For the week of June 30th, A24 will release Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland's Warfare, starring Kit Connor, Joseph Quinn, Cosmo Jarvis, Will Poulter, Noah Centineo and Charles Melton.
Description: Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Civil War, 28 Days Later), Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of US forces through insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.
A24's Blu-ray editions of Warfare contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. Extras include audio commentary with Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland and military consultant Brian Philpot and the featurette Courage Under Fire: The Making of Warfare. DigiPack packaging includes six collectible postcards with photography by Alex Brockdorff.
Also new from A24 is a Blu-ray for Alex Scharfman's Death of a Unicorn, starring Jenna Ortega, Richard E. Grant, Paul Rudd, Téa Leoni, Will Poulter and Jessica Hynes.
Description: Father-Daughter duo, Riley and Elliot, hit a unicorn with their car and bring it to the wilderness retreat of a mega-wealthy pharmaceutical CEO.
A24's Blu-ray of Death of a Unicorn contains the film's Dolby Atmos audio. Extras include audio commentary with Alex Scharfman, the featurette How to Kill a Unicorn and deleted scenes. DigiPack packaging includes six collectible postcards featuring behind the scenes photography by Balasz Gold. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
New on Blu-ray from Altered Innocence is Vladimir Perisic's Lost Country (Изгубљена земља), starring Jovan Ginic, Jasna Djuricic, Miodrag Jovanovic, Lazar Kocic, Pavle Cemerikic and Dusko Valentic.
Synopsis: Set in Serbia during the 1996 protests against Slobodan Milošević's regime, 'Lost Country' is a deeply personal coming-of-age drama by Vladimir Perišić, inspired by his own experiences. Fifteen-year-old Stefan (Jovan Ginić, winner of the Rising Star Award at Cannes Critics' Week) faces a profound internal conflict as his peers rise against Milošević's Socialist Party and his mother (Jasna Đuričić), a spokesperson for the government, becomes a symbol of corruption. Amid growing protests over electoral fraud, Stefan must reconcile his love for his mother with the mounting awareness of her complicity. Premiering to acclaim at Cannes and featured in New Directors/New Films, 'Lost Country' crafts a poignant portrait of generational and moral reckoning, blending historical insight with personal reflection.
Altered Innocence's Blu-ray of Lost Country contains a trailer.
Turning to catalog titles, the Criterion Collection has a remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD release for Fritz Lang's The Big Heat (1953), starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin and Jeanette Nolan.
Description: Noir doesn't get any more hard-boiled than this scorching tale of vice and retribution, a film that finds director Fritz Lang working at the peak of his Hollywood style—stripped to the bone, simmering with outrage, and fatalistic to the core. A tightly wound Glenn Ford stars as a homicide detective whose investigation into a sprawling crime syndicate becomes a shockingly personal, hate-fueled quest for revenge. Costarring an iconic Gloria Grahame as the mink-coated gangster's moll with her own axe to grind, and featuring a supporting cast led by a sensationally sleazy Lee Marvin, The Big Heat hits with raw, unstoppable force.
Sourced from a new 4K master, Criterion presents The Big Heat with LPCM Mono audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc, Extras include a new audio commentary by film-noir experts Alain Silver and James Ursini, a new video essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme on the women in the film, audio interviews with director Fritz Lang, conducted by film historian Gideon Bachmann and filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, interviews with filmmakers Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese and a trailer for the film. Also included is an essay by author Jonathan Lethem.
Coming to Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment is Ray Patterson and Mitsuo Kusakabe's Ultraman: The Adventure Begins (ウルトラマンUSA) (AKA Ultraman USA) (1987).
Description: A strange meteorite crashes to Earth. In the aftermath of the crash, the three-person Flying Angels acrobatic team discovers that they now share their bodies with beings from Nebula M78, who have come to Earth to protect it from monstrous threats.
Mill Creek's Blu-ray of Ultraman: The Adventure Begins contains a new English dub. Both the US and Japanese versions of the film are included and audio is DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo.
Finally this week, Shout Factory has two 4K UHD upgrades available. First up is Mike Nichols' Primary Colors (1998), starring John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Adrian Lester, Maura Tierney and Kathy Bates.
Description: Jack Stanton (John Travolta, Pulp Fiction, Broken Arrow) is a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy, and equally ambitious wife, Susan (Emma Thompson, Love Actually, Sense And Sensibility). Running against the odds, the Stantons need all the help they can get from their extremely colorful campaign team. Together, they take off on a hilarious, heart-wrenching and ultimately history-making roller coaster ride to the top. Boasting an all-star cast of Academy Award® winners* including Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Janney, and Kathy Bates, this savagely funny comedy is a winner!
Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Shout presents Primary Colors 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 critic Drew McWeeny and Elaine May biographer Carrie Courogen, while a remastered Blu-ray additionally includes new interviews with actors Paul Guilfoyle and Adrian Lester, as well as author Joe Klein (the novel Primary Colors) and theatrical trailers.
Then from Shout is a 4K UHD release for Oliver Stone's Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut (2004), starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Christopher Plummer, Jared Leto and Rosario Dawson.
Description: Multiple Academy Award®-winning* writer-director Oliver Stone (JFK, Natural Born Killers) presents his preferred cut of the film recreating the towering, true story of Alexander the Great. Colin Farrell (The Batman) stars as the undefeated conqueror, who in the 4th Century BC, triumphed over Greece, Persia, Afghanistan, and India – 90% of the known world. Visionary, explorer, dreamer – he was also a tender son, torn by the burning love and ambition of his mother (Angelina Jolie, Eternals) and desperate for the approval of his father (Val Kilmer, The Doors). Alexander's dream shaped the world we live in today.
Sourced from a new 2025 remaster (supervised and approved by Oliver Stone), Shout presents the 214-minute Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut in Dolby Vision HDR with a choice of a new Dolby Atmos remix, or DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio options. Extras include a new audio commentary with film critic Matt Zoller Seitz, while a dedicated special features Blu-ray disc includes new interviews with Oliver Stone, editor Alex Marquez and visual effects supervisor John Scheele. Also included is audio commentary with Oliver Stone, the feature-length documentary Fight Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander, the featurettes Resurrecting Alexander, Perfect is the Enemy of Good and Vangelis Scores Alexander a behind-the-scenes still gallery and theatrical trailers.