For the week of May 13th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Austin Butler.
Description: Dune: Part Two explores the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
Warner's Blu-ray releases of Dune: Part Two contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. Extras include eight featurettes. In addition to standard packaging, a 4K UHD / Blu-ray SteelBook will also be available, as well as a Dune: 2-Film Collection (2021-2024) in separate Blu-ray and 4K UHD editions. For full release breakdowns, read Randy Miller's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.
Also coming from Warner are four more Blu-rays from the Warner Archive Collection. They are:
William Wyler's Friendly Persuasion (1956), starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Richard Hale and Theodore Newton. Sourced from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, Warner Archive presents Friendly Persuasion with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include an excerpt from the Wide Wide World TV series on the making of the film and the film's original theatrical trailer.
Fred Zinnemann's The Nun's Story (1959), starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Dean Jagger and Mildred Dunnock. Sourced from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, Warner Archive presents The Nun's Story with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include the film's original theatrical trailer.
Francis Ford Coppola's You're a Big Boy Now (1966), starring Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page, Rip Torn, Peter Kastner, Michael Dunn and Tony Bill. Sourced from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, Warner Archive presents You're a Big Boy Now with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include the film's original theatrical trailer.
Finally from Warner are three 4K UHD upgrades. First is Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike (2012), starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Cody Horn, Olivia Munn and Matt Bomer. Extras include Backstage on Magic Mike.
Also coming to 4K UHD from Warner is Clint Eastwood's American Sniper (2014), starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes, Jake McDorman, Cory Hardrict and Kevin Lacz. Warner presents American Sniper with a Dolby Atmos audio track and HDR. Extras include the featurettes One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper, Chris Kyle: The Man Behind the Legend, Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy - The Heart of a Hero, Navy SEALs: In War and Peace, Bringing the War Home: The Cast of Heroism, The Making of American Sniper, Guardian and a trailer. In addition to standard packaging, a SteelBook will also be available.
Then on 4K UHD from Warner comes Nicolai Fuglsig's 12 Strong (2018), starring Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes and Geoff Stults. Warner presents 12 Strong with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and HDR. Extras include 12 Strong: The Making of an Impossible Mission and Monumental Effort: Building America's Response Monument. For a full disc breakdown, read Randy Miller's 4K UHD review.
New on Blu-ray from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is Jeff Wadlow's Imaginary, starring Pyper Braun, Taegen Burns, DeWanda Wise, Betty Buckley, Tom Payne and Veronica Falcón.
Description: From Blumhouse, the genre-defining masterminds behind FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S and M3GAN, comes an original horror that taps into the innocence of imaginary friends – and begs the question: Are they really figments of childhood imagination or is something more terrifying lying just beneath?
When Jessica (DeWanda Wise) moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice (Pyper Braun) develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister.
As Alice's behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.
Lionsgate's Blu-ray of Imaginary contains the film's Dolby Atmos audio. Extras include filmmaker commentary, Meet Your New Imaginary Friends, Frills and Thrills, Crafting the Beasts of Imaginary and Bringing Nightmares to Life.
New on Blu-ray from Well Go USA is Kim Han-min's Noryang: Deadly Sea (노량: 죽음의 바다), starring Ahn Seong-Bong, Baek Yoon-Seok, Kim Yoon-seok and Jae-yeong Jeong.
Description: In 1598, the seven-year Imjin War nears an end as Wae invaders prepare to withdraw from Joseon. Admiral Yi Sun-shin leads an allied fleet of Joseon and Ming ships to annihilate the Wae army. Joseon, Ming, and Wae forces clash at Noryang Strait, the deadly sea where Admiral Yi fights his last valiant battle.
Well Go USA's Blu-ray of Noryang: Deadly Sea contains the featurette Character History and a trailer. For a full disc breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
New from Decal Releasing, in association with Bleecker Street is a Blu-ray for James Hawes' One Life (2023), starring Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonathan Pryce, Adrian Rawlins, Romola Garai and Lena Olin.
Description: Based on the book If It's Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton, ONE LIFE tells the incredible, emotional true story of Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton (Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick (Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children before Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, Nicky (Hopkins) is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn't able to bring to safety in England. It's not until the BBC show "That's Life!" re-introduces him to some of those he helped rescue that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he carried – all the while skyrocketing from anonymity to a national hero.
Decal Releasing's Blu-ray of One Life contains the featurettes That's Life, Stories From the Heart and Behind the Scenes.
New on Blu-ray from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is Kobi Libii's The American Society of Magical Negroes, starring Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, Drew Tarver, Michaela Watkins, Aisha Hinds and Tim Baltz.
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES is a fresh, satirical comedy about a young man, Aren, who is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people's lives easier.
Universal's Blu-ray of The American Society of Magical Negroes contains a DTS-HD MA 7.1 audio track. Extras include filmmaker commentary, Secret Society Members, Crafting a Magical Society and Speaking Your Truth.
