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 11. For the complete list of February DVD releases, click here, and the complete list of Blu-ray releases can be found here.
March 11 Releases
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Samson & Delilah
Cecil B. DeMille's 1949 biblical epic comes to Blu-ray for the very first time. Starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr, the film took home two Academy Awards, including Best Art Direction (Color) and Best Costume Design (Color).
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Out of the Furnace
Director Stuart Cooper's followup to his directorial debut, Crazy Heart, Out of the Furnace comes home this week. Written by Cooper and Brad Ingelsby, the thriller boasts an ensemble cast that includes Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker and Dendrie Taylor.
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Iron Sky: Director's Cut
It's American astronauts versus Nazis on the moon in the director's cut of Timo Vuorensola's sci-fi comedy actioner, Iron Sky, hitting Blu-ray in a limited steelbook edition. The new cut runs an extra 20 minutes and the two-disc set also includes a 90-minute behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the film.
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Inside Llewyn Davis
The Coen Brothers' latest is a folk music-fueled meditation on art and fate, starring Oscar Isaac as the titluar freewheelin' troubadour. The Blu-ray includes a 40-minute making-of document while the tie-in concert "Another Day/Another Time" also sees release this week on Digital.
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Homefront
Jason Statham stars as ex-DEA agent Phil Broker who, soon after returning to the quiet southern town where he grows up, finds himself crossing paths with a dangerous drug lord, Gator Bodine (James Franco). Also starring Winona Ryder, Frank Grillo and Kate Bosworth, Homefront's special features include a series of deleted scenes.
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster star as Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp in director John Sturges' 1957 take on one of the Old West's most famous showdowns. Nominated for two Academy Awards, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral comes to Blu-ray for the first time ever.
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George Washington
David Gordon Green's (All the Real Girls, Pineapple Express) feature debut gets a Blu-ray reissue this week from Criterion. Among the set's many features are Green's two student shorts, "Pleasant Grove" and "Physical Pinball," as well as Clu Gulager's 1969 short, "A Day with the Boys," one of Green's primary influences for Green's 2000 indie.
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El Dorado
Howard Hawks' 1966 Western pairs John Wayne and Robert Mitchum for a big screen adaptation of Harry Brown's "The Stars in Their Courses." Often considered a loose remake of Hawks' 1959 Rio Bravo, El Dorado is actually the second of three similarly plotted films by Hawks, starring Wayne. The thematic trilogy concluded in 1970 with Rio Lobo.
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Easy Money: Hard to Kill
RoboCop star Joel Kinnaman returns as JW in the Babak Najafi-directed sequel to Safe House director Daniel Espinosa's 2010 action thriller. Cinedigm is releasing the second chapter in the trilogy of Jens Lapidus novel adaptations with plans to release the final film, Easy Money: Life Deluxe soon.
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The Book Thief
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Markus Zusak, director Brian Percival's film stars Sophie Nelisse as Liesel, a young girl who, in World War II Germany, steals books so that she may share them with others. The film arrives on Blu-ray with a number of deleted scenes and a 30-minute behind-the-scenes featurette.
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