This Week on Blu-ray: November 14-20

For the week of November 14th, Warner Bros Home Entertainment will release a 4K UHD and Blu-ray for George Miller's Three Thousand Years of Longing, starring Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton, Erdil Yasaroglu and Alyla Browne.

Studio description: Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic…a creature of reason. While in Istanbul, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. At first, she doubts that he is real and she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. But the Djinn pleads his case, and eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both!

Warner's Blu-ray releases for Three Thousand Years of Longing contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, while the 4K UHD disc will additionally have Dolby Vision HDR.

Also coming from Warner is a Blu-ray release for Doom Patrol: The Complete Third Season (2021). The three-disc set contains all ten episodes, as well as the featurettes Digging Deep Into Doom Patrol: Introducing Madame Rouge, This Season On, Doom Patrol Season 3: Life After Death and Filter Not Included: Robotman's Best Lines, as well as Georgia PSA.

New this week from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is a Blu-ray for Ti West's Pearl, starring Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright and Matthew Sunderland.

Studio description: Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X in this astonishing follow-up to the year's most acclaimed horror film. Trapped on her family's isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she's seen in the movies, Pearl's ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide in the stunning, Technicolor-inspired origin story of X's iconic villain.

Lionsgate's Blu-ray of Pearl contains the featurettes Time After Time and Coming Out of Her Shell: The Creation of Pearl, as well as teaser and theatrical trailers.

Also new on Blu-ray from Lionsgate is Nick Hamm's Gigi & Nate, starring Charlie Rowe, Zoe Margaret Colletti, Marcia Gay Harden, Josephine Langford, Jim Belushi and Diane Ladd.

Studio description: In this uplifting drama inspired by actual events, Nate (Charlie Rowe) suffers a near-fatal illness and is left a quadriplegic just weeks before departing for college. As Nate tries to adjust to his new life challenges, his mother (Marcia Gay Harden) helps him bring home an unlikely service animal, Gigi — a curious and intelligent capuchin monkey. Nate and Gigi form an unbreakable bond, but when it's threatened by a group trying to outlaw capuchins, Nate's family rallies behind him to help him regain what he needs most: hope.

Lionsgate's Blu-ray for Gigi & Nate contains a photo gallery and the film's theatrical trailer.

Also new from Lionsgate is a Blu-ray for Jerren Lauder's The Inhabitant, starring Dermot Mulroney, Leslie Bibb and Odessa A'zion.

Official description: High school can be a nightmare for any teenager. But Tara (Odessa A'zion) lives in the shadow of a harrowing family curse — she's a descendant of ax-murderess Lizzie Borden. As Tara begins to hear voices and have paranoid visions of butchering her family, people in her small town are attacked and killed — and all evidence points to her. Gripped by her family's past, Tara must confront the demons that possess her — both real and imaginary — and a shocking truth in this chilling psychological horror ride.

Then from Lionsgate is a Blu-ray for Mick Davis and Philippe Martínez's Christmas in Paradise (AKA Father Christmas Is Back), starring John Cleese, Kelsey Grammer, Elizabeth Hurley, Nathalie Cox and Talulah Riley.

Official description: FATHER CHRISTMAS IS BACK is a comedy centered around four very different sisters who have reunited for the Christmas Holiday in Caroline and Peter's Yorkshire mansion.

CAROLINE CHRISTMAS-HOPE is a control freak, who desires nothing more than a perfect Christmas to atone for the fact that their father, JAMES, abandoned the whole family on Christmas Day, many years ago. JOANNA CHRISTMAS is a fashion editor, who likes expensive clothes almost as much as she hates the countryside and children. She has brought along her new city boy lover, FELIX for the festivities. VICKY CHRISTMAS is a man eater who changes boyfriends as often as most people change their underwear. PAULINA CHRISTMAS is an introverted music professor who has been writing her PhD thesis on The Beatles for a decade. Also along for the festive rollercoaster ride is their butter-wouldn't-melt mother, ELIZABETH CHRISTMAS; their plain-speaking farmer uncle, JOHN CHRISTMAS; Caroline's long-suffering husband, PETER; and their two children: prepubescent DAISY (12), and chocolate-smothered HENRY (7).

The arrival of JAMES, their long-lost father, and his 35-year-old American girlfriend JACKIE ruins Caroline's hope for the perfect Christmas and sets off a series of mishaps, inconveniences and misconstrued misunderstandings that uncover the long-buried secret that tore their family apart, so many years ago.

