Posted November 3, 2024 07:48 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of November 4th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release a Blu-ray a 4K UHD for M. Night Shyamalan's Trap (2024), starring Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Alison Pill, Hayley Mills and Jonathan Langdon.
Description: Warner Bros. Pictures presents a new experience in the world of M. Night Shyamalan—"Trap" —featuring performances by rising music star Saleka Shyamalan.
A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.
Warner's Blu-ray releases of Trap contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. Extras include the featurettes Setting the Trap: A New M. Night Shayamalan Experience and Saleka as Lady Raven, along with deleted scenes and an extended concert scene.
Also new on Blu-ray from Warner and MGM is Zoë Kravitz's Blink Twice, starring Adria Arjona, Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Geena Davis, Alia Shawkat and Haley Joel Osment.
Description: When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends for a dream vacation on his private island. Wild nights soon blend into sun-soaked days, but when strange things start to happen, Frida must uncover the truth if she hopes to make it out alive.
Warner's Blu-ray of Blink Twice contains no extras. For a full disc breakdown, read Randy Miller's Blu-ray review.
Finally from Warner is a new 4K UHD edition of Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz (1939), starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley and Billie Burke. Celebrating the film's 85th anniversary, this new edition comes with the film on 4K UHD and Blu-ray in a SteelBook, with deluxe packaging and bonus content. For a full release breakdown, read Randy Miller's 4K UHD review.
New on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is Kevin Smith's The 4:30 Movie, starring Justin Long, Genesis Rodriguez, Ken Jeong, Diedrich Bader, Jason Lee and Kate Micucci.
Description: Writer-director Kevin Smith presents his most personal film to date with this coming-of-age story — set in the summer of 1986 — that follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local cineplex. When one of the guys invites the girl of his dreams to see an R-rated film, all hilarity breaks loose, as a self-important theater manager (Ken Jeong) and teen rivalries interfere with his best-laid plans. Justin Long, Rosario Dawson, Jason Biggs, and more contribute outrageous characters to this poignant comic valentine to moviegoing and the youth of the '80s.
Lionsgate's Blu-ray releases of The 4:30 Movie contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. Extras include audio commentary with Kevin Smith, Going Home Again: Making The 4:30 Movie and a theatrical trailer. For full release breakdowns, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.
Note: As of this writing, Lionsgate's 4K UHD release of The 4:30 Movie is available only in SteelBook packaging.
Also new on Blu-ray and 4K UHD fromLionsgate is Rupert Sanders' The Crow (2024), starring Bill Skarsgård, Danny Huston, FKA Twigs, Laura Birn, Jordan Bolger and David Bowles.
Description: Bill Skarsgård takes on the iconic role of The Crow in this modern reimagining of the original graphic novel by James O'Barr. Soulmates Eric (Skarsgård) and Shelly (FKA twigs) are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.
Lionsgate's Blu-ray releases of The Crow contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. Extras include the six-part True Love Never Dies: Making The Crow, Dark Romance: The Score, Reborn Through Revenge: Main Title Sequence, Every Film Is a Miracle: A Tribute to Edward R. Pressman deleted scenes and a theatrical trailer. In addition to standard packaging, both an Amazon Exclusive SteelBook and a Walmart Exclusive SteelBook will also be available.
New on Blu-ray from Lionsgate is Ariel Vromen's 1992 (2024), starring Tyrese Gibson, Clé Bennett, Dylan Arnold, Christopher A'mmanuel, Scott Eastwood, and Ray Liotta.
Description: In 1992, Mercer (Tyrese Gibson) is desperately trying to rebuild his life and his relationship with his son (Christopher A'mmanuel) amidst the turbulent 1992 LA uprising following the Rodney King verdict. Across town, another father and son (Ray Liotta and Scott Eastwood) put their own strained relationship to the test as they plot a dangerous heist to steal catalytic converters, which contain valuable platinum, from the factory where Mercer works. As tensions rise in Los Angeles and chaos erupts, both families reach their boiling points when they collide in this tense crime-thriller.
New on Blu-ray from Paramount Home Media Distribution is the television special South Park: Not Suitable for Children (2023), starring the voices of Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
Description: After it's discovered that a teacher at South Park Elementary has an OnlyFans page, Randy is compelled to take a closer look at the seedy underbelly of the world of on-line influencers.
