Posted December 14, 2025 11:30 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of December 15th, Cinema Guild will release a Blu-ray for Hong Sang-soo's In Our Day (우리의 하루), starring Ki Joobong, Kim Minhee, Song Sunmi, Park Miso, Ha Seongguk and Kim Seungyun.
Description: Sangwon (Kim Minhee), an actress recently returned to South Korea, is temporarily staying with her friend, Jungsoo (Song Sunmi), and her cat, Us. Elsewhere in the city, the aging poet Uiju (Ki Joobong) lives alone, his cat having recently passed away. On this ordinary day, each of them has a visitor: Sangwon is visited by her cousin, Jisoo (Park Miso) and Uiju, by a young actor, Jaewon (Ha Seongguk). Each of them wants to learn about a career in the arts. But they also have bigger questions. Both Sangwon and Uiju have ramyun noodles for lunch and they both add hot pepper paste to their ramyun noodles, not a very common thing to do. As our friends talk and drink the day away, similarities between these encounters multiply and we begin to realize they may be more than just mere coincidence.
With his 30th feature film, Hong demonstrates a new level of mastery of his art, using long, deceptively elaborate shots to articulate the simplest of pleasures: an inter-species encounter, the discovery of a new drink, a game of rock paper scissors. Kim and Ki lead an outstanding cast of the most natural of performers. In Our Day is a film to drink of deeply, to share with friends, and afterward, to reflect on what matters most.
Cinema Guild's Blu-ray of In Our Day contains a conversation with Ki Joo-bong and Ki Do-young and a theatrical trailer. Also included is a booklet with an essay by filmmaker Matias Pineiro.
New on Blu-ray from Drafthouse Films is Alex Braverman's documentary Thank You Very Much.
Description: Andy Kaufman's provocative comedy often outraged audiences, challenging them to confront their own presumptions. Through never-before-seen footage and intimate recollections, filmmaker Alex Braverman explores Kaufman's brief but impactful life and career. As the lines between performance and reality blur in our present age, Kaufman's genius resonates more than ever.
The rare and never-before-seen footage includes newly uncovered archival material and intimate recollections of friends, colleagues, and family members, and interviews with Kaufman's closest collaborators, such as Bob Zmuda, Lynne Margulies, Steve Martin, Danny DeVito, and Marilu Henner.
New on Blu-ray from Crunchyroll is KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!: Season 3 (この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!) (2024-2025). The two-disc set contains all 11 episodes and 2 OVAs, with a choice of original Japanese or dubbed English Dolby TrueHD 2.0 audio tracks and English subtitles. Extras include episode previews, a commercial collection, a promo video collection, the retrospective video The Dawn of the Adventurer Kazuma and textless opening and ending songs.
Also new on Blu-ray from Crunchyroll is Tower of God: Workshop Battle - Season 2 Part 2 (神之塔 -Tower of God- 工房戦) (2024). The two-disc set contains all 13 episodes, with a choice of original Japanese: Dolby TrueHD 2.0 or dubbed English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio tracks and English subtitles. Extras include textless opening and ending songs. In addition to standard packaging, a SteelBook will also be available.
New on Blu-ray from Sentai Filmworks is Flower and Asura: Complete Collection (花は咲く、修羅の如く) (2025), starring Minori Fujidera, Miyuri Shimabukuro, Miyari Nemoto, Yűko Gotô, Aoi Koga and Ai Kakuma.
Description: Raised on a remote island, Hana Haruyama fell in love with the art of storytelling after seeing a recital of An Asura in Spring as a child. Now taking the ferry to attend her first year at Sumomogaoka High, Hana meets a kindred soul in Mizuki Usurai, a second year who encourages Hana to join the Broadcasting club and study the art of voice acting via interpretive reading. Suddenly, a whole new and much wider world opens up for the lonely Hana, as she discovers the joys of embracing the wonders of the spoken word in FLOWERS AND ASURA!
Sentai Filmworks' Blu-ray of Flower and Asura: Complete Collection is a two-disc with all 12 episodes in a choice of original Japanese or dubbed English DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio tracks and English or English SDH subtitles. Extras include clean opening and closing animations.
Turning to catalog titles, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's Warner Archive Collection has several coming to Blu-ray. They are:
Harold S. Bucquet's On Borrowed Time (1939), starring Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel, Bobs Watson and Nat Pendleton. Sourced from a new 4K scan of best preservation elements, Warner Archive presents On Borrowed Time with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include radio adaptations from 1946 and 1948, the MGM cartoon Wanted: No Master, the Fitzpatrick Traveltalks short A Day on Treasure Island (all 1939) and the film's original theatrical trailer.
