ChiIL Flicks Picks From Fox Home Entertainment & Searchlight Pictures

Check out these "new to blu" Fox favs, just released  or coming to Blu-Ray between now and June Just Announced ● Napoleon Dynamite 10th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray + DVD February 4 ● Garden State on Blu-ray March 4 ● Johnson Family Vacation on Blu-ray March 4 ● Once (Amazon Exclusive) on Blu-ray April 1 ● Notes On A Scandal (Amazon Exclusive) on Blu-ray April 29 ● The Deep End on Blu-ray May 6 ● The Ringer on Blu-ray June 3 ● Kissing Jessica Stein on Blu-ray June 3 Napoleon Dynamite 10th Anniversary Edition In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Napoleon Dynamite comes this fuzzy, collectible, liger-fur Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack with a locker-full of special features that are more fun than big sleeves and extra tots! Napoleon Dynamite is a new kind of hero, complete with a tight fro, sweet moon boots, and skills that can’t be topped. Napoleon spends his days drawing mythical beasts, duking it out with his brother Kip and avoiding his scheming Uncle Rico. When two new friends enter Napoleon’s life – shy Deb and mustachioed Pedro – the trio launches a campaign to elect Pedro for class president and make the student body’s wildest dreams come true. But if Pedro is to beat stuck-up Summer, Napoleon will have to unleash his secret weapon... Special Features Disc 1: Theatrical Feature Blu-ray ● Commentary by director/co-writer Jared Hess, actor Jon Heder and producer Jeremy Coon ● 5 Deleted Scenes with Commentary by director/co-writer Jared Hess, actor Jon Heder and producer Jeremy Coon ● Still Gallery ● Easter Egg - Fan Club Piece ● The Making of the Wedding of the Century Featurette Disc 2 Side 1: DVD ● Full Length Feature Widescreen ● Commentary by director/co-writer Jared Hess, actor Jon Heder and producer Jeremy Coon ● 5 Deleted Scenes with Commentary by director/co-writer Jared Hess, actor Jon Heder and producer Jeremy Coon ● Still gallery ● Easter Egg - Fan Club Piece Disc 2 Side 2: DVD ● Full Length Feature Pan & Scan ● Commentary by director/co-writer Jared Hess, actor Jon Heder and producer Jeremy Coon ● The Making of the Wedding of the Century Featurette Napoleon Dynamite 10th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray  Street Date: February 4, 2014 Prebook Date: January 8, 2014 Screen Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Spanish Dolby Surround 5.1 French Dolby Surround 5.1 Subtitles: English SDH/Spanish/French U.S. Rating: PG Total Run Time: 164 minutes Closed Captioned: Yes Garden State Writer/director Zach Braff delivers “an Oscar-worthy performance” (CBS-TV Chicago) in this quirky, coming-of-age comedy that has been hailed as “the seminal film for today’s generation” (USA Today). Twenty-something, emotionally-detached Andrew Largeman (Braff) returns home to New Jersey after nine, long years. Now, as he tries to re-connect with his past, a series of chance encounters with Sam (Natalie Portman) — a free-spirited girl who’s everything he isn’t — sets the stage for a fateful, mind-blowing take on what his future might hold. Co-starring Peter Sarsgaard, Ian Holm and Method Man, Garden State is “hilarious” (Rolling Stone). Special Features ● Commentary by Writer/director/actor Zach Braff and actor Natalie Portman ● Commentary by Writer/director/actor Zach Braff, director of Photography Lawrence Sher, Editor Myron Kerstein and Production Designer Judy Becker ● The Making of Garden State ● Outtakes/Bloopers ● Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Writer/director/actor Zach Braff, director of Photography Lawrence Sher, Editor Myron Kerstein and Production Designer Judy Becker Garden State Blu-ray  Street Date: March 4, 2014 Prebook Date: February 5, 2014 Screen Format: Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Subtitles: English/Spanish/French U.S. Rating: R Total Run Time: 95 minutes Closed Captioned: Yes Johnson Family Vacation Buckle up for the wildest road trip of the year! Cedric the Entertainer leads an all-star cast in this hilarious comedy adventure about a misfit family trying to survive outrageous obstacles (including each other) on a cross-country trek to their annual family reunion. Along the way, they battle a psycho truck driver, pick up a voodoo-loving hitchhiker and expose the dangers of hot-tubbing in a strange hotel. Co-starring Vanessa Williams, Bow Wow, Shannon Elizabeth and Steve Harvey, Johnson Family Vacation is packed with laughs and fueled by fun! Special Features ● Full-Length Audio Commentary by Cedric the Entertainer, Bow Wow, director Christopher Erskin and producers Eric C. Rhone and Paul Hall ● Full-Length Audio Commentary by Writers Todd R. Jones & Earl Richey Jones ● Deleted and Extended Scenes with Optional directors Commentary Johnson Family Vacation Blu-ray  Street Date: March 4, 2014 Prebook Date: February 5, 2014 Screen Format: Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 French Surround Dolby Digital 2.0 Subtitles: English SDH/Spanish U.S. Rating: PG-13 Total Run Time: 96 minutes Closed Captioned: Yes Once (Amazon Exclusive) A serendipitous meeting on the streets of Dublin between a down on his luck Irish street performer and a poor Czech immigrant sparks a bond that plays out in this hip, modern day music film. Once follows the two as they write, rehearse and record the songs that reveal their unique love story. Special Features ● Commentary with Writer/director John Carney and actor/Musicians Glen Hansard and Markéta Irgolová ● Musical Commentary with Writer/director John Carney and actor/Musicians Glen Hansard and