For the week of August 11th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release Blu-ray and 4K UHD versions of Gavin O'Connor's The Accountant 2, starring Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, J.K. Simmons, Allison Robertson and Alison Wright.
Description: Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) has a talent for solving complex problems. When an old acquaintance is murdered, leaving behind a cryptic message to "find the accountant," Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Realizing more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother, Brax (Jon Bernthal), to help. In partnership with U.S. Treasury Deputy Director Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), they uncover a deadly conspiracy, becoming targets of a ruthless network of killers who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried.
Warner's Blu-ray releases of The Accountant 2 contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. For full release breakdowns, read Randy Miller's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.
New on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is Dean DeBlois' How to Train Your Dragon (2025), starring Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Nick Frost, Gabriel Howell and Julian Dennison.
Description: Captivating global audiences, the animated franchise has earned four Academy Award® nominations and grossed more than $1.6 billion at the global box office. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON comes to life like never before. Oscar® nominee Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind the acclaimed franchise, turns his beloved animated film into a stunning live-action spectacle.
On the Isle of Berk, Vikings and dragons have battled for generations, but that won't stop Hiccup (Mason Thames), the son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler), from building an unlikely bond with the feared dragon, Toothless. With an ancient evil threatening their worlds, it's up to Hiccup, Toothless, and their courageous companion Astrid (Nico Parker) to make the realm realize they're stronger together, and only through friendship and bravery can they overcome the challenges of a high-flying adventure.
Universal's Blu-ray releases of How to Train Your Dragon contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with Dean DeBlois, deleted scenes (with an introduction by DeBois) and the featurettes Love and Legacy: Making How to Train Your Dragon,
Building Berk, Dreaming Up the Dragons and Fit for a Viking as well as Forbidden Friendship and Test Drive (with introductions by DeBois) and Exploring the Isle of Berk at Epic Universe. In addition to standard packaging, a Limited Edition SteelBook with Collectible Magnet Medallion will also be available. On the same day, Universal will release a How to Train Your Dragon: 2-Movie Collection (2010-2025) on Blu-ray and 4K UHD, containing both the original animated film and the new live-action film.
Also coming from Universal are three 4K UHD upgrades: They are:
Brad Silberling's Casper (1995), starring Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, Malachi Pearson and Joe Nipote. Sourced from a new 4K master, Universal presents Casper with Dolby Vision HDR and a Dolby Atmos audio remix. Extras on the 4K UHD disc include audio commentary with Brad Silberling, the documentary Revealing Casper, a deleted scene, seven bonus Casper theatrical shorts: Casper's Spree Under the Sea, Once Upon a Rhyme, Boo Hoo Baby, To Boo or Not to Boo, Boo Scout, Spooking with a Brogue and Penguin for Your Thoughts. A legacy Blu-ray copy of the film is also included. In addition to standard packaging, a Limited Edition SteelBook will also be available.
Jay Roach's Meet the Parents (2000), starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Nicole DeHuff and Jon Abrahams. Sourced from a new 4K master, Universal presents Meet the Parents with Dolby Vision HDR and a Dolby Atmos audio remix. Extras include on the 4K UHD disc include two audio commentaries: one with Jay Roach and editor Jon Poll and another with Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Jay Roach and producer Jane Rosenthal. Also included are the featurettes Spotlight on Location, De Niro Unplugged, The Truth About Lying, Silly Cat Tricks and Jay Roach: A Director's Profile, as well as deleted scenes, outtakes and a theatrical trailer. A legacy Blu-ray copy is also included.
Judd Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), starring Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks. Sourced from a new 4K master, Universal presents both the theatrical and unrated versions of The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Dolby Vision HDR and original DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. New extras include a 20th anniversary discussion with Apatow and actors Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Jane Lynch, Kat Dennings and Gerry Bednob, while legacy extras include cast and crew audio commentary, deleted scenes, a gag reel, featurettes and more. In addition to standard packaging, a Limited Edition SteelBook will also be available.
New on Blu-ray from Paramount Home Media Distribution is 1923: Season Two (2025), starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. The three-disc set contains all seven episodes, along with the featurettes Darkness Cannot Hide: 1923 Returns, The Shroud of Winter: Production Design and Costumes, The Women of 1923, 1923: Teonna's Story, What Would You Bring Back from 1923 and Behind the Story featurettes for each episode.
