This Week on Blu-ray: February 17-23

For the week of February 17th, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will release Robert Eggers' Nosferatu (2024), starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin and Willem Dafoe.

Description: Robert Eggers' (The Lighthouse, The Witch) NOSFERATU is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. Starring Bill Skarsgård (It franchise, Barbarian), Lily-Rose Depp ("The Idol", The King), Nicholas Hoult (Renfield, The Menu), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals, Bullet Train), Emma Corrin (Deadpool & Wolverine, "The Crown"), and Willem Dafoe (The Northman, The Lighthouse).

Universal's Blu-rays of Nosferatu contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Both the 132-minute theatrical version and a 136-minute extended cut are included via seamless branching, while extras include audio commentary with Robert Eggers, deleted scenes and the multi-part featurette Nosferatu: A Modern Masterpiece. In addition to standard packaging, a Limited Edition SteelBook will also be available.

New on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is Kenji Kamiyama's The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, featuring the voices of Brian Cox, Miranda Otto, Shaun Dooley, Luke Pasqualino, Benjamin Wainwright and Lorraine Ashbourne.

Description: Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg— a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm's Deep. Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Héra, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction.

Warner's Blu-rays of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include the featurettes Return to Helm's Deep - History Becomes Legend and Middle-earth and Anime - A Marriage of Creativity. In addition to separate Blu-ray or 4K UHD editions in standard packaging, a Limited Edition Dual Format SteelBook will also be available.

Also coming from Warner is a 4K UHD upgrade for Francis Lawrence's Constantine (2005), starring Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou, Max Baker and Pruitt Taylor Vince. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative (overseen by Francis Lawrence), Warner presents Constantine with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio remix. Extras include the new retrospective featurette, Two Decades of Damnation, as well as two audio commentary tracks, deleted scenes and an alternate ending and several behind-the-scenes featurettes. In addition to standard packaging, a Limited Edition SteelBook will also be available. For full release breakdowns, read Randy Miller's 4K UHD review and 4K UHD SteelBook review.

New on Blu-ray from Paramount Home Media Distribution is Tim Fehlbaum's September 5, starring Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Georgina Rich and Corey Johnson.

Description: "September 5" unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, "September 5" provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.

At the heart of the story is Geoff (John Magaro), a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard). Together with German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) and his mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), Geoff unexpectedly takes the helm of the live coverage. As narratives shift, time ticks away, and conflicting rumors spread, with the hostages' lives hanging in the balance, Geoff grapples with tough decisions while confronting his own moral compass.

Paramount's Blu-ray of September 5 contains a Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio track. Extras include Remaking Broadcast History, A Meticulous Undertaking and On the Global Stage, as well as Q&As with the Screen Actors Guild (featuring Tim Fehlbaum, Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch and casting director Nancy Foy) and with the Producers Guild of America (featuring Fehlbaum and producers Sean Penn, Philipp Trauer, Thomas Wöbke and John Ira Palmer).

New on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection is Catherine Breillat's Last Summer (L'Été dernier), starring Léa Drucker, Samuel Kircher, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Serena Hu and Angela Chen.

Description: After a decade-long absence, Catherine Breillat triumphantly returns with an exploration of the themes that have made her one of cinema's most rousing and controversial directors: the ecstasies and wounds of sexuality, and its power to unsettle. A remarkably inscrutable Léa Drucker plays Anne—an attorney advocating for abused minors—who enjoys an enviable lifestyle with her husband, Pierre (Olivier Rabourdin), a milquetoast businessman and ineffectual father to Théo (newcomer Samuel Kircher), his troubled teenage son from a previous marriage. Compelled by her stepson's Apollonian beauty, Anne embarks on an affair that threatens the stability of her household, along with her professional integrity, as she faces a choice between accountability and deception. Original music by Kim Gordon and radiantly expressionist cinematography by Jeanne Lapoirie heighten the erotic and ethical tensions of Last Summer, Breillat's latest foray into the outer limits of desire.

Criterion's Blu-ray of Last Summer contains an interview with Catherine Breillat and a trailer.

Coming to Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Criterion is Joan Micklin Silver's Crossing Delancey (1988), starring Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk, Jeroen Krabbé, Sylvia Miles and George Martin. Sourced from a new 4K master (supervised and approved by cinematographer Theo van de Sande), Criterion presents Crossing Delancey with a DTS-HD MA 2.0 Surround audio track and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new program on the making of the film featuring Amy Irving, Peter Riegert and screenwriter Susan Sandler, an audio interview from 1988 with Joan Micklin Silver and the film's trailer. Also included is an essay by critic Rachel Syme.

