(2024) Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet. Vitals: Director: Jeff Fowler. Stars: Voices of Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, James Marsden, Krysten Ritter.
CC, MPAA rating: PG, 110 min., Family Action, Theatrical release date: December 20, 2024, North American box office gross: $230.5 million, worldwide $462.5 million, Paramount.Formats: DVD, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code Steelbook, VOD, Digital. Extras: Commentary by director Jeff Fowler and the voice of Sonic Ben Schwartz; "Sonic Family Fun"; "Robotnik Family Reunion"; "For the Love of Sonic: Directing a Trilogy"; "The Fox, the Echidna, and the Hedgehog"; "Live-Action Lunacy: Acting Opposite Puppets"; "From the Cryo-Tank to London: The World of Sonic"; "Team Sonic vs. Shadow"; "A Very Sonic Christmas"; gag reel; deleted scenes.
Read more here.
Heart Eyes
(2025) For the past several years, the “Heart Eyes Killer” has wreaked havoc on Valentine’s Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples. This Valentine’s Day, no couple is safe. Vitals: Director: Josh Ruben. Stars: Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins with Devon Sawa and Jordana Brewster.
CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 97 min., Horror, Theatrical release date: February 7, 2025, North American box office gross: $27.1 million, worldwide $28.6 million, Sony.Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Murders & Meet Cutes: The Making of Heart Eyes"; filmmaker commentary. Blu-ray adds
gag reel; deleted & extended scenes.
Read more here.
Valiant One
(2025) A routine mission spirals into a fight for survival when a US Army helicopter crashes deep within North Korean territory. With their communications equipment destroyed, Captain Edward Brockman (Chase Stokes) and Specialist Selby (Lana Condor) must lead the team through hostile terrain, cut off from US military support as they attempt a daring escape across the treacherous Demilitarized Zone. Vitals: Director: Steve Barnett. Stars: Chase Stokes, Lana Condor, Desmin Borges, Daniel Jun, Jonathan Whitesell, Callan Mulvey, Ronald Patrick Thompson. CC, MPAA rating: R, 86 min., War Action Thriller, Theatrical release date: January 31, 2025, North American box office gross: $1.232 million, worldwide $1.232 million, Studio Distribution Services.Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. Read more here.
Top Disc Releases Next Week
•Invasion (2024 -- The Netherlands) •Jean De Florette / Manon of the Spring: Two Films By Claude Berri (Criterion)
Captain America: Brave New World:Sam Wilson takes up the shield in this thrilling new installment, facing a global conspiracy that puts him on a collision course with the fearsome Red Hulk. (Digital sales, VOD; DVD, Blu-ray release: May 13)
Count Me In:Documentary feature takes an in-depth look at the lives of legendary drummers as they share the joy, passion, and exhilaration of dedicating their lives to driving the beat. (Digital sales, VOD only)
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie:Porky and Daffy, the classic animated odd couple, turn into unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. (Digital sales, VOD only)
Dovey’s Promise:In the shadow of the civil rights movement, Dovey Roundtree, a trailblazing Black attorney and one of the few women in the legal profession at the time, takes on the case of Raymond Crump, a poor Black laborer accused of murdering Mary Pinchot Meyer—a well-connected socialite, artist, and the alleged secret lover of President John F. Kennedy. (Digital sales, VOD only)
Eephus:As an imminent construction project looms over their beloved small-town baseball field, a pair of New England rec-league teams face off for the last time. Tensions flare up and ceremonial laughs are shared as an era of camaraderie and escapism fades into an uncertain future. (Digital sales, VOD only; DVD, Blu-ray release: June 24)
It's Our Turn:Filmmaker Emilia Kong is about to be evicted and her screenplay might just be her ticket to success. But when her ruthless script funding officer falls for her best friend, Emilia’s plan spirals into a hilarious mess of misunderstandings, friendship, and love. (Digital sales, VOD only)
The Masquerade:At a lavish party, a young developer presents plans to replace an arts district with a smart city, facing opposition from his brother and an arts commissioner. A mysterious illusionist shows them the area's past and future. (Digital sales, VOD only)
Night Call:This night is like all the others for Mady, student by day, locksmith by night. But Claire, the enigmatic young girl he helps out that night, is not who she claims to be. Mady has only one night to prove his innocence in a city in turmoil. (Digital sales, VOD; DVD release: Day & date)
