Escape From Tomorrow
Available on VOD beginning Oct. 11
A sensation when it debuted at
Europa Report
Magnolia, $26.98; Blu-ray, $29.98
Another example of the innovative, intelligent sci-fi films that have become blessedly frequent in recent years, director Sebastián Cordero's half-mockumentary/half-found-footage work reconstructs a doomed space mission using "news reports," "interviews" and "on-ship surveillance recordings." The result feels a little drier than the typical interstellar thriller, but "Europa Report" also achieves a rare verisimilitude with its documentary re-creations. Even though it features recognizable actors (including
Warner Bros., $28.98; Blu-ray, $35.99
Available on VOD beginning Oct. 8
The good news is that this is better than the exhausting "Part II," which merely repeated the plot of the first film in a new location. The bad news is that the third film is still pretty dire. The bad-luck buddies played by
The Purge
Universal, $29.98; Blu-ray, $34.98
Available on VOD beginning Oct. 8
Sci-fi and horror films don't always have to be good to become big hits; sometimes they can just be interesting. Writer-director James DeMonaco's low-budget thriller predicts a future America where all of the nation's major problems are solved thanks to a government-sanctioned 12-hour annual nationwide crime spree.
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After Earth
Sony, $30.99; Blu-ray, $35.99
Available on VOD beginning Oct. 8
American Horror Story: Asylum
20th Century Fox, $49.98; Blu-ray, $59.99
Stuck in Love
Millennium, $28.99; Blu-ray, $29.99
Available on VOD beginning Oct. 8