Posted November 27, 2022 10:19 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of November 28th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release Olivia Wilde's Don't Worry Darling, starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pine and Gemma Chan.
Studio description: From New Line Cinema comes "Don't Worry Darling," directed by Olivia Wilde ("Booksmart") and starring Florence Pugh (Oscar-nominated for "Little Women"), Harry Styles ("Dunkirk"), Wilde (upcoming "Babylon"), Gemma Chan ("Crazy Rich Asians"), KiKi Layne ("The Old Guard") and Chris Pine ("All the Old Knives").
Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. The 1950's societal optimism espoused by their CEO, Frank (Pine)—equal parts corporate visionary and motivational life coach—anchors every aspect of daily life in the tight-knit desert utopia.
While the husbands spend every day inside the Victory Project Headquarters, working on the "development of progressive materials," their wives—including Frank's elegant partner, Shelley (Chan)—get to spend their time enjoying the beauty, luxury and debauchery of their community. Life is perfect, with every resident's needs met by the company. All they ask in return is discretion and unquestioning commitment to the Victory cause.
But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can't help questioning exactly what they're doing in Victory, and why. Just how much is Alice willing to lose to expose what's really going on in this paradise?
An audacious, twisted and visually stunning psychological thriller, "Don't Worry Darling" is a powerhouse feature from director Olivia Wilde that boasts intoxicating performances from Florence Pugh and Harry Styles, surrounded by the impressive and pitch-perfect cast.
Warner Bros. Blu-ray releases of Don't Worry Darling contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a making of featurette and a deleted scene. For full release breakdowns, read Randy Miller's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.
Also from Warner is a Blu-ray and 4K UHD release for Westworld: Season Four (2022). The release includes Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio on the 4K UHD discs. Extras include the exclusive featurette Westworld: An Exploration of Humanity, as well as Creating Westworld's Reality, Westworld on the Road and Westworld's Temperance: A Set Tour.
New this week from Verical Entertainment is a Blu-ray for Emily the Criminal, starring Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi and Gina Gershon.
Official description: Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.
New this week from Paramount Home Media Distribution is a Blu-ray for the Dexter Fletcher's The Offer (2022), starring Miles Teller, Matthew Goode, Juno Temple, Giovanni Ribisi, and Dan Fogler.
Official studio description: From Paramount Television Studios, The Offer is based on Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's extraordinary, never-revealed experiences of making The Godfather. The series stars Miles Teller as Albert S. Ruddy, Matthew Goode as Robert Evans, Dan Fogler as Francis Ford Coppola, Burn Gorman as Charles Bluhdorn, Colin Hanks as Barry Lapidus, Giovanni Ribisi as Joe Colombo, and Juno Temple as Bettye McCartt.
Paramount's Blu-ray for The Offer is a four-disc set with all 10 episodes. Over two hours of extras include deleted scenes, featurettes and more.
Then on Blu-ray from Paramount is Ana Lily Amirpour's Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, starring Kate Hudson, Craig Robinson, Ed Skrein and Jun Jong-Seo.
Description: When a struggling single mother befriends a mysterious woman who has supernatural powers, she sees a lucrative opportunity to make some fast cash. However, their crime spree soon draws unwanted attention as the cops start to close in.
New from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is a Blu-ray for Ghosts: Season One (2021-2022), starring Rose McIver, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Brandon Scott Jones, Richie Moriarty, Asher Grodman and Rebecca Wisocky.
Description: Freelance writer Samantha (Rose McIver) and aspiring chef Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) throw both caution and money to the wind to leave NYC and convert a rundown country estate they inherited into a bed & breakfast — only to find that it's inhabited by a close-knit, eclectic group of spirits of deceased former residents! Adding to the supernatural surprises, Samantha discovers that she can see and hear ghosts everywhere, including those with whom she now shares a home. Old-school haunting and oddball humor fuel this sharp-witted, quirky comedy series that gives new meaning to the real estate phrase, "It's got great bones."
Also from Lionsgate is a Blu-ray for Edward Drake's Detective Knight: Rogue, starring Bruce Willis, Lochlyn Munro, Corey Large, Beau Mirchoff and Michael Eklund.
Studio description: Bruce Willis stars as veteran Detective James Knight, dedicated to navigating the demanding streets of Los Angeles, in this thrilling first of a trilogy of films. As the city prepares for Halloween, mask-wearing armed robbers critically wound Knight's partner in a shootout following a heist. With Knight in hot pursuit, the bandits flee L.A. for New York, where the detective's dark past collides with his present case and threatens to tear his world apart…unless redemption can claim Knight first.
New on Blu-ray from Well Go USA is Emergency Declaration (비상선언), starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Nam-gil and Im Si-wan.
Label description: While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of unknown cause, panic erupts both in-flight and on the ground. With steadily decreasing fuel and international refusals to offer aid, the captain and crew will be forced to take unprecedented emergency measures in an attempt to save the lives of their passengers.
Well Go USA's Blu-ray of Emergency Declaration contain's the film's Dolby Atmos audio with English subtitles, as well as an English dubbed audio track. Extras include a making of, two featurettes and a trailer. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
Also coming from Well Go is a 4K UHD upgrade for Yeon Sang-ho's Train to Busan (부산행) (2016). The 4K UHD disc contains Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio. Extras include two featurettes and a trailer.
Finally this week,Kino Lorber have several catalog Blu-rays on offer:
A double feature of Albert Préjean as Inspector Maigret (1943-1944) in: Richard Pottier's Picpus (1943) and Maurice Tourneur's Cécile Is Dead! (Cécile est morte) (1944). Extras include trailers for other Maigret films.
The box set Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema IX (1948-1956), which contains Zoltán Korda's A Woman's Vengeance (1948), Charles Lamont's I Was a Shoplifter (1950) and Abner Biberman's Behind the High Wall (1956). A Woman's Vengeance contains a new 4K scan from the original negative by Universal Pictures, while the other films have new 2K scans. Extras include a new audio commentary for A Woman's Vengeance with professor and film scholar Jason A. Ney, as well as trailers for A Woman's Vengeance and Behind the High Wall.
William Dieterle's Peking Express (1951), starring Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn, Marvin Miller and Benson Fong. Sourced from a new 4K scan of a 35mm fine-grain by Paramount Pictures, Kino's Blu-ray includes a new audio commentary with film historian Eddy Von Mueller and the film's theatrical trailer.
William Wyler's Detective Story (1951), starring Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell and George Macready. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative by Paramount Pictures, Kino's Blu-ray includes a new audio commentary with author and film historian Alan K.Rode and trailers.
Harry Keller's The Unguarded Moment (1956), starring Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon, Edward Andrews and Les Tremayne. Sourced from a new 2K scan, Kino's Blu-ray includes two new audio commentaries: One with film historian David Del Valle and filmmaker David DeCoteau and another with professor and film scholar Jason A. Ney, as well as the film's theatrical trailer.
The French Noir Collection (1957-1959), a two-disc box set which contains Gilles Grangier's Speaking of Murder (Le rouge est mis) (1957),along with Édouard Molinaro's Back to the Wall (Le Dos au mur) (1958) and Witness in the City (Un témoin dans la ville) (1959). All three films are sourced from 2K scans. Extras include trailers for Speaking of Murder and Back to the Wall.
Please note: The below trailers for Speaking of Murder and Back to the Wall are from Gaumont's YouTube channel and do not include English subtitles.