New on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment is Ultraman Decker: The Complete Series (ウルトラマンデッカー) (2022-2023), starring Hiroki Matsumoto, Sae Miyazawa, Masaya Kikawada, Yûka Murayama, Nobunaga Daichi and Kayano Masuyama.
Description: An invading swarm of mysterious floating space objects begin to attack Earth. Humanity loses contact with space.With no heed for his own safety, Kanata jumps in front of the enemy and transforms into Ultraman Decker. A peculiar sound echoes through the sky. Those who hear it faint, and eventually vanish. Kanata and GUTS-Select begin an all-out battle to decide the fate of the Earth and entire galaxy!
Mill Creek's Blu-ray of Ultraman Decker: The Complete Series is a four-disc set with all 25 episodes (presented in Japanese: DTS-HD MA 2.0 with English subtitles) and the feature film Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond. Also included is a playable card from the Ultraman card game.
New on Blu-ray from BBC Studios is A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Season One (2024), starring Emma Myers, Zain Iqbal, Asha Banks, Raiko Gohara, Jude Morgan-Collie, Yali Topol Margalith and Anna Maxwell Martin.
Description: A closed murder case of five years. An a-grade student who won't let it go… Compulsive thriller based on Holly Jackson's hit novel and starring Emma Myers. Five years ago, popular student Andie Bell went missing from the tiny town of Little Kilton. Three days later, boyfriend Sal sent a text confessing to Andie's murder and killed himself. But questions about the case have always lingered and smart and single-minded Pip is convinced of Sal's innocence. Now she's going to prove it. Teaming up with Sal's brother Ravi, Pip questions old friends and follows long-buried leads. It isn't long before the two discover shaky alibis and sordid secrets. The town is on edge. Pip is in danger. And time is running out.
BBC Studios' Blu-ray release of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Season One is a two-disc set with all six episodes.
New on Blu-ray from Crunchyroll is Yoshimi Itazu's anime film The Concierge (北極百貨店のコンシェルジュさん) (AKA The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store), starring Natsumi Kawaida, Takeo Otsuka, Nobuo Tobita, Megumi Han, Natsumi Fujiwara and Jun Fukuyama.
Description: Concierge-in-training Akino is learning that clientele of the Hokkyoku Department Store can be a little wild. From the furry to the feathered, each animal customer has needs that must be met. But with a gentle push, she'll confidently serve with a smile!
Crunchyroll's Blu-ray of The Concierge contains Japanese: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio with English subtitles. Extras include commercials, promo videos, a trailer and a web preview.
Turning to catalog titles, Eureka Entertainment has a Blu-ray release for Jean Epstein's Finis Terrae (1929), starring Gibois, Jean-Marie Laot, Malgorn, François Morin, Pierre and Ambroise Rouzic. Sourced from a 4K master by Gaumont, Eureka presents Finis Terrae with a new musical score in LPCM 2.0 and optional English subtitles. Extras include a new interview with film historian and critic Pamela Hutchinson on Jean Epstein, a new video essay by Eddie Falvey and an appreciation of the film by Joel Daire. Also included is a limited edition booklet with an essay by Jean Epstein expert Christophe Wall-Romana and Jean Epstein's 1926 essay "On Certain Characteristics of Photogenie". For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
Coming to Blu-ray from Kino Lorber is a double-feature of Pre-Code films Confessions of a Co-Ed / Ladies of the Big House (both 1931), starring Sylvia Sidney, Phillips Holmes, Gene Raymond, Norman Foster, Wynne Gibson and Claudia Dell. Sourced from new 4K scans, Kino presents both films with new audio commentaries by film historian David Del Valle and film historian / archivist Stan Shaffer.
Also coming from Kino is a Blu-ray for James P. Hogan's The Farmer's Daughter (1940), starring Martha Raye, Charles Ruggles, Richard Denning, Gertrude Michael, William Frawley and Inez Courtney. Kino presents The Farmer's Daughter with an audio commentary by film historian Farran Smith Nehme.
