All Eyez on Me
Tells the true and untold story of prolific rapper, actor, poet and activist Tupac Shakur. The film follows Shakur from his early days in New York City to his evolution into being one of the world’s most recognized and influential voices before his untimely
Vitals: Director: Benny Boom. Stars: Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira, Kat Graham, Annie Ilonzeh, Lauren Cohan, Keith Robinson, Jamal Woolard, Dominic L. Santana. 2016, CC, MPAA rating: R, 140 min., Drama, Box office gross: $44.724 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: “Legends Never Die: The Making of All Eyes on Me” featurette, “Becoming Tupac” featurette. Blu-ray adds deleted scenes, #”All Eyez on Me Conversations” featurette, Demetrius Shipp, Jr. audition.
Available: 09/05.
Beatriz at Dinner
Provocative and sharply hilarious film about characters from vastly different sociopolitical backgrounds colliding over dinner. Beatriz (Salma Hayek), an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a
Vitals: Director: Miguel Arteta. Stars: Salma Hayek, Chloe Sevigny, John Lithgow, Connie Britton, Amy Landecker, Jay Duplass.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 82 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $6.832 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: Photo gallery.
Available: 09/12.
The Big Sick
Based on the real-life courtship between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, “The Big Sick” tells the story of Pakistan-born aspiring comedian Kumail (Nanjiani), who connects with grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) after one of his stand-up sets. However, what they
Vitals: Director: Michael Showalter. Stars: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupam Kher, Zenobia Shroff, Adeel Akhtar. 2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 120 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $24,547 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: “A Personal Journey: The Making of The Big Sick” featurette; “The Real Story” featurette; 2017 SXSW Film Festival panel;
cast & filmmaker commentary with actor-writer Kumail Nanjiani, writer Emily V. Gordon, producer Barry Mendel and director Michael Showalter; “The Big Sick: The Other Stuff,” deleted scenes, “The Bigger Sick: Stick Around for More Laughs.”
Available: 09/19.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
The story of two overly imaginative best
Vitals: Director: David Soren. Stars: Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll, Thomas Middleditch, Jordan Peele, Kristen Schaal, DeeDee Rescher, Brian Posehn, David Soren.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 89 min., Family Animation, Box office gross: $73.001 million, DreamWorks Animation/Fox.
“Hero Edition” Bluray extras: Featurettes: “The Really Cool Adventures of Captain Underpants Motion Comic,” “The Captain Underpants Guide to Being a Hero,” “The Professor Poopypants (Totally Original and Supercool) Guide to Being a Villain,” “Kevin Hart and Ed Helms Surprise Fans,” “Lunch Lady PSA with Kristen Schaal,” “Sock Puppets Real Stars”; deleted scenes; lyric videos: “Captain Underpants” theme by Weird Al” Yankovic and “A Friend Like You” by Andy Grammer; “Tighty-Whitey Q&A with the Stars – Part 1 and Part 2”; gallery: “Comic Book Covers,” “The Art of DreamWorks Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.”
Available: 09/12.
Certain Women
One of America’s foremost filmmakers, Kelly Reichardt (“Wendy and Lucy,” “Meek’s
Vitals: Director: Kelly Reichardt. Stars: Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, James Le Gros, Rene Auberjonois, Jared Harris, Lily Gladstone.
2016, CC, MPAA rating: R, 107 min., Drama, Box office gross: $1.032 million, IFC/The Criterion Collection.
Extras: New interviews with the film’s cast and crew, including Reichardt and executive producer Todd Haynes; new interview with Maile Meloy, author of the stories on which the film is based; trailer; an essay by critic Ella Taylor.
Available: 09/19.
47 Meters Down
On the rebound after a devastating break-up, Lisa (Mandy Moore) is ready for adventure while on vacation in Mexico. Even still, she needs a little extra persuasion when her
Vitals: Director: Johannes Roberts. Stars: Mandy Moore, Matthew Modine, Claire Holt, Yani Gellman, Santiago Segura.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 87 min., Horror Suspense, Box office gross: $42.414 million, Lionsgate. Extras: TBA.
Available: 09/26.
The Hero
Lee Hayden (Sam Elliott) is a Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends his days reliving old glories with his
Vitals: Director: Brett Haley. Stars: Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Katharine Ross, Nick Offerman, Katharine Ross.
2016, CC, MPAA rating: R, 97 min., Drama, Box office gross: $3.058 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: Audio commentary with writer-director Brett Haley and Sam Elliott, photo gallery.
Available: 09/19.
