Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s look at all the major releases hitting this week on Blu-ray and DVD! As was the case with last week‘s releases, this week’s titles are a bit fewer in number due to the holidays, but there are still some noteworthy discs.
Having grossed more than $191 million at the worldwide box office, The Equalizer debuts on Blu-ray today. The film reunites director Antonine Fuqua with his Training Day star, two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington, who headlines opposite Chloe Grace Mortez.
From Millennium Films comes both Reach Me and Elsa & Fred. The former indie offers a dramatic ensemble from writer/director John Herzfeld with a cast that includes Tom Berenger, Lauren Cohan, Kevin Connolly, Kelsey Grammer, Omari Hardwick, Thomas Jane, Sylvester Stallone and Kyra Sedgwick. The latter, meanwhile, hails from director Michael Radford and delivers a lighthearted senior citizen romance that pairs Academy Award winners Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer.
Kevin Smith’s latest, Tusk, tells the twisted horror tale of a podcaster (Justin Long) who is lured by the promise of an interesting tale to the backwoods of Manitoba. Little does he realize that the man telling it (Michael Parks) is really planning to use the opportunity to transform the podcaster into a monstrous walrus creature.
Then, on the small screen front, we’ve got both Banshee: The Complete Second Season and Shameless: The Complete Fourth Season. The “Banshee” set collects all ten episodes of the hit Cinemax series created by Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler that follows the misadventures of an ex-convict in the largely Amish town of Banshee, Pennsylvania. “Shameless” then gives fans a chance to catch up with with Showtime’s hit comedy drama in advance of the fifth season premiere on January 11.
You can check out all the cover art in the gallery viewer below alongside a listing of each releases’ special features (where applicable):
This Week on DVD and Blu-ray - December 30, 2014
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Banshee: The Complete First Season
Special Features:
- "Inside the Title Sequence" Featurette
- Twitter Commentary with Cast & Crew
- "Banshee Origins" Prequel Videos
- "Conversation Between Olek & the Albino"
- "Zoomed In: Episodes 1-4 & 6-8"
- Audio Commentaries with Cast & Crew
- Deleted Scenes
- Episode Recaps -
Elsa & Fred
Special Features:
- 20 Minute Behind the Scenes featurette, offering interviews with the cast and crew
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The Equalizer
Special Features:
- Two Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes: "Home Mart: Taking Care of Business One Bolt at a Time" and "Children of the Night"
- Vengeance Mode (Exclusive Blu-ray Featurette)
- Photo Gallery (Blu-ray Exclusive)
- Four Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes (Blu-ray Exclusive): "Inside The Equalizer," "Denzel Washington: A Different Kind of Superhero," "Equalizer Vision: Antoine Fuqua" and "One Man Army: Training and Fighting" -
Reach Me
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Shameless: The Complete Fourth Season
Special Features:
- "Being Gallagher" Featurette
- "Shameless Neighbors" Featurette
- Deleted Scenes -
Tusk
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with Kevin Smith
- "20 Years to Tusk" 25 Minute Featurette
- "The Making of Tusk" (14 Separate 2-6 Minute Featurettes)
- Smodcast #259: "The Walrus and the Carpenter" (where the film originated)
- Deleted Scenes (13 Minutes)