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Friday, July 21, 2017

New on DVD and Blu-ray: July 18, 2017

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The new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week of July 18, 2017 include the reboot "Kong: Skull Island", the historical drama "The Promise", the action thriller "Free Fire", the animated film "Resident Evil: Vendetta", the indie mystery drama "Buster's Mal Heart" and the horror comedy "Another Evil".

The new home video releases also include new seasons for the TV shows "The 100", "The Expanse" and "Grantchester".

We also have some new classic film releases: "The Last of the Finest", "No Man's Land", "Stormy Monday" and the Criterion Collection edition of Andrei Tarkovsky's "Stalker".

Check out all the new movies and TV shows released on DVD and Blu-ray after the jump.





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MOVIES


KONG: SKULL ISLAND (2017)


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Product Description: When a scientific expedition to an uncharted island awakens titanic forces of nature, a mission of discovery becomes an explosive war between monster and man. Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John Goodman and John C. Reilly star in a thrilling and original new adventure that reveals the untold story of how Kong became King.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, 3D, Amazon Instant Video

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly,

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Runtime: 118 min

Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for brief strong language

Language: English

Studio: Warner Bros.

Special Features:
  • Audio Commentary
  • Featurettes
  • Deleted Scenes




THE PROMISE (2016)


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Product Description: From the award-winning director of Hotel Rwanda comes a powerful and sweeping epic set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire. Sparks fly when a humble Armenian medical student (Isaac) falls in love with an artist (Le Bon) already committed to a renowned and worldly journalist (Bale). But as tensions rise with the outbreak of World War I, the trio must set passions aside to survive as the world around them crumbles and one of history's darkest yet rarely told chapters unfolds before their eyes.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, Amazon Instant Video

Director: Terry George

Starring: Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Gimenez-Cacho, Shohreh Aghdashloo

Genre: Drama, History

Runtime: 133 min

Rating: PG-13 for thematic material including war atrocities, violence and disturbing images, and for some sexuality

Language: English

Studio: Universal Studios

Special Features:
  • Deleted Scenes with Commentary by Director Terry George
  • The Love Story
  • War and Struggle
  • A Cause
  • Feature Commentary with Director Terry George and Producer Eric Esrailian




FREE FIRE (2017)


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Product Description: Free Fire is an electrifying action-thriller about an arms deal that goes spectacularly and explosively wrong. Set in 1970s Boston, the film opens with Justine (Brie Larson), a mysterious American businesswoman, and her wise-cracking associate Ord (Armie Hammer) arranging a black-market weapons deal in a deserted warehouse between IRA arms buyer Chris (Cillian Murphy) and shifty South African gunrunner Vernon (Sharlto Copley). What starts as a polite if uneasy exchange soon goes south when tensions escalate and shots are fired, quickly leading to a full-on battle royale where it's every man (and woman) for themselves.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, Amazon Instant Video

Director: Ben Wheatley

Starring: Brie Larson, Enzo Cilenti, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley, Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Runtime: 90 min

Rating: R for strong violence, pervasive language, sexual references and drug use

Language: English

Studio: Lionsgate

Special Features:
  • Audio Commentary with Co-Writer/Director Ben Wheatley
  • Making Of Featurette




BUSTER'S MAL HEART (2017)


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Product Description: In this bold thriller peppered with dark humor and interlocking mystery, an eccentric mountain man is on the run from the authorities, surviving the winter by breaking into empty vacation homes in a remote community. Regularly calling into radio talk shows where he has acquired the nickname "Buster" to rant about the impending Inversion at the turn of the millennium, he is haunted by visions of being lost at sea, and memories of his former life as a family man.

Buster (Rami Malek) was once Jonah, a hard-working husband and father whose job as the night-shift concierge at a hotel took its toll on his psyche and, consequently, his marriage to the sensitive Marty (Kate Lyn Sheil) until a chance encounter with a conspiracy-obsessed drifter (DJ Qualls) changed the course of their lives forever. As the solitary present-day Buster drifts from house to house, eluding the local sheriff at every turn, we gradually piece together the events that fractured his life and left him alone on top of a snowy mountain, or perhaps in a small rowboat in the middle of a vast ocean or both, in this visceral mind bender that will provoke discussion long after it turns your world upside-down.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, Amazon Instant Video

Director: Sarah Adina Smith

Starring: Rami Malek, DJ Qualls, Kate Lyn Sheil, Lin Shaye. Tony Huss, Mark Kelly, and Sandra Ellis Lafferty

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Runtime: 96 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Well Go USA

Special Features:
  • None




RESIDENT EVIL: VENDETTA (2017)


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Product Description: When a fearless enemy out for revenge unleashes a brutal and deadly new virus, BSAA captain Chris Redfield enlists the help of Agent Leon S. Kennedy and Professor Rebecca Chambers to bring down the death merchant and save New York City.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, Amazon Instant Video