It Comes at Night
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, the tenuous domestic order a man has established with his wife and son is put to the ultimate test
Vitals: Director: Trey Edward Shults. Stars: Joel Edgerton, Chris Abbot, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough, Kelvin Harrison Jr.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 91 min., Horror Thriller, Box office gross: $13.847 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: “Human Nature: Creating It Comes at Night” featurette.
Available: 09/12.
Lowriders
A young street artist, Danny, in East Los Angeles is caught between his father’s obsession with lowrider car culture, his ex-felon brother and his need for self-
Vitals: Director: Ricardo de Montreuil. Stars: Melissa Benoist, Eva Longoria, Theo Rossi, Demian Bichir.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 99 min., Drama, Box office gross: $6.179 million, Universal.
Extras: “Lowriders: Art, Love, and Family,” “Ghost’s Arrival,” “The Culture of Lowriders,” “Ghost’s Arrival.”
Available: 09/05.
Megan Leavey
Based on the life of a young Marine Corporal (Mara) whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. When she
Vitals: Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Stars: Kate Mara, Common, Tom Felton, Edie Falco, Ramón Rodríguez, Will Patton, Sam Keeley, Bradley Whitford.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 116 min., Drama, Box office gross: $12.465 million, Universal.
Extras: “Never Give Up”: An inside look at how Megan Leavey learned to trust Rex.
Available: 09/05.
The Mummy
Universal is rebooting its classic monster film franchise under the banner Dark Universe, linking all its creatures (to compete with Marvel’s universe) via an
Vitals: Director: Alex Kurtzman. Stars: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Russell Crowe, Jake Johnson, Annabelle Wallis, Courtney B. Vance.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 110 min., Horror Action, Box office gross: $78.624 million, Universal.
Extras: Deleted and extended scenes; “Cruise & Kurtzman: A Conversation Rooted in Reality” about the making of “The Mummy”: “Rooted in Reality” filmmakers and cast discussion on how they broke away from old tropes and traditions to create a realistic 21st century monster movie; “Life in Zero-G: Creating the Plane Crash”; “Meet Ahmanet” in which Sofia Boutella shares the excitement of reinventing a monster icon; “Cruise in Action” stunt featurette; “Becoming Jekyll and Hyde”: “Choreographed Chaos” featurette on how the filmmakers created an outdoors clash between ancient and modern worlds; “Nick Morton: In Search of a Soul” featurette; “Ahmanet Reborn Animated Graphic Novel”; feature commentary with director and producer Alex Kurtzman, and cast members Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis and Jake Johnson.
Available: 09/12.
Paris Can Wait
Anne is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes
Vitals: Director: Eleanor Coppola. Stars: Diane Lane, Alec Baldwin, Arnaud Viard, Cedric Monnet.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 92 min., Romantic Comedy, Box office gross: $5.523 million, Sony
Extras: TBA.
Available: 09/05.
Transformers: The Last Knight
The fifth “Transformers” installment shatters the core myths of “The Transformers” franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war,
Vitals: Director: Michael Bay. Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Santiago Cabrera, Isabela Moner, Jerrod Carmichael, Stanley Tucci.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 149 min., Action, Box office gross: $129.801 million, Paramount.
Blu-ray extras: “Merging Mythologies” of the secret Transformers history; “Climbing the Ranks” military training featurette; “The Royal Treatment: Transformers in the UK”; “Motors and Magic”; “Alien Landscape: Cybertron”; “One More Giant Effin’ Movie.”
Available: 09/26.
Wonder Woman
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior and raised on a sheltered island paradise. When an American pilot
Vitals: Director: Patty Jenkins. Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner, Lucy Davis, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Eugene Brave Rock, Saïd Taghmaoui.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 141 min., Action, Box office gross: $402.201 million, Warner.
Extras: “Crafting the Wonder” behind-the-scenes production featurette; “A Director’s Vision: Themyscira: The Hidden Island”; “A Director’s Vision: Beach Battle”; “A Director’s Vision: A Photograph Through Time”; “A Director’s Vision: Diana in the Modern World”; “A Director’s Vision: Wonder Woman at War”; “Warriors of Wonder Woman” featurette on the creation of the Amazon army as the women of “Wonder Woman” transform emotionally and physically into the world’s most powerful and heroic warriors; “The Trinity” in which filmmakers and comic book creators explore the legend of Wonder Woman and how she stands shoulder to shoulder with Superman and Batman to create the pillars of the DC Universe; “The Wonder Behind the Camera”: the women behind the wonder; “Finding the Wonder Woman Within”: award-winning poets and inspiring public figures reveal the impact and importance of DC’s heroine; extended scenes; blooper reel. Blu-ray adds “Epilogue: Etta’s Mission,” in which Etta Candy gets the boys back together for a secret mission that could impact humanity’s future.
Available: .09/19