Striking Rescue: Bai An’s (Tony Jaa) wife and daughter were brutally murdered in front of him, now he’s out for revenge and the path will be brutal and bloody. (Digital sales, VOD; DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
A Working Man:Construction worker Levon Cade (Jason Statham) must use the black ops training he's left behind to rescue his boss's daughter from human traffickers. (Digital sales, VOD only)
April 18
Companion:A weekend getaway with friends at a remote cabin turns into chaos after it's revealed that one of the guests is a robot companion. (Max)
Wolf Man:A family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable. (Peacock)
April 19
The Room Next Door:Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation. Pedro Almodóvar's English-language full-length debut. (Netflix)
(1977) It starts off as a great party -- just eight people in a secluded lodge. One of the guests suddenly goes on a shockingly violent, murderous rampage. There is something wrong with his hair, and pure evil in his eyes. What he does to three of the girls there is too hideous to describe. Falsely accused of the brutal killings, Jerry Zipkin (Zalman King) goes on the run. More bizarre murders occur, and while trying to clear his name, Jerry discovers the shocking truth: The people losing their hair and turning into violent psychopaths may be connected to a drug each killer took a decade before. A drug known as "Blue Sunshine." An LSD cult-classic horror film in an all-new 4K restoration presented in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and loaded with hours of supplemental material. This three-disc set contains one 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray, one Blu-ray (1080p) and a CD soundtrack album. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: Two audio commentaries featuring director Jeff Lieberman; new introduction to the film by Lieberman; archival 2003 interview with Lieberman; "Lieberman on Lieberman” video interview; Channel Z “Fantasy Film Festival” interview with Mick Garris and Jeff Lieberman; Fantasia Film Festival 4K Premiere Q&A with moderator Michael Gingold and Lieberman; anti-drug “scare films”: "LSD-25" (1967) and "LSD: Insight or Insanity?" (1968), courtesy of the American Genre Film Archive; Jeff Lieberman’s first film, "The Ringer" (remastered in 4K by Synapse Films from the original camera negative); theatrical trailers; still gallery; liner notes booklet by Jeff Lieberman, featuring a chapter on the making of "Blue Sunshine" from his book "Day of the Living Me: Adventures of a Subversive Cult Filmmaker From the Golden Age"; limited edition fold-out poster; limited edition remastered CD soundtrack (13 tracks). (Synapse Films).
Chungking Express
(1994 -- Hong Kong) The whiplash, double-pronged "Chungking Express" is one of the defining works of 1990s cinema and the film that made Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung Chiu Wai), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out food stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. Anything goes in Wong’s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas & the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” into tokens of romantic longing. Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, with 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, both supervised and approved by director Wong Kar Wai. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Extras:Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).
The Eel
(1997 -- Japan) After serving time in prison for murdering his unfaithful wife, Yamashita (Koji Yakusho) is released on parole, accompanied only by his pet eel. Hoping to stay out of trouble, he takes over a rural barber shop that quickly becomes a gathering point for the eccentric locals. However, the discovery of a woman's failed suicide starts a chain reaction that brings back past demons - and not just his own. "The Eel" won master filmmaker Shohei Imamura his second Palme d'Or, after 1983's "The Ballad of Narayama" and was the breakthrough of its star Yakusho. First time on Blu-ray. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Interview with critic Tony Rayns; interview with screenwriter Daisuke Tengan; visual essay by Tom Mes on the year 1997 as a turning point in Japanese cinema; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow; limited edition booklet featuring an archival interview with Imamura; limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings. (Radiance/MVD Entertainment).
