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OnVideo's Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases
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Almost Christmas
(2016) Kimberly Elise, Omar Epps, Danny Glover, Romany Malco,
Mo’Nique, Nicole Ari Parker, J.B. Smoove, Gabrielle Union .Tells the
festive story of a beloved patriarch who asks his family for one gift
this holiday season: to get along. If they can honor that wish and
spend five days under the same roof without killing one another, it
will be a Christmas miracle. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital,
UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "Aunt May Unplugged," "Home for the Holidays" five-part behind-the-scenes featurette, "The Director Diaires," "Walter Meyer's Sweet Potato Pie" with Danny Glover, "My Favorite Scene Is ...", "Even More Gags," "Working With Actors" with director David E. Talbert. (Universal).
American Pastoral
(2016) Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Peter Riegert, Rupert Evans, Uzo Aduba, Molly Parker. McGregor stars in and directs this acclaimed film adapted from Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Seymour “Swede” Levov (McGregor), a once-legendary high school athlete, is a successful businessman married to a former beauty queen, Dawn (Connelly). When Swede and Dawn’s daughter (Fanning) disappears after being accused of a violent crime, Swede’s perfect life is broken forever and he is left to make sense out of the chaos. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Audio commentary by McGregor, “American Pastoral: Adapting an American Classic” featurette, “Making the American Dream” featurette. (Lionsgate).
Antibirth
(2016) Natasha Lyonne, Chloë Sevigny, Meg Tilly, Mark Webber. Hard-drinking, pill-popping, bong-ripping Lou (Lyonne) and her best friend Sadie (Sevigny) spend their days adrift in a druggy haze. But one wild night-out becomes a bad trip that never ends when Lou wakes up with symptoms of an unexplained, highly abnormal pregnancy. Who -- or what --is growing inside of her? Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "Psychedelic Shorts," storyboards, theatrical trailer. (IFC Midnight/Scream Factory).
Baby, Baby, Baby
(2015) Adrianne Palicki, Brian Klugman, Kelsey Grammer, James Roday, William Shatner, Cloris Leachman. A mismatched couple who try to overcome their baggage to make love work in present-day Los Angeles. When Sydney, a struggling actor meets Sunny, an artist, he thinks she might be “the one”. She’s funny, smart and gorgeous. She’s everything a guy like him never thought he would find. And everything is great ... until they move in together.
Formats: DVD, Digital. (Sony).
Beyond Redemption
(2016) Brian Ho, Bruce Fontaine, Osric Chau, Eddy Ko, Linna Huynh, Don Lew. A weary undercover cop must maintain his cover while trying to save the daughter of a notorious Triad boss from becoming collateral damage in a sting operation gone wrong.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital. Extras: Behind-the-scenes of two action sequences: “Hallway Fight” and “Mauler Opening Fight.” (Well Go USA).
Burn Country
(2016) Dominic Rains, James Franco, Melissa Leo, Rachel Brosnahan,
Thomas Jay Ryan. After being exiled from Afghanistan, a former war
journalist settles in a small town in Northern California and takes a
job with a local newspaper. But when he attempts to cover local crime,
he stumbles into local corruption that puts himself and others in
danger.
Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (Samuel Goldwyn Films./Sony).
Call of the Wolf
(2017) Aleksander Ristic, Cynthia Bravo, Matthew Oliva. Two kidnapped and trapped strangers must survive the brutal onslaught of winter while being forced to play a deadly game of survival to outsmart their kidnapper; a sniper calling himself "Wolf."
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital. (Gravitas Ventures).
