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 March 4, 2014. For the complete list of February DVD releases, click here, and the complete list of Blu-ray releases can be found here.
February 4 Releases
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The Visitor
Restored and re-released late last year through Drafthouse Films, director Giulio Paradisi's offbeat psychological thriller follows an eight-year-old girl with powerful telekinetic abilities and the various agencies and alignments that attempt to decide her fate. The 1979 cult classic features talent like John Huston, Shelley Winters, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen, Franco Nero and Sam Peckinpah.
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The Venture Bros: The Fantastic Fifth Season
All eight episodes of the hit Cartoon Network series are collected for the home video release of the show's complete fifth season. In addition to deleted scenes, every episode features a full-length commentary with creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer.
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Oldboy
Spike Lee's take on Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi's manga series (previously adapted into a film by Park Chan-wook) stars Josh Brolin as Joe, a man mysteriously imprisoned in a single room for exactly 20 years. Suddenly released one day, Joe finds that he faces a ticking clock to find out exactly who is responsible and to seek his revenge.
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
A rare Friday release (it hits store shelves March 7), the second chapter in the Hunger Games franchise arrives on Blu-ray with more than four hours of special features, including hours of featurettes, deleted scenes and a feature-length commentary with director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson.
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The Grandmaster
Wong Kar-wai (In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express) explores the real-life legend of Ip Man, the Kung Fu master who mentored Bruce Lee in last year's The Grandmaster. The film comes to Blu-ray with a seven-part behind-the-scenes featurette series, a conversation with Shannon Lee, the daughter of Bruce Lee and more!
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Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
The Eleventh hour draws to a close as Matt Smith bids a fond farewell to the long-running sci-fi franchise. Last year's Christmas Special (which also features the first full appearance of Peter Capaldi's 12th Doctor) hits DVD and Blu-ray with three new featurettes that explore the show's long history and Smith's final goodbye.
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Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Performed at Madison Square Garden in 1992, the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration is an essential entry in the poet laureate's rich musical history, boasting acts Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Stevie Wonder, Johnny and June Carter Cash, The Band and many more! Released on Blu-ray for the first time, the new set includes 40 minutes of previously unreleased material, including behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage, interviews and more.
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An American Tail
A modern family classic, An American Tail is the work of animation legend Don Bluth. Released to theaters in 1986, the period musical, set in the late 19th century, follows the adventures of Fievel, a young Russian mouse who gets separated from his family when they emigrate to the United States.
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The 300 Spartans
With 300: Rise of an Empire hitting the big screen this week, 20th Century Fox is re-releasing (in HD for the first time) director Rudolph Mat's 1962 version of the same historical battle between Greek and Persian forces.
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12 Years a Slave
Having just taken home three Academy Awards (including Best Picture), Steve McQueen's adaptation of Solomon Northup's 1853 autobiography comes to DVD and Blu-ray with a number of special features, including the 40-minute documentary "12 Years a Slave: A Historical Portrait," which offers an extended look at the harrowing imprisonment Northrup was forced into for more than a decade.
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