New DVD and Blu-ray Releases for the Week of October 22

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Deadpool & Wolverine

(2024) A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine. Vitals: Director: Shawn Levy. Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Matthew Macfadyen, Dafne Keen, Jon Favreau, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney. Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Jennifer Garner, Wesley Snipes, Channing Tatum, Chris Evans. CC, MPAA rating: R, 128 min., Action, Theatrical release date: July 26, 2024, North American box office gross: $627.5 million, worldwide $1,317.50 million, Marvel/Disney. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, Cinematic Universe Edition (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Code), Deadpool SteelBook Packaging (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Code), Wolverine SteelBook Packaging (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Code), Walmart Deadpool Corps Pop-Up Packaging (Blu-ray + Digital Code), VOD, Digital. Extras: Extras: “Finding Madonna: Making the Oner”; “Practical Approach: Celebrating the Art of Ray Chan”; “Loose Ends: The Legacy Heroes”; “Wolverine” featurette; audio commentary by director Shawn Levy and actor Ryan Reynolds; gag reel; deleted scenes; “Fun Sack”: “Dr. Deadpool” – Dr. Deadpool, Ph.D. very kindly informs us of the risks of testicular cancer and tries to convince Hugh Jackman to do a live checkup; “Product Review” – Deadpool shows off some toys and trinkets from the franchise, including one top-secret item that may or may not be a spoiler; “Wade is Back” – Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman promote a movie…but Ryan misleads Hugh on just exactly which movie they are there for. 3 stars Read more here.

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Twisters

(2024) Ever since a devastating tornado encounter, Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) gave up chasing storms across the Oklahoma prairie to safely study them on screens in New York City. Lured back to the field by her friend Javi (Anthony Ramos) and a once-in-a-lifetime scientific opportunity, Kate crosses paths with Tyler (Glen Powell), a charming daredevil and self-proclaimed tornado wrangler whose thirst for tornado-tracking adventures made him a social media sensation. As storm season intensifies with terrifying phenomena unlike anything seen before, Kate and Tyler realize they may need to work together if they are to have any chance of taming, and surviving, an unprecedented outbreak of destructive tornados. Vitals: Director: Lee Isaac Chung. Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Sasha Lane. CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 122 min., Action Thriller, Theatrical release date: July 19, 2024, North American box office gross: $267.5 million, worldwide $370.7 million, Universal. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: Gag reel; deleted scenes; “Tracking the Fronts: The Path of Twisters”; “Into the Eye of the Storm”; “Glen Powell: All Access”; “Front Seat to a Chase”; “Voice of a Villain”; “Tricked-Out Trucks”; feature commentary with director Lee Isaac Chung. 2 stars Read more here.

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Borderlands

(2024) Adaptation of the popular sci-fi video game series. Lilith, an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas, the universe’s most powerful SOB. Lilith forms an unexpected alliance with Roland, a seasoned mercenary on a mission; Tiny Tina, a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg, Tina’s musclebound protector; Tannis, the oddball scientist who’s seen it all; and Claptrap, a wiseass robot. Together, this ragtag team goes on a mission to save Tiny Tina, battle alien species, and discover one of Pandora’s most explosive secrets. The fate of the universe could be in their hands — but they’ll be fighting for something more: each other.Vitals: Director: Eli Roth. Stars: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, Jamie Lee Curtis. CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 101 min., Sci Fi Action, Theatrical release date: August 9, 2024, North American box office gross: $15.482 million, worldwide $32.880 million, Lionsgate. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Code, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: “Borderlands – From Game to Screen”; “Meet the Team”; “All Aboard the Death Choochoo”; “Bringing Borderlands to the Screen”; “Badonkadonk Time”; “Fashion and Action on Pandora”; “High Tech Hellscapes.” 2 stars Read more here.

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Cuckoo

(2024 — Germany) Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König, her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family. Vitals: Director: Tilman Singer. Stars: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csokos, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey. CC, MPAA rating: R, 102 min., Horror Thriller, Theatrical release date: August 9, 2024, North American box office gross: $6.217 million, worldwide $6.680 million, Decal-Neon. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. 2 stars Read more here.