Cameraperson
(2016) A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home with the director: Kirsten Johnson weaves these scenes and others into her film "Cameraperson," a tapestry of footage captured over her twenty-five-year career as a documentary cinematographer. Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and their subjects, the tension between the objectivity and intervention of the camera, and the complex interaction of unfiltered reality with crafted narrative. A work that combines documentary, autobiography, and ethical inquiry, "Cameraperson" is a moving glimpse into one filmmaker's personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world. New high-definition digital master, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "Making "Cameraperson," a new program featuring director Kirsten Johnson, producers Marilyn Ness and Danielle Varga, and editors Nels Bangerter and Amanda Laws; "In the Service of the Film," a roundtable conversation with Johnson, producer Gini Reticker, and sound recordists Wellington Bowler and Judy Karp: excerpts from two 2016 film festival talks with Johnson, including one between her and filmmaker Michael Moore; "The Above," a 2015 short film by Johnson; trailer; an essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda and reprinted writings by Johnson. (The Criterion Collection).
Come What May
(2015 -- France) August Diehl, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner, Alice Isaaz, Matthew Rhys. May 1940. To escape the imminent German invasion, the inhabitants of a small village in northern France flee their homes, like so many millions of their compatriots. Max, a German boy, travels with them because his father, Hans, opposed the Nazi regime and was imprisoned in Arras for having lied about his nationality. Hans is eventually set free and sets off to find his son, accompanied by a Scottish soldier who is trying to get back home. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Coen Media Group).
Cross Wars
(2017) Brian Austin Green, Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones, Tom Sizemore, Tim Abell, Lori Heuring. Armed with a powerful ancient Cross amulet, Callan (Brian Austin Green) and his team of misfit weapons experts battle local thugs and heinous criminals in Los Angeles. When a ruthless villain named Muerte (Trejo) and the evil immortal Gunnar (Vinnie Jones) threaten to kill Callan’s crew and bring on the apocalypse, he and his team join forces with an all-girl crime-fighting squad to avert the end of humanity. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital. Extras: Commentary with director Patrick Durham and executive producer Gary T. Williams, alternate credits.
(Sony).
Dead West
(2016) Jeffrey Arrington, Brian Sutherland, Meagan Karimi-Naser, Aurelio Voltaire, Michael Joseph Draper. A charismatic outlaw sets out on a murderous cross-country trip searching for true love. Each time he thinks he has found “the one," he ends up disappointed -- and she ends up dead. Managing to elude capture by traveling from one town to the next, his luck runs out when the brother of one of his victims tracks him down. Formats: DVD. Extras: Audio commentary with director Jeff Ferrell, actor Brian Sutherland and composer Semih Tareen; "The Making of Dead West" featurette. (RLJ Entertainment).
Desierto
(2016 -- Mexico) Gael Garcia Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra
Hidalgo, Diego Catano. From Jonás Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón, the
acclaimed filmmakers of "Gravity," comes the modern, heart-pounding
suspense-thriller starring Gael García Bernal and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
What begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a
harrowing and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting
vigilante chases a group of unarmed men and women through the
treacherous U.S.-Mexican border area. In the harsh, unforgiving desert
terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they continuously
discover there's nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless
killer.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital,
UltraViolet (cloud). (Universal).
Dynasty: The First Season
(1981-82) The first season of the night-time soap saga of the Carringtons, a wealthy family living in Denver, re-released for the first time in more than a decade. Back in 2005, Fox Home Entertainment released Season 1 on DVD. They never released another. In 2007, home videos for the show were taken over by CBS/Paramount, and they released seasons two through nine between then and 2014. In the meantime, the Fox release of the original season was discontinued, allowing CBS and Paramount to re-release those episodes on DVD. The story begins with oil tycoon Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) marrying his former secretary, Krystle (Linda Evans). But Krystle's former lover, Matthew (Bo Hopkins), a geologist working on one of Carrington's oil rigs, returns to town and causes problems when he tells Krystle that he's still in love with her. Blake's daughter Fallon (Pamela Sue Martin) doesn't support his marriage, and chooses to marry childhood friend Jeff Colby (John James Anderson) against her father's wishes. And so it begins. Formats: DVD. Extras: Character profiles, "Family, Furs and Fun: Creating Dynasty" featurette. (CBS/Paramount).
