For the week of October 7th, Paramount Home Media Distribution will release Michael Sarnoski's A Quiet Place: Day One, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, Eliane Umuhire and Takunda Khumalo.
Description: Experience the day the world went quiet in this terrifying continuation of the A Quiet Place universe. When Samira (Lupita Nyong'o) returns home to New York City, her simple trip turns into a harrowing nightmare when mysterious creatures that hunt by sound attack. Accompanied by her cat Frodo and an unexpected ally (Joseph Quinn), Samira must embark on a perilous journey through the city that has suddenly gone silent, where the only rule is to stay quiet to stay alive. Djimon Hounsou and Alex Wolff also star in this intensely suspenseful thriller.
Paramount's Blu-ray releases of A Quiet Place: Day One contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. Extras include the featurettes Day Zero: Beginnings and Endings, In the City: Chaos in Chinatown, The Exodus: Against the Tide, The Long Walk: Monsters in Midtown and Pizza at the End of the World, as well as deleted and extended scenes. In addition to separate 4K UHD or Blu-ray editions, a Dual Format SteelBook and a different Walmart Exclusive Dual Format SteelBook will also be available. For full release breakdowns, read Martin Liebman's Blu-ray review, 4K UHD review and Dual Format SteelBook review.
Coming to Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is Ti West's MaXXXine, starring Mia Goth, Michelle Monaghan, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Debicki and Lily Collins.
Description: In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
Lionsgate's Blu-ray releases of MaXXXine contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include the featurettes The Belly of the Beast, XXX Marks the Spot and Hollywood Is a Killer, a Q&A with Ti West, and a teaser and theatrical trailer. In addition to standard packaging, a Walmart Exclusive Blu-ray with Alternate Artwork will also be available.
Coming to Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Shout Factory and GKIDS is Arcane: Season One (2021), featuring the voices of Hailee Steinfeld, Harry Lloyd, JB Blanc, Mia Sinclair Jenness, Ella Purnell and Katie Leung.
Description: Two sisters. Two cities. One discovery that will change the world forever.
Based on champions and lore from the League of Legends universe, Arcane follows the story of two orphaned sisters, Vi and Powder, as they fight to make a name for themselves in the derelict, underground alleyways of Zaun. Dreaming of a day when they can experience some of the wealth and opulence of the city of Piltover just above them, Vi, Powder, and friends undertake a seemingly simple heist that, unbeknownst to them, will forever alter their destinies and the fate of both cities.
Arcane assembles a powerful cast of characters in a thrilling clash of power and politics as they grapple with magical forces beyond their understanding. Riot Games and Fortiche Productions bring the world of League of Legends to life with heart-wrenching storytelling and an animation style all its own in this Emmy-winning series.
Shout Factory's Blu-ray releases of Arcane: Season One contain all nine episodes, with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. Extras include Bridging The Rift: The Making of Arcane, the featurette "Making Me!", and scene breakdowns for "Happy Progress Day!", "When These Walls Come Tumbling Down" and "The Monster You Created", as well as Ekko vs. Jinx. The release is available either as a Blu-ray SteelBook, 4K UHD SteelBook or as a GKIDS Exclusive Limited Edition Dual Format Digipack. A Blu-ray in standard packaging is also available.
Also coming from Shout is a 4K UHD upgrade for John Erick Dowdle's Devil (2010), starring Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O'Hara, Bojana Novakovic, Bokeem Woodbine and Geoffrey Arend. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the interpositive, Shout presents Devil with a choice of DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new audio commentary by film critics Emily Higgins and Billy Dunham, deleted scenes and the featurettes The Story, The Devil's Meeting and The Night Chronicles.
Coming to Blu-ray from Walt Disney Home Entertainment and 20th Century Studios is Yorgos Lanthimos' Kinds of Kindness, starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau and Joe Alwyn.
Description: Kinds of Kindness is a triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life, a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person, and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
Disney's Blu-ray of Kinds of Kindness contains a DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio track. Extras include the featurette It Takes All Kinds: The Vision of Kinds of Kindness and deleted scenes.
New on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Well Go USA is Jang Jae-Hyun's Exhuma (파묘), starring Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun, Yoo Hae-jin, Park Jeong-ja, Baek Seung-chul and Kim Sun-young.
Description: When a renowned shaman (KIM Go-Eun) and her protégé (Lee Do-hyun) are hired by a wealthy, enigmatic family, they begin investigating the cause of a disturbing supernatural illness that affects only the first-born children of each generation. With the help of a knowledgeable mortician (YOO Hai-jin) and the country's most revered geomancer (CHOI Min-sik), they soon trace the affliction's origin to a long-hidden family grave located on sacred ground. Sensing an ominous aura surrounding the burial site, the team opts to exhume and relocate the ancestral remains immediately. But as something much darker emerges, they soon discover what befalls those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.
Well Go USA's Blu-ray releases of Exhuma contain Korean: Dolby Atmos audio (with optional subtitles in English or French), and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. Extras are found on the Blu-ray edition only and include a short making of and trailers. For full release breakdowns, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.
New on Blu-ray from Decal Releasing and NEON is Pablo Berger's Robot Dreams.
Description: Dog lives in Manhattan and he's tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80's NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?
Decal Releasing's Blu-ray of Robot Dreams contains an interview with Pablo Berger, as well as From Reality to Animation, A Once-in-a-Lifetime Friendship, The Sound of 1980s New York, The Art Direction, The Animation, Soundtrack, A Love Letter to New York and A Film Without Words, as well as a teaser and trailer.
New on Blu-ray from Magnolia Home Entertainment is Josh Margolin's Thelma (2024), starring June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, Chase Kim and Richard Roundtree.
