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OnVideo's Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases
August 3:
Bad Samaritan: A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob. (DVD, Blu-ray release: August 14)
Gay Hollywood Dad: Originally developed as a web series, the latest film from Quentin Lee ("White Frog," "The People I've Slept With") follows Lee's journey to fatherhood in the City of Angels. (VOD only)
Pickings: A single mother and neighborhood bar owner who spent years trying to escape her violent past is forced to embrace her inner demons and confront her deadly history when a local mobster and his gang of thugs come knocking on her door. (DVD, Blu-ray release: August 10)
RBG: At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But, without a definitive memoir, the unique personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior's rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown. "RBG" is a revelatory documentary exploring Ginsburg's exceptional life and career. (DVD, Blu-ray release: August 28)
August 7:
Alien Code: After deciphering a message found in a satellite, a genius cryptographer finds himself stalked by government agents and otherworldly beings in this sci-fi thriller. (DVD release: Day & date)
Deadpool 2: Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (AKA Deadpool) brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with supernatural abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg, Cable. Blu-ray includes extended cut and theatrical cut. (DVD, Blu-ray release: August 21)
Ghost Source Zero: Original cyberpunk sci-fi film in which an elite anti-cyber crimes unit must stave off a brewing android revolution that could threaten humankind's existence. (Digital only)
Aardvark
(2017) Zachary Quinto, Jon Hamm, Jenny Slate. Follows Josh Norman (Quinto), a troubled man who has lived in the shadow of his brother Craig (Hamm) for so long he starts seeing that shadow everywhere. After experiencing a series of hallucinations involving Craig -- an actor, and the star of a popular TV drama -- Josh places himself in the care of Emily (Slate), a young therapist. Emily wades deeper and deeper into Josh's psychologically-troubled world and suddenly finds herself falling for the famous brother. Caught between family dysfunction and her alluring neediness, is Emily willing to risk her career and reputation all for the sake of love? Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Universal).
Alien Code
(2017) Kyle Gallner, Azura Skye, Mary McCormack, Richard Schiff. After deciphering a message found in a satellite, a genius cryptographer finds himself stalked by government agents and otherworldly beings in this sci-fi thriller. Cryptographer Alex Jacobs finds himself recruited and sent to a secret lab to decipher an encrypted message. After breaking the code that is housed inside a mysterious satellite, Alex becomes convinced that the message is a disturbing warning ... from the future. Once he returns home, a string of unexplainable incidents start happening, and Alex finds himself caught up in an unexpected journey to discover the reality about the warnings and himself. Formats: DVD, Digital. (Sony).
Blackmark
(2017) Jeff Hatch, Kaiwi Lyman, Corey MacIntosh. An unknown entity has hacked into a Soviet missile and aimed it at the United States. With minutes before Mutually Assured Destruction, an American military industrialist and a Soviet nuclear commander race against the clock to prevent a nation from nuclear annihilation. Unbeknownst to them the threat is just the beginning of an even bigger crisis - one that will change the course of history forever. Formats: DVD, Digital. (Sony).
Brotherly Love
(2018) Anthony J. Caruso, Derek Babb, Chance McKee, David Blackwell. LGBTQ religious-drama about Which call do you answer? The one you feel from God or the one you feel about your authentic self? This is the dilemma at hand for Brother Vito, struggling with a decision as he must decide between becoming a Brother or allowing himself to declare his love for Gabe.
Formats: DVD, VOD.
(Breaking Glass Pictures).
Bye Bye Germany
(2018 -- Germany) Moritz Bleibtreu, Antje Traue, Tim Seyfi, Mark Ivanir, Anatole
The Day After
(1983) Dir.: Nicholas Meyer; Jason Robards, John Lithgow, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, Amy Madigan. The countdown has begun! Against the real-life backdrop of the US deployment of WMDs in Europe during the escalating Cold War, this dramatically involving and agonizingly graphic film about nuclear holocaust detonated a direct hit into the heartland of America, becoming the most watched TV movie of all time and remains one of the most talked-about programs in history. When Cold War tensions reach the ultimate boiling point, the inhabitants of a small town in Kansas learn -- along with the rest of America -- that they have less than 30 minutes before 300 Soviet warheads begin to appear overhead. Can anyone survive this ultimate nightmare ... or the nuclear winter that is sure to follow? Top-notch direction by Nicholas Meyer ("Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," "Company Business"), from a teleplay by Edward Hume ("Two-Minute Warning," 21 Hours at Munich). Includes both the 122-minute TV cut (1.33:1) and the 127-minute theatrical cut. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: Interview with star JoBeth Williams, interview with director Nicholas Meyer, commentary by film historian Lee Gambin and comic artist/writer Tristan Jones. (Kino Lorber Studio Classics).
Dead Shack
(2017) Matthew Nelson-Mahood, Lizzie Boys, Gabriel LaBelle. It’s shaping up to be a good weekend for Jason, a shy teenager. He’s driving up to a cabin in the woods
The Death of Superman
(2018) New animated feature-length DC Universe Movie. The Man of Steel meets his ultimate match when Doomsday comes to Earth – hell bent on destroying everything and everyone in his path, including the Justice League. Ultimately Superman finds himselfg in a fight to the finish when the Man of Steel becomes the only hero who can stand in the way of the monstrous creature. A Blu-ray Deluxe Gift Set includes a collectible Superman figurine.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: Sneak peek at DC Universe's next animated movie, "Reign of the Supermen." Blu-ray adds "The Death of Superman: The Brawl That Topped Them All" featurette; "From the DC Comics Vault: Legion of Superheroes, Dark Victory: Part 1" and "Part 2."
