This Week’s DVD, Blu-ray, Digital Releases: September 16-September 22
Tuesday, September 16 — Monday, September 22
*OnVideo’s week begins with “New Release” Tuesdays
• 40 Acres
• Oh, Hi
• The Last of Us: The Complete Second Season
• M3GAN 2.0
• The Souind of Music 60th Anniversary
• Superman
• 28 Years Later
September 16
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Americana: The lives of local outsiders and outcasts violently intertwine when a rare Lakota Ghost shirt falls onto the black market in a small South Dakota town. (Digital sales, VOD only; DVD, Blu-ray release: October 28) |
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Bad Shabbos: An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental death gets in the way. (Digital sales, VOD only) |
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The Knife: After the mysterious appearance of a stranger in their home, a young family must deal with the fallout of their choices, big and small, as a steadfast detective tries to crack the case over the course of one fateful night. (Digital sales, VOD only) |
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Relay: A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.(Digital sales, VOD only) |
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Secret Mall Apartment: The true story of eight Rhode Islanders who built and lived in a secret apartment inside a local mall from 2003 to 2007. Far more than a prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all involved. (Digital sales, VOD only) |
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Witchboard: A cursed Witchboard awakens dark forces, dragging a young couple into a deadly game of possession and deception. (Digital sales, VOD only) |
September 17
| Elio: Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be. (Now on Disney+) |
September 19
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Eden: A group of people fueled by a profound desire for change turn their back to society and leave everything behind, setting their futures on the harsh landscape of the Galapagos. Based on a factual account of a group of outsiders who settle on a remote island only to discover their greatest threat isn’t the brutal climate or deadly wildlife, but each other. (Digital sales, VOD only) |
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Prisoner of War: Martial arts icon Scott Adkins stars as British SAS officer James Wright, captured by the Japanese and held in a Philippine POW camp. Before the entire colony embarks upon the Bataan Death March, Wright and his fellow prisoners are forced to compete in brutal death matches for the entertainment of their captors. (Digital sales, VOD only) |
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Swiped: Inspired by the story of Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder and former CEO of dating platform Bumble. (Digital sales, VOD only) |
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Trust: A Hollywood actress hides in a remote cabin after a scandal, only to find herself betrayed and fighting for survival against someone she once trusted. (Digital sales, VOD only) |
September 20
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28 Years Later: A group of survivors of the “rage virus” live on a small island and when one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors. (Now on Netflix) |
The Betrayal
(1966 — Japan) To protect his clan, an honorable samurai (Raizo Ichikawa) takes the blame for a murder committed by one of his fellows. He is promised a safe return after one year in exile, but this vow is broken and he becomes a fugitive chased by his own clansmen. Disillusioned by the bushido code of honour, he realizes there are only two ways out: vengeance or death. From director Tokuzo Tanaka (“The Snow Woman”), a former assistant to Akira Kurosawa, this cruel jidaigeki stands alongside such notable works of the genre as “Harakiri” and “Sword of Doom” with its classic mix of honor codes and samurai action. Beautifully filmed in black and white ‘scope with thrilling set pieces, “The Betrayal” features one of the most breathtaking finales in all of samurai cinema. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Select-scene audio commentary by Japanese film historian Tom Mes; visual essay on director Tokuzo Tanaka by Tom Mes; limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Alain Silver. (Radiance/MVD Entertainment).
Born in Flames
(1983) A blistering rallying cry issued loud, clear, and unapologetically queer, Lizzie Borden’s explosive postpunk provocation is a DIY fantasia of female rebellion set in America 10 years after a revolution that supposedly transformed the country into a democratic socialist utopia. In reality, racism, sexism, and economic inequality are as virulent as ever, and a band of radicals—led by Black, lesbian, and working-class women—join forces to fight back. Told through a furiously fractured, kinetically edited flurry of television news broadcasts, pirate radio transmissions, agitprop, and protests shot guerrilla-style on the streets of New York City, “Born in Flames” is a shock wave of feminist futurism that’s both an essential document of its time and radically ahead of it. Formats: Blu-ray, with 2K digital restoration—preserved by Anthology Film Archives, with restoration funding from the Golden Globe Foundation and The Film Foundation, and supervised and approved by director Lizzie Borden—with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).
