This Week on Blu-ray: December 4-10

For the week of December 4th, Walt Disney Home Entertainment will release James Mangold's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, starring Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies and Shaunette Renée Wilson.

Description: Harrison Ford returns to the role of the legendary hero archaeologist for this highly anticipated final installment of the iconic franchise-- a big, globe-trotting, rip-roaring cinematic adventure. Starring alongside Ford are Phoebe Waller-Bridge ("Fleabag"), Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), John Rhys-Davies (Raiders of the Lost Ark), and Shaunette Renée Wilson.

Disney's 4K UHD release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny contains HDR and the film's Dolby Atmos audio. Extras include an isolated score track in Dolby Atmos (or Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 on the Blu-ray) and a 57-minute making of documentary. In addition to standard packaging, a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook and a Walmart Exclusive with Pin will also be available. For full release breakdowns, read Jeffrey Kauffman's 4K UHD review and Blu-ray review.

New from Paramount Home Media Distribution is a Blu-ray, Blu-ray SteelBook and 4K UHD SteelBook release for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season Two (2023). The three-disc 4K UHD or four-disc Blu-ray sets contain over 2 hours of special features, including Producing Props, The Costumes Closet, The Gorn, Singing in Space and Exploring New Worlds, as well as deleted, extended and alternate scenes.

Note: The standard 4K UHD edition of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season Two is currently set to release on December 19th, 2023.

Coming to Blu-ray from Paramount and CBS is The Odd Couple: The Complete Series (1970-1975), starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. The fifteen-disc set contains all five seasons and 114 episodes of the series.

Coming to 4K UHD from Paramount is James Cameron's Titanic (1997), starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher and Gloria Stuart. Sourced from a new 4K master, Paramount presents Titanic with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix. New extras include Titanic: Stories From The Heart, Titanic - 25 Years Later with James Cameron and fan poster art, along with audio commentaries and over fifteen hours of legacy bonus features. In addition to standard packaging, a Collector's Edition will also be available.

Finally from Paramount is a 4K UHD upgrade for Will Speck and Josh Gordon's Office Christmas Party (2016), starring Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller, Jennifer Aniston, Kate McKinnon and Courtney B. Vance. Paramount presents Office Christmas Party with Dolby Vision HDR and DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. An included legacy Blu-ray features theatrical and unrated cuts of the film with DTS-HD MA 7.1 audio, along with filmmaker commentary, a featurette, outtakes and deleted scenes.

New from RLJE Films is a Blu-ray for Creepshow: Season 4 (2022). The two-disc set contains all 12 episodes.

New on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Shout Factory is Nicol Paone's The Kill Room, starring Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Joe Manganiello, Debi Mazar, Maya Hawke and Matthew Maher.

Description: Pulp Fiction stars Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson are back in The Kill Room, a dark comedy/crime-thriller about a hitman, his boss, an art dealer, and a scheme that accidentally turns one of them into an overnight art world sensation.

Patrice Capullo (Thurman, Kill Bill: Vol. I and Vol. 2) has a big problem – her art gallery isn't making money. Gordon Davis (Jackson, The Avengers, The Hateful Eight) has an even bigger problem: while arranging hits for the mob is lucrative, he and his "colleague" Reggie Pitt (Joe Manganiello, Magic Mike, True Blood) need a better way to launder their money. A chance introduction through Patrice's drug dealer facilitates the art world meeting the underworld ... and a plan is hatched. There's one hitch: Patrice needs something to sell. With that, Reggie taps into his inner artist and makes a painting that immediately sells for an incredibly high price. But when the noteworthy price for this new mystery artist accidentally leaks, the art career of "The Bagman" is born, attracting attention, press ... and a target on his back.

Also from Shout is a 4K UHD upgrade for Daniel Attias' Silver Bullet (1985), starring Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim, Megan Follows, Robin Groves and Leon Russom. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Shout presents Silver Bullet with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include new audio commentary with Eric Vespe and Scott Wampler of the Kingcast, legacy audio commentary with Daniel Attias and isolated score selections with an audio interview with composer Jay Chattaway (all on Blu-ray and 4K UHD), while an included remastered Blu-ray features video interviews with actors Kent Broadhurst and Everett McGill and editor Daniel Loewenthal, a special effects featurette, theatrical trailer and more.

Finally from Shout is a 4K UHD upgrade for Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break (1991), starring Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley and James Le Gros. Sourced from a new 4K scan of an interpositive, Shout presents Point Break with DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include additional scenes, four featurettes and a theatrical trailer. In addition to standard packaging, a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook will also be available.

