Upcoming DVD and Blu-ray releases feature a Rosemary's Baby prequel, Viggo Mortensen's directorial debut, and a dramatic story of glamping gone wrong.
Alien: Romulus. 119 min. Fede Álvarez, 20th Century Studios. 2024. DVD UPC 043396640276. $34.99; Blu-ray UPC 043396640283. $40.99. Rated: R. SCIENCE FICTION/THRILLER
A band of young interstellar colonists encounters a derelict space station inhabited by embryonic xenomorphs ready to face-hug them in this film set between the first and second “Alien” movies, which aims to evoke Ridley Scott’s 1979 original.
Apartment 7A. 107 min. Natalie Erika James, Paramount. 2024. DVD UPC 191329268773. $25.99; Blu-ray UPC 191329268803. $35.99. Rated: R. HORROR
In this prequel to 1968’s Rosemary’s Baby, a young dancer with big dreams (Julia Garner) is taken under the wing of a wealthy, older couple (Dianne Wiest and Kevin McNally) whose aid comes at a high price. Evil abides in the apartment building.
The Dead Don’t Hurt. 130 min. Viggo Mortensen, Shout Factory. 2023. DVD UPC 826663247091. $15.99; Blu-ray UPC 826663247107. $25.99. Rated: R. WESTERN
Making his directorial debut, veteran actor Mortensen plays a Danish immigrant who persuades an independent woman (Vicky Krieps) to settle down with him in peaceful Nevada, before his decision to fight in the Civil War changes everything.
Eastern Condors. 98 min. In Cantonese w/English subtitles. Sammo Hung, Criterion. 1987. Blu-ray UPC 715515306317. $39.95. Rated: R. ACTION
Inspired by Hollywood war fare like The Dirty Dozen, this Hong Kong variant follows a wild bunch of Asian American prisoners sent on a dangerous mission to destroy a cache of deadly weapons before the Viet Cong can get their hands on it.
Evil Does Not Exist. 106 min. In Japanese w/English subtitles. Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Janus/Criterion. 2023. DVD UPC 715515307116. $24.95; Blu-ray UPC 715515307017. $29.99. DRAMA
In Hamaguchi’s “slow cinema” follow-up to his Oscar-winning Drive My Car, a corporation’s plan for “glamping” (a.k.a. glamorous camping) threatens the modest lives of a widower and his young daughter who are toiling in a secluded mountain village.
Joker: Folie à Deux. 138 min. Todd Phillips, Warner. 2024. DVD UPC 883929818495. $34.95; Blu-ray UPC 883929818488. $39.95. Rated: R. MUSICAL
Five years after the blockbuster Joker, the sequel arrives as a…musical?! Credit the director with originality, as Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), on trial for murder, meets the woman of his dreams (Lady Gaga). And oh boy, can she sing.
No Country for Old Men. 122 min. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Criterion. 2007. Blu-ray UPC 715515306515. $39.95. DRAMA
Based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, this Oscar-winning adaptation follows a psychopath (Javier Bardem) on a killing spree in pursuit of drug money stolen by a Vietnam vet (Josh Brolin), with a sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) on the hunt. Restored.
Sleep. 95 min. In Korean w/English subtitles. Jason Yu, Magnolia. 2023. DVD UPC 876964018401. $26.99; Blu-ray UPC 876964018418. $29.99. HORROR
A pregnant newlywed (Jung Yu-mi) is increasingly concerned by her husband’s (Lee Sun-kyun) nocturnal habits when his talking in his sleep escalates into sleepwalking. Sleep-clinic therapy fails, and a shaman is hired in a desperate search for answers.
The Wild Robot. 102 min. Chris Sanders, Universal. 2024. DVD UPC 191329266854. $34.98; Blu-ray UPC 191329266847. $39.98. Rated: PG. ANIMATION
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot is stranded on an island where he bonds with the animals and cares for an orphaned goose. Adapted from Peter Brown’s award-winning bestseller and featuring the voice of Lupita Nyong’o as the robot Roz.
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