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Get Reel Digital: May DVD Releases

Entertainment May 12, 2015

by Matthew Currie

This Month’s Top Blu-Rays Include an Oscar-Winning Martin Luther King Biopic, a Rip-Roaring Submarine Thriller and the Return of Orange Is The New Black!

Selma (Now Available, Paramount)

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British thespian David Oyelowo took on the role of a lifetime, playing Martin Luther King, Jr., in this Oscar-winning (for Best Original Song) biopic chronicling the good doctor’s 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to rally support for equal voting rights. Beset by racism, hostility, and violence at every turn, King and his followers won't be deterred and they strike a historic blow for the Civil Rights Movement.

Black Sea (Now Available, Alliance)

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Jude Law heads up this gritty high-seas drama from director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland). In it, he plays a submarine captain who, with his back against the wall, accepts a risky job to plumb the ocean floor in search of a sub rumoured to be packed with Nazi gold. With a crew split evenly between British and Russian mercenaries, however, tensions beneath the surface quickly reach a boiling point, and the search for a fortune evolves into a fight for survival.

Still Alice (Now Available, Sony)

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The great Julianne Moore finally has an Oscar to put on her mantle, thanks to her stirring turn in this raw, intimate drama about a middle-aged mother and linguistics professor forced to cope with early-onset Alzheimer’s. As a woman who's always relied on her sharp mind to define her, Alice must find a way to come to terms with a disease that's slowly stealing her identity. Alec Baldwin and Kristen Stewart also earned considerable praise for their tender turns as her husband and daughter.

Orange Is the New Black: Season 2 (May 19, eOne)

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Just ahead of the season-three premiere of this Netflix prison dramedy, season two comes to home video. Creator Jenji Kohan once again strikes a pitch-perfect balance between chuckles and pathos while shifting focus away from ostensible protagonist Piper (Taylor Schilling) to fill in other characters’ tragic backstories and give the rest of the diverse ensemble a chance to shine — and they don’t disappoint. In particular, things inside Litchfield Correctional reach a whole new level when Vee (the magnificent Lorraine Toussaint) shows up, looking to install herself as the new power and, in the process, sending ripples of pain and violence through the entire incarcerated community.

What We Do in the Shadows (May 19, Team Marketing)

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Flight of the Conchords alum Jemaine Clement and his fellow Kiwi Taika Waititi team up for this sublime vampire mockumentary about three New Zealand flatmates who also happen to be ancient bloodsuckers. But when they’re not battling vampire hunters or making meals of their neighbours, this trio is pretty much like any other group of people living together — which is to say they're mired in petty squabbles over who forgot to do the dishes. One of the most uproarious horror comedies of the past decade, What We Do in the Shadows will leave you grinning from ear to ear for pretty much every second of its 86-minute runtime.

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Matthew Currie

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A long-standing entertainment journalist, Currie is a graduate of the Professional Writing program at Toronto’s York University. He has spent the past number of years working as a freelancer for ANOKHI and for diverse publications such as Sharp, TV Week, CAA’s Westworld and BC Business. Currie ...

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by Matthew Currie

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