(Warner).
Lowlife
(2017) Set amidst the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, the bloody thriller zigzags back and forth in time as it charts how fate -- and a ruthless crime boss -- connects three down-and-out reprobates mixed up in an organ harvesting scheme that goes from bad to worse to off-the-rails insane. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: Commentary with director Ryan Prows and cinematographer Benjamin Kitchens; commentary with Prows and writers Tim Cairo, Jake Gibson and Shaye Ogbonna; making-of featurette; short films. (IFC Midnight/Scream Factory).
Measure of a Man
(2018) Blake Cooper, Donald Sutherland, Luke Wilson, Beau Knapp, Judy Greer. Fourteen-year-old Bobby (Cooper) is enduring a torturous family vacation. His summer job is backbreaking, his parents appear on the verge of divorce, his sister is forcing him to keep her secrets, and his best friend is leaving. On top of that, a crazy townie is out to get him. Over the course of an emotional roller coaster of a summer, Bobby learns what makes up the true measure of a man in this coming-of-age story. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (Lionsgate).
No Offence, Series 1
(2015 -- UK) Three-disc set with eight episodes of the outrageous female-driven police procedural that follows an unorthodox team of cops in Manchester. Charismatic DI Vivienne Deering leads an ace but unorthodox squad that tackles Manchester’s most gruesome and off-the-wall crimes, including drug dealers, neo-Nazis, and black-market organ sellers. When strong-willed DC Dinah Kowalska connects a body at the morgue to a group of murdered girls with Down’s syndrome, Viv and her team begin the hunt for a serial killer. What they uncover could leave even the most seasoned officers reeling. Loaded with dark humor and shocking plot twists. Formats: DVD. Extras: "Meet the Cast & Crew," deleted scenes. (Acorn Media).
Pickings
(2018) Elyse Price, Katie Vincent, Emil Ferzola, Yaron Urbas, Joe Trombino, Joel Bernard, Michelle Holland. Billed as a neo-noir spaghetti western. Jo Lee-Haywood (Elyse Price) is a devoted single mother and sister who divides her time between her family and Pickings, the local Michigan tavern that she owns. When a local mob boss (Emil Ferzola) and his goons try to muscle in and wet their beaks off Jo’s hard work, it’s up to Jo to embrace her inner demons and tap into her mysterious and violent past to protect her family and livelihood. It doesn’t take too long for the haunted, hardboiled Jo and her pistol-packing posse to lock and load and take on the mob the only way they know how.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Deleted scenes, commentary, short clips, making of featurette.
(Music Box Films).
Revenge
(2018 -- France) Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe. Debut director Coralie Fargeat announces her stunning arrival, painting a crimson canvas of hypnotic beauty and bloody retribution in this razor-sharp feminist subversion of the revenge-thriller. Jen's (Matilda Lutz) romantic getaway with her wealthy married boyfriend is suddenly disrupted when his sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. Tension mounts in the house until the situation abruptly –– and viciously –– intensifies, culminating in a shocking act that leaves Jen left for dead. Unfortunately for her assailants, Jen survives and reemerges with a relentless, wrathful intent: revenge Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Universal).
The Rider
(2018) Brady Jandreau, Jim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau. After a tragic riding accident, young cowboy Brady (Brady Jandreau), once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, is warned that his competition days are over. Back home, Brady finds himself wondering what he has to live for when he can no longer do what gives him a sense of purpose: to ride and compete. In an attempt to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and tries to redefine his idea of what it means to be a man in the heartland of America. Based on Brady Jandreau’s real life story. Formats: DVD, Digital. Extras: Deleted scenes; Q&A with writer-director Chloe Zhao, Brady Jandreau, cinematographer Joshua James Richards and editor Alex O'Flinn; SXSW Q&A with Brady Jandreau. (Sony).
SIX: Season 2
(2018) Two-disc set with all 10 episodes. Follows Navy SEAL Team Six in a mission to destroy the terrorist network responsible for an attack on their former team leader. Formats: DVD. (Lionsgate).
Speed Walking
(2014 -- Denmark) Villads Bøye, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen. In a quirky, small town situated on the outskirts of everything, 14-year-old Martin is getting ready for one of the most formal transitions from boy to man: the communion. It’s 1976, music’s in the air and hormones are blossoming. But in the midst of it all, Martin’s mother suddenly passes away. Her tragic death triggers a series of events that not only change Martin’s life forever, but also affects everyone else in the local community. Speed Walking is an intense, humorous, and evocative story about how life and death demand a transition in us all. Formats: DVD, VOD. (Breaking Glass Pictures).
The Us Festival: 1982: The Us Generation
(2017) The Making Of the 1982 Us Festival is an in-depth look at one of the most influential music festivals of all time. "The Us Generation" is from award winning filmmaker and rockumentarian Glenn Aveni, who is also the film's director. Co-
Wildling
(2018) Bel Powley, Brad Dourif, Liv Tyler. A teenage girl’s coming-of-age arrives with a terrifying twist in this spellbinding take on the werewolf legend. Since birth, Anna (Powley) has been raised in isolation by a man she knows only as Daddy (Dourif). He has done everything possible to conceal the truth about her origins from her. But when the teenage Anna is suddenly thrust into the real world under the protection of no-nonsense police officer Ellen (Tyler), it soon becomes clear that she is far from ordinary. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: Deleted scenes, outtakes, theatrical trailer. (IFC Midnight/Scream Factory).
Zama
(2017 -- Argentina) Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele. Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King never arrives. When Zama notices everything is lost, he joins a party of soldiers that go after a dangerous bandit. Formats: DVD. (Strand Releasing).
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