Dial M for Maya
(2022 — Uganda) Mathew Kavuma, Zion Kente. After being acquitted in a high-profile domestic violence trial, recently divorced businessman Paul finds solace in the arms of Maya – a beautiful and enigmatic young woman, whom he soon discovers is harboring mysterious secrets of her own. What begins as a picture-perfect marriage slowly unravels into a chilling game of manipulation and deceit. As buried crimes resurface and hidden truths claw their way to the surface, Maya must confront the darkness that Paul has so desperately tried to conceal. A pulse-pounding psychological thriller filled with betrayal, deception and twists at every turn, “Dial M for Maya” is a masterclass in suspense where nothing is what it seems. Formats: DVD. (IndiePix Films).
The Flaming Brothers
(1987 — Hong Kong) New 2K restoration, this marks the film’s Blu-ray debut in both the UK and North America. A standout Hong Kong crime thriller released amidst the wave of heroic bloodshed films that followed in the wake of John Woo’s “A Better Tomorrow” and Ringo Lam’s “City on Fire,” “Flaming Brothers” features Alan Tang and Chow Yun-fat (who was quickly rising to superstardom in the late 1980s) as triad brothers determined to protect their criminal operation – and each other – no matter what the cost. Both orphaned at a young age, Cheung Ho-tin (Chow) and Chan Wai-lun (Tang) grew up together on the streets, forming a strong bond in their childhood that remains unbroken as they become triad brothers in adulthood. Having recently opened a nightclub together, they begin to feel that they have finally made it. That is, at least, until they become embroiled in a conflict with the ruthless gangster Ko Lo-sei (Patrick Tse) and his right-hand man (Norman Chui), who threaten to take away everything that Tin and Lun have worked for. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on “Flaming Brothers” by Hong Kong cinema expert Camille Zaurin; new audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema; new video locations piece by CFK; archival interview with director Joe Cheung; original theatrical trailer. (Eureka Classics).
Ghost in The Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2
(2024) Two-disc set with all 12 episodes. From series director Kenji Kamiyama and studio Production I.G, Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2 picks up right where the first season’s cliffhanger left off, in a battle between Section 9 and the posthumans in a threat against humanity. Originally based on the 1980s manga Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow, this 
spin-off anime is the latest revisit to the long-running series as Stand Alone Complex 2045 brings viewers to the popular franchise now set in a future with super-advanced technology and in full CG animation. The year is 2045. As a result of the Global Simultaneous Default, an economic disaster that shook every country on Earth to its foundations, as well as the explosive evolution of artificial intelligence, the world has plunged into the Sustainable War, a planned war that can be continued indefinitely. In this near future, the decline has not yet become bad enough that people can sense in their daily lives the risk to human survival posed by A.l. To combat cybercrimes by the Posthumans, a new breed of human being that has suddenly arisen, Public Security Section 9, led by the fully prosthetic cyborg Kusanagi Motoko, makes its way to Tokyo, which was reduced to ruins in a previous war. What they find there are a refugee group that calls itself “N” and a hostile American Special Forces unit. As the risk of nuclear war set off by a hijacked submarine grows ever greater, the three-way battle between Public Security Section 9, America, and the Posthumans intensifies. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: 100 page artbook; four art cards; 11.7″ x 16.5″ poster; behind the scenes; CG breakdown; clean opening; clean ending; teaser trailer; trailer. (Anime Limited/Shout! Studios).
