Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s look at all the top entertainment hitting this week on Blu-ray and DVD. Check out the gallery viewer below for a look at all the major new releases, television season sets and catalogue titles hitting the shelves today, March 17, 2015.
There are quite a few recent big screen releases coming home, starting with director Will Gluck’s Annie, starring Quvenzhané Wallis as the comic strip orphan turned Broadway star. Then, it’s back to ancient Egypt for the Ridley Scott biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, starring Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton as Moses and the Pharaoh Ramses. DreamWorks Animation, meanwhile, delivers the animated adventure Penguins of Madagascar, while Universal offers the Academy Award-nominated Song of the Sea and Chris Rock writes, directs and stars in the comedy drama Top Five.
With season two set to premiere April 13, AMC brings home the first season of their revolutionary war thriller TURN: Washington’s Spies with all five episodes of the Ridley Scott-produced webseries Halo: Nightfall also hitting shelves.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has two light-hearted catalogue comedy dramas making their Blu-ray debut. Look for My Girl and Troop Beverly Hills, both arriving in HD for the first time with newly-created special features.
Finally, the Criterion Collection welcomes two brand-new additions with Francois Truffaut’s 1964 Palme d’Or nominee The Soft Skin and the 1947 southwestern noir Ride the Pink Horse, directed by and starring Robert Montgomery.
You can check out all the cover art in the gallery viewer below alongside a listing of each release’s special features (where applicable):
This Week on Blu-ray and DVD: March 17, 2015
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Annie
- Directors Commentary
- The Making-of Annie
- You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile Music Video
- Bloopers
- Something Was Missing Deleted Song with Jamie Foxx
- Sing-Alongs: Hard Knock Life, I Dont Need Anything But You, I Think Im Gonna Like It
- Here, Opportunity, & Tomorrow
- Its a Hard Knock Camp Featurette
- Fun with Sandy the Dog Featurette
- A Day on Set With Quvenzhané, & Moonquake Lake On Set!
- Tomorrow Around the World Featurette
- Photo Gallery
- Trivia Track -
Exodus: Gods and Kings
- The Exodus Historical Guide, a Feature length Trivia Track
- Nine Deleted and Extended Scenes
- Audio Commentary by Director/Producer Ridley Scott and Co-Screenwriter Jeffrey Caine
- Eight Deleted and Extended Scenes
- Audio Commentary by Director/Producer Ridley Scott and Co-Screenwriter Jeffrey Caine -
Penguins of Madagascar
- Top Secret Guide to Becoming an Elite Agent
- “He is Dave” Music Video
- Flipper Slap Shake Waddle and Roll
- “Celebrate” Music Video by Pitbull
- Do The Penguin Shake with tWitch
- Deleted Scene
- Madagascar Mash Up
- Global Flight Plan
- Cheezy Dibbles Ad -
Top Five
- Feature Audio Commentary By Actor/Director Chris Rock
- Never Just A Movie: Chris Rock and Top Five
- The Making of Top Five
- Andre Allen Standup Outtakes
- Top Five moments you didn't see in theaters
- Three Deleted Scenes -
Song of the Sea
- Audio Commentary with Director Tomm Moore
- Behind the Scenes with Optional Commentary from Director Tomm Moore
- Animation Tests with Optional Commentary from Director Tomm Moore
- The Art of Song of the Sea
- Conceptual Trailer
- U.S. Trailers -
Halo: Nightfall
- Over 35 Minutes Of Exclusive Behind The Scenes Footage
- 45 Minutes Of Second Story Extras
- Highly Confidential ONI Eyes Transmissions -
Turn: Washington's Spies - The Complete First Season
- The History of Turn: Washington's Spies
- From Art to Image
- Deleted Scenes -
My Girl
- All-New Commentary with Writer Laurice Molinari
- Two All-New Featurettes:
- "A Day on Set: Bingo!" – A behind-the-scenes look at filming the very fun bingo scene with Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis.
- "A Day on Set: First Kiss" - This featurette offers a rare look at filming Thomas and Vada's first kiss.
- Original Theatrical Behind-the-Scenes Featurette - Original 1991 featurette created for the theatrical release. Features behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd & Jamie Lee Curtis. -
Troop Beverly Hills
- Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes
- "The Real Phyllis Nefler: Ava Ostern Fries" - Ava Ostern Fries, the real life Phyllis Nefler, discusses how she was inspired to create the film using her real-life experiences with her daughter's Girl Scout troop. She reminisces about her time on set with the kids, Shelley Long and countless other stories about the wonderful time filming in Beverly Hills.
- "Shelley Long Remembers Troop Beverly Hills" - Shelley Long looks back on her time making the film, including first reading the script, filming, her co-stars, favorite moments, costumes, locations and the real Phyllis Nefler. -
Ride the Pink Horse
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary featuring film noir historians Alain Silver and James Ursini
- New interview with Imogen Sara Smith, author of In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City
- Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1947, featuring Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix, and Thomas Gomez
- An essay by filmmaker and writer Michael Almereyda -
The Soft Skin
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary by screenwriter Jean-Louis Richard and François Truffaut scholar Serge Toubiana
- New video essay by filmmaker and critic Kent Jones
- Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock, a 1999 documentary by film historian Robert Fischer
- Interview with Truffaut from 1965 about the film
- New English subtitle translation
- An essay by critic Molly Haskell