Tay Garnett's The Valley of Decision (1945), starring Gregory Peck, Greer Garson, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore, Preston Foster and Marsha Hunt. Sourced from a new 4K scan of best preservation elements, Warner Archive presents The Valley of Decision with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include the Tex Avery cartoon Wild and Woolfy, the MGM short Spreadin' the Jam (both 1945), a Lux Radio Theater adaptation starring Gregory Peck and Greer Garson and the film's original theatrical trailer.
David Butler's San Antonio (1945), starring Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall, Victor Francen, Florence Bates and John Litel. Sourced from new 4K scans of the the original nitrate Technicolor camera negatives, Warner Archive presents San Antonio with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include the WB Technicolor short Frontier Days, the Looney Tunes short Trap Happy Porky (both 1945) and the film's original theatrical trailer.
Don Weis' I Love Melvin (1953), starring Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson, Allyn Joslyn and Les Tremayne. Sourced from new 4K scans of the the original Technicolor camera negatives, Warner Archive presents I Love Melvin with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include the deleted musical sequence "A Lady Loves", the Tex Avery short T.V. of Tomorrow (1953), the Barney Bear short The Impossible Possum (1954) and the film's original theatrical trailer.
Curtis Bernhardt's Interrupted Melody (1955), starring Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore, Cecil Kellaway, Peter Leeds and Evelyn Ellis. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Warner Archive presents Interrupted Melody with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo audio. Extras include the Tom and Jerry CinemaScope short Tom and Chérie (1955) and the film's original theatrical trailer.
Hanna-Barbera's Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har: The Complete Series (1962-1963), featuring the voices of Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, Don Messick, Doug Young, Jean Vander Pyl and Julie Bennett. Sourced from new 4K scans of best preservation elements, Warner Archive presents Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har: The Complete Series in a two-disc set of all 52 episodes, with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio.
Hanna-Barbera's Wally Gator: The Complete Series (1962-1963), featuring the voices of Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, Don Messick, Doug Young, Jean Vander Pyl and Hal Smith. Sourced from new 4K scans of best preservation elements, Warner Archive presents Wally Gator: The Complete Series in a two-disc set of all 52 episodes, with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio.
Finally from Warner this week is a 4K UHD upgrade for Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997), starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly and William H. Macy. Sourced from a new 4K master, Warner presents Boogie Nights with HDR and DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. Extras include a new, two-part 2023 American Cinematheque panel with Paul Thomas Anderson and John C. Reilly, along with two audio commentary tracks, The John C. Reilly Files, ten deleted scenes with optional commentary by Paul Thomas Anderson and Anderson's music video for "Try" by Michael Penn, also with optional commentary. 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.
Coming to remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD is Roy Ward Baker's Scars of Dracula (1970), starring Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Christopher Matthews, Patrick Troughton and Michael Gwynn. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the film's original camera negative, Kino presents Scars of Dracula with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new audio commentary by novelist and critic Tim Lucas, while additional extras include legacy audio commentary with Roy Ward Baker, Christopher Lee and Hammer Films historian Marcus Hearn, the documentary Blood Rites - Inside Scars of Dracula and theatrical trailers.
Also coming to remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Kino is Kevin Bray's Walking Tall (2004), starring Dwayne Johnson, Johnny Knoxville, Neal McDonough, Michael Bowen, Ashley Scott and John Beasley. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the film's original camera negative, Kino presents Walking Tall with a choice of lossless 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new audio commentary by film journalist Brandon Streussnig, while additional extras include legacy audio commentaries with Dwayne Johnson and with Kevin Bray, director of photography Glen MacPherson and editor Robert Ivison, a featurette, deleted scenes, an alternate ending, a gag reel and a theatrical trailer.
Coming to Blu-ray from Raro Video is Romolo Guerrieri's Young, Violent, Dangerous (Liberi armati pericolosi) (1976), starring Tomas Milián, Stefano Patrizi, Benjamin Lev, Eleonora Giorgi, Venantino Venantini and Salvatore Billa. Raro's Blu-ray contains both Italian and English audio tracks and comes with audio commentary by film historians Adrian Smith and Rod Barnett (hosts of Wild, Wild Podcast), along with the documentary Ragazzi fuori.
Coming to remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Shout Factory is David Cronenberg's Rabid (1977), starring Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan, Patricia Gage and Susan Roman. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Shout presents Rabid with DTS-HD MA Mono audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include new interviews with Canadian film historian and author Paul Corupe and author Violet Lucca (David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials), three audio commentaries: one with David Cronenberg, another with author William Beard (The Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg) and a third with author Jill C. Nelson (Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women of Classic Erotic Cinema) and producer Ken Leicht, interviews with Cronenberg, Roman, executive producer Ivan Reitman and co-producer Don Carmody, a video essay by author Caelum Vatnsdal (They Came from Within: A History of Canadian Horror Cinema) an original theatrical trailer, TV and radio spots and an image gallery.