The Eagle Huntress
(2016) This spellbinding documentary follows
Aisholpan, a 13-year-old nomadic Mongolian girl who is fighting to
become the first female eagle hunter in 12 generations of her Kazakh
family. Through breathtaking aerial cinematography and intimate verite
footage, the film captures her personal journey while also addressing
universal themes like female empowerment, the natural world, coming of
age and the onset of modernity. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc.
Extras: Commentary, "Capturing The Eagle Huntress" featurette. (Sony).
Fall
(2014) Michael Murphy. The memory of a teenage boy haunts an aging Catholic Priest after he receives a letter confronting him about a time they spent at a winter cottage 40 years ago. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (Breaking Glass Pictures).
Frank & Lola
(2016) Michael Shannon, Imogen Poots. The story of two people locked in a battle of passion and obsession. When talented chef Frank meets aspiring fashion designer Lola, he's instantly and violently in love. As the secrets of Lola's dark past are revealed, the lovers are drawn into a web of sex, jealousy and revenge. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). (Universal).
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series -- Season Three
(2016) Three-disc set with all 10 episodes of the series based on Robert Rodriguez's original film. Season three follows Seth and Richie as they continue to fight their way through the chilling world of culebras, the vampire-snake hybrids that control hidden empires in Texas and Mexico. Once the baddest outlaws in the land, the Gecko brothers made a run for the Border two years ago to save their lives -- and their fortune. After stumbling into a bar full of bloodsuckers and bandits, they encountered the vampire goddess Santánico, joining her cause to settle an old score, and it won them a place in the culebra world. Now that world is on the verge of violent and destructive explosion as new enemies hell-bent on domination gather to take them down. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Audio commentary with the cast and crew; featurettes including "Season 3 Catch Up," "Inside the Episodes," "Season 3 Best Kills," "Evolution of a Fight Scenes," "When Sex Machines Collide"; trailer; deleted scenes. (Entertainment One).
Graves: Season 1
(2016) Three-disc set with 10 episodes. Nick Nolte stars as a former two-term President of the United States in EPIX’s first original comedy series. President Richard Graves, a former two-term POTUS, embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy 25 years after leaving the White House.
Formats: DVD, Digital. Extras: “What Fresh Hell is This?!: Making Graves: Season One” featurette, “Family Dynamics: The Acting Ensemble” featurette, gag reel. (Lionsgate).
Justice League Dark
(2017) DC Universe Original Movie full-length animated film. When innocent civilians begin committing unthinkable crimes across Metropolis, Gotham City and beyond, Batman must call upon mystical counterparts to eradicate this demonic threat to the planet. Enter Justice League Dark, reluctantly led by the Hellblazer himself, John Constantine. Like Batman, Constantine is a cunning, often cynical loner who is the best at his chosen profession – but quickly realizes the sinister forces plaguing the planet will require help from other supernatural alliances. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Sneak peek at "Teen Titans: The Judas Contract," the next DC Universe Original Movie. Blu-ray adds "Did You Know?: Constantine origin, Color of Magic, Black Orchid, and Deadman Casting" featurette; "The Story of Swamp Thing" featurette; 2016 NY Comic Con Panel; sneak peek at "Justice League: Gods and Monsters"; sneak peek at "Justice League: Doom"; "From the DC Vault": two bonus episodes of Batman: The Brave and the Bold: "Dawn of the Dead Man!"Batman" and "Trials of the Demon!" (Warner).
Killing Reagan
(2016) Tim Matheson, Cynthia Nixon, Kyle More. Based on Bill O’Reilly’s best-selling book, this drama explores Ronald Reagan’s rise to power as well as the assassination attempt on his life. Just two months into his presidency, President Reagan lay near death after a gunman’s bullet came within an inch of his heart. Grievously injured, he confronted an enormous challenge -- could he overcome his traumatic experience while carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world? Formats: DVD. Extras: Six behind the scenes featurettes. (Fox).
Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man
(2016) Narrated by Leonard Cohen himself, this documentary is an intimate portrait of a truly singular artist -- poet, songwriter, cultural icon -- and features performances of Cohen's songs by such luminary artists as U2, Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, Antony, Martha Wainwright, and Beth Orton, among others. Formats: Blu-ray Disc, Digital. Extras: Audio commentary with director Lian Lunson; “A Conversation with Leonard Cohen” featurette, additional performances of Cohen songs not seen in the movie (“Tower of Song” performed by Martha Wainwright, “Bird on a Wire” performed by Perla Batalla, “Famous Blue Raincoat” performed by The Handsome Family, “Tonight Will Be Fine” performed by Teddy Thompson, trailer. (Lionsgate).
Life on the Line
(2015) John Travolta, Kate Bosworth, Devon Sawa, Sharon Stone. The story of power linemen, braving dangerously dizzying heights and working hundreds of feet in the air on wires carrying as much as 500,000 volts of electricity. As a huge electrical storm sweeps towards Texas, lineman Beau (Travolta) is haunted by memories of his brother’s death by lightning years earlier. Bailey (Bosworth), the niece he helped raise, has a secret she needs to share with her boyfriend Duncan. But he and Beau’s brave team are racing to replace miles of power cables before the tempest strikes their Texas town. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: “Life on the Line” music video by Fiona Culley featuring Darius Rucker, "Behind the Scenes with Cast/Crew Interviews." (Lionsgate).
Look at Us Now, Mother!
(2015) A prize-winning filmmaker chronicles her relationship with her difficult mom in a story that would be tragic if it wasn't so funny. An unflinching look at the complex bond between mother and daughter. It has its roots in "My Nose", a humorous short in which Gayle Kirschenbaum introduced us to her hypercritical mother, Mildred, as she pressed Gayle to have a nose job. The film barely scratched the surface of what was clearly a fascinating and perhaps universal story of mothers and daughters. So, Kirschenbaum embarked on a long, miraculous and poignant journey for the full-length film that showed the transformation of a highly charged mother-daughter relationship from Mommie Dearest to Dear Mom, from hatred to love. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital.(Virgil Films).
Loving
(2016) Dir.: Jeff Nichols. Stars: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton. The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "Making Loving," "A Loving Ensemble," "Loving v. Virginia," "Virginia: A Loving Backdrop," commentary with director Jeff Nichols. (Universal).
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
(2016) Jamie Dornan, Aiden Longworth, Aaron Paul, Sarah Gadon. After surviving eight near-death accidents throughout his unlucky life, Louis Drax (Aiden Longworth) plunges off a steep cliff on his ninth birthday. While police investigate the cause of Louis's near-fatal fall and the whereabouts of his violent father, acclaimed neurologist Dr. Allan Pascal uses unorthodox techniques to try to tap into the boy's unconscious mind and reveal the truth about the events that led to his condition. But as he's drawn deeper and deeper into the mystery of Louis's seeming ability to cheat death, he finds himself falling for Louis's mother. As new clues emerge in the case, a shocking revelation changes the fates of Louis and everyone around him. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "Making of The 9th Life of Louis Drax" featurette (Lionsgate).
Nocturne
(2014) Mary Krohnert, Knickoy Robinson. An urban fairy tale: a dark and strange world unfolds when Cindy, an over-medicated insomniac, becomes romantically fascinated with a sleepwalking co-worker, Armen. Their strange new "relationship" throws her unraveling family life into chaos while revealing an elaborate plot to take advantage of his condition, a plot that she must help stop. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (Random Media/Winlea Pictures).
Playtime With Caillou
(2017) Features seven stories from the PBS Kids series about the adventures of four-year-old Caillou who has a boundless imagination that makes every experience an opportunity for fun and play. Formats: DVD. (PBS Distribution).
