For the week of July 4th, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Everything Everywhere All At Once, starring Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Ke Quan, Stephanie Hsu, James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Description: Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh), a flustered immigrant mother, is contacted from a parallel universe and told that only she can save the world. The unlikely hero must learn to channel her newfound powers and fight through the splintering timelines of the multiverse to save her home, her family, and herself in this big-hearted and irreverent adventure. With Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr., James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Everything Everywhere All At Once opened in March 2022 and received a wide release in April, where it went on to receive high critic praise and become distributor A24's highest-grossing film thus far, with over $67 million domestically and over $91 million worldwide. Lionsgate's disc releases feature the film's Dolby Atmos audio, while the 4K UHD disc additionally features Dolby Vision HDR. The main feature will also include Traditional Chinese subtitles in addition to English SDH and Spanish subtitles. Extras include writer/director audio commentary, featurettes, deleted scenes, outtakes and more. In addition to standard packaging, a Walmart Exclusive 4K UHD with Alternate Artwork will also be available.
Also coming on Blu-ray from Lionsgate is Rick Dugdale's Zero Contact, starring Anthony Hopkins, Tuva Novotny, and Adrian Holmes.
Studio description: Starring Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs), this high-tech thriller chillingly reimagines our isolated, virtual world. Hopkins plays Finley Hart, the eccentric genius behind a global data-mining program. Upon his death, five remote agents—including Finley's son—are contacted by a mysterious AI entity to reactivate the initiative, which may enable time travel. As sinister events occur at each of their homes, they must decide whether entering their passwords will save the world—or destroy it.
New this week on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is Simon Curtis' Downton Abbey: A New Era, starring Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, and Maggie Smith.
Studio description: From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes the motion picture event Downton Abbey: A New Era. The much-anticipated cinematic return of the global phenomenon reunites the beloved cast as they go on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the Dowager Countess' newly inherited villa.
Universal's disc releases for Downton Abbey: A New Era contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, while the 4K UHD disc additionally features Dolby Vision HDR. Extras include director's audio commentary, a making of and several featurettes. In addition to standard packaging, a Limited Edition Blu-ray Gift Set will also be available.
Also new this week onBlu-ray fromUniversal is Martin Campbell's Memory (2022), starring Liam Neeson, Monica Bellucci, Guy Pearce, Harold Torres, and Antonio Jaramillo.
Official synopsis: Memory follows Alex Lewis (Liam Neeson), an expert assassin with a reputation for discreet precision. Caught in a moral quagmire, Alex refuses to complete a job that violates his code and must quickly hunt down and kill the people who hired him before they and FBI agent Vincent Serra (Guy Pearce) find him first. Alex is built for revenge but, with a memory that is beginning to falter, he is forced to question his every action, blurring the line between right and wrong.
Turning to catalog titles. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has a 4K UHD upgrade for Doug Liman's Edge of Tomorrow (2014), starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Paxton, and Jonas Armstrong. Featuring HDR and Dolby Atmos audio, the new 4K UHD disc will also be released as a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook. Reviewer Randy Miller was generally impressed by Warner's efforts, saying: "Warner Bros.' upscaled 2160p transfer offers more than a few immediately noticeable improvements...it feels fresher and even revitalized in otherwise drab-looking locations, allowing its excellent cinematography and well-framed compositions to shine through more naturally...Simply put, this 2160p transfer leaves a stronger first impression while also looking more film-like". For a full disc breakdown, read Randy's 4K UHD review.
Finally this wee, we have two titles from the Criterion Collection. First is a 4K UHD upgrade for Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides (1999), starring Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Michael Paré and Scott Glenn. Utilizing the same director and cinematographer-approved 4K master used to produce their 2018 Blu-ray, Criterion's 4K UHD disc adds HDR10, while the extras are included on the bundled Blu-ray. Reviewer Svet Atanasov gave the 4K UHD perfect 5/5 scores for picture and audio. For a full disc breakdown, read Svet's 4K UHD review.
Also coming this week from Criterion is a Blu-ray and 4K UHD for Bong Joon-Ho's Okja, starring Lily Collins, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Kelly Macdonald and Giancarlo Esposito. Working from a 4K digital master, Criterion present the film with a Dolby Atmos audio track, while the 4K UHD disc additionally features Dolby Vision HDR. Extras include a new conversation between Bong and producer Dooho Choi, several cast and crew interviews and short featurettes and teaser, trailer and web promos for the film.