This Week’s Highlights:

“Hellraiser: Quartet of Torment [Pinhead Slipcase Limited Edition]”

: In the 1980s, Clive Barker changed the face of horror fiction, throwing out the rules to expose new vistas of terror and beauty, expanding the horizons for every genre writer who followed him. With “Hellraiser” (1978), his first feature film, he did the same for cinema. Hedonist Frank Cotton (Sean Chapman) thinks he has reached the limits of earthly pleasure. But a mysterious puzzle box will take him further than he can possibly imagine, opening the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are photo for Hellraiser: Quartet of Torment [Pinhead Slipcase Limited Edition]indivisible and summoning the Cenobites, whose experiments in the higher reaches of experience will tear his soul apart. When he manages to escape, Frank returns to the world skinless and in need of help. Now his former lover Julia (Clare Higgins) must kill to make him whole again. But the Cenobites want Frank back, and there’ll be hell to pay when they find him. “Hellbound: Hellraiser II” (1988) expands on Barker’s original vision as screenwriter Peter Atkins takes Julia Cotton, her step daughter Kirsty (Ashley Laurence) and the sinister Dr. Channard (Kenneth Cranham) into the dominion of the Cenobites themselves. “Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth” (1992) sees Pinhead set loose on the sinful streets of New York City to create chaos with a fresh cadre of Cenobitic kin. Then, “Hellraiser: Bloodline” (1996) sinks its hooks into past, present and future with the story of Phillip LeMarchand, the 18th-century toymaker who made the lament configuration puzzle box, his descendent John Merchant – a 20th-century architect whose most recent building bears a striking resemblance to the lament configuration – and Dr. Paul Merchant, a 22nd-century engineer and designer of The Minos, a space station which is a great deal more than it seems. Brand new 4K restorations of all four films from the original camera negatives by Arrow Films; original lossless stereo and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio for all four films. Hell has never looked better! On 4-disc Blu-ray limited edition; 4-disc Ultra HD limited edition. Extras: Read more here. From Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment … photo for Gummo “Gummo” (1997), Harmony Korine’s debut feature, is an audacious, lyrical evocation of America’s rural underbelly, and an elegy in the southern-gothic tradition of William Faulkner and William Eggleston. Shot in Korine’s native Nashville — standing in for the tornado-ravaged Xenia, Ohio — the rough-hewn film follows two young friends, Tummler and Solomon, as they ride around town, huffing glue and hunting stray cats, their every local encounter charged with vaudevillian anarchy as well as deep pathos. At once transgressive and empathetic, disturbing and undeniably beautiful, “Gummo” is a one-of-a-kind portrait of angelic and devilish souls caught in a cultural void, circumscribed by poverty and the depleted, alienated spiritual life of late-20th-century America. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Harmony Korine, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Read more here. From The Criterion Collection.

Buzzin’ the ‘B’s:

After losing his job and his wife, Gordon crashes his car and lands in purgatory, where he’s attacked by fanatics and enslaved souls in “Despiser” (2003), starring Mark Redfield, Doug Brown, Gage Sheridan, Frank Smith and Michael Weitz. He’s soon saved by a quirky band of freedom fighters from different historical eras, all of whom died in noble sacrifice. Reluctantly joining their cause, Gordon embarks on a wild adventure through surreal, hellish landscapes to battle the Despiser, the malevolent ruler of the realm. Facing shifting realities, monstrous creatures, and intense car chases over lava oceans, their journey leads to the ultimate showdown to save all of humanity. On Blu-ray from Visual Vengeance … In “Children of the Pines” (2024), starring Danielle J. Bowman, Sylvie Mohr, Kelly Tappan, Vivian Hunter and Ryosuke Sekoguchi, college junior Riley, is persuaded by her estranged parents to visit. Unbeknownst to her, they’ve developed an unsettling friendship with her high school ex, while also seeking supernatural healing for their family’s deep-rooted issues. Read more here. From Freestyle Digital Media … photo for The Beast Within In “The Beast Within” (2024), starring Kit Harington, Ashleigh Cummings, Caoilinn Springall and James Cosmo, after a series of strange events leads her to question her family’s isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow (Springall) follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the ancient forest. But upon witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret they’ve tried so desperately to conceal. On DVD, Blu-ray, from Well Go USA. Read more here … In “Oddity” (2024), starring Gwilym Lee, Carolyn Bracken, Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton, Jonathan French and Steve Wall, when Dani is brutally murdered at the remote country house that she and her husband Ted are renovating, everyone suspects a patient from the local mental health institution, where photo for SlingshotTed is a doctor. However, soon after the tragic murder, the suspect is found dead. A year later, Dani’s blind twin sister Darcy, a self-proclaimed psychic and collector of cursed items, pays an unexpected visit to Ted and his new girlfriend, Yana. Convinced that there was more to her sister’s murder than people know, Darcy has brought with her the most dangerous items from her cursed collection to help her exact revenge. On DVD, Blu-ray, from Shudder … “Slingshot”(2024), starring Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, Tomer Capone, David Morrissey and Charlotta Lövgren, is a psychological thriller that follows an elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. As the team gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot maneuver that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space, it becomes increasingly difficult for one astronaut to maintain his grip on reality. On Blu-ray, from Decal Bleecker. Read more here … In “Eldritch USA” (2024), starring Graham Weldin, Andy Phinney, Cameron Perry and Aline O’Neil, photo for Kung Fu Rascals siblings Geoff and Rich Brewer have competed all their lives for parental affection, career ambitions, and romantic pursuits. Rich, the elder brother, always comes out on top leaving Geoff to struggle in his shadow. Tragedy strikes their family in a freak accident. In a panic, Geoff seeks out a backwoods cult rumored to have supernatural powers. The bumbling cult’s ritual initially solves the problem, but it soon becomes apparent that they have unleashed a sinister force on their unsuspecting, Midwestern town. On DVD, Blu-ray, from One Tree Entertainment. Read more here“Kung Fu Rascals” (1992) is Steve Wang’s 1992 Super 8 cult classic available on Blu-ray for the first time. When their village is threatened by an ancient dark lord known as The Bamboo Man, a master thief and his two sidekicks steal a map and set off on a quest to find the only superpower in the land big enough to save their home and rid the world of evil. But these Rascals will have to kick, punch and fart their way through every ninja, monster and mutant in sight before they can restore peace. From Visual Vengeanc.

