This Week on Blu-ray: October 17-23

For the week of October 17th, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release David Leitch's Bullet Train, starring Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Zazie Beetz and Michael Shannon.

Studio description: In Bullet Train, Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe – all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives – on the world's fastest train...and he's got to figure out how to get off. From the director of Deadpool 2, David Leitch, the end of the line is only the beginning in a wild, non-stop thrill ride through modern-day Japan.

Sony's 4K UHD release of Bullet Train contains Dolby Vision HDR and the film's Dolby Atmos track. Extras include audio commentary, outtakes and bloopers and featurettes. In addition to standard packaging, a SteelBook and a Walmart Exclusive with Alternate Artwork will also be available.

Also coming this week from Sony are two catalog titles on Blu-ray: John Byrum's The Razor's Edge (1984), starring Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Catherine Hicks, Denholm Elliott, and James Keach. Extras include the film's theatrical trailer.

Then from Sony is Chris Smith's documentary American Movie (1999). Extras include director and cast commentary, deleted scenes and the film's theatrical trailer.

New this week from Lionsgate is a Blu-ray and 4K UHD release for Halina Reijn's Bodies Bodies Bodies, starring Lee Pace, Rachel Sennott, Pete Davidson, Amandla Stenberg and Maria Bakalova. Please note that the 4K UHD release for Bodies Bodies Bodies is currently a Best Buy Exclusive.

Official description: When a group of 20-somethings get stuck at a remote family mansion during a hurricane, a party game ends with a dead body on the ground and fingers pointed everywhere. As they try to find the killer among them, fake friends and real enemies have to learn who to trust — and how to survive — in this fresh and funny Gen-Z meltdown.

Lionsgate's Blu-ray releases for Bodies Bodies Bodies contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, while the 4K UHD disc also contains Dolby Vision HDR. Extras on the discs include an audio commentary with Reijn and a making of featurette. Reviewer Jeffrey Kauffman was pleased with the 4K UHD release, giving high scores to the picture and sound quality. For full disc breakdowns, read Jeff's 4K UHD review and Blu-ray review.

Also new from Lionsgate this week is a Blu-ray for Scott Mann's Fall, starring Grace Fulton, Virginia Gardner, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Official description: For best friends Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner), life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter's expert climbing skills will be put to the ultimate test as they desperately fight to survive the elements, a lack of supplies, and vertigo-inducing heights in this adrenaline-fueled thriller costarring Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Lionsgate's Blu-ray of Fall contains an audio commentary with Mann and Producer James Harris, a making of featurette, a music video and a trailer. For a full disc breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.

Finally from Lionsgate is a Blu-ray for Katie Aselton's Mack & Rita, starring Diane Keaton, Taylour Paige, Elizabeth Lail, Wendie Malick, and Dustin Milligan.

Description: When 30-year-old self-proclaimed homebody Mack Martin (Elizabeth Lail) reluctantly joins a Palm Springs bachelorette trip for her best friend Carla (Taylour Paige), her inner 70-year-old is released — literally. The frustrated writer and influencer magically transforms into her future self: "Aunt Rita" (Oscar®-winner Diane Keaton). Freed from the constraints of other people's expectations, Rita comes into her own, becoming an unlikely social media sensation and sparks a tentative romance with Mack's adorable dog-sitter, Jack (Dustin Milligan). A sparkling comedy with a magical twist, Mack & Rita celebrates being true to yourself at any age.

Liongate's Blu-ray of Mack & Rita contains two featurettes: Mack & Rita: Becoming Our Truth and Styling Glamma: The Fashion of Mack & Rita.

New this week from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is a 4K UHD and Blu-ray for Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons, starring the voices of Jack Dylan Glazer, Jack Griffo, Troy Baker, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey and Darin De Paul.

Studio description: Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the PG-13 rated Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons begins as 11-year-old Jonathan Kent discovers he has superpowers, thrusting the half-Kryptonian into the complicated world of Super Heroes and Super-Villains – who are now under attack by a malevolent alien force known as Starro! It's a race against time as Jonathan must join forces with assassin-turned-Boy-Wonder Damian Wayne to rescue their fathers (Superman & Batman) and save the planet by becoming the Super Sons they were destined to be!

Warner's releases of Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons contain the featurette Rival Sons: Jonathan and Damian and two episodes from the DC Comics vault of TV series. Reviewer Randy Miller was very impressed with the release and recommends it. For full disc breakdowns, read Randy's 4K UHD review and Blu-ray review.

Also coming from Warner is a Blu-ray for The Flash: The Complete Eighth Season (2021-2022). The four-disc set contains all 20 episodes, along with deleted scenes a gag reel and featurettes.

New this week on Blu-ray from IFC Films is Eskil Vogt's The Innocents (De uskyldige) (2021), starring Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad and Sam Ashraf.

Description: During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal mysterious powers. But what starts out innocent soon takes a dark and violent turn in this gripping supernatural thriller.

Reviewer Randy Miller was quite taken with The Innocents, praising the Blu-ray's "carefully-polished visuals" and its "very crisp appearance and tastefully-added film grain, aided of course by its beautiful lighting and tight compositions" and saying that the film's DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio "features a potent sonic atmosphere that isn't afraid to dig into the rear channels". For a full disc breakdown, read Randy's Blu-ray review.

