Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s weekly sneak peek at the major DVD and Blu-ray releases! Using the gallery below, you’ll be able to navigate through some of the key titles that are set to hit stores on October 14. For the complete list of October DVD releases, click here, and the complete list of Blu-ray releases can be found here.
October 14, 2014 Releases
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Two Broke Girls: The Complete Third Season
Kat Dennings (Thor) and Caroline Channing (Monsters University) headline this hit CBS sitcom that follows two roommates battling minimum wage in the hopes of opening their own cupcake business. Although it arrives on DVD only, the third season set includes all 24 episodes, hitting just in advance of the show's fourth season premiere October 20.
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Courage: The Cowardly Dog: Season Two
Can it really be 18 years since "Courage the Cowardly Dog" premiered on Cartoon Network's "World Premiere Toons"? All 13 second season episodes of John R. Dilworth's come to DVD this week as part of CN's fan-championed season set releases. The full series ran 52 episodes over four seasons, so collectors are already halfway to finding their full "Courage."
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Zoolander
Ben Stiller's 2001 comedy may not have been a huge hit at the box office, but "Zoolander" has taken on a life of its own on home video, becoming one of the most-quoted comedies in the last two decades. Now, Derek Zoolander hits Blu-ray for the first time ever with all the DVD's many special features fully intact.
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
Warner Archive brings to Blu-ray Michael Curtis' classic patriotic musical biopic of George M. Cohan. Nominated for eight Academy Awards when it was released in 1942, the film comes to Blu-ray with all its special features intact, including vintage newsreels, cartoons and other shorts.
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
Far and away the biggest mutant ensemble to hit the big screen so far, Days of Future Past bridges the continuity of the entire X-Men movie franchise with a story that puts Hugh Jackman's Wolverine front and center in a time-traveling mission to save all reality. The film comes to Blu-ray with a fair amount of special features, although fans should be aware that an extended "Rogue Cut" has already been announced for 2015.
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Penny Dreadful: The Complete First Season
Showtime's critically-acclaimed new series comes to Blu-ray and DVD this week in a set that includes all eight season one episodes. The series features an ensemble cast that includes Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Billie Piper, Harry Treadway and many more and you can check out an in-depth review of the series over at ShockTillYouDrop.com
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My Darling Clementine
John Ford's 1946 take on the story of the legendary 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral stars Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp and Victor Mature as Doc Holliday. Boasting a new 4K restoration, My Darling Clementine joins the Criterion Collection this with in a feature-packed set that includes supplements focusing on both the film and the history behind the actual event.
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman
The classic "Rocky and Bullwinkle" supporting characters get their own movie as the canine genius Mr. Peabody and his boy, Sherman, travel throughout history in their WABAC machine. The Blu-ray set includes a variety of family-friendly features, including several games, a tour of the WABAC machine and a number of classic cartoons.
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy II
On the heels of the hugely popular first season, "Mortal Kombat: Legacy" returns with ten more webisodes that bring to life the hit video game franchise with a cast that includes Casper Van Dien, Brian Tee, Ian Anthony Dale, and Cary Tagawa (reprising his big screen Mortal Kombat role as Shang Tsung). The Blu-ray gives fans the choice between watching all ten episodes one by one or as a single feature-length story.
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Kingpin
Woody Harrelson and Randy Quaid prove quite the comedy duo in Bobby and Peter Farrelly 1996 cult classic, which follows the adventures of a one-handed conman and an Amish bowler on a road trip to win a million dollar bowling championship. The film hits Blu-ray for the first time this week, just weeks before the Farelly's return with their much-anticipated Dumb and Dumber To.
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Fargo: Season One
Ethan and Joel Coen's Academy Award-winning film comes to television with an intensely black comedy tale that parallels the "true" events of the 1996 feature film. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Colin Hanks and Allison Tolman, "Fargo" offers audio commentary on three of its ten episodes, pairing executive producer Noah Hawley with Thornton on two episodes and Tolman on the other.
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