This Week on Blu-ray: November 13-19

For the week of November 13th, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Antoine Fuqua's The Equalizer 3, starring Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea, David Denman, Gaia Scodellaro and Remo Girone.

Description: Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he's done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.

Sony's 4K UHD release of The Equalizer 3 contains a Dolby Atmos audio track, with Dolby Vision HDR. Blu-ray exclusive extras include deleted scenes, and additional extras include five featurettes and a music video. In addition to standard packaging, a Best Buy Exclusive 4K UHD SteelBook and a Walmart Exclusive Blu-ray SteelBook will also be available.

On the same day, Sony will release The Equalizer 3-Movie Collection (2014-2023) in separate Blu-ray and 4K UHD editions. On 4K UHD, all three films, including The Equalizer 3, will feature IMAX Enhanced picture, with The Equalizer having DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio, and The Equalizer 2 and The Equalizer 3 having DTS:X audio tracks, making these discs different to the standalone 4K UHD editions.

Also new from Sony is a Blu-ray for For All Mankind: Season One (2019), starring Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Wrenn Schmidt, Shantel VanSanten, Sarah Jones and Jodi Balfour.

Description: For All Mankind is created by Emmy® Award winner Ronald D. Moore (Outlander, Battlestar Galactica), Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi. Told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers and their families, For All Mankind presents an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams.

Sony's Blu-ray of For All Mankind: Season One is a four-disc set with all ten episodes.

Also new from Sony is a Blu-ray for Justified: City Primeval - Season 1 (2023), starring Timothy Olyphant, Boyd Holbrook, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Adelaide Clemens and Marin Ireland.

Description: Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. His hair is greyer, his hat is dirtier, and the road in front of him is suddenly a lot shorter than the road behind.

A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit. There he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who's already slipped through the fingers of Detroit's finest once and aims to do so again. Mansell's lawyer, formidable Motor City native Carolyn Wilder, has every intention of representing her client, even as she finds herself caught in between cop and criminal, with her own game afoot as well. These three characters set out on a collision course in classic Elmore Leonard fashion, to see who makes it out of the City Primeval alive.

Sony's Blu-ray of Justified: City Primeval - Season 1 is a two-disc set with all eight episodes.

Then on 4K UHD from Sony comes David Anspaugh's Rudy (1993), starring Sean Astin, Ned Beatty, Charles S. Dutton, Jason Miller, Lili Taylor and Robert Prosky. Sourced from a new 4K master (approved by director David Anspaugh), Sony presents Rudy in both its 114-minute theatrical version and a new 127-minute director's cut, both with Dolby Vision HDR and a choice of Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD MA 5.1 or for the theatrical cut, DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio options. New extras include audio commentary by director David Anspaugh and screenwriter Angelo Pizzo on the director's cut, and five additional deleted scenes. An included legacy Blu-ray also has featurettes. Note that for the time being, Rudy is only available on 4K UHD in SteelBook packaging.

Finally from Sony are two catalog titles coming to Blu-ray: Hugh Wilson's Guarding Tess (1994), starring Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert, James Rebhorn and Richard Griffiths, and Errol Morris' documentary The Fog of War (2003). Both films are making their debut on Blu-ray.

New on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is Michael Chaves' The Nun II, starring Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Storm Reid, Anna Popplewell, Bonnie Aarons and Katelyn Rose Downey.

Description: 1956 – France. A priest is murdered. An evil is spreading. The sequel to the worldwide smash hit follows Sister Irene as she once again comes face-to-face with Valak, the demon nun.

Warner's Blu-ray releases of The Nun II contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with HDR on the 4K UHD edition. Extras include two featurettes. For full release breakdowns, read Randy Miller's 4K UHD review and Blu-ray review.

Finally from Warner are two more Blu-rays from the Warner Archive Collection. They are:

Kevin Reynolds' Rapa Nui (1994), starring Jason Scott Lee, Esai Morales, Sandrine Holt, Rawiri Paratene, Nathaniel Lees and Lawrence Makoare. Warner Archive presents Rapa Nui from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. Extras include the film's original theatrical trailer.

Richard Attenborough's In Love and War (1996), starring Sandra Bullock, Chris O'Donnell, Mackenzie Astin, Ingrid Lacey, Carlo Croccolo and Tara Hugo. Warner Archive presents In Love and War from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. Extras include the film's original theatrical trailer.