Markéta Irgolová ● Making a Modern Day Musical ● More Guy, More Girl ● Webisodes: Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy Once Blu-ray  Street Date: April 1, 2014 Prebook Date: March 5, 2014 Screen Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English 2.0 Surround DTS-HD MA Spanish 2.0 Surround Dolby Digital Subtitles: English SDH/Spanish/French U.S. Rating: R Total Run Time: 157 minutes Closed Captioned: Yes Notes On A Scandal (Amazon Exclusive) Academy Award® winners Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett give wickedly entertaining, Oscar-nominated performances* – one as a woman consumed by her colleague's guilty secret, the other, a victim to her own dark obsessions – in this sexy, stylish thriller. Dench mesmerizes as Barbara Covett, a teacher who rules over her classroom with an iron fist, yet leads a desperate, solitary life outside it. That is, until she meets radiant new art teacher Sheba Hart (Blanchett). Although at first overjoyed with her newfound kindred spirit, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having an affair with a teenage student, her jealously and rage spiral out of control. * Best Actress, Judi Dench; Best Supporting Actress, Cate Blanchett; Best Adapted Screenplay, Patrick Marber; Best Original Score, Philip Glass, 2007. Special Features ● Commentary by director Richard Eyre ● Notes on a Scandal: The Story of Two Obsessions ● Notes on a Scandal: Behind the Scenes ● In Character with: Cate Blanchett ● Webisodes ○ Judi and Cate - Behind the Scandal ○ The Screenplay ○ Judi Dench ○ Cate Blanchett ● A Conversation with Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy ○ Casting ○ Characters ○ On Set ○ Love Scenes ● Theatrical Trailer Notes On A Scandal Blu-ray  Street Date: April 29, 2014 Prebook Date: April 2, 2014 Screen Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Spanish 2.0 Surround Dolby Digital French DTS 5.1 Subtitles: English/Spanish/French U.S. Rating: R Total Run Time: 127 minutes Closed Captioned: Yes The Deep End Still waters run deadly in this gripping suspense thriller about the extraordinary depths to which seemingly ordinary people will sink in the name of love. Tilda Swinton “is magnificent” (The New York Times) as housewife Margaret Hall, a fiercely protective mother caught in a vortex of deception when it appears that her son may be guilty of murder. One desperate act leads to another, and soon she’ s being blackmailed by the mysterious Alek Spera (Goran Visnjic, TV’s E.R.). Special Features ● Full-Length Audio Commentary by Writers/producers/directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel ● The Anatomy of a Scene Sundance Channel Featurette ● Making-Of Featurette ● Theatrical Trailer and TV Spot The Deep End Blu-ray  Street Date: May 6, 2014 Prebook Date: April 9, 2014 Screen Format: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Spanish Surround Dolby Digital 2.0 French Surround Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English SDH/Spanish U.S. Rating: R Total Run Time: 101 minutes Closed Captioned: Yes The Ringer Pressured by a greedy uncle (Brian Cox) and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker (Knoxville) resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics and bring home the gold. But when Steve's fellow competitors get wise to the con, they inspire him to rise to the greatest challenge of all: becoming a better person. Produced by the fearless Farrelly Brothers (There's Something About Mary, Shallow Hal), The Ringer will keep you smiling all the way to the finish line! Special Features ● Commentary by director Barry W. Blaustein, Screenwriter Ricky Blitt, producer Peter Farrelly, and actors Johnny Knoxville, Edward ● Barbanell and John Taylor ● Deleted Scenes ● Let The Games Begin: A Look at "The Ringer" ● Theatrical Trailer The Ringer Blu-ray  Street Date: June 3, 2014 Prebook Date: May 7, 2014 Screen Format: Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital French 2.0 Dolby Digital Italian 5.1 DTS Subtitles: English/Spanish/French/Danish/Finnish/Italian/Norwegian/Swedish U.S. Rating: PG-13 Total Run Time: 121 minutes Closed Captioned: Yes Kissing Jessica Stein Sex and the single girl gets a fresh new spin in this "very funny movie"! (Joel Siegel, Good morning America) Fed up with her fruitless search for "Mr. Right" and tired of blind dates from hell, attractive journalist Jessica Stein whimsically responds to a classified ad - from Helen! Making and breaking new rules of dating as they go, the two women muddle through an earnest but hilarious courtship that blurs the lines between friendship and romantic love in this "smashing romantic comedy" (Rolling Stone) Special Features ● Deleted Scenes ● Featurette ● Charles Herman-Wurmfeld and Lawrence Sher Commentary ● Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt Commentary ● Theatrical Trailer Kissing Jessica Stein Blu-ray  Street Date: June 3, 2014 Prebook Date: May 7, 2014 Screen Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Spanish 2.0 Stereo Dolby Digital Quebecois 5.1 Dolby Digital Italian 5.1 DTS Subtitles: English/Spanish/French/Danish/Finnish/Norwegian/Italian/Swedish U.S. Rating: R Total Run Time: 134 minutes Closed Captioned: Yes About Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Searchlight Pictures is a specialty film company that both finances and acquires motion pictures. It has its own marketing and distribution operations, and its films are distributed internationally by Twentieth Century Fox. Fox Searchlight Pictures is a unit of 20th Century Fox Film. 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