Posted September 7, 2025 08:27 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of September 8th, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has a Blu-ray and 4K UHD release for Gareth Edwards' Jurassic World Rebirth, starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Luna Blaise.
Studio description: Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet's ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures across land, sea and air within that tropical biosphere hold, in their DNA, the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.
Academy Award® nominee Johansson plays skilled covert operations expert Zora Bennett, contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure the genetic material. When Zora's operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized by marauding aquatic dinos, they all find themselves stranded on a forbidden island that had once housed an undisclosed research facility for Jurassic Park. There, in a terrain populated by dinosaurs of vastly different species, they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that has been hidden from the world for decades.
Universal's Blu-ray releases of Jurassic World Rebirth contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include two audio commentary tracks: one with Gareth Edwards, production designer James Clyne and first assistant director Jack Ravenscroft and another with Edwards, editor Jabez Olssen and visual effects supervisor David Vickery, the making of documentary Jurassic World Rebirth: Hatching a New Era, the featurettes Meet Dolores, Munched: Becoming Dino Food, A Day at Skywalker Sound and Hunting for Easter Eggs, an alternate opening, deleted scenes and a gag reel. In addition to standard packaging, a Limited Edition SteelBook will also be available. On the same day, Universal will also release the Jurassic World: 7-Movie Collection (1993-2025) on Blu-ray or 4K UHD, containing both the Jurassic Park trilogy and the four Jurassic World films.
Also coming from Universal is a 4K UHD upgrade for Michael Apted's Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), starring Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, William Sanderson and Billy Strange. Sourced from a 4K master, Universal presents Coal Miner's Daughter with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio remix. Extras include commentary with Sissy Spacek and Michael Apted, interviews with Apted and Loretta Lynn and the featurettes Tommy Lee Jones Remembers Coal Miner's Daughter and President George Bush Sr. Salutes AFI and Coal Miner's Daughter. A Blu-ray of the film is also included.
Then from Universal is a 4K UHD upgrade for Jennifer Yuh Nelson's Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), featuring the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jackie Chan and Seth Rogen. Sourced from a 4K master, Universal presents Kung Fu Panda 2 with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio remix. Extras include filmmakers' commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes and more. A Blu-ray of the film is also included.
New on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is Len Wiseman's Ballerina (2025), starring Ana de Armas, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus and Ian McShane.
Description: The next chapter from the World of John Wick follows Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas), who is beginning her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma. Eve seeks revenge for her father's death, and finds herself crossing paths with John Wick himself (Keanu Reeves).
Lionsgate's Blu-ray releases of Ballerina contain the film's Dolby Atmos audio, with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include The Making of Ballerina, Building a Frozen Underworld and The Art of Action, as well as deleted and extended scenes. In addition to standard packaging, both an Amazon Exclusive SteelBook and a Walmart Exclusive SteelBook will also be available.
New on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Walt Disney Home Entertainment is Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi and Adrian Molina's Elio, featuring the voices of Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldaña, Remy Edgerly, Brandon Moon, Brad Garrett and Jameela Jamil.
Description: For centuries, people have called out to the universe looking for answers—in Disney and Pixar's all-new feature film Elio, the universe calls back! The cosmic misadventure introduces Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession. So, when he's beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio's all in for the epic undertaking. Mistakenly identified as Earth's leader, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be.
Disney's 4K UHD release of Elio contains Dolby Vision HDR and the film's Dolby Atmos audio. Extras include Inside the Communiverse: The World and Characters of Elio, Out of This World: An Astro Q&A, Astronomic Art Class: "Ooooo" and "Glordon" and Extraterrestrial Easter Eggs and Fun Facts, as well as a Galactic Gag Reel and deleted scenes.
Note: Disney's 4K UHD release of Elio is currently available only in SteelBook packaging.
New on Blu-ray from A24 is Celine Song's Materialists, starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans, Marin Ireland, Zoe Winters and Dasha Nekrasova.