Turning to catalog titles, Kino Lorber have a Blu-ray for Vitagraph Comedies (1907-1922), a three-disc set.
Description: The history of screen comedy did not begin with Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton. Prior to their appearances on the American screen, an entire generation of comedians was already establishing (and breaking) the boundaries of this rapidly evolving genre. While working at the Vitagraph Studios, music hall artists such as John Bunny, Frank Roberts, and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew retooled their brands of comedy into something uniquely cinematic, advancing the art form and setting the stage for the slapstick explosion. This three-disc collection, presented by the Library of Congress, showcases the bold innovation of these overlooked pioneers, including the ingenious trick film The Disintegrated Convict, the gender-bending irrereverence of Edith Storey, and the epic scale of Larry Semon's The Sawmill. Vitagraph Comedies also provides precious glimpses of comedians (e.g. Flora Finch or the comedy duo Montgomery and Rock) who are virtually forgotten today, because so little of their work has survived.
Kino's Blu-ray of Vitagraph Comedies contains audio commentaries by film historian Anthony Slide and interviews with curator Rob Stone, archivists Lynanne Schweighofer and George Willeman, and film historian Rob Farr. For a full list of included titles, please see here.
Next from Kino is a Blu-ray for John Farrow's Submarine Command (1951), starring William Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix, Don Taylor, Arthur Franz and Darryl Hickman. Sourced from a 2020 4K scan by Paramount Pictures, Kino presents Submarine Command with a new audio commentary by filmmaker / historian Steve Mitchell and author Steven Jay Rubin (Combat Films: American Realism).
Then from Kino is a Blu-ray for Charles Vidor's Thunder in the East (1952), starring Alan Ladd, Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer, Corinne Calvet, Cecil Kellaway and Marc Cavell. Sourced from a 2022 4K scan by Paramount Pictures, Kino presents Thunder in the East with a new audio commentary by author / film historian Lee Gambin and costume historian Elissa Rose.
Coming to Blu-ray and 4K UHD from the Criterion Collection is Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (1960), starring Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Pamela Green and Brenda Bruce. Sourced from a new 4K master, Criterion presents Peeping Tom with LPCM Mono audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include two audio commentaries: Criterion's 1994 Laserdisc commentary with film scholar Laura Mulvey and a 2007 audio commentary with film historian Ian Christie. The included Blu-ray additionally features an introduction by Martin Scorsese, an interview with editor Thelma Schoonmaker, the 2005 featurette The Eye of Beholder, the 1997 documentary A Very British Psycho, a new featurette on the remaster and the film's original theatrical trailer. Also included is an essay by author Megan Abbott. For full release breakdowns, read Svet Atanasov's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.
Coming to 4K UHD from Paramount Home Media Distribution is Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), starring Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Gabriele Ferzetti and Paolo Stoppa. Sourced from a 4K master of the extended 165-minute cut of the film, Paramount brings Once Upon a Time in the West to 4K UHD as part of the Paramount Presents line, with DTS-HD MA 5.1 and lossy Dolby Digital mono audio options, as well as Dolby Vision HDR. New extras include an audio commentary with the hosts of the Spaghetti Western Podcast and the featurette A Look Back with Leonard Maltin, while legacy extras include audio commentary, five featurettes, a photo gallery and a theatrical trailer. Collectible packaging includes a slipcover which opens to reveal original poster artwork.
Finally this week, Shout Factory has three titles to offer. First up is a 4K UHD upgrade for Stephen Chiodo's Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988), starring Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon, Michael S. Siegel and Peter Licassi. Sourced from new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Shout presents Killer Klowns from Outer Space with DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 audio options and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include filmmaker commentary. The Making of Killer Klowns, Komposing Klowns, Kreating Klowns, Visual Effects With Gene Warren, deleted scenes, bloopers, the earliest films of the Chiodo Brothers and easter eggs. In addition to standard packaging, a Limited Edition SteelBook will also be available.
Also from Shout is a Blu-ray for Patrick Lussier's Dracula 2000 (2000), starring Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Vitamin C and Jennifer Esposito. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative (approved by Patrick Lussier), Shout presents Dracula 2000 with DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 audio tracks. Extras include new audio commentary with film critics Emily Higgins and Billy Dunham, and new interviews with Patrick Lussier, production designer Carol Spier and composer Marco Beltrami. Additional extras include filmmaker commentary, deleted and extended scenes with optional commentary, a behind-the-scenes featurette, auditions and a theatrical trailer.
Finally from Shout is a remastered Blu-ray for Jaume Collet-Serra's Orphan (2009), starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett and Margo Martindale. Sourced from a a new 2K scan of the interpositive, Shout presents Orphan with DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 audio tracks. Extras include four new audio commentary tracks and a new interview with composer John Ottman, as well as a featurette, deleted scenes / alternate ending, still gallery and a theatrical trailer. For a full disc breakdown, read Brian Orndorf's Blu-ray review.