Then from Kino is the box set Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXVI (1942-1949), a three-disc box set featuring Anthony Mann's Dr. Broadway (1942), starring Macdonald Carey, Jean Phillips, J. Carrol Naish, Richard Lane, Eduardo Ciannelli and Joan Woodbury, Charles Barton's Smooth as Silk (1942), starring Kent Taylor, Virginia Grey, Jane Adams, Milburn Stone, John Litel and Danny Morton and Elliott Nugent's The Great Gatsby (1949), starring Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, Barry Sullivan and Howard Da Silva. Kino presents Dr. Broadway and The Great Gatsby sourced from new 4K scans, while all three films have audio commentaries: one with filmmaker Allan Arkush and film historian / filmmaker Daniel Kremer and another with film historian Jeremy Arnold (on Dr. Broadway), author / film historian Alan K. Rode (on Smooth as Silk) and author / film historian Paul Talbot (on The Great Gatsby). Also included is an interview with David Ladd and Alan K. Rode (on The Great Gatsby) and trailers for Smooth as Silk and The Great Gatsby.
Note: On the same day, Kino will also release The Great Gatsby separately, with a slipcover on the individual release. For a full release breakdown, read Svet Atanasov's Blu-ray review.
Coming to Blu-ray from Raro Video is Silvio Amadio's The Medium (Il medium) (1980), starring Guido Mannari, Sherry Buchanan, Martine Brochard, Stefano Mastrogirolamo, Philippe Leroy and Nicoletta Amadio. Raro presents The Medium in Italian with English subtitles and includes a new audio commentary with Adrian Smith and Rod Barnett (film historians and hosts of the Wild, Wild podcast).
Coming to 4K UHD from Shout Factory is Michael A. Simpson's Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988), starring Renée Estevez, Walter Gotell, Jill Jane Clements, Pamela Springsteen, Amy Fields and Benji Wilhoite. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the 35mm interpositive, Shout presents Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. New extras include the featurette Return to Sleepaway Camp II and new interviews with actor Brian Patrick Clarke and special make-up effects artist Bill Johnson, while additional extras include audio commentary with Michael A. Simpson and writer Fritz Gordon, the featurettes A Tale of Two Sequels – Part One and Abandoned – The Locations of Sleepaway Camp II and III, behind-the-scenes footage, a home video trailer, a Sleepaway Camp III teaser, the short film Whatever Happened To Molly? and a still gallery.
Also coming to 4K UHD from Shout is Michael A. Simpson's Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989), starring Jill Terashita, Michael J. Pollard, Tracy Griffith, Mark Oliver, Haynes Brooke and Pamela Springsteen. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the 35mm interpositive, Shout presents Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. New extras include the featurette Return to Sleepaway Camp III and new interviews with stunt coordinator Lonnie Smith Jr. and songwriter / performer John Altyn, while additional extras include audio commentary with Michael A. Simpson and writer Fritz Gordon, the featurettes A Tale of Two Sequels – Part Two and behind-the-scenes footage, a VHS workprint, home video trailer, the short film Tony Lives! and a still gallery.
Then from Shout is a 4K UHD upgrade for Oliver Stone's World Trade Center (2006), starring Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff and Jay Hernandez. Sourced from a new 4K master (supervised and approved by Oliver Stone), Shout presents World Trade Center with a choice of a new Dolby Atmos remix, DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio options and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. New extras include interviews with Oliver Stone, First Responder Will Jimeno, actors Jon Bernthal, Frank Whaley, Nicholas Turturro and Donna Murphy, cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, composer Craig Armstrong and writer Andrea Berloff. Additional extras include two audio commentaries: one with Oliver Stone and another with real-life First Responders Will Jimeno, Scott Strauss, John Busching and Paddy McGee, as well as deleted / extended scenes with optional commentary by Oliver Stone.
Finally this week, Arrow Video has a 4K UHD upgrade for Wolfgang Petersen's Poseidon (2006), starring Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum and Mía Maestro. Sourced from a new 4K master, Arrow presents Poseidon with Dolby Vision HDR and original DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. Extras include new interviews with director of photography John Seale, production designer William Sandell, visual effects supervisor Boyd Shermis and make-up effects on set supervisor Michael Deak, as well as a video essay by Heath Holland. Legacy extras include the featurettes A Ship on a Soundstage, Upside Down and A Shipmate's Diary. Also included is an "illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Priscilla Page". For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's 4K UHD review.