Posted January 22, 2024 03:50 AM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of January 22nd, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release Jeff Wamester's Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One, starring the voices of Darren Criss, Stana Katic, Jensen Ackles, Matt Bomer, Meg Donnelly and Jimmi Simpson.
Studio description: Based on DC's iconic comic book limited series 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, join DC Super Heroes from across the multiverse in the first of three parts of DC's new animated film Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One, which marks the beginning of the end to the Tomorrowverse story arc.
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the all-new, action-packed DC animated film features some of DC's most famous Super Heroes from multiple universes including Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, who come together to stop an impending threat of doom and destruction.
Warner's Blu-ray editions of Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One contain DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio with HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include Crisis Prime(r), The Selfless Speedster and Silent Treatment.
Please note that Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One will be available on 4K UHD in SteelBook packaging.
New on Blu-ray from Paramount Home Media Distribution is Special Ops: Lioness: Season One (2023), starring Zoe Saldana, Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett and James Jordan.
Description: From Taylor Sheridan, Co-Creator of Yellowstone, SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS inspired by an actual US Military program, follows the life of Joe (Saldaña) while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA's spear in the war on terror.
The Lioness Program, overseen by Kaitlyn Meade (Kidman) and Donald Westfield (Kelly), enlists an aggressive Marine Raider named Cruz (De Oliveira) to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of State terrorism in the CIA's efforts to thwart the next 9/11.
Paramount's Blu-ray of Special Ops: Lioness: Season One contains over 90 minutes of extras, including the new featurettes: Embedded With Special Ops: Lioness and Battle Forged Calm: Tactics and Training, as well as Behind the Story featurettes and Inside the Story.
New on Blu-ray from Well Go USA is Michael Chiang's Wolf Pack (狼群), starring Jin Zhang, Aarif Rahman, Luxia Jiang, Mark Luu, Kuo-Chung Tang and Liu Ye.
Description: While seeking answers about his father's suspicious death, a tactically trained physician infiltrates a mercenary group and soon uncovers a dangerous international conspiracy that could threaten the lives of millions of civilians.
Well Go USA's Blu-ray of Wolf Pack contains a trailer. For a full disc breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
Also coming to Blu-ray from Well Go USA is Dan Brown's Your Lucky Day, starring Angus Cloud, Elliot Knight, Jessica Garza, Sterling Beaumon, Mousa Hussein Kraish and Spencer Garrett.
Description: After a dispute over a winning lottery ticket turns into a deadly hostage situation, the witnesses must decide exactly how far they'll go—and how much blood they're willing to spill—for a cut of the $156 million.
Description: Florida, U.S.A., 2011. After an accident while on a drive with her sweetheart, Jolyne Cujoh falls into a trap and is sentenced to fifteen years. She is sent to the state-run maximum-security correctional facility Green Dolphin Street Prison - AKA "the Aquarium." On the verge of despair, she receives a pendant from her father that causes a mysterious power to awaken inside of her. Will Jolyne ultimately be set free from this stone ocean they call a prison? The final battle to end century-long confrontations between the Joestar family and DIO begins!!
Viz Media's Blu-ray of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Set 8 - Stone Ocean Part 1 contains 18 episodes with both Japanese (with English subtitles) and English dubbed stereo audio tracks. Extras include cast interviews, a textless opening and ending and trailers. A 49-page booklet is also included.
Description: Adjusting to life without the Jamil family, Ryoma travels between Gimul and the town of Lenaf, taking on new challenges as he goes. Between expanding his business, battling smash boars, and inventing cool items, being a slime tamer couldn't be more fun!
Crunchyroll's Blu-ray of By the Grace of the Gods: Season 2 contains 12 episodes with both Japanese: Dolby TrueHd 2.0 (with English subtitles) and dubbed English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio tracks. Extras include promo videos and textless opening and ending songs.
THE SEA SHALL NOT HAVE THEM (1954): In Lewis Gilbert's memorable and gripping WWII saga, four Allied men struggle to survive in a lifeboat on the North Sea after their plane is shot down. One of the men carries secret documents that can save London from Nazi destruction. In a daring race against time, will their rescuers save them before Nazi U-boats, stormy seas, exposure, and enemy-mined waters kill them?