Director: Takanori Tsujimoto

Starring: Kevin Dorman, Matthew Mercer, Erin Cahill, John DeMita

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure

Runtime: 97 min

Rating: R for bloody violence throughout

Language: English, Japanese

Studio: Sony

Special Features:
  • Three Featurettes
  • Still gallery (30 sketches/designs)
  • Filmmaker Audio Commentary (in Japanese) with Director Takanori Tsujimoto, Executive Producer Takashi Shimizu and Writer Makoto Fukami
  • BONUS DISC with three featurettes




ANOTHER EVIL (2016)


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Product Description: After encountering a ghost in his vacation home, terrified Dan Pappadakis (Steve Zissis, Togetherness) goes behind his wife s back to hire an industrial grade exorcist the bizarre and needy Os Bijourn. While implementing a variety of increasingly outlandish ghost traps, Os tries to befriend Dan almost as relentlessly as he tries to destroy the home s demons. Dan considers calling the whole thing off, but it quickly becomes apparent that a great evil has embedded itself in his home, and that the fate of his entire family is at stake.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, Amazon Instant Video

Director: Carson D. Mell

Starring: Steve Zissis, Mark Proksch

Genre: Comedy, Horror

Runtime: 90 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: MPI Home Video

Special Features:
  • None




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TELEVISION


THE 100: SEASON 4


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Product Description: Season Four opens as a harsh truth lands on the shoulders of those who remain: Earth’s nuclear reactors are melting and will soon set the atmosphere ablaze. Is anything left for our heroes to fight for? Can they find hope knowing the end is inevitable? Will they spend their days trying to survive? Or use their limited time to finally live? The stakes have never been higher. Alliances are shattering and fragile societies are on the brink of collapse. Civility has no place at the end of the world, and there’s no telling how far our heroes can and will go to prevail. Leaders and survivors blur the line between justice and vengeance as they face their darkest moments ever in these 13 apocalyptic episodes.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray

Creator: Jason Rothenberg

Starring: Eliza Taylor, Paige Turco, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, Devon Bostick, Christopher Larkin, Lindsey Morgan, Ricky Whittle, Richard Harmon, Zach McGowan, Isaiah Washington, Henry Ian Cusick

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 548 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Warner Archive Collection

Special Features:
  • The 100: 2016 Comic-Con Panel
  • From Outcasts to Leaders
  • Creating A Post-Apocalyptic World
  • Jasper's Journey
  • The Stunts of The 100
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Reel




THE EXPANSE: SEASON 2


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Product Description: Hundreds of years in the future, humans have colonized the solar system. The U.N. controls Earth. Mars is an independent military power. The planets rely on the resources of the Asteroid Belt, where air and water are more precious than gold. For decades, tensions have been rising between these three places. Earth, Mars and the Belt are now on the brink of war. And all it will take is a single spark. Now, in Season 2, the Protomolecule has taken over Eros and threatens the safety of the entire solar system, while the larger conspiracy that led to its unleashing begins to be exposed.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray

Creator: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby

Starring: Cas Anvar, Wes Chatham, Thomas Jane, Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashloo

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 567 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Special Features:
  • The Expanse: Season 2 Trailer
  • The Expanse: Season 2 Preview
  • A New Mission
  • "Safe" Commentary with Show Runner/Executive Producer/Writer Naran Shankar, Executive Producer/Writer Mark Fergus, Director Breck Eisner, and Cast Members Steven Strait and Dominique Tipper
  • "Doors & Corners" Commentary with Supervising Producer/Writer Ty Franck, Supervising Producer/Writer Daniel Abraham, and Cast Member Cas Anvar
  • "Home" Commentary with Executive Producer/Writer Mark Fergus and Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Bob Munroe
  • "Paradigm Shift" Commentary with Show Runner/Executive Producer/Writer Naren Shankar and Supervising Producer/Writer Daniel Abraham
  • "The Seventh Man" Commentary with Executive Producer/Writer Mark Fergus and Cast Member Frankie Adams
  • "Pyre" Commentary with Show Runner/Executive Producer/Writer Naren Shankar and Cast Member Wes Chatham
  • Top 9 Job Requirements
  • The Powerful Women of The Expanse
  • We Love Our Fans
  • "The Monster and the Rocket" Commentary with Executive Producer/Writer Mark Fergus and Cast Members Steven Strait and Shohreh Aghdashloo
  • "Caliban's War" Commentary with Show Runner/Executive Producer/Writer Naren Shankar, Supervising Producer/Writer Ty Franck, and Cast Member Dominique Tipper




GRANTCHESTER: SEASON 3


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Product Description: Sidney Chambers (James Norton, Happy Valley) is a handsome, jazz-loving village vicar haunted by his past. Geordie Keating (Robson Green, Wires in the Blood, Touching Evil) is a hard-boiled police detective, overworked and weary. Together they solve crimes and right wrongs in picturesque 1950s Cambridge. Based on a novel by James Runcie, the hit British series returns with Chambers having doubts about his pious lifestyle, now that his old flame Amanda (Morven Christie) has left her husband.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray

