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On DVD This Week: Walking Dead S5, Big Game, Citizenfour, And More

by | August 24, 2015 | Comments

This week on home video, we’ve got an Oscar-winning documentary, a star-studded romantic dramedy, an Oscar-nominated Criterion drama, a couple of cult classics, an oddball action flick, and a couple more. Read on for details:


The Walking Dead: Season 5 (2014) 90%

Thoughtful and gory in equal measure, AMC’s wildly popular action drama follows the lives of a handful of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. You can catch up on the fifth season in time for the season six premiere on October 11.

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Citizenfour (2014) 96%

This Academy Award-winning documentary chronicles NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s life in exile.

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Two Days One Night (2014) 97%

Marion Cotillard stars in the Dardenne brothers’ Certified Fresh, Oscar-nominated drama about a woman who tries to return to work after suffering a nervous breakdown.

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Aloha (2015) 20%

In Cameron Crowe’s latest, Bradley Cooper stars as a pilot who travels to Hawaii to work for a private space firm, where he falls for fellow pilot Allison (Emma Stone) and reconnects with his ex Tracy (Rachel McAdams).

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Big Game (2014) 76%

Samuel L. Jackson and Ray Stevenson star in an action adventure about a teenager who helps to save the president of the United States after Air Force One is shot down.

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Iris (2014) 98%

This Certified Fresh documentary portrait of fashion maven Iris Apfel was the final film from legendary documentarian Albert Maysles.

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Skin Trade (2014) 29%

Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa star an action thriller about two guys on the trail of the head of a human trafficking cartel.

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The Last Dragon (1985) 61%

(In Blu-ray) Motown meets martial arts in this tale of a budding karate master in love with a DJ who happens to be a gangster’s girlfriend.

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Vampire Hunter D (1985) 78%

This anime cult classic — about a young girl who goes to battle against a wide variety of bizarre creatures — is sci-fi/fantasy of a decidedly gothic stripe.

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