Also coming to Blu-ray from Paramount and CBS is I Love Lucy: The Complete Series, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The 33-disc box set contains all six seasons of I Love Lucy (1951-1957) plus The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957-1960) "with long-missing footage restored, and presented here as "The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show," as originally broadcast". New extras include a newly colorized version of the episode "Lucy and the Loving Cup", remastered original opening and closing credits along with many original cast commercials, three newly remastered "flashback" scenes and a portion of the 1959 CBS fall preview special, Eye on CBS featuring Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance. Additional legacy extras include the original pilot, I Love Lucy: The Movie and other extras found on the previous releases of I Love Lucy: Ultimate Season 1 and I Love Lucy: Ultimate Season 2.
Coming to 4K UHD from Paramount is Michael Curtiz's White Christmas (1954), starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Dean Jagger, Vera-Ellen and Mary Wickes. Remastered from the original VistaVision negative, Paramount presents White Christmas with Dolby Vision HDR and a choice of DTS-HD MA 5.1 or original DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio tracks. Also included is the 2014 Diamond Edition Blu-ray, which features audio commentary by Rosemary Clooney, a sing-along option, several featurettes, trailers and more. For a full release breakdown, read Martin Liebman's 4K UHD review.
Lastly from Paramount is a 4K UHD upgrade for Randall Wallace's We Were Soldiers (2002), starring Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein and Keri Russell. Paramount presents We Were Soldiers with Dolby Vision HDR and DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. An included Blu-ray copy contains audio commentary with Randall Wallace, the featurette Getting it Right: Behind-the-Scenes, ten deleted scenes with optional commentary and a theatrical trailer.
New on Blu-ray from new label Magenta Light Studios is JT Mollner's Strange Darling, starring Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Barbara Hershey, Ed Begley Jr., Steven Michael Quezada and Madisen Beaty.
Description: Get ready for the most twisted thriller of the year with the "Strange Darling" official final trailer! Starring Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Barbara Hershey, and Ed Begley Jr., this horror-thriller movie will send shivers down your spine. Written and directed by JT Mollner, with stunning cinematography by Giovanni Ribisi, "Strange Darling" promises a storyline where nothing is what it seems.
Watch as a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial K I L L E R's vicious M U R D E R spree. The film, coming from the producer of "Barbarian" and "Late Night with the Devil," will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.
Magenta Light Studios' Blu-ray of Strange Darling contains a trailer. For a full disc breakdown, read Justin Dekker's Blu-ray review.
Coming to Blu-ray from BBC is Bluey: Seasons 1-3 (2018-2024), starring the voices of David McCormack and Melanie Zanetti.
Description: Bluey is a loveable, inexhaustible, Blue Heeler dog, who lives with her Mum, Dad and her little sister, Bingo. Bluey uses her limitless energy to play games that unfold in unpredictable and hilarious ways, bringing her family and the whole neighbourhood into her world of fun. Bluey showcases the joyful simplicity that can be found in families turning everyday events like going to the shops or visiting the doctor into unique adventures, bringing to life how children learn and grow through play.
BBC's Blu-ray of Bluey: Seasons 1-3 is a six-disc set which contains every original Australian episode from the first three seasons of the animated children's series. Also included is a repositionable sticker and play scene pack.
Description: Martin Scorsese first encountered the films of Powell and Pressburger when he was a child, sitting in front of the family TV. When their famous logo came up on screen, Scorsese says, "You knew you were in for fantasy, wonder, magic - real film magic." With Made in England he tells the story of his lifelong love-affair with their movies, including The Life and Death Of Colonel Blimp, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffmann. "Certain films you simply run all the time and you live with them." Scorsese says. "As you grow older they grow deeper. I'm not sure how it happens, but it does. For me, that body of work is a wondrous presence, a constant source of energy, and a reminder of what life and art are all about."
Drawing on a rich array of archive material, Scorsese explores in full the collaboration between the Englishman Powell and the Hungarian Pressburger - two romantics and idealists, who thrived in the face of adversity during World War II but were eventually brought low by the film industry of the 1950's. Scorsese celebrates their ability to create "subversive commercial movies" and describes how deeply their films have influenced his own work.
Cohen Media Group's Blu-ray of Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger contains a trailer.
New on Blu-ray from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is Justin Baldoni's It Ends with Us, starring Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj and Brandon Sklenar.