On the Indie Front:

In “Catnado” (2022), starring Erica Rowell Green, Joshua G Otto, Blair Kelly, Serena Salieri and Tucky Williams, the world faces a horrific onslaught of tornadoes, each unleashing hordes of enraged and deadly cats upon humanity. As chaos reigns, a disparate group of individuals have one mission: to stop this feline fury. But against such odds, and with only one life to spare per person, their battle becomes a cat-astrophic struggle for survival. And when the fur flies it will be a meow-ssacre. From Wild Eye Releasing.

Foreign Films:

Cult director Noboru Tanaka’s “Village of Doom” (1983 — Japan), starring Masato Furuoya, Misako Tanaka and Kumiko Ôba, is a classic Japanese true crime story, a chilling reenactment of the infamous Tsuyama Massacre (Ma 21, 1938), a revenge killing spree in the rural village of Kamo near Tsuyama in Okayama Prefecture. Mutsuo Toi, an emotionally distraught 21-year-old man with tuberculosis who had been ostracized by his fellow villagers, went on a violent killing spree that took the lives of 30 people, including his own grandmother, where he used a shotgun, Japanese sword and an axe. It remains the deadliest mass murder spree in Japanese history.On DVD, Blu-ray, from Unearthed Films … In photo for Broken Oath “Broken Oath” (1977 — Hong Kong), starring Angela Mao and Bruce Leung, orphaned and angry, Lotus (Mao) is raised by Buddhist nuns before she is exiled for her violent ways – and skipping classes to improve her martial arts skills. Finding herself alone in the world, she quickly comes to discover the truth of her past: that her father was once a respected member of the Imperial Court who was murdered in cold blood, and that her mother gave birth to her in a jail cell after being unjustly imprisoned for killing one of the culprits. With revenge on her mind and a newfound accomplice in tow (Bruce Leung), she sets out to track down the men responsible for tearing her family apart – armed with both her considerable martial arts prowess and a nest of scorpions with which to poison her enemies. Made at the height of her fame, the first lady of kung fu cinema’s choreography was orchestrated by Hsia Hsu (“Drunken Master”) and Yuen Woo-ping, one of the most respected stunt coordinators in both Hong Kong (“The Magnificent Butcher”) and Hollywood (“The Matrix”). 2K restoration. On Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment/MVD Entertainment … photo for About Dry Grasses “About Dry Grasses” (2023 — Turkey), the latest existential epic from Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, is a masterclass in characterization, atmosphere, and moral and philosophical inquiry. When he comes under scrutiny for misconduct, cynical middle-school instructor Samet (Deniz Celiloglu) fears that his punishment will trap him in the snowy, isolated Anatolian village he has grown to despise. The only ray of hope is his relationship with Nuray (Merve Dizdar, who won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival), a fellow teacher who openly challenges Samet’s bitter narcissism — yet Samet’s friendship with his colleague and roommate, Kenan (Musab Ekici), who also has feelings for Nuray, hangs in the balance. Using hypnotic long takes and other bold formal techniques to convey the murky motives of its Dostoevskian protagonist, “About Dry Grasses” proves Ceylan to be one of cinema’s most incisive investigators of the human condition. On Blu-ray, DVD, from The Criterion Collection/Janus Contemporaries … “Creature With the Blue Hand” (1967) is a two-disc collector’s edition, newly scanned in 4K from original U.S. 35mm archival elements. Originally released in Germany as “Die Blaue Hand,” the film was bought by Roger Corman’s New World Pictures and released in the U.S. in 1967 as the alternate version, “Creature With the Blue Hand.” This release is presented for the first time on Blu-ray in North America. A mystery-thriller about a series of grisly murders, it’s one of several German films based on the novels of Edgar Wallace, many adaptations of which starred Klaus Kinski. Directed by Alfred Vohrer, the film also stars Harald Leipnitz and Carl Lange. The film follows an inmate (Kinski) who is being held at a questionable sanitarium. When the photo for inmate escapes and a series of murders occur, signs point to him as the killer … but is he? Based on the novel, “The Blue Hand,” by Edgar Wallace, “Creature With the Blue Hand” is a suspenseful ride with many gothic elements and complex plot twists. Labeled as a “Krimi” film, this is a classic example of the genre, combining elements of mystery, crime and horror. The film was later acquired by Independent International Pictures and released to home video in the U.S. as “The Bloody Dead” in 1987 with six minutes of new footage, shot specifically for the release. The extra footage is included in this special edition as a bonus feature, which also includes a HD version of the full film, “The Bloody Dead.” Includes bonus film “Web of the Spider” (1971), a classic haunted house tale from Italian maestro, Antonio Margheriti, with Kinski as none other than Edgar Allan Poe! It’s a diabolical double dose from one of cinema’s most controversial and unique figures. In the film, American writer Alan Foster is challenged to spend the night in a haunted castle by Edgar Allan Poe and his friend, Lord Blackwood. Foster, intrigued and eager for new inspiration for his writing, accepts the challenge. Once inside the supposedly deserted castle, Foster encounters many intriguing characters including the beautiful Elisabeth Blackwood. Foster and Elizabeth fall in love, but things are complicated when Elizabeth reveals that she may not be entirely alive. In a series of increasingly supernatural events, Foster learns about the tragic and sinister history of the castle and its former inhabitants. As the night progresses, the line between reality and the supernatural blurs. “Web of the Spider” also stars Anthony Franciosa and Michèle Mercier and is a remake of director Margheriti’s earlier film, Castle of Blood (1964). This version of “Web of the Spider” is the 92-minute U.S. version of the original Italian version of “Nella Stretta Morsa del Ragno.” On DVD, Blu-ray, from Film Masters.

