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OnVideo's Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases Tuesday, August 15 -- Monday, August 21 All DVD Releases Asteroid City (2023) Takes place in a fictional American desert town circa 1955. The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events. Equal parts comedy, drama, and romance (with a touch of science-fiction). Vitals: Director: Wes Anderson. Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, Jeff Goldblum. CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 104 min., Comedy, North American box office gross: $27.743 million, worldwide $46.909 million, Universal. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Code, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: "The Making of Asteroid City" featurettes. Read more here Nefarious (2023) On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own. Vitals: Director: Cary Solomon, Chuck Konzelman. Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Jordan Belfi, Stelio Savante, Tom Ohmer, Cameron Arnett, Eric Hanson, James Healy Jr., Sarah Hernandez, Jarret LeMaster, Robert Peters. CC, MPAA rating: R, 98 min., Horror, North American box office gross: $5.433 million, worldwide $5.433 million, Amazon. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. This Week's Digital Releases August 15 Night of the Caregiver: Hospice nurse Julia Rowe is hired to be the caregiver for Lillian Gresham, who lives in an isolated house in a remote area. Although she's terminally ill, Lillian is a cordial and sweet lady. However, as the night goes on, Julia suspects something demonic is also dwelling in the house causing she and Lillian to be in grave danger. (VOD only) No Hard Feelings: Maddie (Jennifer Lawrence) thinks she's found the answer to her financial troubles when she discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to "date" their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy, and bring him out of his shell before he leaves for college. (DVD, Blu-ray release: August 29) Read more. Advertisement All DVD Releases Asteroid City (2023) Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, Jeff Goldblum. Takes place in a fictional American desert town circa 1955. The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events. Equal parts comedy, drama, and romance (with a touch of science-fiction). Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: "The Making of Asteroid City" featurettes. (Universal). Read more here Babylon 5: The Road Home (2022) Return to "Babylon 5" as the epic interstellar saga continues with this new feature. Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Along the way he reunites with some familiar faces, while discovering cosmic new revelations about the history, purpose, and meaning of the Universe. "Babylon 5" celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and returning to voice their characters from the original series are Bruce Boxleitner as John Sheridan, Claudia Christian as Susan Ivanova, Peter Jurasik as Londo Mollari, Bill Mumy as Lennier, Tracy Scoggins as Elizabeth Lochley, and Patricia Tallman as Lyta Alexander. Formats: Blu-ray + Digital Code, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Babylon 5 Forever," audio commentary with creator/writer/executive producer J. Michael Straczynski, actor Bruce Boxleitner and supervising producer Rick Morales. (Warner). City of the Living Dead (1980 - Italy) Worldwide UHD debut of Lucio Fulci's Italian horror classic in 4K, fully restored with a brand-new Dolby Vision™ color grade, exclusively commissioned by Cauldron Films. The three-disc set includes the 4K UHD Feature, a Blu-ray feature and a Blu-ray extras disc. The death of a priest causes a chain reaction that begins The End of Days. The only hope lies in a jaded reporter (Christopher George) and the psychic (Catriona MacColl) he saved from being buried alive. The two set off for Dunwich, New England to shut the gates of hell before it’s too late and the undead rule the Earth. This horror classic features Special FX work by Gino De Rossi of "Zombie" and "Cannibal Ferox" infamy, a score by Fabio Frizzi, and a screenplay co-written by Dardano Sacchetti ("Rat Man," "Demons"). Formats: 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo. Extras: New audio commentary with film historian Samm Deighan; archival audio commentaries with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson; archival audio commentary with actress Catriona MacColl moderated by Jay Slater; archival audio commentary with actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice moderated by Calum Waddell; "Zombie Kings" interview with Massimo Antonello Geleng; "Requiem for Bob" interview with Giovanni Lombardo Radice; "On Stage" Q&A with Venantino Venantini & Ruggero Deodato; Catriona MacColl Q&A; Fabio Frizzi Q&A; "The Meat Munching Movies of Gino De Rossi"; "Carlo of the Living Dead" archival interview with actor Carlo De Mejo; "A Trip Through Bonaventure Cemetery"; Catriona MacColl video intro from 2001; image gallery; more. (Cauldron Films). Read more here Confidential Informant (2023) Dominic Purcell, Mel Gibson, Nick Stahl, Kate Bosworth. Crime-thriller tells the tale of two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer during a crack epidemic. Hoping for leads, Moran (Purcell) and Thorton (Stahl) pay off a junkie informant. Then, in an attempt to provide for his wife (Bosworth) and son, Moran involves the stool pigeon in a deadly scheme. This causes the partners to come under the scrutiny of a suspicious internal affairs agent.   Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: commentary, trailer. (Lionsgate). Read more here Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985) Wayne Wang’s follow-up to his watershed indie "Chan Is Missing" is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director’s signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco’s Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between filial duty and her own desires. Soulfully performed by an ensemble including real-life mother and daughter Kim and Laureen Chew and Victor Wong, the Yasujiro Ozu–inspired Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart is as lovingly made as the home-cooked cuisine it celebrates. Formats: Blu-ray, with high-definition digital master of a new director’s cut, supervised by director Wayne Wang, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection). Junk Head (2017 -- Japan) In the distant future, humankind -- living five miles below the surface -- can no longer reproduce because of gene manipulation aimed at making life longer. The clones ruling the bottomless underworld may have become fertile. So a human scientist is selected to go on a mission through a subterranean labyrinth crawling with monsters to secure humanity's future. Stop motion animated science fiction film written and directed by Takehide Hori, based on his 2013 short film of the same name. Formats: Blu-ray; DVD was released July 11. (Synergetic). Kill Shot (2023) Rib Hillis, Rachel Cook, Bobby Maximus, Mara Ohara, Mark Murphy, Xian Mikol. During a hunting trip in Montana, a wilderness guide and former Navy SEAL (Hillis) and his client (Cook) stumble upon a cache of heist money, unwittingly making themselves the one obstacle standing between a dangerous terrorist group and its lost fortune. Eager to take some of the cash for themselves, the pair learns far too late how easy it can be to make someone disappear in the vastness of Big Sky country. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Well Go USA). The Machine (2023) Bert Kreischer, Mark Hamill, Jimmy Tatro, Iva Babic, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jessica Gabor. Bert Kreischer rose to fame as a stand-up comedian known as The Machine, and in his signature set he recounts his true experience with Russian mobsters while on a booze-soaked college trip. Now, 23 years later, that trip has come back to haunt him as he and his estranged father (Hamill) are kidnapped back to Russia by the mob to atone for something they say he did. Together, Bert and his father must retrace the steps of his younger self (Tatro) in the midst of a war within sociopathic crime family, all while attempting to find common ground in their often fraught relationship. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Bert’s Big Bash – Premiere Party": "Bert, Bruised & Brawlin’: The Action of The Machine"; outtakes & bloopers; deleted scenes; "The Making of The Machine"; "The Cast of The Machine." (Sony). Mavka: The Forest Song (2023 -- Ukraine) Based on the Ukrainian drama “The Forest Song” by celebrated poet and author Lesya Ukrainka, this English-language animated adventure unfolds in a universe that blends ancient Slavic traditions and folklore with a modern narrative that showcases Ukrainian culture, values, designs, and music. In addition to having an engaging storyline and memorable characters, this uplifting and colorful animated fairytale is bolstered by a strong young female lead character, fascinating folklores, and the relevant theme of environmental conservation. Mavka – the soul of the forest – has been chosen by the supreme spirits to become the forest’s new guardian. But when she meets a talented human musician named Lucas – a man on the hunt for a mysterious tree with the power to give life, she is faced with an impossible choice between her newfound love and her duty to the spirits. Can humans and the forest live in harmony, or will greed and vice destroy them both? Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. Extras: Featurette, music video, trailers. (Shout! Kids). Metalocalypse: The Complete Series (2006-13) Eight-disc set includes 62 episodes from all four seasons, plus "Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera." The quarter-hour animated series chronicles the world's most popular entertainment act in the known universe -- extreme metal band, DETHKLOK -- as they balance their rabid popularity with the brutality of everyday life. Formats: Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Adult Swim/Warner). Nefarious (2022) Sean Patrick Flanery, Jordan Belfi, Stelio Savante, Tom Ohmer, Cameron Arnett, Eric Hanson, James Healy Jr., Sarah Hernandez, Jarret LeMaster, Robert Peters. On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Amazon). Ouija Shark 2 (2023 -- Canada) John Migliore, Deborah Jayne, Reilly Smith, Kylie Gough. When the Ouija Shark emerges from Hell to cause havoc once more on earth, a sorcerer with a history of fighting the ghostly great white must follow it into a multiverse hellscape for one final battle. But this time he is bringing along some friends to help send the shark into oblivion. Formats: Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Commentary with director John Migliore; North American premiere Q&A; behind-the-scenes image gallery; stills gallery; deleted scene; alternate take; trailers. (Wild Eye Releasing). Read more here Wrong Reasons (2023) James Parks, Liv Roush, Ralph Garman. In this dark, comedic thriller, an ambiguously intentioned masked man (Parks) kidnaps a drug addicted punk rock singer (Roush) and triggers a police investigation headed by Detective Charles Dobson (Garman) as well as a media circus. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (MVD Visual). | Home | Resources | Links | E-mail: onvideo@earthlink.net © 1996 -- 2023 OnVideo. 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