop genre with the story of a rookie cop (Hart) who will do anything to prove himself to his fiancee's brother (Cube). The film a box office hit, Ride Along 2 is already set for release in 2016.
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Philomena
Nominated for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards, Philomena manages to deliver a harrowing tale with a deftly comedic touch. Stephen Frears directs from a screenplay by Steven Coogan (and Jeff Pope), who also stars opposite Judi Dench (who was also nominated for her performance) in the title role. -
The Nut Job
A moderate box office hit earlier this year, The Nut Job tells the story of a squirrel, Surly (Will Arnett), who plans a nut store heist with his rodent friends. Also featuring the voice talents of Brendan Fraser, Gabriel Iglesias, Katherine Heigl and Liam Neeson, The Nut Job already has a sequel in the works for 2016.
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Men in War
Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray headline director Anthony Mann's 1957 adaptation of Van Van Praag's novel "Day Without End," moving the action from World War II to the Korean War.
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The Invisible Woman
While this week's release of Great Expectations stars Ralph Fiennes in a Charles Dickens tale, The Invisible Woman tells a very different, true-life story of the author and his affair with a woman called Nelly (Felicity Jones). In addition to starring Fiennes, The Invisible Woman marks his sophomore feature as a director.
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Great Expectations
From director Mike Newell, best known for helming Four Weddings and Funeral, comes a new period adaptation of Charles Dickens' literary classic with a cast that includes Jeremy Irvine, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes and Holliday Grainger.
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Double Indemnity
Billy Wilder's 1944 thriller was nominated for seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture) for its story of an insurance salesman (Fred MacMurray's Walter Neff) caught in the deadly web of Barbara Stanwyck's Phyllis Dietrichson, one of cinema's all-time great femme fatales. Among the definitive entries in the film noir genre, Double Indemnity is hitting Blu-ray for the first time.
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Breaking the Waves
Lars von Trier's 1996 drama earned star Emily Watson an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Bess McNeill, a young newlywed living in a small Scottish village who begins her own journey of discovery when her husband (Stellan Skarsgard) is paralyzed. The fourth von Trier film to join the Criterion Collection, Breaking the Waves arrives on Blu-ray for the first time.
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