Also coming to Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Criterion is Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy (1989), starring Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, Heather Graham, James Remar and William S. Burroughs. Sourced from a new 4K master (supervised and approved by Gus Van Sant and cinematographer Robert Yeoman), Criterion presents Drugstore Cowboy with LPCM 2.0 Stereo audio and in 4K SDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with Gus Van Sant and Matt Dillon, new interviews with Kelly Lynch and Robert Yeoman, a making of featurette, deleted scenes and the film's trailer. Also included is an essay by author and screenwriter Jon Raymond. For full release breakdowns, read Svet Atanasov's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.

New on Blu-ray from Vertical Entertainment is Justin Kurzel's The Order (2024), starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver and Marc Maron.

Description: In 1983, a series of increasingly violent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations, and armored car heists frightens communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. As baffled law enforcement agents scrambled for answers, a lone FBI agent, stationed in the sleepy, picturesque town of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, comes to believe the crimes are not the work of traditional, financially motivated criminals, but of a group of dangerous domestic terrorists, inspired by a radical, charismatic leader, plotting a devastating war against the federal government of the United States.

New on Blu-ray from Well Go USA is Xu Haofeng's 100 Yards (门前宝地), starring Jacky Heung, Bea Hayden Kuo, Andy On and Tang Shiyi.

Description: In volatile 1920s Tianjin, a mere decade after China's last imperial dynasty was overthrown, a clandestine martial arts circle arose to deter crime and maintain peace between rival martial arts schools. But after a renowned master dies and names his apprentice rather than his son as his successor, he unwittingly kicks off a fierce power struggle that will bring the entire city to the brink of chaos, as the unwritten rule of keeping peace within 100 yards of the academy walls is broken.

Well Go USA's Blu-ray of 100 Yards contains a 30-minute making of featurette and a trailer. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.

Also coming to Blu-ray from Well Go USA is Zhang Luan's Panda Plan (熊猫计划), starring Jackie Chan, Wei Xiang, Shi Ce, Han Yanbo and Jia Bing.

Description: Soon after legendary kung fu star Jackie Chan is invited to adopt a beloved zoo panda named Hu Hu, a notorious international crime syndicate sets its sights on the bear and offers a massive bounty for his capture. Faced with this sudden crisis, Jackie enlists the help of his agent and Hu Hu's fiercely dedicated caretaker, leading the trio on an outrageous and unforgettable adventure as they seek to outsmart—and outkick—the bad guys at every turn.

Finally for new releases, Ketchup Entertainment has a Blu-ray for George Huang's Weekend in Taipei, starring Luke Evans, Lun-Mei Gwei, Sung Kang, Wyatt Yang, Pernell Walker and Yi-Ching Lu.

Description: Weekend in Taipei follows John Lawlor, a pit-bull DEA agent married to his job. There's not a bad guy he can't stop, nothing he won't sacrifice to close out a case. Joey Kwang is a top "Transporter" in Taipei — fast-driving and fast-thinking, she's difficult to pin down, impossible to catch. The two of them weren't supposed to fall in love, but fate brought them together…before forces of crime and corruption tore them apart. Now, 15 years later, fate puts Joey and John on a collision course during a weekend in Taipei. And the two will discover that the only thing harder than falling in love…is falling back in love.

Turning to catalog titles, Kino Lorber has a Blu-ray for Bob Kellett's Are You Being Served?: The Movie (1977), starring Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton, Trevor Bannister, Wendy Richard and Arthur Brough. Kino's Blu-ray contains an audio commentary by authors and comedy historians Gemma and Robert Ross, as well as the film's theatrical trailer.

Also from Kino is a Blu-ray for Graeme Clifford's Frances (1982), starring Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley, Bart Burns, Jonathan Banks, Biff Yeager. Kino's Blu-ray contains a new audio commentary by film historian David Del Valle and film historian / producer Dan Marino, archival audio commentary by Graeme Clifford and David Gregory, the featurette A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances and the film's theatrical trailer.

Then from Kino is a Blu-ray for Carl Reiner's Summer Rental (1985), starring John Candy, Karen Austin, Kerri Green, Joey Lawrence, Aubrey Jene and Richard Crenna. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino's Blu-ray of Summer Rental contains a new audio commentary by film historian Joe Ramoni, the new featurette Ear Candy: The Music of Summer Rental and the film's theatrical trailer.