Description: The feature directorial debut of Josh Margolin, THELMA is a poignant action-comedy that gives veteran Oscar® nominee June Squibb (NEBRASKA) her first leading role and features the final performance of trailblazing actor Richard Roundtree (SHAFT). Squibb, who did most of her own stunts in the film, plays Thelma Post, a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson (The White Lotus' Fred Hechinger) and sets out on a treacherous quest across Los Angeles, accompanied by an aging friend (Roundtree) and his motorized scooter, to reclaim what was taken from her. Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, Nicole Byer, and Malcolm McDowell also star.
Inspired by a real-life experience of Margolin's own grandmother, THELMA puts a clever spin on movies like MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, shining the spotlight on an elderly grandmother as an unlikely action hero. With infectious humor, Margolin employs the familiar tropes of the action genre in hilarious, age-appropriate ways to tackle aging with agency. In the first leading film role of her 70-year career, Squibb portrays the strong-willed Thelma with grit and determination, demonstrating that she is more than capable of taking care of business – despite what her daughter Gail (Posey), son-in-law Alan (Gregg), or grandson Danny might believe.
Magnolia's Blu-ray of Thelma contains the extras June Squibb on THELMA and Richard Roundtree on THELMA.
Also new on Blu-ray from Magnolia is Lee Tamahori's The Convert, starring Guy Pearce, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Antonio Te Maioha, Jacqueline McKenzie, Te Kohe Tuhaka and Lawrence Makoare.
Description: New Zealand frontier, in a world dominated by tribal wars. Preacher Thomas Munro (Guy Pearce) arrives at a small settlement and soon finds himself as a pawn in a power play between two warring chiefs. With bloody battle between the two tribes inevitable, the preacher must decide the role he'll play and if his faith is of any value.
Coming to Blu-ray from RLJE Films is Interview with the Vampire: Season Two (2024). The three-disc set contains all eight episodes from the second season, along with the extras Pre-Premiere Inside Look, Episode Insiders and behind-the-scenes of the episode "Show Me More".
New on Blu-ray from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is Carlos Saldanha's Harold and the Purple Crayon, starring Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel, Lil Rel Howery, Ravi Patel, Camille Guaty and Jemaine Clement.
Description: Inside of his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about the real world. When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends' creativity to save both the real world and his own.
Sony's Blu-ray of Harold and the Purple Crayon contains the extras How to Draw Harold, Porcupine & Moose, How Do You Spell Imagination?, a "Colors" sing along, and deleted and extended scenes.
Finally for new releases, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has a Blu-ray for Burnie Burns' Red vs. Blue: Restoration, starring Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Elijah Wood, Gray G. Haddock, Kent Williams and Bill Wise.
Description: When the universe's greatest villain returns in a terrifying new form, old adversaries, the Reds and Blues of Blood Gulch, will have to set aside their differences to save the galaxy one last time.
Turning to catalog titles, the Criterion Collection has a 4K UHD and Blu-ray double-feature of two films from producer Val Lewton: I Walked with a Zombie / The Seventh Victim (1943), starring Tom Conway, James Ellison, Frances Dee, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell and Kim Hunter. Sourced from new 4K masters, Criterion presents both films with LPCM Mono audio and in 4K SDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary by authors Kim Newman and Stephen Jones (on I Walked with a Zombie) and by film historian Steve Haberman (on The Seventh Victim), an interview with film historian Imogen Sara Smith, audio essays on both films from the podcast The Secret History of Hollywood, the documentary Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005), excerpts from an episode of the PBS series Monstrum entitled "The Origins of the Zombie, from Haiti to the U.S." and trailers. Also included are essays by critics Chris Fujiwara and Lucy Sante.
Coming to Blu-ray from Kino Lorber is Maurice Cloche's Monsieur Vincent (1947), starring Pierre Fresnay, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare, Germaine Dermoz, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Dux. Kino presents Monsieur Vincent with optional English subtitles and a new audio commentary by film historian Samm Deighan.
Coming to Blu-ray from Raro Video is Brunello Rondi's Riot in a Women's Prison (Prigione di donne) (1974), starring Martine Brochard, Marilů Tolo, Erna Schurer, Katia Kristine, Cristina Galbó and Isabelle De Valvert. Raro presents with a choice of Italian or English audio tracks and audio commentary by film historians Troy Howarth and Eugenio Ercolani.
Coming to Blu-ray from Synapse Films is Mike Mendez's Killers (1996), starring Dave Larsen, David Gunn, Damian Hoffer, Nanette Bianchi, Renee Cohen and Wendy Latta. Synapse presents Killers in its unrated director's cut, with audio commentary by Mike Mendez and horror scholar Michael Gingold, original promotional trailers and an alternate ending. Also included is a booklet with liner notes by critic / writer Heather Drain.
Finally this week, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has two catalog titles to offer. First is a Blu-ray box set for Las Vegas: The Complete Series (2003-2008), starring James Caan, Josh Duhamel, Nikki Cox, James Lesure, Vanessa Marcil and Molly Sims. The 22-disc set contains all five seasons and 106 episodes, along with extras including Rumble in the Montecito, Inside the Montecito, Las Vegas: The Big Gamble, In with the New, behind-the-scenes, Backstage, gag reels, a VFX featurette and more.
Also from Universal is a 4K UHD upgrade for Peter Berg's Friday Night Lights (2004), starring Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez and Lee Jackson. Universal presents Friday Night Lights with HDR and Dolby Atmos audio. Extras include filmmaker commentary, deleted scenes, and featurettes. In addition to standard packaging, a Limited Edition SteelBook will also be available.