Hellbender
(2001) The sixth feature film from acclaimed filmmakers The Adams Family, “Hellbender” is a spell-binding folk horror and coming-of-age story, boiling over with adolescent rage and wicked witchcraft. Teenager Izzy lives in isolation with Mother because she has a rare immune disorder. Or so she is told. After befriending local girl Amber, Lizzy begins to question the reality of her disease. And when she eats a live worm as part of a teenage game, she soon develops a ravenous hunger for living things, learning that she is the latest in a line of “hellbenders”, supernatural beings who possess immensely powerful abilities. Featuring a fantastic punk rock soundtrack with songs from the family’s band, H6LLB6ND6R, this truly unique film expertly blends beautiful and naturalistic cinematography, impressive and stylistic VFX and stunning performances from real-life mother and daughter team, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: New audio commentary with filmmakers Toby Poser, John Adams, Zelda Adams and Lulu Adams; “From the Forest She Rises” new video essay by filmmaker Jen Handorf; “Black Magic Tricks” featurette on the visual effects by VFX artist Trey Lindsay; behind-the-scenes compilation footage; “Fort Worden” (2021), a short film by Zelda Adams; four music videos: “Hit and Run” (2024), “Drive” (2021), “Lovely” (2021) and “Black Sky” (2020); original trailer; reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Beth Morris and original artwork by Sister Hyde; illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Natasha Ball and Kat Hughes. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment). Read more here
Los Golfos
(1959 — Spain) A group of poor youths tear around Madrid pulling scams and petty crimes. As one of their gang prepares to perform in a serious bullfighting competition, they plan a heist that will raise the money to finance his entry. Breaking with tradition by filming in the streets and utilising documentary techniques to give the film an urgent resonance, Carlos Saura and producer Pere Portabella (“Viridiana”) were announced as a powerful new force in Spanish cinema when the film was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Suffering curtailed distribution by Francoist censorship, this new restoration reinstates previously removed footage and presents the film as originally intended. Restored in 4K in 2024 by Filmoteca Española in collaboration with Films 59 at Digital and Electronic Systems laboratory from the 35mm acetate negative, 35mm prints and other intermediate photochemical materials. Restoration supervised by Javier Rellán. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Censored scenes – scenes affected by censorship are presented alongside notes from the censorship committee and Carlos Saura; limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Mar Diestro-Dópido, reprints of original documents including committee notes on the script and a detailed breakdown of the restoration process. (Radiance/MVD Entertainment).
This Is Spinal Tap
(1984) Spinal Tap has come to be recognized as England’s loudest and most punctual band. In the legendary rockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” now beautifully restored, Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) embark on their final American tour, with filmmaker Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) capturing all the mishaps, creative tensions, dwindling crowds, and ill-fated drummers. “This Is Spinal Tap” takes DiBergi’s brilliant vérité style and turns it up to eleven! Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Rob Reiner, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. Alternate 2.0 uncompressed stereo soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).
Tron
(1982) Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes, Dan Shor, Peter Jurasik. When a brilliant video game maker (Jeff Bridges) hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing. Digitally scanned and carefully restored by The Walt Disney Film Restoration team, who corrected dirt, warping, and other imperfections to ensure pristine image quality. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code Steelbook, VOD, Digital. Extras: “Photo Tronology” original production photos and intimate stories; “The Tron Phenomenon” impact on pop culture; “The Making of Tron”; deleted scenes; design featurettes; storyboarding featureettes; music featurettes; audio commentary. (Disney). Read more here.
Tron: Legacy
(2010) Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, James Frain, Beau Garrett. When the son of a famous video game engineer receives a virtual signal from his long-lost father, he sets off on a thrilling, high-tech adventure through a cyber universe to rescue his dad. Digitally scanned and carefully restored by The Walt Disney Film Restoration team, who corrected dirt, warping, and other imperfections to ensure pristine image quality. Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code Steelbook, VOD, Digital. Extras: “The Next Day – Flynn Lives Revealed” featurette; “Special Look at Tron: Uprising” Disney XD animated series; Music video: “Derezzed” written, produced and performed by Daft Punk; “Launching the Legacy”; “Disc Roars: Director Joseph Kosinksy rallies the fans at Comic-Con”; “Visualizing Tron” featurette; “Installing the Cast” featurette. (Disney). Read more here.
