Welcome to ComingSoon’s week of January 4 new releases column. We’ve highlighted this week’s 4K, Blu-ray, Digital HD, and DVD releases below. Click each highlighted title to purchase through Amazon or other retailers.
Movies on Blu-ray/DVD
Antlers
The wendigo, a cannibalistic, demonic monster that can drive the unsuspecting to do the unspeakable. Producer Guillermo del Toro and director Scott Cooper bring this terrifying myth to shocking life in this richly complex, chilling horror film. When a small-town Oregon teacher (Keri Russell) and her brother (Jesse Plemons), the local sheriff, seek to help a troubled young boy who harbors a strange secret, the consequences are more dreadful than they could have imagined. A tale of reckoning, Antlers ties a horrifying ancient terror to the modern plagues of poverty, addiction, and environmental devastation brought on by insatiable human greed.
The Djinn
A mute boy is trapped in his apartment with a sinister monster when he makes a wish to fulfill his heart’s greatest desire.
The Superdeep
In 1984, a Russian research team go below the surface to find out what secret the world’s deepest borehole was hiding.
Together
In an honest and hilarious depiction of life during lockdown from director Stephen Daldry, James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan play a couple who are forced to re-evaluate themselves when they’re stuck indoors for more than a year. Check out ComingSoon’s review.
Weathering With You 4K
From Makoto Shinkai, the director of the global smash hit Your Name., comes a critically-acclaimed new romantic drama set in the rain-soaked streets (and skies) of modern Tokyo. The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if to suggest his future. He lives his days in isolation, but finally finds work as a writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
Zeros and Ones
An American soldier stationed in Rome with the Vatican blown up, embarks on a hero’s journey to uncover and defend against an unknown enemy threatening the entire world.
Criterion Corner
No New Releases
Reissues
All My Sons
A wartime tragedy of a family torn apart and forced to come to terms with their inner demons. Chris Keller (Burt Lancaster) returns home from war with news of his impending engagement to Ann Deever, the fiancée of his missing-in-action and presumed-dead brother. With Ann come memories better left forgotten. As the ghosts of the past creep back into the Keller home, Chris’s father (Edward G. Robinson) makes a stunning and painful revelation that will change the family forever. Directed by Irving Reis and shot by Russell Metty, this powerful drama is an unforgettable tale of moral dilemmas and remains a timeless classic.
Rich and Strange
Rich and Strange, also known as East of Shanghai, is the splendid seafaring comedy from legendary director Alfred Hitchcock’s early years in the British film industry. Fred Hill (Henry Kendall) and his wife Emily (Joan Barry) lead a boring existence in the London suburbs. When the Hills come into an inheritance from a wealthy uncle, Fred quits his mundane job and they embark on a world cruise to get a taste of the high life. But all does not go as planned as the couple’s voyage becomes fraught with treacherous romantic duplicities. Money does not buy happiness when Hitchcock steers the ship!
Shake Hands with the Devil
A powerful, action-packed drama about the Irish War of Independence starring screen great James Cagney. In 1921, Kerry O’Shea, an American medical student living in Ireland, learns that his esteemed professor, Sean Lenihan, is also a leader in Ireland’s rebel army. Even though Kerry’s father and roommate have both been killed by British troops, he refuses to join the Irish rebellion. However, after Kerry is unjustly imprisoned and tortured by the British “Black and Tans,” he fully commits himself to the cause of Irish freedom.
New On Digital HD
The Commando
In this edge-of-your-seat crime thriller starring Michael Jai White and Mickey Rourke, an elite DEA agent (White) returns home after a failed mission when his family makes an unexpected discovery in their house – a stash of money worth $3 million. They soon face the danger and threat of a newly released criminal (Rourke) and his crew who will do whatever it takes to retrieve the money – including kidnap the agent’s daughters. Stakes are high and lives are at risk in this head-to-head battle as the agent stops at nothing to protect his family against the money-hungry criminals. Check out ComingSoon’s interview with Michael Jai White.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
When a single mom and her kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
King Richard
Based on a true story. Richard Williams, father of legendary tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams, shows family and perseverance can achieve the impossible and impact the world.
TV on Blu-ray and DVD
Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero: The Complete Series
Magic kingdom saved. Dark Lord defeated. His daughter successfully snuck through isekai customs. Akatsuki’s story is over, right? Wrong. Back in the real world, magic school is mandatory, classmates are devious, and oh—he & Miu have to act like siblings.
Canaan: Complete Collection
Includes all 13 episodes on two discs, clean opening and closing animations, and Minorikawa’s Report special features.
The Devil Is a Part-Timer!: Season 1
Inches away from conquering the world, the devil is foiled by a hero and finds himself in modern-day Tokyo. Without his magic and with no real-world skills, Satan is forced to make ends meet flipping burgers at a fast food joint!
My Next Life as A Villainess
Includes all 12 episodes on two discs. Plus, clean opening and closing animations.
One Piece: Season 11 Voyage 6
The battle in the Birdcage rages on, and the scattered targets face their fates. Usopp has one shot to snipe Sugar from afar. Sabo and Fujitora’s fight heats up. Kyros defends Rebecca against her mother’s murderer, Diamante. Luffy and Law reach the top of the royal palace to take on Doflamingo, where he reveals his true identity—and Law reveals the legacy of Corazon.
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