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 11, 2014. For the complete list of February DVD releases, click here, and the complete list of Blu-ray releases can be found here.
February 11 Releases
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Wadjda
Critically lauded around the world, writer/director Haifaa al-Mansour's Wadjda follows a young Saudi girl's attempts to raise the money necessary to purchase the green bicycle of her dreams. Released in 2012, Wadjda is both the first feature film to be shot entirely in Saudia Arabia and the first to be helmed by a female Saudi director.
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Sherlock: Season Three
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman return as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for three new feature-length adventures - "The Empty Hearse," "The Sign of Three" and "His Last Vow." The latest adventures hit DVD and Blu-ray with several new featurettes, including one dedicated to fan theories about how Sherlock survived last season's "The Reichenbach Fall."
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The Jungle Book
Although dualing live-action versions of Rudyard Kipling's India-set tales are headed the big screen, the best known version of The Jungle Book is still Walt Disney's animated version, which boasts songs like Oscar-nominated "The Bare Necessities." The studio's 19th animated classic, The Jungle Book hits Blu-ray for the first time ever.
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Ender's Game
A live-action version of Orson Scott Card's modern sci-fi classic has been awaited ever since the book was released in 1985. Director Gavin Hood finally took the helm for the recent release, which boasts a cast that includes Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin and Ben Kingsley.
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Diana
Naomi Watts stars as the late Princess of Wales in director Oliver Hirschbiegel's recent biopic, based on Kate Snell's 2001 book "Diana: Her Last Love." The film hits home video accompanied by a series of interviews with Watts and her fellow cast and crew.
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The Counselor
Director Ridley Scott's recent teaming with Cormac McCarthy received mixed reviews but boasts an all-star cast, including Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. It hits Blu-ray with a new extended cut running an extra 20 minutes (the theatrical cut is included, too).
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The Best Man Holiday
15 years after the original The Best Man became a sleeper hit, writer/director Malcolm D. Lee welcomes back Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun, Melissa De Sousa and Regina Hall for a holiday-themed reunion that proved to be popular with critics and audiences alike. It hits Blu-ray with quite a few special features, including a feature-length commentary with Lee.
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Austenland
Director Jerusha Hess' indie comedy stars Keri Russell as a woman who, obsessed with the author, travels to a Jane Austen-themed vacation experience in the hopes of finding her perfect man. Also starring J.J. Feild, Bret McKenzie and Jennifer Coolidge, Austenland comes to Blu-ray with a feature-length audio commentary and a 30-minute video Q&A.
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The Armstrong Lie
Alex Gibney's 2013 documentary takes an unbiased look at the life of cyclist Lance Armstrong and the media affair that broke out over allegations that he had used performance-enhancing drugs during his seven Tour de France wins. It arrives on Blu-ray with a number of deleted scenes, a 40-minute video Q&A session and a feature-length audio commentary with Gibney.
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The Americans: Season One
All 13-episodes of FX's hit espionage drama hit home video this week. Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys star as Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two KGB officers posing as a married American couple in the middle of the Cold War. Among the special features is a commentary track on the first season's finale, "The Colonel."
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All is Lost
The New York Film Critics Circle named Robert Redford the best actor of 2013 for his performance in J.C. Chandor's dramatic tale of survival on the Indian Ocean. Featuring virtually no dialogue and no cast outside of Redford, All is Lost comes to Blu-ray with a host of special features, including a feature-length commentary track with Chandor.
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