Also coming from IFC is a Blu-ray for Peter Strickland's Flux Gourmet, starring Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Richard Bremmer and Ariane Labed.

Official description: A dysfunctional sonic collective – a band devoted to the sounds of the culinary arts – navigates rivalries internal and external in this absurdly original feast for the senses.

New this week from Shout Factory and GKIDS is a Blu-ray for Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji's The Deer King (鹿の王 ユナと約束の旅).

Label description: Following a brutal war, former soldier Van toils in a mine controlled by the ruling empire. One day, his solitary existence is upended when a pack of wild dogs carrying a deadly and incurable disease attack, leaving only Van and a young girl named Yuna as survivors. Finally free, the pair seek out a simple existence in the countryside but are pursued by nefarious forces. Intent on protecting Yuna at all costs, Van must uncover the true cause of the plague ravaging the kingdom—and its possible cure.

The Deer King is a sweeping fantasy epic that marks the directing debut of Masashi Ando, whose work on such landmark films as Spirited Away, Paprika, and Your Name. helped shape the world of modern animation.

Shout and GKIDS' Blu-ray for The Deer King includes original Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio with English subtitles, as well as an English dub. Extras include an introduction from Ando, an interview with Ando, a design gallery, trailer and the featurette Bringing the English Dub to Life.

Also from Shout this week is a 4K UHD upgrade for Dan O'Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead, starring Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews and Beverly Randolph. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Shout's release is a three-disc set with the film on 4K UHD with Dolby Vision HDR and DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0 Stereo and Mono audio tracks, as well as a Blu-ray from the new 4K master. Extras are spread over all three discs and include four audio commentaries, zombie subtitles, the More Brains! documentary and additional extras from their 2016 Blu-ray.

New this week from Paramount Home Media Distribution is a Blu-ray for Rob Minkoff and Chris Bailey's Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, starring the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, Mel Brooks and Djimon Hounsou.

Studio description: In this fun-filled family adventure, a hard-on-his-luck hound Hank (Michael Cera) finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's (Ricky Gervais) evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant teacher (Samuel L. Jackson) to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day. The only problem… cats hate dogs!

Paramount's Blu-ray of Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank contains three featurettes.

Also from Paramount is a Blu-ray for Hamish Grieve's Rumble, starring the voices of Geraldine Viswanathan, Will Arnett, Stephen A. Smith, Terry Crews and Jimmy Tatro.

Description: Based on the popular graphic novel "Monster on the Hill" by Rob Harrell, RUMBLE is a unique, massively entertaining movie set in a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and superstar athletes are larger than life. The hilarious animated comedy features the voice talents of Will Arnett, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Terry Crews, as well as real-life NBA All-Star Charles Barkley, and WWE professional wrestlers Joe "Roman Reigns" Anoai and Becky Lynch.

In a world where monster wrestling is a global sport, teenage Winnie (Geraldine Viswanathan) teams up with a loveable underdog monster (Will Arnett) in hopes of training him to be a champion. The duo learns the value of moving to your own groove and paving your own unique path to success.

Paramount's Blu-ray of Rumble contains deleted scenes and featurettes. Reviewer Martin Liebman gave the film high scores for picture and sound quality, saying:"The picture is a delight, bringing out just about all the detail the original animation can muster, pushing the [Blu-ray] format hard". For a full disc breakdown, read Martin's Blu-ray review.

New this week from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is a Blu-ray for Jay Chandrasekhar's Easter Sunday, starring Jo Koy, Tia Carrere, Lou Diamond Phillips, Eugene Cordero and Enid-Raye Adams.

Description: Stand-up comedy sensation Jo Koy (Jo Koy: In His Elements, Jo Koy: Comin' in Hot) stars as a man returning home for an Easter celebration with his riotous, bickering, eating, drinking, laughing and loving family, in this love letter to the Filipino-American community.

Universal's Blu-ray of Easter Sunday contains audio commentary with Chandrasekhar and Koy, a gag reel, deleted scenes and featurettes.

Also from Universal this week is a Blu-ray for the limited series The Thing About Pam (2022), starring Renée Zellweger, Josh Duhamel, Judy Greer and Gideon Adlon. The two-disc set contains all 6 episodes.

Studio description: Starring two-time Academy Award®-winning actress Renée Zellweger in her broadcast television debut, The Thing About Pam is a riveting drama based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria, a shocking real-life story that became a global true-crime obsession and served as the subject of several hugely popular Dateline NBC episodes and a hit podcast of the same name. The series reveals the stunning twists and turns of this extraordinary murder case that would ultimately uncover a diabolical plot involving a seemingly ordinary woman named Pam Hupp (Zellweger).

Finally this week, Kino Lorber have a 4K UHD upgrade for Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder (2008), starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Nick Nolte, and Steve Coogan. Sourced from a new 4K master by Paramount Pictures that was supervised and approved by Stiller. Kino brings the theatrical version of Tropic Thunder to 4K UHD with Dolby Vision HDR and the film's audio commentary. An included Blu-ray features the remastered director's cut of the film with audio commentary and legacy video extras.