‘ Tomorrow’ takes on the future
Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow
Warner Bros., $ 28.98; Blu- ray, $ 44.95 Available on VOD Tuesday
After underperforming at the box office, this sharp sci- fi action picture has been renamed “Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow” ( awkward, but still better than the name of the Japanese novella it’s based on, “All You Need Is Kill”). Tom Cruise stars as a pencil- pushing military officer who’s thrown onto the front lines to fight alien invaders, where he dies, repeatedly, each time being yanked back to start again, armed with new knowledge and experience. Emily Blunt plays the hardedged soldier who trains the hero. Superbly plotted, frequently funny and even a little soulful, “Edge of Tomorrow” comments on the disposability of most action heroes by killing its own, over and over. The DVD and Bluray come with deleted scenes and featurettes.
Million Dollar Arm
Walt Disney, $ 21.99; Blu- ray, $ 39.99 Available on VOD Tuesday
A cross between “Jerry Maguire” and “Slumdog Millionaire,” this Disney sports drama stars Jon Hamm as real- life sports agent J. B. Bernstein, who in 2008 tried to revive his flagging career by creating an Indian reality television competition, looking to find a cricket bowler he could convert into a major league baseball pitcher. The film follows him to India and back, depicting the culture clashes in both countries — and doing so with an emphasis on comedy that borders on the insensitive. But Hamm is likably frazzled, and the story is fascinating enough to overcome any cartoonishness. The DVD and Blu- ray add deleted scenes and featurettes.
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Universal, $ 29.98; Blu- ray, $ 34.98 Available on VOD Tuesday
Comedy impresario Seth MacFarlane follows up his unexpectedly charming comedy “Ted” with a filthy western spoof starring MacFarlane as a sheepish sheepfarmer who knows the Old West is ripe with disease and disaster. Liam Neeson plays the movie’s big villain, while Charlize Theron plays a gunfighter who helps Albert discover his bravery. Sarah Silverman is a prostitute who has a blast describing frontier sex acts. MacFarlane can’t sustain the modern dialogue/ period dress shtick for the movie’s twohour running time, but it’s intermittently hilarious and plays well in pieces on the DVD and Blu- ray ( which includes the the atricaland unrated versions, plus a commentary track, featurettes, deleted scenes, and a gag reel).
Obvious Child
Lionsgate, $ 19.98; Blu- ray, $ 24.99 Already on VOD
A surprise hit at Sundance Film Festival, writerdirector Gillian Robespierre’s raw comedy stars Jenny Slate as a confessional comic who gets pregnant right around the time that she finds herself out of work and without a boyfriend. “Obvious Child” initially seems like the umpteenth movie about immature citydwellers, but Slate’s sow arm and funny — and the movie so honest about what women with unplanned pregnancies go through — that it quickly becomes its own film. The DVD and Blu- ray add a Robespierre/ Slate commentary track, a featurette, extended scenes and Robespierre and Slate’s original 2009 short film version.
And… American Horror Story: Coven 20th Century Fox, $ 59.98; Bluray, $ 69.99
Houdini Lionsgate, $ 26.98; Blu- ray, $ 29.99
Rick And Morty
The Complete First Season Warner Bros., $ 24.98; Blu- ray, $ 29.02 Sharknado 2: The Second One Asylum, $ 14.93; Blu- ray, $ 19.93 Available on VOD Tuesday Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon Starz/ Anchor Bay, $ 24.98; Blu- ray, $ 29.99 Available on VOD Tuesday