The Boss Baby
Seven-year-old Tim Templeton suddenly finds his share of parental love plummeting when his new baby brother (Alec Baldwin) arrives — wearing a suit and toting a briefcase — and
Vitals: Director: Tom McGrath. Stars: Voices of Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Maguire, Miles Bakshi.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 97 min., Family Animated, Box office gross: $172.169 million, Fox.
Extras: New mini adventure: “The Boss Baby and Tim’s Treasure Hunt Through Time,” “The Forever Puppy Infomercial,” “BabyCorp and You” featurette, “Babies vs. Puppies: Who Do YOU Love?” featurette, “The Boss Baby’s Undercover Team,” “Cookies Are for Closers: Inside BabyCorp” behind the scenes with director Tom McGrath, “The Great Sibling Competition.”
Available: 07/25.
The Fate of the Furious
Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game — and the rest of the crew has been exonerated — the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman known as Cipher (Charlize Theron) lures Dom back into the world of crime he can’t seem to escape. Now in the services of the
Vitals: Director: F. Gary Gray. Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Charlize Theron, Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Scott Eastwood, Jordana Brewster, Kurt Russell, Helen Mirren, Michelle Rodriguez, Elsa Pataky, Nathalie Emmanuel, Lucas Black, Kristofer Hivju, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 136 min., Action, Box office gross: $216.032 million, Universal.
Extras: “All About the Stunts,” extended fight scenes, feature commentary with director F. Gary Gray.Blu-ray adds “The Cuban Spirit”: As the first major studio motion picture to shoot in Cuba in decades, the country’s effusive spirit permeates the making of the film; “In the Family”; “Car Culture” puts viewers into the driver’s seat of the supercharged vehicles showcased in film. Director’s extended cut on Digital versions.
Available: 07/11.
Ghost in the Shell
In the near future, Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world’s most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that
Vitals: Director: Rupert Sanders. Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Michael Pitt, Juliette Binoche, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Wincott, Pilou Asbaek, Rila Fukushima.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 107 min., Action, Box office gross: $40.563 million, Paramount.
Extras: “Hard-Wired Humanity: Making Ghost in the Shell,” “Section 9: Cyber Defenders,” “Man & Machine: The Ghost Philosophy.”
Available: 07/25.
Gifted
Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy — his spirited young
Vitals: Director: Marc Webb. Stars: Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate, Octavia Spencer, Julie Ann Emery.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 101 min., Drama, Box office gross: $24.282 million, Fox.
Extras: TBA.
Available: 07/25.
Kong: Skull Island
Not your daddy’s King Kong story. No boat ride to New York. No Empire State Building. But plenty of pesky, buzzing helicopters. This version follows a diverse team of scientists,
Vitals: Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts. Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, Corey Hawkins, John Ortiz.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 118 min., Action Adventure, Box office gross: $167.051 million, Warner.
Extras: Director’s commentary, “Creating a King: Realizing an Icon,” “Creating a King: Summoning a God,” “Monarch Files 2.0,” “Tom Hiddleston: The Intrepid Traveler,” “Through the Lens: Brie Larson’s Photography,” “On
Location: Vietnam,” deleted scenes.
Available: 07/18.
The Lost City of Z
Tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam), who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization. Supported by his devoted wife (Sienna Miller),
Vitals: Director: James Gray. Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Angus Macfadyen, Ian McDiarmid, Franco Nero..
2016, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 141 min., Action-Adventure, Box office gross: $8.846 million, Broad Green Pictures.
Extras: Commentary, three behind-the-scenes featurettes.
Available: 07/11.
The Promise
Empires fall, love survives. When Michael (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant medical student, meets Ana (Charlotte Le Bon), their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that
Vitals: Director: Terry George. Stars: Charlotte Le Bon, Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, Angela Sarafyan, Shohreh Aghdashloo, James Cromwell, Jean Reno, Rade Serbedzija.
2016, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 133 min., Drama, Box office gross: $8.224 million, Universal.
Extras: TBA
Available: 07/18.
Smurfs: The Lost Village
In this fully animated, all-new take on the Smurfs, a mysterious map sets Smurfette and her best friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty on a race through the Forbidden Forest filled
Vitals: Director: Kelly Asbury. Stars: Voices of Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pud, Michelle Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper, Ariel Winter, Mandy Patinkin, Julia Roberts.
2016, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 90 min., Family, Box office gross: $44.708 million, Sony.
Extras: Filmmaker commentary, Meghan Trainor “I’m A Lady” music video, “The Emoji” movie sneak peek, 11 featurettes. Blu-ray adds deleted scenes and an additional featurette.
Available: 07/11.
Their Finest
With England’s morale at stake in 1940 during The Blitz, Catrin (Arterton), an untried
Vitals: Director: Lone Scherfig. Stars: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Jack Huston, Helen McCrory, Eddie Marsan, Richard E. Grant, Bill Nighy.
2016, CC, MPAA rating: R, 117 min., Drama, Box office gross: $3.603 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: “Flickers of Hope: The Making of Their Finest” featurette, commentary with director Lone Scherfig.
Available: 07/11.
Unforgettable
Tessa Connover (Katherine Heigl) is barely coping with the end of her marriage when her ex-husband, David (Geoff Stults), becomes happily engaged to Julia Banks (Rosario Dawson) — not only bringing Julia into the home they once shared but also into the life of their
Vitals: Director: Denise Di Novi. Stars: Katherine Heigl, Rosario Dawson, Geoff Stults, Cheryl Ladd, Sarah Burns, Whitney Cummings, Simon Kassianides, Isabella Kai Rice, Robert Ray Wisdom.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 100 min., Drama, Box office gross: $11.374 million, Warner.
Extras: Director’s commentary. Blu-ray adds “Reclaiming What’s Yours: Making Unforgettable” featurette, deleted scene.
Available: 07/25.
The Zookeeper’s Wife
The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska (Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Dr.
Vitals: Director: Niki Caro. Stars: Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Michael McElhatton, Daniel Brühl, Iddo Goldberg, Efrat Dor.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 127 min., Drama, Box office gross: $16.839 million, Universal.
Extras: Deleted scenes, “The Making of The Zookeeper’s Wife,” “The Zabinski Family” A closer look at the selfless family at the center of “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” including interviews with Teresa Zabinska and Ryszard Zabinski, the real-life children of Antonina and Jan.
Available: 07/04.