This Week on Blu-ray: January 18-24

For the week of January 18th, Shout Factory upgrades two John Carpenter classics to 4K UHD. First is the 1987 possession horror Prince of Darkness, starring Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Lisa Blount, and Dennis Dun. Presented with Dolby Vision HDR on the UHD and Dolby Atmos audio as well as extras from the previous Collector's Edition Blu-ray, such as an audio commentary with John Carpenter and actor Peter Jason, several interviews and an alternate opening, amongst others. Then comes Carpenter's next film, the 1988 cult horror-comedy They Live, starring Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George 'Buck' Flower, and Peter Jason. Presented with HDR and Dolby Atmos audio on the UHD disc, as well as extras from the previous Collector's Edition Blu-ray, such as an audio commentary with John Carpenter And actor Roddy Piper, interviews with Carpenter, David and Foster, as well as an original Making of featurette, amongst others.

Also this week, making its worldwide Blu-ray debut from Mill Creek Entertainment is Steve Pink's teen comedy Accepted, starring Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Blake Lively and Kellan Lutz. In his review of the disc, Martin Liebman says "Accepted was shot on film and the transfer retains a natural grain structure. It's light, organic, and complimentary, helping to bring the movie in its natural state to the screen. Details satisfy across the board. The picture is sharp and pleasing, revealing every core element -- faces, clothes, and the makeshift school -- particularly in its dilapidated state -- with effortless sharpness and definition. Colors are bold and the palette is well saturated. The image is lively start to finish. Clothes pop off the screen with impressive dynamic depth. Natural greens are bold, skin tones are healthy, and black levels are deep...Fans are going to be very happy". Mill Creek has also retained several extras, including an audio commentary, making of, featurettes, deleted scenes and a gag reel.

This week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has two new releases. First is Evan Morgan's The Kid Detective, starring Adam Brody, Sophie Nélisse, Sarah Sutherland, Jesse Noah Gruman, and Jonathan Whittaker. Synopsis: A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bout of self-pity. Until a naïve client brings him his first 'adult' case - to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

Then, from Sony Pictures Classics, it's Michael Angelo Covino's The Climb, starring Michael Angelo Covino, Gayle Rankin, Judith Godrèche, Talia Balsam, and Kyle Marvin. Synopsis: The Climb is a hilarious—and oftentimes awkward—examination of the toxic lifelong friendship of Mike and Kyle. While Kyle is kind and a bit of a pushover, Mike is a train wreck, who, despite his affection for Kyle, always seems to sabotage Kyle's relationships. Told through a series of vignettes, Kyle struggles to deal with the fact that his best friend might just be the worst person for him. The Blu-ray contains several extras, including filmmaker commentary, deleted and alternate scenes, the original short film, and more.

Finally from Sony is a new 4K UHD upgrade for Roland Emmerich's disaster film 2012, starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, and Oliver Platt. On UHD, the film will be presented with HDR and a Dolby Atmos audio track.

Then this week, Arrow Video has a new, loaded Blu-ray for South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook's JSA: Joint Security Area, starring Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-woo, Gi Ju-bong. The film, which concerns a fatal shooting in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), was the highest grossing film in South Korea on its original release in 2000 and won Best Film at the Grand Bell Awards, which are considered the Korean equivalent of the Oscars. For its US Blu-ray debut, Arrow have provided several extras, including a new audio commentary by writer and critic Simon Ward, a new video interview with Asian cinema expert Jasper Sharp, an isolated music and effects track, and several archival extras, including the featurettes "The JSA Story" and "Making the Film".

Also this week, from the Criterion Collection is the home video release of Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese. The documentary, which is partly factual and partly fictionalized, is intended to document Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour, and as such features both footage from that time and newly shot footage. Criterion offer the film in a new 4K remaster, approved by director Martin Scorsese, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. As usual for the label, numerous extras include interviews with Scorsese, editor David Tedeschi, and writer Larry "Ratso" Sloman and restored footage of never-before-seen Rolling Thunder Revue performances of "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" and "Romance in Durango", amongst other extras.

In terms of other new releases, Paramount Home Media Distribution will release Miles Joris-Peyrafitte's Dreamland, starring Margot Robbie, Travis Fimmel, Garrett Hedlund, Kerry Condon, and Finn Cole. Capelight Pictures will release Dmitriy Kiselev's thriller Spacewalker a.k.a. Vremya pervykh, starring Evgeniy Mironov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, and Vladimir Ilin.Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has Nicholas Verso's Toys of Terror, which comes to Blu-ray with the featurettes "Toys of Terror Come to Life" and "A Terrifying Weekend: Making of Toys of Terror". And finally, Well Go USA will release Martin Owen's Max Cloud, starring Scott Adkins, John Hannah, and Lashana Lynch. Max Cloud has a review with screenshots from Jeffrey Kauffman that can be found here.