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January 28:
Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus Season 2: Second season focuses on funk-music greats including James Brown, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Rick James and others. (Digital only)
January 29:
At Eternity's Gate: During a self-imposed exile in Arles and Auvers-Sur-Oise, France, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh develops his unique, colorful style of painting. While grappling with religion, mental illness and a tumultuous friendship with French artist Paul Gauguin, van Gogh begins to focus on his relationship with eternity rather than the pain his art causes him in the present. (DVD, Blu-ray release: February 12)
Ballers: The Complete Fourth Season: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in this series as a retired football superstar trying to reinvent himself as a financial manager for current players in sun-soaked Miami. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
Blood Brother: When an ex-con takes murderous revenge against childhood friends whom he believes let him take the fall for a crime they collectively committed, one of the friends, now a cop, risks his life to stop him in this gritty crime-drama. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: Inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic tale the beloved ballet "The Nutcracker," 14-year-old Clara (Mackenzie Foy) travels to a magical, mysterious world with breathtaking adventures plus sweets, snowflakes, soldiers, scurrying mice ... and no shortage of surprises. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
February 1:
Driving While Black: A dark comedy, rooted deeply in reality ... but not a reality that everybody is familiar with. Dimitri delivers pizzas for a living -- but as a young black man he is faced with "extra" challenges while navigating the city. (VOD, Digital only)
Ballers: The Complete Fourth Season
(2018) Single disc with nine episodes. Success hits hard. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in this series as a retired football superstar trying to reinvent himself as a financial manager for current players in sun-soaked Miami. After refusing to compromise his principles by joining an alliance with the filthy-rich Anderson brothers to move a football franchise to Las Vegas, Spencer and his partner Joe set out to expand their foothold in the client-management business, weighing an opportunity to purchase an extreme-sports LA outfit. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, Digital. (HBO).
Blood Brother
(2018) Trey Songz, Jack Kesy, China Anne McClain, Hassan Johnson, Tanee McCall, Fetty Wap. Gritty crime drama takes place on the mean streets of a city in decay, where a recently released convict begins to take murderous revenge against his childhood friends, whom he believes let him take the fall for a crime they collectively committed. As the bodies start piling up, one of the friends, now a cop, will stop at nothing to put an end to the murderous rampage and to right the many wrongs of their tragically violent past. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Audio Commentary with director John Pogue and actor Trey Songz, “Blood Brother: Behind the Scenes” featurette. (Lionsgate).
Crashing: The Complete Second Season
(2018) Single-disc with all nine episodes. Executive produced by Judd Apatow and Pete Holmes, and loosely inspired by Holmes' personal experiences in stand-up comedy, "Crashing" follows an aspiring comic named Pete, who finds out his wife is cheating on him, forcing a move to New York to pursue his dream of being a comedian. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, Digital. Extras: "Invitation to the Set," "The Secrets of Roasting." (HBO).
Humans 3.0
(2018) Eight episodes. In the near future, humanoid servants called Synthetics have been created to help busy families simplify their lives. The AMC UK series explores the intersection of man and machine. One year after synths around the globe gained consciousness, human distrust of synths is at an all-time high, and both populations struggle to cope with the fallout. Human lawyer Laura (Katherine Parkinson) fights for synth rights at a high-profile government commission, while Mia (Gemma Chan) and Max (Ivanno Jeremiah) run a settlement for sentient synths. But Max is torn between his new role as leader and helping his friend, human-synth hybrid Leo (Colin Morgan). When a bomb blast at a synth-friendly bar inflames already high tensions, Niska (Emily Berrington) searches for the perpetrator, and what she finds will have monumental consequences for humans and synths alike. Formats: Three-disc DVD, two-disc Blu-ray. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette. (Acorn Media).
In the Heat of the Night
(1967) Passing through the backwoods town of Sparta, Mississippi, Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) becomes embroiled in a murder case. He forms an uneasy alliance with the bigoted police chief (Rod Steiger), who faces mounting pressure from Sparta's hostile citizens to catch the killer and run the African American interloper out of town. Director Norman Jewison splices incisive social commentary into this thrilling police procedural with the help of Haskell
The Night is Short, Walk on Girl
(2018 -- Japan) Winner of the 2018 Japan Academy Prize for Best Animated Feature. As a group of teens go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as “The Girl with Black Hair” experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife, all the while unaware of the romantic longings of Senpai, a fellow student who has been creating
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
(2018) Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Jayden Fowora-Knight. Inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic tale the beloved ballet "The Nutcracker," 14-year-old Clara (Mackenzie Foy) travels to a magical, mysterious world with breathtaking adventures plus sweets, snowflakes, soldiers, scurrying mice ... and no shortage of surprises. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital. Blu-ray extras: "On Pointe: A Conversation with Misty Copeland"; "Unwrapping The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" featurette on production design, sets, costumes and more that helped transform a beloved ballet into an adventurous movie; deleted scenes; music videos: “Fall on Me” Performed by Andrea Bocelli featuring Matteo Bocelli and “The Nutcracker Suite” performed by Lang Lang. (Disney).