Coming to Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection is Allen Baron's Blast of Silence (1961), starring Jerry Douglas, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker, Danny Meehan, Howard Mann and Gil Rogers. Sourced from a new 4K master, Criterion presents Blast of Silence with LPCM Mono audio and a choice of 1:33:1 or 1.85:1 aspect ratios. Extras include an hour-long making of documentary, on-set Polaroids, a locations featurette and a trailer. A booklet with an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty and a graphic-novel adaptation of the film by Sean Phillips (Criminal, Reckless, Fatale) is also included. For a full disc breakdown, read Svet Atanasov's Blu-ray review.

Also coming from Criterion is a 4K UHD upgrade for Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven (1978), starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke and Jackie Shultis. Sourced from a new 4K master (supervised and approved by director Terrence Malick, camera operator John Bailey, and editor Billy Weber), Criterion presents Days of Heaven with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and Dolby Vision HDR. Extras replicate Criterion's 2010 Blu-ray edition and include filmmaker commentary, an audio interview with actor Richard Gere, video interviews with John Bailey, cinematographer Haskell Wexler, and actor Sam Shepard, and a trailer. A booklet with an essay by critic Adrian Martin, as well as a chapter from director of photography Nestor Almendros's autobiography, is also included. For a full disc breakdown, read Svet Atanasov's 4K UHD review.

Coming to Blu-ray from Milestone Films is Kent Mackenzie's The Exiles (1961), starring Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, Tommy Reynolds, Rico Rodriguez, Clifford Ray Sam and Clydean Parker. Milestone presents The Exiles in a remaster by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, Extras include audio commentary with Sherman Alexie and Sean Axmaker, Mackenzie's short films Bunker Hill 1956 (1956), Story of a Rodeo Cowboy (1963), A Skill for Molina (1964), and Ivan and His Father (1970), audio of The Exiles opening night at UCLA, the short film White Fawn's Devotion (1910), a re-release trailer and much more.

Coming to Blu-ray from Kino Lorber is Richard A. Colla's The Questor Tapes (1974), starring Robert Foxworth, Mike Farrell, John Vernon, Lew Ayres, James Shigeta and Robert Douglas. Kino presents The Questor Tapes from a new 2K scan of an interpositve, with new audio commentary by film historian / screenwriter Gary Gerani and newly remastered textless trailer and textless promo.

Also on Blu-ray from Kino is a pair of Henri Verneuil films starring Yves Montand: I... For Icarus (I... comme Icare) (1979) and A Thousand Billion Dollars (Mille milliards de dollars) (1982). Both films come with new audio commentaries by film historian Samm Deighan (A Thousand Billion Dollars) and film historians Samm Deighan and Rob Skvarla (I... For Icarus).

Then from Kino is a Blu-ray for Fran Rubel Kuzui's Tokyo Pop (1988), starring Carrie Hamilton, Diamond Yukai, Taiji Tonoyama,Tetsurô Tanba, Masumi Harukawa and Toki Shiozawa. Kino presents Tokyo Pop from a new 4K master. Extras include a re-release trailer.

Finally from Kino is a Blu-ray for Maggie Greenwald's The Ballad of Little Jo (1993), starring Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen, David Chung, Heather Graham and Rene Auberjonois. Kino presents The Ballad of Little Jo from a new 4K master (supervised and approved by Maggie Greenwald and cinematographer Declan Quinn). Extras include a new audio commentary with Greenwald and Quinn, as well as an interview with Suzy Amis.

Coming to 4K UHD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple (1985), starring Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Willard E. Pugh and Akosua Busia. Sourced from a 4K master, Warner presents The Color Purple with HDR and DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. Extras include Conversations with Ancestors: The Color Purple From Book to Screen, A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting The Color Purple and Cultivating a Classic: The Making of The Color Purple as well as a featurette on the musical adaptation and trailers. For a full disc breakdown, read Randy Miller's 4K UHD review.

Also coming from Warner is a Blu-ray box set for Babylon 5: The Complete Series (1994–1998). The twenty-one disc set contains newly remastered versions of all 110 episodes, as well as the original pilot The Gathering.

Coming to 4K UHD and remastered Blu-ray from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is Christopher Cain's Young Guns (1988), starring Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney and Casey Siemaszko. Sourced from a new 4K master, Lionshate presents Young Guns with Dolby Vision HDR and a choice of newly remixed Dolby Atmos or original 2.0 audio. New extras include the featurette How the West Was Wild: Making Young Guns, with new cast and crew interviews, along with legacy audio commentary, a featurette on Billy the Kid, and teaser and theatrical trailers. In addition to standard packaging, a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook will also be available. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's 4K UHD review and Best Buy Exclusive 4K UHD review.

Finally this week, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has a Blu-ray box set for Northern Exposure: The Complete Series (1990-1995). The twenty-four-disc set contains all six seasons with deleted scenes, extended scenes, promos, lost storylines and more extras.