Special Interest:

“1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!”

(2023) is a documentary about the greatest geek year in films, 1982, featuring stars, directors, writers, producers and pop culture historians sharing their insights about such photo for 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!legendary movies as “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” “Blade Runner,” “John Carpenter’s The Thing,” “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” “Poltergeist,” “Creepshow,” “Night Shift,” “The Dark Crystal,” “48 Hours”, “First Blood,” “Tron,” “Conan the Barbarian,” “Cat People,” “Fast Times At Ridgemont High,” “The Road Warrior,” and much more. Filled with exclusive interviews, rare behind-the-scenes footage, and exclusive never-before-seen clips (including Henry Winkler’s home movies from the set of “Night Shift”) in a fun, lively, no-holds-barred celebration of the legendary movie-going year of 1982. The documentary takes viewers behind-the-scenes to a time when fandom was in its infancy, featuring eye-opening interviews with Ron Howard, Paul Schrader, John Sayles, Amy Heckerling, Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Sean Young, Joanna Cassidy, Keith David, Cameron Crowe, Michael Deeley, Lisa Henson, Dean Devlin, Bruce Campbell, Dee Wallace, Felicia Day, Susan Seidelman, Roger Corman, Barry Bostwick, Marc Singer, Bryan Fuller, Leonard Maltin, Mike Medavoy and more, in front of and behind the camera, from some of the biggest and most influential movies ever made. On DVD, Blu-ray, from MVD Rewind Collection.

From TV to Disc:

“Veep: The Complete Series”

(2012-2019) is a 13-disc set with all 65 Episodes from the 17-time Emmy Award winning series that follows United States Vice President Salina Meyer (Julia Louis Dreyfus) and her incompetent team as they attempt to secure a legacy, but often instead become bogged down in day-to-day political games in which she puts out political fires, juggles public and private demands and defends the interests of the chief executive — with whom she shares a uniquely dysfunctional relationship. On Blu-ray from HBO/Warner.

All DVDs and Blu-rays are screened on a reference system consisting of an Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray Disc Player w/SACD & DVD-Audio, a Rotel RSX-972 Surround Sound Receiver, and Phase Technology 1.1 (front), 33.1 (center), and 50 (rear) speakers, and Power 10 subwoofer.

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