Boy Erased
The story of Jared (Lucas Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe) at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a conversion therapy program -- or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith. This is the true story of one young man's struggle to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity.
Vitals: Director: Joel Edgerton. Stars: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, Russell Crowe, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse LaTourette.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: R, 115 min., Drama, Box office gross: $6.659
million, Universal.
Extras: Deleted and extended scenes; "Jared Revealed" discussion with actor Lucas Hedges and Garrard Conley, upon which the story is based; "Becoming the Eamons" with Nicole Kidman Russell Crowe; "Man Consumed: Joel Edgerton" production featurette. 
Hunter Killer
Deep under the Arctic Ocean, American submarine Captain Joe Glass (Butler) is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress when he uncovers a secret Russian coup threatening to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Captain Glass must now assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to rescue the kidnapped Russian president and sneak through enemy waters to stop WWIII.
Vitals: Director: Donovan Marsh. Stars: Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini, Toby Stephens.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: R, 121 min., Action Thriller, Box office gross: $15.767 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: Audio commentary with director Donovan Marsh, “Surface Tension: Declassifying Hunter Killer” (two-part featurette).
The Wife
Adaptation of Meg Wolitzer's critically acclaimed novel. After nearly 40 years of marriage, Joan and Joe Castleman (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man's Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe's literary star has blazed since he and Joan first met in the late 1950. The film interweaves the story of the couple's youthful passion and ambition with a portrait of a marriage, 30-plus years later -- a lifetime's shared compromises, secrets, betrayals, and mutual love. The film introduces Annie Starke, daughter of Glenn Close, who plays the younger Joan Castleman.
Vitals: Director: Björn Runge. Stars: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Annie Starke.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: R, 100 min., Drama, Box office gross: $8.152 million, Sony.
Extras: "Keeping Secrets: Glenn Close on The Wife"; "In Conversation With the Cast of The Wife": Q&A featuring Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Annie Starke, Christian Slater and Björn Runge; Q&A with author Meg Wolitzer and Glenn Close.
Suspiria
Twisted re-imagining of Dario Argento’s 1977 horror cult classic. Young American dancer Susie Bannion arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company, stunning the troupe’s famed choreographer, Madame Blanc, with her raw talent. When she vaults to the role of lead dancer, Olga, the previous lead, breaks down and accuses the company’s female directors of being witches. As rehearsals intensify for the final performance of the company’s signature piece, Susie and Madame Blanc grow strangely close, suggesting that Susie’s purpose in the company goes beyond merely dancing. Meanwhile, an inquisitive psychotherapist trying to uncover the company’s dark secrets enlists the help of another dancer, who probes the depths of the studio’s hidden underground chambers, where horriffic discoveries await.
Vitals: Director: Luca Gudagnino. Stars: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Chloë Grace Moretz.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: R, 152 min., Horror, Box office gross: $2.474 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: “The Making of Suspiria” featurette, “The Secret Language of Dance” featurette, “The Transformations of Suspiria” featurette.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic tale the beloved ballet "The Nutcracker," 14-year-old Clara (Mackenzie Foy) travels to a magical, mysterious world with breathtaking adventures plus sweets, snowflakes, soldiers, scurrying mice ... and no shortage of surprises. Clara travels along a golden thread, presented at Drosselmeyer’s (Morgan Freeman) annual party, eagerly searching for a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a music box that holds a priceless gift. When she enters a mysterious parallel world, Clara encounters a Nutcracker soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and three Realm regents, including the Sugar Plum Fairy (Keira Knightley). Ultimately, she must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve the key and return harmony to the unstable world.
Vitals: Director: Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston. Stars: Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Jayden Fowora-Knight.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 99 min., Musical, Box office gross: $54.760 million, Disney.
Blu-ray extras: "On Pointe: A Conversation with Misty Copeland"; "Unwrapping The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" featurette on production design, sets, costumes and more that helped transform a beloved ballet into an adventurous movie; deleted scenes; music videos: “Fall on Me” Performed by Andrea Bocelli featuring Matteo Bocelli and “The Nutcracker Suite” performed by Lang Lang.
Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls
(2018) Chris Klein, Jon Lovitz, Chelsey Reist, Lochlyn Munro, Garfield Wilson. Ben McGrath (Klein) had major league potential playing professional baseball, but his hopes to play ball literally get crushed. Down on his luck, Ben gets another swing at redemption as a new attorney for Schmood & Associates. His unorthodox boss, Mel (Lovitz), convinces him to manage their eclectic softball team full of misfits and strikeouts. Together, will they have enough spirit to rally and win it all?
Formats: DVD, Digital. (Universal).
Boy Erased
(2018) Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, Russell Crowe, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse LaTourette. The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Deleted and extended scenes; "Jared Revealed" discussion with actor Lucas Hedges and Garrard Conley, upon which the story is based; "Becoming the Eamons" with Nicole Kidman Russell Crowe; "Man Consumed: Joel Edgerton" production featurette. (Universal).
The Game: The Complete Series
(2006-2015) Twenty-disc set with all 147 episodes of the spin-off of "Girlfriends," featuring a group of women who all have relationships with professional football players. It may seem glamourous being the wife or girlfriend of a pro-football player, but Melanie Barnett quickly learns the hard truth. After her boyfriend, Derwin Davis, gets drafted as the new third-string wide receiver for the San Diego Sabers, Melanie discovers her role is much more than supporting her beau from the sidelines. She must pick up a playbook of her own and learn the power plays that NFL wives use to get their men the best agents, managers, charity opportunities, endorsements and merchandising deals. Formats: DVD. Extras: "The Game: Girlfriends Spin Off," interviews, gag reel, "Bringin' Back The Game," "Playing The Game," deleted scenes. (CBS/Paramount).
Henri
(2018) Eli Jeffree Zen, Eric Roberts, Robert LaSardo, Burt Rewynolds, Lori Katz.
Henri, a peaceful man with special skills, becomes entangled in the affairs of the Chesney family, who have been a menace to the community for years ... but the sheriff is reluctant to push the issue due to his own indiscretions. When his girlfriend is targeted, Henri takes the law into his own hands and delivers his own justice to the Chesney family. Formats: DVD. (Monarch Home Entertainment).
Hunter Killer
(2018) Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini, Toby Stephens. An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: Audio commentary with director Donovan Marsh, “Surface Tension:Declassifying Hunter Killer” (two-part featurette). (Lionsgate).
Wexler's vivid cinematography, Quincy Jones's eclectic score, and two indelible lead performances -- a career-defining display of seething indignation and moral authority from Poitier and an Oscar-winning master class in Method acting from Steiger. Winner of five Academy Awards, including for best picture, "In the Heat of the Night" is one of the most courageous Hollywood films of the civil rights era. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc with new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. Extras: New interview with director Norman Jewison; new interview with actor Lee Grant; new interview with Aram Goudsouzian, author of "Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon"; audio commentary from 2008 featuring Jewison, Grant, actor Rod Steiger, and cinematographer Haskell Wexler; "Turning Up the Heat: Movie-Making in the '60s," a 2008 program about the production of the film and its legacy, featuring Jewison, Wexler, producer Walter Mirisch, and filmmakers John Singleton and Reginald Hudlin; "Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound," a 2008 program about Jones's innovative soundtrack, including its title song sung by Ray Charles, featuring interviews with Jones, lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and musician Herbie Hancock; trailer; an essay by critic K. Austin Collins. (The Criterion Collection).
Kidding: Season One
(2018) Two-disc set with all 10 episodes. Jeff Piccirillo (Jim Carrey) is the face of a longtime children's TV show called "Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time." However, behind his jovial Mr. Pickles mask, Jeff struggles with the death of his son Phil (Cole Allen), his separation from his wife Jill (Judy Greer), and his conflict with his father Seb (Frank Langella), with whom he works as the producer of his TV show. Rounding up the first-season cast of "Kidding" are Catherine Keener as Jeff's sister Didi, Juliet Morris as Didi's daughter Maddy, Bernard White as Didi's husband Scott, and Justin Kirk as Jill's new boyfriend. Cole Allen also stars as Will, Jeff's other son and Phil's twin. Guest stars include Tara Lipinski and Conan O'Brien as themselves.
Formats: DVD. Extras: "Meet Mr. Pickles," "Meet the Pickles Family," "Shooting Shaina's Sequence," "How Kidding Came to Be" stop-motion sequence. (Showtime/Paramount).
increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her, in an effort to win her heart. Featuring boundless imagination and visual wit, "The Night is Short, Walk on Girl" is a celebration of the unconventional, confusing routes that life and love can take, from one of the most exciting voices in anime today. Formats: Blu-ray/DVD Combo. Extras: Interview with director Masaaki Yuasa, trailers, TV Spots. (GKIDS/Shout! Factory).