Sabrina Down Under
(1999) Movie spin-off from the TV series. While on vacation in Australia, the teen witch (Melissa Joan Hart), Salem the cat (voiced by Nick Bakay) and a friend (Tara Charendoff) travel to the Great Barrier Reef, where they discover a mermaid colony threatened by pollution. And, naturally, Sabrina falls for a hunky merman. Formats: DVD (CBS/Paramount).
Sesame Street: Singing With the Stars 2
(2017) Dance and sing along with Elmo and friends in this collection
of memorable performances from Gwen Stefani, Janelle Monae, Nick
Jonas, Fifth Harmony and more.
Formats: DVD. (Warner).
Spin Out
(2016) Xavier Samuel, Morgan Griffin, Travis Jeffery. Billy and Lucy have grown up together in a small, close-knit country town in the Australian Outback, where they form one of the town's most formidable off-road driving teams. When Billy takes one risky car stunt too far, Lucy declares she is moving to the city -- sending Billy into a spin. Amid the mayhem of the town's annual block party, Billy only has one night to wake up to his true feelings for his best friend -- or lose her forever. Formats: DVD. (Sony).
Spirit of the Game
(2016) Aaron Jakubenko, Kevin Sorbo, Wade Briggs. A never-before-told
chapter in Olympic history comes to life in this inspirational sports
drama that follows a group of young missionaries traveling in
Australia who are recruited to help the fledgling Australian national
basketball team compete in their first Olympics. In doing so, they
help unite a nation still reeling from the aftermath of World War II.
Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. Extras: Making-of featurette. (Sony).
The Take
(2016) Richard Madden, Idris Elba, Kelly Reilly. An American
pickpocket living in Paris finds himself hunted by the CIA when he
steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. The field agent on
the case soon realizes that pickpocket is just a pawn in a much bigger
game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy.
Going against commands, he recruits the American to use his expert
pickpocket skills to help quickly track down the source of the
corruption. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital,
UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "Making the Take" featurette. (Universal).
Trolls
(2016) Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Russell Brand, James Corden, Kunal Nayyar, Ron Funches, Icona Pop, Gwen Stefani. The colorful, richly textured Troll Village is full of optimistic Trolls, who are always ready to sing, dance and party. When the comically pessimistic Bergens invade, Poppy (Anna Kendrick), the happiest Troll ever born, and the overly-cautious, curmudgeonly Branch (Justin Timberlake) set off on an epic journey to rescue her friends. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "Party Mode" interactive feature to sing, dance and laugh along with the Trolls; "Travel Through Troll Village"; "The Potion for Stop-Motion - Part behind-the-scenes, part stop-motion tutorial explores the process of creating Poppy's visually stunning scrapbook; "Creating Troll Magic"; "Troll 2 Troll"; "Inside the Bunker"; deleted scenes. (Fox).
Two Lovers and a Bear
(2016) Tatiana Maslany, Dane DeHaan. Set in a small town near the North Pole where roads lead to nowhere, the story follows Roman (DeHaan) and Lucy (Maslany), two burning souls who come together to make a leap for life and inner peace. Formats: DVD, Digital. (Fox).
Underground Kings
(2016) Christopher Mann, John Canada Terrell, Tiffany E. Green. A police officer finds out his partner was set up to be killed by a dirty cop and crime boss from Philadelphia, and he goes undercover in the city of "The Underground Kings" to expose police corruption and ties to the underworld. Formats: DVD, VOD. (Breaking Glass Pictures).
Vice Principals: The Complete First Season
(2016) Two-disc set with nine episodes of the HBO comedy series about North Jackson High School and the two people who almost run it, the vice principals. When the longtime principal of a suburban high school steps down, ambitious vice principals Neal Gamby (Danny McBride) and Lee Russell (Walter Goggins) to both set their sights on the vacated top spot. But when new rival Dr. Belinda Brown (Kimberly Hébert Gregory) enters the picture, these bitter antagonists must form an unholy alliance to bring down the outsider by any means necessary. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital. Extras: Blooper reel, deleted scenes, commentaries with the cast and crew. (HBO).
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