Description: IT ENDS WITH US, the first Colleen Hoover novel adapted for the big screen, tells the compelling story of Lily Bloom (Blake Lively), a woman who overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston and chase a lifelong dream of opening her own business. A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall deeply in love, Lily begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents' relationship. When Lily's first love, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar), suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with Ryle is upended, and Lily realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future. Based on the book by Colleen Hoover.
Also new on Blu-ray from Sony is Chris Weitz's Afraid (2024), starring John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Havana Rose Liu, Lukita Maxwell, David Dastmalchian and Keith Carradine.
Description :Curtis (John Cho) and his family are selected to test a revolutionary new home device: a digital family assistant called AIA. Taking smart home to the next level, once the unit and all its sensors and cameras are installed in their home, AIA seems able to do it all. She learns the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family's way.
Sony's Blu-ray of Afraid contains five deleted and extended scenes including an alternate ending and the featurette Dark Side of AI.
New on Blu-ray from AMC Studios is Orphan Black: Echoes (2024), starring Krysten Ritter, Keeley Hawes, Avan Jogia, Rya Kihlstedt, James Hiroyuki Liao and Amanda Fix.
Description: Set in the near future, Orphan Black: Echoes takes a deep dive into the exploration of the scientific manipulation of human existence. It follows a group of women as they weave their way into each other's lives and embark on a thrilling journey, unraveling the mystery of their identity and uncovering a wrenching story of love and betrayal.
AMC Studios' Blu-ray of Orphan Black: Echoes is a three-disc set with all ten episodes. Extras include Pre-premiere Inside Look and Episode Insiders.
New on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Well Go USA is Ty Roberts' You Gotta Believe (2024), starring Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear, Sarah Gadon, Molly Parker, Lew Temple and Patrick Renna.
Description: YOU GOTTA BELIEVE is based on the inspiring true story of one team's transformational journey from district underdog to taking its place in the Little League record books. After dedicating the season to a teammate's ailing father, a group of underestimated youth baseball players from Fort Worth, Texas, takes its Cinderella run all the way to the 2002 Little League World Series—culminating in a record-breaking showdown that became an instant ESPN classic.
Well Go USA's 4K UHD release of You Gotta Believe contains Dolby Atmos audio. Extras include a Little League featurette and a trailer.
New on Blu-ray from Acorn Media is Murdoch Mysteries: Season 17 (2023-2024), starring Yannick Bisson, Hélène Joy, Thomas Craig and Jonny Harris. The six-disc set contains all 24 episodes.
New on Blu-ray from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is Sam Boyd's Genie (2024), starring Melissa McCarthy, Paapa Essiedu, Denée Benton, Marc Maron, Jordyn McIntosh, Luis Guzmán and Alan Cumming.
Description: From Oscar-nominated screenwriter Richard Curtis, comes Genie, a holiday fairytale comedy about a genie, a man, and landing one last chance to fix the mess you've made of your life. With his job, life and family unraveling around him, a despondent Bernard (Paapa Essiedu) dusts off a jewelry box and unintentionally releases genie Flora (Melissa McCarthy), who just might be able to help him. Maybe. It's a longshot, frankly. In the process, Flora and Bernard will discover that love, and an unexpected friendship, can unleash a special holiday magic all its own.
Also coming from Universal this week is a 4K UHD upgrade for Paul Feig's Last Christmas (2019), starring Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Emma Thompson, Ritu Arya and Rob Delaney. Universal presents Last Christmas with Dolby Atmos audio and HDR. A Blu-ray copy is also included and extras include two filmmaker commentary tracks, an alternate ending, blooper reel, deleted, alternate and extended scenes, an alternate ending and several short featurettes.
Finally this week, the Criterion Collection has a 4K UHD upgrade for Ishiro Honda's Godzilla (ゴジラ) (1954), starring Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Fuyuki Murakami, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi and Kin Sugai. Sourced from a 4K master, Criterion presents Godzilla in 4K SDR with original Japanese: LPCM Mono audio and optional English subtitles. Extras include audio commentary by film historian David Kalat, while the included Blu-ray also features the reworked version Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), also with optional commentary by Kalat, cast and crew interviews, a featurette on the film's photographic effects, an interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato, the audio essay The Unluckiest Dragon and trailers for both films. Also included is an essay by critic J. Hoberman. For a full release breakdown, read Svet Atanasov's 4K UHD review.