UPDATE: As of June 9th, Lionsgate Home Entertainment has released John Wick: Chapter 4 on Blu-ray and 4K UHD. The fourth installment in the John Wick series saw the titular hitman in yet more outrageous gun battles and fight sequences, as he takes revenge on the High Table over a whopping 169 minutes of nearly non-stop action. The film opened in March 2023 to near-universal acclaim and topped the box office on its opening weekend, with over $73 million. So far, the film has made over $187 million domestically and over $427 million globally.
Lionsgate's Blu-ray releases of John Wick: Chapter 4 contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include eleven featurettes, two trailers and a promo for the upcoming tie-in series The Continental. In addition to standard packaging, an Amazon Exclusive with Bonus Blu-ray, a Best Buy Exclusive 4K UHD SteelBook, a Walmart Exclusive 4K UHD SteelBook and a Walmart Exclusive 4K UHD Collector's Set will also be available. Target will also have a Blu-ray Exclusive with Alternate Artwork. Reviewer Jeffrey Kauffman praises the "propulsive" Dolby Atmos track, and says the 4K UHD image: "provides clear upticks in detail, palette highlights and especially shadow detail from [the Blu-ray]...fine detail levels are impressive, and even some of the more obvious CGI elements tend to sharper than might be expected...HDR and/or Dolby Vision offer a slew of really beautiful new highlights throughout this presentation." For full disc breakdowns, read Jeffery's 4K UHD review and Blu-ray review.
For the week of June 5th, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has a Blu-ray release for Chris McKay's Renfield, starring Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Brandon Scott Jones
Studuo description: In this modern monster tale of Dracula's loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history's most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar® winner Nicolas Cage). Renfield is forced to procure his master's prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is ready to see if there's a life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness. If only he can figure out how to end his codependency.
Universal's Blu-ray of Renfield contains a DTS-HD MA 7.1 audio track. Extras include filmmaker commentary, deleted and extended scenes, alternate takes, and several featurettes.
Also coming from Universal is a Blu-ray for La Brea: Season Two (2022-2023).
Description: Season Two of "La Brea" continues the epic, time-traveling adventure that began when a massive sinkhole opened in Los Angeles, plunging people into a mysterious primeval land where they must unite for survival. This season, the Harris family Gavin (Eoin Macken) and Eve (Natalie Zea) and their kids Izzy (Zyra Gorecki) and Josh (Jack Martin) still find themselves separated across parallel worlds. In 10,000 BC, Eve is determined to find a way to reunite with Josh, who accidentally went through a portal to the year 1988. But unbeknownst to Eve, Gavin and Izzy have traveled from the modern world to prehistoric Seattle and are now embarking on a dangerous journey to L.A. so they can get their family back together.
Coming to Blu-ray from Paramount Home Media Distribution is Tulsa King: Season One (2022), starring Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Jay Will, Max Casella and Domenick Lombardozzi.
Official description: TULSA KING follows New York mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi (Stallone), just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a "crew" from a group of unlikely characters, to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet. The series also stars Andrea Savage ("I'm Sorry"), Martin Starr ("Silicon Valley"), Max Casella ("The Tender Bar"), Domenick Lombardozzi ("The Irishman"), Vincent Piazza ("Boardwalk Empire"), Jay Will ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"), A.C. Peterson ("Superman & Lois") and Garrett Hedlund ("The United States vs. Billie Holiday").
Paramount's Blu-ray of Tulsa King: Season One contains six featurettes and behind-the-story segments for each episode. In addition to standard packaging, a SteelBook will also be available.
Also coming from Paramount is a Blu-ray for Camille Delamarre's Assassin Club, starring Henry Golding, Daniela Melchior, Sam Neill, Noomi Rapace, Claudio Del Falco and Jimmy Jean-Louis.
Plot: An elite assassin is given his final contract and must kill seven people around the world, only to discover the targets are equally skilled assassins hired to kill him.
