Its a big week in home video releases for indie features. Here’s the run down of what’s out on January 20th in DVD and BluRay.
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Tom Hardy stars a bartender who gets caught up with Chechen mobsters in the crime drama. The Drop features the final motion picture performance from the late James Gandolfini. The film also costars Noomi Rapace but the scene stealer was the pittbull pup Hardy’s character adopts. Just check out these pics of Hardy and the puppy (in a sweater)! The Drop is rated 14A, while you’re on BuzzFeed its probably best to check out the reunion photos of Hardy and dog.
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The newest from Portland, Oregon based animation house Laika Studios, The Boxtrolls expands on the tale of underground creatures wearing boxes for clothes from ‘s book Here Be Monsters. After finding Eggs (Isaac Hempstead Wright), an abandoned human baby the Boxtrolls adopt him and raise him in their underground home. When Eggs stars exploring the world above he discovers that an exterminator (Ben Kingsley) plans to terminate his family and its up to Eggs to stop him. The darling stop motion animation is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animation and its got a good chance considering the Academy likes to reward hand drawn or stop motion animation over CGI pictures. The Boxtrolls is now available on DVD and BluRay.
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
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This delightful comedy from Sweden stars Robert Gustafsson as the title centenarian, Allan Karlsson. Over his 100 years Allan’s had some incredible adventures and after he stumbles out of his nursing home, finds millions of dollars and incites the wrath of local gang members its clear that the next 100 years will be just as adventurous.
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared was a great success in its native country, it has since screened in over 40 countries. It is the third largest grossing Swedish film, falling behind The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire.
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The horror film traces the origins of the haunted doll Annabelle. Produced by horror it-boy James Wan (Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring) the film was part prequel part spin-off of The Conjuring where the demonic doll was first introduced to audiences. A sequel is already in the works so its safe to assume the doll has more adventures ahead of her before The Conjuring‘s exorcists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring her down for good. Annabelle is rated 14A.
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In Luc Besson’s surprise box office hit Lucy Scarlett Johansson stars as the titular Lucy, a party girl who taps into the full potential of her brain after ingesting a new drug. Despite being based on an ubran myth (we use more than 8% of our brain, or at least most of us do) the film still managed to sky rocket in the international box office. The film cost $40 million and made over $480 million at the box office – not a bad return on investments. Lucy is rated 14A.