Description: A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
A24's Blu-ray release of Materialists includes the film's Dolby Atmos audio. Extras include audio commentary with Celine Song as well as the featurettes The Math of Modern Dating: Making Materialists and Composer Deep Dive with Japanese Breakfast. DigiPack packaging includes six collectible postcards.
New on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from RLJE Films is Eli Craig's Clown in a Cornfield, starring Katie Douglas, Carson MacCormac, Aaron Abrams, Cassandra Potenza, Verity Marks and Vincent Muller.
Description: Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time. Welcome to Kettle Springs. The real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play.
RLJE Films' Blu-ray releases of Clown in a Cornfield contain audio commentary with Eli Craig, author Adam Cesare, Carson MacCormac and Katie Douglas, as well as trailers.
Note: RLJE Films' 4K UHD release of Clown in a Cornfield is currently available only in SteelBook packaging.
New on Blu-ray from Vertical Entertainment is preparing a Blu-ray release of Jonathan Hensleigh's Ice Road: Vengeance, starring Liam Neeson, Fan Bingbing, Marcus Thomas, Grace O'Sullivan, Saksham Sharma and Bernard Curry.
Description: On the road to Mt. Everest, big rig driver Mike McCann (Liam Neeson) takes on ruthless mercenaries to protect a busload of tourists and save a village on the brink of destruction.
New on Blu-ray from AMC Studios is Dark Winds: Season 3 (2024). The two-disc set contains all eight episodes of the third season, along with the featurette Show Me More: Dark Winds: Season 3.
New on Blu-ray from Decal Releasing is David Midell's The Ritual (2025), starring Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, Patricia Heaton, Abigail Cowen and Patrick Fabian.
Description: Two priests -- one questioning his faith and one reckoning with a troubled past -- must put aside their differences to perform a difficult and dangerous exorcism on a possessed woman.
Decal Releasing's Blu-ray of The Ritual contains the featurettes The Making of The Ritual, Keeping the Faith, The Script and Based on a True Story, as well as Buzzfeed interviews.
New on Blu-ray from Magenta Light Studios is Simon West's Bride Hard, starring Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Anna Chlumsky, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Gigi Zumbado and Stephen Dorff.
Description: From the director of Con Air and The Mechanic comes Bride Hard. When a mercenary group takes a lavish wedding hostage, they have no idea what they are in for as the Maid of Honor is actually a secret agent ready to rain hell-fire upon anyone who would ruin her best friend's wedding.
Turning to catalog titles, the Criterion Collection has a 4K UHD upgrade for Akira Kurosawa's High and Low (天国と地獄), starring Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura and Takashi Shimura. Sourced from a new 4K master, Criterion presents High and Low in 4K SDR with original Japanese: DTS-HD MA 4.0 audio and optional English subtitles. Extras include audio commentary with Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince, an Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create documentary on the film, interviews from 1981 with Toshirô Mifune and from 2008 with actor Tsutomu Yamazaki, the film's Japanese teaser and both Japanese and US theatrical trailers. Also included is "an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and an on-set account by Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie".
Finally this week, Arrow Video has a Blu-ray for Jun'ya Satô's Proof of the Man (人間の証明), starring Mariko Okada, Yûsaku Matsuda, George Kennedy, Broderick Crawford, Rick Jason and Toshirô Mifune. Sourced from a 4K master provided by Kadokawa, Arrow presents Proof of the Man with its original Japanese: LPCM Mono (with portions of English) audio and a choice of optional English or English SDH subtitles. Extras include audio commentary by Rob Buscher and DJ Skeme Richards, interviews with Asian film expert Earl Jackson and Japanese film critics Tatsuya Masuto and Masaaki Nomura, the film's Japanese teaser and threee Japanese theatrical trailers, as well as an image gallery. Limited edition content includes an "illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by film critic Michelle Kisner and scholar Alexander Zahlten". For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.