New on Blu-ray from Decal Releasing is Catherine Hardwicke's Mafia Mamma, starring Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci, Livia De Paolis, Bruno Bilotta, Alessandro Bressanello and Tim Daish.
Description: Mafia Mamma is a hilarious, action-packed comedy about a suburban American woman who inherits her grandfather's Mafia empire, and guided by the Firm's trusted consigliere defies everyone's expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
Decal Releasing's Blu-ray of Mafia Mamma contains the film's red band trailer.
New on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber is Mark Pellington's The Severing, starring Maija Knapp, Ryan Spencer, Blake Miller and Allison Fletcher.
Description:The Severing, from acclaimed filmmaker Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies), is a visceral and powerful feature-length dance film. This cathartic movement piece was created in collaboration with the brilliant choreographer Nina McNeely (Gaspar Noe's Climax), rising Dutch cinematographer Evelin Van Rei, and editor Sergio Pinheiro. Inspired by the Wim Wenders film Pina, Pellington was interested in expressing feelings and emotions through a "narrative of movement and text", told through the physical expression of dancers' bodies and souls. Grief is physical and lies in the body, in our very DNA, which makes movement the ideal way to communicate it. In Pellington's words, "It's the way to express what it feels like to be severed or to feel nothing. The film is a cathartic reencounter for anybody who's felt loss, or isolation, or struggled with these themes: fear, reconnection, isolation."
Kino's Blu-ray of The Severing contains filmmaker audio commentary, a behind-the-scenes stills gallery, a music video and a trailer.
Turning to catalog titles, the Criterion Collection has a 4K UHD upgrade for Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game (La Règle du jeu) (1939), starring Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac, Claire Gérard and Anne Mayen. Sourced from a new 4K master, Criterion presents The Rules of the Game in 4K SDR with French: LPCM Mono audio and optional English subtitles. Audio commentary (written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by Peter Bogdanovich) is also included, while an included Blu-ray features previously-released video extras, including an introduction by Jean Renoir, a comparison of the film's two endings, two documentaries about Renoir, three video essays on the production history and three interviews with actor Mila Parély, set designer Max Douy and Renoir's son, Alain.
Coming to Blu-ray from Shout Factory is Bill S. Ballinger's The Strangler (1964), starring Victor Buono, David McLean, Diane Sayer, Baynes Barron, Ellen Corby and Russ Bender. Sourced from a new 2K scan of an interpositive, Shout presents The Strangler with DTS-HD MA Mono audio. Extras include new audio commentary with film historian David Del Valle and filmmaker David DeCoteau and the film's theatrical trailer.
Also coming to Blu-ray from Shout is Paul Bartel's Private Parts (1972), starring Lucille Benson, Laurie Main, John Lupton, Dorothy Neumann, Paul Bartel and Stanley Livingston. Sourced from a new 2K scan of an interpositive, Shout presents Private Parts with DTS-HD MA Mono audio. Extras include new audio commentary with film historian David Del Valle and filmmaker David DeCoteau, a new interview with actor Ayn Ruymen, a new interview with filmmaker Allan Arkush on the films of Paul Bartel, a still gallery and the film's theatrical trailer.
Finally this week, Arrow Video has a Blu-ray for Sammo Kam-Bo Hung's Warriors Two (贊先生與找錢華) (1978), starring Ka-Yan Leung, Casanova Wong, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Dean Shek, Hark-On Fung and Biao Yuen. Featuring new 2K masters of both the original Hong Kong version and the shorter export cut, Arrow presents Warriors Two with several lossless audio options, including original Cantonese, Mandarin or English mono or 5.1 audio tracks for the theatrical version, as well as English mono for the export cut. Extras include audio commentary on the theatrical version by martial arts cinema expert Frank Djeng and actor Bobby Samuels, audio commentary on the export cut by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema, an archival making of documentary and original theatrical trailers. Limited edition packaging includes a double-sided fold-out poster with original and new art, a reversible sleeve, and an illustrated collector's booklet. Additionally, a Arrow Store Exclusive Original Art Slipcover will also be available.