Creator: Daisy Coulam

Starring: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Al Weaver, Tessa Peake-Jones

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Runtime: 382 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: PBS

Special Features:
  • None




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CLASSIC FILMS


THE LAST OF THE FINEST (1990)


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Product Description: Frank (Brian Dennehy) leads a group of undercover Los Angeles cops -- Wayne (Joe Pantoliano), Ricky (Jeff Fahey) and Howard (Bill Paxton) -- who work tough cases that others consider to be unsolvable. When a big raid on a meatpacking plant doesn't turn up the narcotics evidence Daly expected, he and his men get booted from the force. But that doesn't stop them from digging into the case, and they soon uncover a massive drug trade conspiracy that involves LAPD higher-ups and the U.S. government.

Purchasing Links: Blu-ray

Director: John Mackenzie

Starring: Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton, and Michael C. Gwynne

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama |

Runtime: 106 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: Kino Lorber

Special Features:
  • Audio commentary by Steve Mitchell, producer-director of King Cohen, and film historian Nathaniel Thompson
  • Original Theatrical Trailers




NO MAN'S LAND (1987)


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Product Description: Sleek cars, hot women and life in the fast lane...what rookie cop wouldn't be tempted to go bad? Charlie Sheen (Wall Street), D.B. Sweeney (Spawn) and Randy Quaid (Independence Day) star in this pedal-to-the-metal, full-throttle thriller that's your best bet for curve-hugging, edge-of-your-seat entertainment!

Benjy Taylor (Sweeney) is a wide-eyed 22-year-old with an eye for cars and a heart for police work. But when he goes undercover at a Porsche garage that doubles as a chop shop, the seductive world of his target, Ted Varrick (Sheen), may be his undoing. The midnight joyrides, ultra-slick parties and Varrick's sexy sister help sway Taylor into believing that his new fast friend has the kind of life he wants...even though Varrick may be guilty of much more than car theft...and Taylor may be in much deeper than he thinks.

Purchasing Links: Blu-ray

Director: Peter Werner

Starring: Charlie Sheen, D.B. Sweeney, Lara Harris, Randy Quaid, Bill Duke

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Runtime: 106 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: Kino Lorber

Special Features:
  • Interview with Star D.B. Sweeney
  • Interview with Director Peter Werner
  • Audio commentary by Steve Mitchell, producer-director of King Cohen, and film historian Nathaniel Thompson
  • Original Theatrical Trailer




STORMY MONDAY (1988)


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Product Description: In 1988, Mike Figgis (Internal Affairs, Leaving Las Vegas) made his feature directorial debut with Stormy Monday, a taut, noir-influenced gangster movie that drew on his key formative influences, including his youth in the Newcastle of the late '50s and early '60s, and the city's vibrant jazz scene.

Sean Bean (Ronin) plays Brendan, a young loafer taken under the wing of jazz club owner Finney (Sting, Quadrophenia), who's under pressure from American mobster Cosmo (Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive) to sell up in exchange for a cut of a local land development deal. Brendan just wants to earn an honest crust, but his burgeoning relationship with Cosmo's ex-lover Kate (Melanie Griffith, Body Double) threatens to drag him into the middle of the impending showdown…

A romantic crime thriller with genuine heart, Stormy Monday features striking, rain-drenched cinematography by Roger Deakins (The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men) and a seductive jazz score provided by the director himself.

Purchasing Links: Blu-ray

Director: Mike Figgis

Starring: Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Sean Bean, James Cosmo

Genre: Crime, Drama, Music

Runtime: 93 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: Arrow Video

Special Features:
  • Audio commentary with Mike Figgis, moderated by critic Damon Wise
  • New video appreciation by critic Neil Young, and a "then and now" tour of the film's Newcastle locations
  • Theatrical Trailer




STALKER (1979) - Criterion Collection


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Product Description: Andrei Tarkovsky's final Soviet feature is a metaphysical journey through an enigmatic postapocalyptic landscape, and a rarefied cinematic experience like no other. A hired guide the Stalker leads a writer and a scientist into the heart of the Zone, the restricted site of a long-ago disaster, where the three men eventually zero in on the Room, a place rumored to fulfill one s most deeply held desires. Adapting a science-fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Tarkovsky created an immersive world with a wealth of material detail and a sense of organic atmosphere. A religious allegory, a reflection of contemporaneous political anxieties, a meditation on film itself Stalker envelops the viewer by opening up a multitude of possible meanings.

Purchasing Links: Blu-ray

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky

Starring: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 163 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Russian

Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Special Features:
  • New interview with Geoff Dyer, author of Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room
  • Interview from 2002 with cinematographer Alexander Knyazhinsky
  • Interview from 2002 with set designer Rashit Safiullin
  • Interview from 2002 with composer Eduard Artemyev
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Le Fanu




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