ALBERT R.N. (1953): In this World War II drama based on true events, a group of British POWs suspects that there is a German spy in its midst after several escape attempts are foiled. Deftly directed by Lewis Gilbert and supported by Jack Asher's moody cinematography, ALBERT R.N. stands beside paragons of the genre such as STALAG 17 and THE GREAT ESCAPE.
Coming to Blu-ray from Powerhouse Films / Indicator is John Frankenheimer's Impossible Object (L'impossible objet), AKA Story of a Love Story (1973), starring Alan Bates, Dominique Sanda, Michel Auclair, Evans Evans, Paul Crauchet and Lea Massari. Sourced from a new 4K master, Indicator present Impossible Object in both its 113-minute French theatrical version and its 104-minute English-language international cut, with LPCM mono audio and newly-translated English subtitles for the French version. Extras include a new audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas, a 1973 French TV interview with John Frankenheimer, These Obscure Subjects of Desire: Objectified Women in the Lost Films of Frankenheimer and Lumet: A new featurette with filmmaker and film historian Daniel Kremer, Stories of a Love Story: A video analysis of the two versions of the film, as well as an image gallery. Exclusive to the limited edition is a 44-page booklet with a new essay by Adam Scovell and other writings.
Also coming to Blu-ray from Powerhouse Films / Indicator is Jamil Dehlavi's Jinnah (1998), starring Christopher Lee, Shashi Kapoor, James Fox, Christopher Godwin and Indira Varma. Indicator present Jinnah with DTS-HD MA 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 audio tracks and English SDH subtitles. Extras include an alternative Urdu stereo audio track (with optional English subtitles), the making of documentary Dare to Dream, the original theatrical trailer and an image gallery. Exclusive to the limited edition is a 36-page booklet with a new essay cinema expert and film festival programmer Éric Peretti and other writings.
Coming to Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection is Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978, a three-disc box set with nine films from Akerman: Saute ma ville (1968), L'enfant aimé ou Je joue à être une femme mariée (1971), La chambre (1972), Hotel Monterey (1972), Le 15/8 (1973), Je tu il elle (1974) Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) (also available from Criterion individually here), News from Home (1977) and Les rendez-vous d'Anna (1978) all presented from 2K masters (except Les rendez-vous d'Anna, which uses a 4K master) with LPCM Mono audio and optional English subtitles. extras include Akerman's unfinished film Hanging Out Yonkers (1973), film-school tests by Akerman, a new program on Akerman with critic B. Ruby Rich, a visual essay on Akerman featuring archival interviews, the documentary Autour de "Jeanne Dielman," and various cast and crew interviews for Jeanne Dielman. Rounding out the extras are an appreciation by filmmaker Ira Sachs and an essay and notes by critic Beatrice Loayza.
Coming to 4K UHD from Kino Lorber is Ivan Reitman's Kindergarten Cop (1990), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Richard Tyson and Carroll Baker. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents Kindergarten Cop with DTS-HD MA 2.0 and 5.1 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include two new audio commentaries: One with film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson and another with film historian Samm Deighan. An included remastered Blu-ray disc additionally features a newly remastered theatrical trailer.
Finally this week, Shout Factory has two newly remastered catalog titles on Blu-ray. First is Bruce Robinson's Jennifer 8 (1992), starring Andy Garcia, Uma Thurman, Lance Henriksen, Graham Beckel, Kathy Baker and Kevin Conway. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Shout presents Jennifer 8 in two versions, with a never-before-seen alternate ending. Extras include the new retrospective featurette "Is It Dark Yet?" Looking Back At Jennifer 8, which includes new interviews with Bruce Robinson, Andy Garcia and Lance Henriksen. A theatrical trailer is also included.
Finally this week, Shout has a newly remastered Blu-ray for Tom Holland's film of Stephen King's Thinner (1996), starring Robert John Burke, Stephen King, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Michael Constantine and Kari Wuhrer. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Shout presents Thinner with several new extras, including two new audio commentaries: One with producer Mitchell Galin and actor Joe Mantegna and another with film critic / historian Lee Gambin and novelist Aaron Dries. Also new are interviews with director Tom Holland, actor Lucinda Jenney and special make-up effects artist Vincent Guastini. Legacy audio commentary with Tom Holland and Joe Mantegna, as well as the featurette The Magic of Special Effects Make-Up and a theatrical trailer, TV spot and image gallery are also included.