Capsule reviews of the next week’s video releases, on DVD and Blu-ray

  • Monday, August 24, 2015 9:04am
  • Life

Aug. 25

“Aloha” (PG-13, 105 minutes, Sony): A military contractor (Bradley Cooper) returns to Honolulu, the site of his greatest career triumphs, and reconnects with a long-ago love (Rachel McAdams) while unexpectedly falling for the Air Force watchdog (Emma Stone) assigned to him. Contains sugestive language. Extras include a cast gag reel and “The Untitled Hawaii Project: The Making of Aloha.”

“Citizenfour” (R, 114 minutes, RADiUS/Anchor Bay): The 2014 Academy Award-winner for Best Documentary follows director Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s enounters with whistleblower Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room as he hands over classified documents that provide evidence of indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA). Contains profanity. Extras include bonus scenes; New York Times talk with Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden and David Carr; Film Society of Lincoln Center Q&A with Laura Poitras; “The Program” New York Times Op-Doc by Laura Poitras.

“Iris” (PG-13, 80 minutes, Magnolia Home Entertainment): Documentary from famed director Albert Maysles on Iris Apfel, the 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades. Contains brief coarse language.

“Two Days, One Night” (PG-13, 95 minutes, The Criterion Collection): Oscar winner Marion Cotillard (“La vie en rose”) received another nomination for her performance as a working-class woman desperate to hold on to her factory job, in this film from Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. In French with subtitles. Contains some mature thematic elements. Extras include interviews with the Dardennes and actors Cotillard and Fabrizio Rongione; “When Leon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time” (1979), a 45 minute documentary by the Dardennes, featuring a new introduction by the directors; new tour of the film’s key locations with the directors; trailer; an essay by critic Girish Shambu.

Also: “Big Game” (action film starring Samuel L. Jackson as the president of the United States), “Camilla Dickinson” (adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s novel follows the daughter of a well-to-do family in 1948 Manhattan), “Father Forgive Him” (documentary explores the exploitation, sexual abuse, and misuse of power within church leadership), “Gene Autry Movie Collection 11” (four restored films from Autry’s personal archives make their DVD debuts), “Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!” (original animated feature), “A Plague So Pleasant” (futuristic zombie story), “Skin Trade” (Dolph Lundgren as a detective who goes to Bangkok to destroy a human trafficking network); “A Wolf at the Door” (Brazilian kidnapping drama based on real events).

Television Series: “The Mindy Project: Season Three” (three-disc set with 21 episodes), “Transformers Rescue Bots: Dinobots!” (five episodes from the animated series), “The Walking Dead: The Complete Fifth Season” (five-disc set with all 16 episodes).

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Washington Post staff writer John Price contributed to this report.

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