Also coming from Lionsgate is a much-anticipated 4K UHD upgrade for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992), starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney and Michael Madsen. Newly remastered in 4K for its 30th anniversary, Lionsgate presents Reservoir Dogs with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Archival extras on the included remastered Blu-ray consist of two featurettes and deleted scenes. In addition to standard packaging, a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook will also be available.

New from Decal Releasing is a Blu-ray for Brett Morgen's documentary Moonage Daydream

Official description: Told through sublime, kaleidoscopic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Brett Morgen's (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane) feature length experiential cinematic odyssey explores David Bowie's creative, musical and spiritual journey. The film is guided by David Bowie's own narration and is the first officially sanctioned film on the artist.

New this week from Paramount Home Media Distribution is a Blu-ray and 4K UHD release for Halo: Season One (2022), starring Pablo Schreiber, Natascha McElhone, Charlie Murphy, Shabana Azmi, Bokeem Woodbine and Jen Taylor. The five-disc sets contain all nine episodes, with Dolby Atmos audio on the 4K UHD edition. Over five hours of extras include Halo the Series: Declassified, Creating the Costumes of Halo, Weapons and Vehicles of Halo and more. Initial pressings come with a slipcover and 7 art cards, while in addition to standard packaging, a Limited Edition 4K UHD SteelBook will also be available.

New on Blu-ray from Paramount is David Frankel's Jerry and Marge Go Large, starring Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening, Rainn Wilson, Larry Wilmore and Michael McKean.

Studio description: When retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery, he and his wife Marge go on an exciting multi-million dollar winning spree with the goal to revive their small Michigan town. But when a selfish college student cheats the system, Jerry must find a way to make the game fair for all. Inspired by a remarkable true story and featuring an all-star cast including Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening and Rainn Wilson, Jerry & Marge Go Large proves that good deeds truly prevail.

And coming to 4K UHD is a new addition to the Paramount Presents line,Norman Taurog's Blue Hawaii (1961), starring Elvis Presley, Angela Lansbury, Roland Winters, John Archer and Pamela Austin. Newly remastered from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, Paramount will give Blue Hawaii a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary by historian James L. Neibaur, a photo scrapbook which contains high-resolution images from the Paramount archives,and the film's theatrical trailer. As usual for the Paramount Presents lineup, collectible packaging includes a slipcover that folds out to reveal original poster artwork.

Also coming to 4K UHD from Paramount is Penelope Spheeris' Wayne's World (1992), starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Brian Doyle-Murray and Lara Flynn Boyle. Remastered in 4K for its 30th anniversary, Paramount presents Wayne's World with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos remix.

Continuing with catalog titles, Shout Factory will release The Sonny Chiba Collection (1972-1989), a four-disc Blu-ray box set that contains seven films with the martial arts star: Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder and Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences (both 1972), Bodyguard Kiba and Bodyguard Kiba 2 (both 1973), Swords of Vengeance (AKA The Fall of Ako Castle) (1978), Samurai Reincarnation (1981) and Shogun's Shadow (1989). All films are presented with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio (DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo on Shogun's Shadow) with optional English subtitles. Extras include theatrical trailers for all films except Bodyguard Kiba 2 and Swords of Vengeance, as well as Street Fighting Man: An interview with Chiba also found on Shout's 2019 release of The Street Fighter Collection. Packaging includes a slipbox.

Also coming from Shout is a 4K UHD upgrade for Robert Zemeckis' Used Cars (1980), starring Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae, Deborah Harmon and Joe Flaherty. Sourced from a new 4K remaster from the original camera negative, Shout presents Used Cars with Dolby Vision HDR and a choice of DTS-HD MA 2.0 or 5.1 audio tracks. Legacy extras on the bundled remastered Blu-ray include audio commentary with Zemeckis, Bob Gale and Kurt Russell, an interview with Bob Gale, outtakes and more.

Finally this week, the Criterion Collection has a Blu-ray box set: Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's The Infernal Affairs Trilogy (2002-2003). Each of the films has been given a new 4K remaster, with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and optional English subtitles. Extras include a new interview with Lau and Mak, audio commentaries with the directors on the first two films, an alternate ending for Infernal Affairs and many additional legacy extras.