Coming to Blu-ray from Shout is the box set Hong Kong New Wave Essentials (1985-1990), a three-disc set with Stanley Kwan's Women (女人心) (1985), Alex Law's Painted Faces (七小福) (1988) and Johnnie To's The Story of My Son (愛的世界) (1990). All three films come with original Cantonese DTS-HD MA Mono audio and optional, newly-translated English subtitles. Extras include new audio commentaries with easternKicks veteran Hong Kong film critic James Mudge (on Women and Story of My Son) and film historians Frank Djeng and F.J. DeSanto (on Painted Faces), new interviews for all three films with film historians John Kreng and Ric Meyers, new interviews with actor Fung Chi Fung and academics and authors Victor Fan and Lin Feng (on Women), and new interviews with co-writer Mabel Cheung and film critic David West (on Painted Faces), as well as trailers for all three films.
Finally from Shout is a 4K UHD upgrade for Mike Figgis' Leaving Las Vegas (1995), starring Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Valeria Golino and Graham Beckel. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original Super 16mm camera negative, Shout presents Leaving Las Vegas with a choice of a new Dolby Atmos remix, DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with Mike Figgis.
Coming to remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD from the Criterion Collection is Tim Burton's Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1995), starring Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen and Irving Hellman. Sourced from a new 4K master (supervised and approved by Tim Burton), Criterion presents Pee-wee's Big Adventure with a choice of original DTS-HD MA 2.0 Surround or an alternate DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio track and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with Tim Burton and Paul Reubens, an isolated score with audio commentary by composer Danny Elfman, a new interview with Burton and actor / filmmaker Richard Ayoade, new interviews with producer Richard Abramson, production designer David L. Snyder, co-writer Michael Varhol and editor Billy Weber, a Hollywood's Master Storytellers interview from 2005 with Paul Reubens, excerpts from the 40th anniversary screening of the film and trailers. Also included is an essay by podcast host and culture critic Jesse Thorn.
And coming to Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Criterion is Spike Lee's music documentary David Byrne's American Utopia (2020). Sourced from a 4K master (supervised by director of photography Ellen Kuras), Criterion presents David Byrne's American Utopia with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and in SDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new documentary featuring Ellen Kuras, musician / producer David Byrne, dancer / vocalist Tendayi Kuumba, director Spike Lee, choreographer and musical stager Annie-B Parson, lighting designer Rob Sinclair and bassist Bobby Wooten III, a conversation between Spike Lee and David Byrne from 2020 and a trailer. Also included is "an essay by critic K. Austin Collins and an appreciation by critic Jia Tolentino".
Finally this week, Arrow Video have remastered Blu-ray or 4K UHD box sets for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy (1990-1993), a three-disc set with Steve Barron's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Michael Pressman's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) and Stuart Gillard's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) All three films are sourced from new 4K masters from the original camera negative (for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and from the interpositives (for the second and third films), with a choice of original stereo audio, a new Dolby Atmos remix (for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) or DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio (for the second and third films) and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. Extras include new audio commentaries with the directors of all three films, new interviews with Steve Barron, actors Robbie Rist, Brian Tochi, Ernie Reyes Jr and Kenn Scott, actor Judith Hoag, producer Simon Fields, puppet co-ordinator and second unit director Brian Henson and puppeteer Rob Tygner, trilogy composer John Du Prez, mould shop supervisor Kenny Wilson, editor Steve Mirkovich, actor Sab Shimono and actor Vivian Wu, a new locations featurette for the first film, the alternate UK censored version of the first film with unique footage, presented via seamless branching, an alternate ending and alternate Korean footage for the first film, a Behind the Shells featurette for the second film, an alternate UK opening for the third film and image galleries and trailers for all three films. Limited edition content includes a "perfect bound collector's booklet in the style of a Roy's Pizza menu, featuring new writing on the films by Simon Ward, John Torrani and John Walsh", reversible sleeves with original and new artwork, a "double-sided foldout poster featuring original artwork from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the "Map of the Kappa Realm", a stylised re-creation of the ancient scroll that appears in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III", two additional double-sided, foldout posters with new and original artwork, eight character trading cards, a Roy's Pizza loyalty card and four character stickers. In addition to standard packaging, an Arrow Store Exclusive with Alternate Artwork will also be available.