For the week of April 10th, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release a Blu-ray for Oliver Hermanus' Living (2022), starring Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp and Adrian Rawlins.
Description: In a career-defining performance, Bill Nighy (Love Actually) plays Williams, a 1950's London civil servant who struggles to maintain order under mountains of paperwork. Overwhelmed at work and lonely at home, his life takes a heartbreaking turn when a medical diagnosis tells him time is short. Influenced by a local decadent (Tom Burke) and the vibrant Margaret (Aimee Lou Wood), Williams continues to search for meaning until a simple revelation gives him the purpose to create a legacy for the next generation. Adapted by Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro (Remains of the Day) and based on the classic Akira Kurosawa film Ikiru, Living is "one of the best pictures of the year". (David Fear, Rolling Stone)
Sony's Blu-ray of Living contains the featurette A Life Semi-lived.
Also new on Blu-ray from Sony is Mia Hansen-Løve's One Fine Morning (Un beau matin), starring Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud and Nicole Garcia.
Description: Sandra (Léa Seydoux) is a widowed young mother raising her daughter on her own, while also caring for her sick father (Pascal Greggory). She's dealing with the loss of the relationship she once had with her father, while she and her mother and sister fight to get him the care he requires. At the same time, Sandra reconnects with Clément (Melvil Poupaud), a friend she hasn't seen in a while and, although he's married, their friendship soon blossoms into a passionate affair.
New this week on Blu-ray from Decal Releasing is Brandon Cronenberg's Infinity Pool, starring Alexander Skarsgård, Cleopatra Coleman, Thomas Kretschmann, John Ralston and Mia Goth.
Official description: While staying at an isolated island resort, James (Alexander Skarsgård) and Em (Cleopatra Coleman) are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi (Mia Goth), they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror. A tragic accident leaves them facing a zero tolerance policy for crime: either you'll be executed, or, if you're rich enough to afford it, you can watch yourself die instead.
New on Blu-ray from RLJE Films is Mo McRae's A Lot of Nothing, starring Cleopatra Coleman, Justin Hartley, Y'lan Noel, Sheila Carrasco and Andrew Leeds.
Description: James and Vanessa seem to be the perfect couple - happily married, successful, and comfortable. One night, their lives are rocked to the core when, after watching a tragedy play out on the evening news, they realize their neighbor was involved. In a state of shock, and with opposing viewpoints on how to address the issue, they decide to seek justice against a neighbor.
Turning to catalog titles, Kino Lorber have a number of them coming to Blu-ray. First is Rudolph Maté's The Mississippi Gambler (1953), starring Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, Julie Adams, John McIntire and Paul Cavanagh. Sourced from a new 2K master, Kino presents The Mississippi Gambler with a new audio commentary by film historian Toby Roan, as well as a newly remastered theatrical trailer.
Also from Kino on Blu-ray is Robert Rossen's They Came to Cordura (1959), starring Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, Richard Conte and Michael Callan. Previously released on a double-feature Blu-ray, Kino presents They Came to Cordura on its own disc for the first time, with a 28-minute introduction by filmmaker/film historian Bertrand Tavernier and the film's theatrical trailer.
The from Kino is a Blu-ray for Don Siegel's Hell Is for Heroes (1962), starring Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, James Coburn and Bob Newhart. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents Hell Is for Heroes with a new audio commentary by filmmaker / historian Steve Mitchell and author Steven Jay Rubin, as well as a newly remastered theatrical trailer. Collectible packaging includes a limited edition slipcover.
Then from Kino comes a Blu-ray for Richard Thorpe's The Truth About Spring (1965), starring Hayley Mills, John Mills, James MacArthur, Lionel Jeffries and Harry Andrews. Sourced from a new 2K master, Kino presents The Truth About Spring with a new audio commentary by film historian / screenwriter Gary Gerani, as well as a newly remastered theatrical trailer.
Then from Kino is a Blu-ray for Mervyn LeRoy's Moment to Moment (1966), starring Jean Seberg, Honor Blackman, Arthur Hill, Grégoire Aslan and Peter Robbins. Sourced from a new 2K master, Kino presents Moment to Moment with a new audio commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson, as well as a newly remastered trailer featurette Moment to Moment with Mancini.
Finally from Kino is a Blu-ray for Patrice Leconte's Man on the Train (L'Homme du train) (2002), starring Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin, Edith Scob and Charlie Nelson. Kino presents Man on the Train in French with optional English subtitles. A theatrical trailer is also included.
Coming to 4K UHD from Paramount Home Media Distribution is Adrian Lyne's Flashdance (1983), starring Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson and Belinda Bauer. Sourced from a 4K master supervised by Adrian Lyne, Paramount presents Flashdance with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and Dolby Vision HDR. The included Blu-ray contains the same extras as the remastered Paramount Presents Blu-ray from 2020. In addition to standard packaging, a SteelBook will also be available. For a full release breakdown, read Martin Liebman's 4K UHD review.
Coming this week from Arrow Video is Sammo Kam-Bo Hung and Fruit Chan's Heart of Dragon (龍的心) (1985), starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Fruit Chan, Hoi Mang, Ching-Ying Lam and Lung Chan. Sourced from a new 2K scan of the original camera negative, Arrow presents Heart of Dragon in both the 91-minute Hong Kong theatrical cut and the 99-minute extended Japanese cut, with Cantonese and English dubbed audio options, as well as Mandarin audio on the theatrical cut and Cantonese with an alternate score on the Japanese cut. Extras include a new audio commentary by Frank Djeng & FJ DeSanto on the extended cut, two extended featurettes made to promote the Japanese release by Shochiku: The Making of The First Mission and The First Mission: Pre-Release Event, as well as legacy cast and crew interviews, an image gallery and various trailers. In addition to standard packaging, an Arrow Video Exclusive Original Artwork Slipcover will also be available. For a full disc breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
Coming to Blu-ray from Shout Factory is Franco Amurri's Flashback (1990), starring Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Carol Kane, Paul Dooley and Cliff De Young. The film will make its worldwide debut on Blu-ray.
Also from Shout is a Blu-ray for Chuck Russell's Bless the Child (2000), starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Holliston Coleman, Rufus Sewell and Angela Bettis. Another worldwide debut on Blu-ray, Shout's release will contain audio commentary by Chuck Russell and visual effects supervisor Joel Hynek, a featurette with cast and crew interviews and the film's theatrical trailer.
Finally this week, the Criterion Collection have a 4K UHD upgrade for Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King (1991), starring Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer, Mercedes Ruehl, David Hyde Pierce and Adam Bryant. Presented from a new 4K master approved by Terry Gilliam, Criterion presents The Fisher King with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and Dolby Vision HDR. An included Blu-ray duplicates the extras from Criterion's 2015 release, including the legacy audio commentary with Gilliam, deleted scenes, making of documentaries and more. Reviewer Svet Atanasov gives the 4K UHD release top marks in every category, declaring the 4K UHD's picture quality to be "absolutely incredible". For a full release breakdown, read Svet's 4K UHD review.