Finally from Kino is a remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD release for John Hughes' Uncle Buck (1989), starring John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann, Macaulay Culkin and Elaine Bromka. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents Uncle Buck with a choice of DTS-HD MA 2.0 or 5.1 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include two new audio commentaries: one by film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson and another by film historian Joe Ramoni, as well as a new interview with Jean Louisa Kelly and the film's theatrical trailer.

Coming to 4K UHD from Shout Factory is Barbara Peeters and Jimmy T. Murakami's Humanoids from the Deep (1980), starring Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Cindy Weintraub, Lynn Theel and Anthony Pena. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Shout presents both the theatrical and unrated cuts of Humanoids from the Deep with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new audio commentary by film historian Russell Dyball, and legacy extras including a making of documentary, deleted scenes, Roger Corman interviewed by Leonard Maltin, theatrical trailers, a TV spot, a radio spot and a still gallery.

Coming from Shout and GKIDS is a 4K UHD upgrade for Takehiko Inoue's anime film The First Slam Dunk (ザ・ファーストスラムダンク) (2022), starring Shugo Nakamura, Jun Kasama, Shinichiro Kamio, Subaru Kimura, Kenta Miyake and Yôhei Azakami. Shout presents The First Slam Dunk with Dolby Vision HDR and a choice of original Japanese: Dolby Atmos audio or an English: Dolby Atmos dub and English or English SDH subtitles. An included Blu-ray copy of the film contains an interview with the director, a featurette with the English dub cast and color commentary with the dub team.

Coming to Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment is Kinji Fukasaku's Legend of the Eight Samurai (里見八犬伝) (1983), starring Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mari Natsuki, Mikio Narita and Etsuko Shihomi. Sourced from a 4K master, Eureka presents Legend of the Eight Samurai with a choice of Japanese: LPCM 2.0 or DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio options, along with optional English subtitles and an English dubbed audio option. Extras include a new audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Joe Hickinbottom, a new interview with filmmaker Kenta Fukasaku (son of Kinji Fukasaku) and a new video essay by film historian and critic Stuart Galbraith IV, as well as the film's trailer. Also included is a "limited collector's booklet featuring a new essay by Tom Mes, co-founder of Midnight Eye". Packaging includes a limited edition slipcover.

Coming to Blu-ray from Milestone Films is Bridgett M. Davis' Naked Acts (1996), starring Jake-Ann Jones, Ron Cephas Jones, Patricia DeArcy, John McKie and Renee Cox. Sourced from a new 4K master, Milestone presents Naked Acts with archival audio commentary by Bridgett M. Davis and Jake-Ann Jones, archival interview footage with Davis, Davis' short films Creative Detours and Last Wish (both 1992) a 2024 interview with Davis by film scholar Maya Cade, footage from the film's 2024 premiere at BAM (the Brooklyn Academy of Music) and a theatrical trailer for the film. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.

Finally this week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release a Blu-ray and 4K UHD combo pack for David Fincher's Panic Room (2002), starring Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto and Patrick Bauchau. Sourced from a new 4K master (supervised by David Fincher), Sony presents Panic Room with a new Dolby Atmos remix, original DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras are spread over two Blu-rays and include three audio commentary tracks, copious featurettes on pre-production, production, visual effects, scoring, sound design and the film's digital intermediate, four sequence breakdowns, a text-based explanation of the Super 35 process and two easter eggs. For a full release breakdown, read Kenneth Brown's 4K UHD review.

On the same day, Sony will also issue a standalone 4K UHD release of Fincher's The Social Network (2010), starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella and Josh Pence. Previously only available as part of Sony's Columbia Classics Collection: Volume 2 in 2021, Sony presents The Social Network with "Unrated" audio in a Dolby Atmos remix or original DTS-HD MA 5.1, along with theatrical DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. The 4K UHD disc contains theatrical trailers, while the rest of the extras are spread over two Blu-rays and include two filmmaker commentary tracks, a multi-part, feature-length making of documentary, three post-production featurettes, two featurettes on the music and more. For a full release breakdown, read Kenneth Brown's 4K UHD review.

Note: The 4K UHD combo pack release of Panic Room and the standalone 4K UHD release of The Social Network are currently only available in SteelBook packaging.