Get Away
(2025) Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, Sebastian Croft, Maisie Ayres, Ville Virtanen. The Smith family’s much-needed vacation to the remote Swedish island of Svalta takes a dark turn when they arrive during preparations for a mysterious local festival that celebrates a dark history. Unsettled by the unfriendly locals and strange rituals, they try to make the best of their trip, stubbornly enjoying the island’s isolation and natural beauty. However, as the festival looms closer, the family realizes something far more sinister is unfolding -- especially when they discover that a serial killer is on the loose in this dark comedy. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Making of Get Away"; interview with Nick Frost; "Behind the Scenes With the Cast of Get Away." (IFC).
Heart Eyes
(2025) Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins with Devon Sawa and Jordana Brewster. For the past several years, the “Heart Eyes Killer” has wreaked havoc on Valentine’s Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples. This Valentine’s Day, no couple is safe.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Murders & Meet Cutes: The Making of Heart Eyes"; filmmaker commentary. Blu-ray adds
gag reel; deleted & extended scenes.
(Sony). Read more here.
Night Call
(2024 -- Belgium) Jonathan Feltre, Natacha Krief, Jonas Bloquet. One evening, Mady – a young student by day, locksmith by night – receives an emergency call from Claire to open a lock. But the door the young woman wants to open isn’t hers and the bag she runs away with isn’t hers either. It belongs to Yannick, a vicious mobster who blames Mady and will stop at nothing to retrieve his stolen goods. Mady has only one night to prove his innocence and save his neck. What started out as an ordinary nightshift turns into a brutal descent into violence. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (Magnolia Home Entertainment/Magnet). Read more here
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
(2024) Voices of Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, James Marsden, Krysten Ritter. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance. Formats: DVD, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code Steelbook, VOD, Digital. Extras: Commentary by director Jeff Fowler and the voice of Sonic Ben Schwartz; "Sonic Family Fun"; "Robotnik Family Reunion"; "For the Love of Sonic: Directing a Trilogy"; "The Fox, the Echidna, and the Hedgehog"; "Live-Action Lunacy: Acting Opposite Puppets"; "From the Cryo-Tank to London: The World of Sonic"; "Team Sonic vs. Shadow"; "A Very Sonic Christmas"; gag reel; deleted scenes. (Paramount). Read more here.
Striking Rescue
(2024 -- China) Tony Jaa, Hong Junjia, Shi Yanneng, Philip Keung, Chen Duoyi. Bai An’s (Jaa) wife and daughter were brutally murdered in front of him, now he’s out for revenge and the path will be brutal and bloody. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Well Go USA). Read more here
Valiant One
(2025) With tensions between North and South Korea, a US helicopter crashes on the North Korean side. Now the survivors must work together to protect a civilian tech specialist and find their way out without the help of US military support.Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (Studio Distribution Services). Read more here.
DVD
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Jerry discovers the shocking truth: The people losing their hair and turning into violent psychopaths may be connected to a drug each killer took a decade before. A drug known as "Blue Sunshine." An LSD cult-classic horror film in an all-new 4K restoration presented in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and loaded with hours of supplemental material. This three-disc set contains one 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray, one Blu-ray (1080p) and a CD soundtrack album. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: Two audio commentaries featuring director Jeff Lieberman; new introduction to the film by Lieberman; archival 2003 interview with Lieberman; "Lieberman on Lieberman” video interview; Channel Z “Fantasy Film Festival” interview with Mick Garris and Jeff Lieberman; Fantasia Film Festival 4K Premiere Q&A with moderator Michael Gingold and Lieberman; anti-drug “scare films”: "LSD-25" (1967) and "LSD: Insight or Insanity?" (1968), courtesy of the American Genre Film Archive; Jeff Lieberman’s first film, "The Ringer" (remastered in 4K by Synapse Films from the original camera negative); theatrical trailers; still gallery; liner notes booklet by Jeff Lieberman, featuring a chapter on the making of "Blue Sunshine" from his book "Day of the Living Me: Adventures of a Subversive Cult Filmmaker From the Golden Age"; limited edition fold-out poster; limited edition remastered CD soundtrack (13 tracks). (Synapse Films).