New on Blu-ray from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is Nadine Crocker's Desperation Road, starring Mel Gibson, Willa Fitzgerald, Garrett Hedlund, Ryan Hurst, Kat Foster and Woody McClain.

Description: In a small Mississippi town, justice and the law are two very different things. Academy Award Winner Mel Gibson (Braveheart), Garret Hedlund (TRON: Legacy), and Willa Fitzgerald (Scream: The TV Series) star in a modern noir thriller based on the acclaimed novel by Michael Farris Smith about two lost souls tortured by the mistakes of their past and bound by a secret that keeps them running.

Also coming to Blu-ray from Lionsgate is another title in the Vestron Video Collector's Series: Kathryn Bigelow's Blue Steel (1990), starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Peña, Louise Fletcher and Philip Bosco. New extras include audio commentary with film historian Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, interviews with editor Lee Percy, production designer Toby Corbett and film historian Professor Jennifer Moorman, a video essay by film historian Chris O'Neill, trailer, TV spots, a vintage promo and more.

New on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment is Andrew Hyatt's The Blind, starring Kerry Knuppe, Aaron Dalla Villa, Amelia Eve, Brielle Robillard, Todd Terry and Virginia Tucker.

Description: Set in the 1960s South and shot on location in Louisiana, THE BLIND shares never-before-revealed aspects of Phil Robertson's (Duck Dynasty) life as he seeks to conquer the shame of his past, addiction and complicated family dynamics, ultimately finding redemption in an unlikely place. "It was important to us that the film be real," said Willie Robertson, Phil's son. "The transformation of Phil proves that anyone can change and that there is always hope."

Mill Creek's Blu-ray of The Blind contains a featurette and deleted scenes.

Also coming from Mill Creek is a Blu-ray compilation: The Ultraseven 55th Anniversary Anthology (1967-2022), a six-disc set containing 55 episodes / specials from the Ultraman franchise, several of which are new to Blu-ray. Audio is Japanese: DTS-HD MA 2.0 (or 5.1) with English subtitles and a booklet is also provided. For a full set breakdown, read Martin Liebman's Blu-ray review.

Finally for new releases this week, RLJE Films have a 4K UHD release for Yuval Adler's Sympathy for the Devil (2023), starring Nicolas Cage, Joel Kinnaman, Kaiwi Lyman and Cameron Lee Price.

Description: After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger (Nicolas Cage) at gunpoint, a man (Joel Kinnaman) finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.

RLJE Films' release of Sympathy for the Devil contains four short interviews with cast and crew members. For a full release breakdown, read Randy Miller's 4K UHD review.

Turning to catalog titles, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has a Blu-ray box set for Leave It to Beaver: The Complete Series (1957-1963). The 30-disc set contains all six seasons and 234 episodes.

Also coming from Universal is a 4K UHD upgrade for Steven Spielberg's Duel (1971), starring Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone, Lou Frizzell, Gene Dynarski and Lucille Benson. Sourced from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, Universal presents Duel in 1.85:1 with HDR and a Dolby Atmos audio remix. New extras include the TV version of the film in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio in HD resolution, while legacy extras include a conversation with Steven Spielberg, two featurettes, a photo and still gallery and a trailer. In addition to standard packaging, a GRUV Exclusive SteelBook will also be available.

Coming to 4K UHD from the Criterion Collection is Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971), starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid and Loyd Catlett. Criterion presents The Last Picture Show with LPCM Mono audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras are spread over two Blu-rays and include both original color and black and white director's cut versions of Bogdanovich's sequel film Texasville (1990) (which also has its own introduction), as well as two audio commentaries, three documentaries, screen tests and location footage and more.

Finally this week, Paramount Home Media Distribution has a 4K UHD upgrade for James L. Brooks' Terms of Endearment (1983), starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Danny DeVito and John Lithgow. Sourced from a new 4K master from the original camera negative (supervised by James L. Brooks) Terms of Endearment becomes part of the Paramount Presents lineup, with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. An included remastered Blu-ray contains a new Filmmaker Focus featurette with Brooks, while legacy extras include filmmaker audio commentary and a theatrical trailer. As with all Paramount Presents releases, special packaging includes a slipcover which opens to reveal original poster artwork.