For the week of January 4th, Paramount Home Media Distribution will release Michael Matthews' Love and Monsters, starring Dylan O'Brien, Michael Rooker, Jessica Henwick, Ellen Hollman, and Melanie Zanetti. The film, which was previously titled Monster Problems and scheduled for a wide theatrical release at various points in 2020 and most recently in February 2021, was ultimately released largely on VOD in October 2020, with a small theatrical release that has netted just over $1 million from less than 400 theaters. Now available on both Blu-ray and 4K UHD Blu-ray, Love and Monsters features a DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 audio track and Dolby Vision HDR on the UHD disc. Deleted scenes and featurettes, including "It's a Monster's World: Creating a Post Apocalyptic Landscape" are also included.
Reviewing the 4K release, Martin Liebman says: "There are some very good examples of the Dolby Vision's amplified color output. Look at a simple cutaway shot of a girl hanging a ballcap on a pegboard shrine at the 15:56 mark. The scene offers a good contrast between the improved detail of light output -- the glowing candles -- and the deeper blacks in the background. Object clarity in and around the light is excellent, too, representing a clear, if not small, step up from the Blu-ray. Explore most anything on the surface, particularly in the bright daylight, the sun high in the sky, as Joel begins his journey. Natural greenery pops with tighter, deeper, more intense punch across the board (and grasses and leaves are markedly sharper, too)".
Next, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has Diane Paragas' Yellow Rose, starring Eva Noblezada (in her feature film debut), Dale Watson, Princess Punzalan and Lea Salonga,the film tells the story of a Filipina girl who dreams of leaving her small Texas town and becoming a country music star.
Then, Magnolia Pictures has Brea Grant's horror comedy 12 Hour Shift, starring Angela Bettis, David Arquette, Chloe Farnworth, Mick Foley, Kit Williamson, and Tara Perry. Bettis stars as Nurse Mandy, an addict who struggles to make it through her double shift while also being involved with black market organ harvesting. When a kidney delivery goes wrong, the hospital is thrown into chaos and Mandy must find a replacement.
For TV fans, Warner Archive Collection will release The 100: The Seventh and Final Season. Synopsis: The seventh and final season opens with our heroes picking up the pieces of the society they destroyed on Sanctum. Still reeling from her mother's death, Clarke (series star Eliza Taylor), perhaps more than anyone, feels the toll of years upon years of fighting and loss. The group soon finds that maintaining order among the competing factions is no easy feat, and one that has them questioning whether their commitment to doing better was worth the price. At the same time, our heroes must contend with new obstacles on a scale beyond any that they previously experienced as they unravel the mysteries of the Anomaly. What they encounter on this epic journey pushes them to their limits both physically and emotionally, challenging their long-held conceptions of family, love, and sacrifice. Ultimately, our heroes must answer for themselves what it means to truly live, and not just survive.
In further TV news, Acorn Media will release Mystery Road: Series 2, starring Aaron Pedersen, Jada Alberts and Sofia Helin. Synopsis: Aaron Pedersen returns as Det. Jay Swan in this multi-award-winning mystery set in the Australian outback. When a body is found along the coast, Jay teams up with a local constable (Jada Alberts, Wentworth) to investigate. Facing obstruction from an archaeologist (Sofia Helin, The Bridge) working nearby, Jay must expose the web of corruption plaguing the town as the body count rises.
Finally in catalog title news, the Criterion Collection will upgrade their Three Films by Luis Buñuel box set to Blu-ray this week. Featuring The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Phantom of Liberty and That Obscure Object of Desire in new high-definition masters and with uncompressed monaural soundtracks, as well as the usual plethora of extras, including "The Castaway of Providence Street", a 1971 homage to Luis Buñuel made by his longtime friends and fellow filmmakers Arturo Ripstein and Rafael Castanedo and multiple documentaries, interviews essays and other extras.