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OnVideo's Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases
March 30
One Nation Under Stress: HBO documentary that explores the causes and effects of chronic stress from scientific, economic and sociological perspectives. Investigates the recent three-year decline in U.S. life expectancy for the first time in a hundred years to find insights on why we’re experiencing so much stress, its effect on Americans, and its consequences for the health of the nation. (VOD only)
March 31
Bad Boys for Life: The original Bad Boys, Mike Lowry (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), are back. After a string of assassinations and an attempt on Mike’s life, he convinces a hesitant Marcus to hold off retirement and partner one last time. (DVD, Blu-ray release: April 21)
Sonic the Hedgehog : Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega. In this live-action adventure comedy, the world's speediest hedgehog embraces his new home on Earth and, with his new best friend Tom (James Marsden), defends the planet from the evil genius Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) and his plans for world domination. (DVD, Blu-ray release: May 19)
April 3
Rogue Warfare: The Hunt: When the leader of an elite team of soldiers is captured by terrorists, it is up to the team to find and rescue him before it is too late. (Digital, VOD only)
The Captain
(2019 -- China) Hanyu Zhang, Hao Ou, Jiang Du. On the morning of May 14th, 2018, Airbus flight A319 is thrown into a state of panic when the cockpit windshield shatters after takeoff. Cabin temperatures plummet, passengers are losing consciousness, and all communication to control is lost. Heading into an enormous storm with the co-pilot sucked halfway out of the cockpit window, the plane’s strong-willed captain, Liu Chuan Jian, is determined to bring everyone home safely. Based on a true incident. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, Digital. (Well Go USA).
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
(1980) 40th Anniversary Edition. A subgenre of 1970s cinema, Bruceploitation clung to the box office success of the Bruce Lee legacy after the star’s untimely demise in 1973, utilizing Lee lookalikes and archival footage from the legend himself. Carving a niche within the grindhouse market, Bruceploitation not only appealed to fans of the day, but has generated a cult status in recent years. True to Bruceploitation fashion, "Fist of Fear, Touch of Death" features eye-popping combat scenes viewers will have to see to believe, putting the 1979 World Karate Championship at center stage, where martial artists take their shot at eliminating the
The Prince of Tides
(1991) For her acclaimed second feature as a director, Barbra Streisand crafted a sumptuous, emotionally wrenching adaptation of Pat Conroy’s best-selling novel -- which she also produced and starred in. Summoned to New York after his sister attempts suicide, Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte) must serve as her memory, reckoning with the traumas of their southern childhood so that her psychiatrist, Dr. Susan Lowenstein (Streisand), can help her recover. But Tom’s sessions with
Spy Intervention
(2020) Drew Van Acker, Poppy Delevingne, Blake Anderson. When Corey Gage, the world's greatest spy, suddenly meets the woman of his dreams, he decides to abandon his adventurous existence and settles for the security of suburbia -- a quaint existence he's never known. It doesn't take long for him to be completely bored and while he refuses to admit it, when an evil plot to ruin the world pushes his former spy friend to enact a "spy intervention," he is easily convinced that if he returns to his old life, the adventure will not only help save his listless marriage, it will also save the world. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (Cinedigm).
What's My Name: Muhammad Ali
(2019) One of the most iconic figures in athletic history, Muhammad Ali's incredible story from world champion boxer to inspiring social activist is presented through archival footage and recordings of his own voice. The film explores Ali's challenges, confrontations, comebacks and triumphs both in and out of the ring. Formats: DVD. (HBO/Warner Archive).
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The battle between the Jedi and the Sith comes to a thrilling conclusion in this final chapter of the Skywalker Saga. A year following the events of The Last Jedi, the remaining members of the Resistance are forced to confront their past while taking on the First Order one more time. The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more as Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron's journey continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle commences.
Vitals: Director: J.J. Abrams. Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Anthony Daniels, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Ian McDiarmid, Naomi Ackie, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Greg Grunberg, Billie Lourd, Keri Russell.
2019, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 142 min., Science Fiction, Box office gross: $514.238 million, Disney.
Extras: "The Skywalker Legacy" feature-length documentary; "Pasaana Pursuit: Creating the Speeder Chase"; "Aliens in the Desert"; "D-O: Key to the Past"; "Warwick & Son": Warwick Davis, who played Wicket in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, dons the Ewok costume once more; this time joined by his son Harrison; "Cast of Creatures."
Three brilliant visionaries set off in a charged battle for the future in the epic story of the cutthroat competition that literally lit up the modern world. Benedict Cumberbatch is Thomas Edison, the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his radical new DC technology. On the eve of triumph, his plans are upended by charismatic businessman George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), who believes he and his partner, the upstart genius Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult), have a superior idea for how to rapidly electrify America: with AC current. As Edison and Westinghouse grapple for who will power the nation, they spark one of the first and greatest corporate feuds in American history, establishing for future Titans of Industry the need to break all the rules.
Vitals: Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Fisher.
2019, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 102 min., Drama, Box office gross: $5.979 million, Universal.
Extras: Deleted scenes, commentary with director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon.
competition and claiming the title of “successor to the Bruce Lee legacy.” Using mockumentary-style interviews in the film, hosted by Academy Award-nominee Adolph Caesar, martial arts masters Fred Williamson and Ron Van Clief, among others, emerge from every corner of the martial arts world to give their take on whether any competitor can be deemed worthy of the Bruce Lee legacy. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: "That’s Bruceploitation" featurette, new interviews with Fred Williamson and Ron Van Clief, limited-edition Blu-ray copies will feature a special liner note booklet written by Justin Decloux and Will Sloan, hosts of The Important Cinema Club podcast. (The Film Detective).
Formats:Lowenstein will plunge him into the depths of his own long-repressed pain -- and reawaken the possibility of love within him. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Nolte’s soulful performance, "The Prince of Tides" is a life-affirming tale of healing and renewal from a triple-threat filmmaker with a keen and humane insight into her characters’ sorrows, joys, and yearnings.
DVD, Blu-ray Disc with new 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Barbra Streisand, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray. Extras: Audio commentary featuring Streisand, recorded in 1991 and updated in 2019; making-of featurette from 1991; excerpt from a 2018 interview with Streisand, conducted by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez on El Rey Network’s "The Director’s Chair"; audition and rehearsal footage; deleted scenes and alternate takes; costume and makeup tests; alternate end credits with vocal performance by Streisand; behind-the-scenes footage; gag reel; production-stills gallery and other archival materials; interview with author Pat Conroy from a 1992 episode of "Cinema Showcase" with Jim Whaley; interview with Streisand from a 1992 episode of the British television show "Aspel & Company" with Michael Aspel; trailers; an essay by film historian Bruce Eder. (The Criterion Collection).
Show Boat
(1936) Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s immortal musical adaptation of Edna Ferber’s sprawling novel receives its most faithful and enduring cinematic adaptation under the elegant direction of James Whale. A rich portrait of changing American entertainment traditions and race relations, "Show Boat" spans four decades and three generations as it follows the fortunes of the stage-struck Magnolia (Irene Dunne), an aspiring actor whose journey takes her from her family’s humble floating playhouse in the 1880s South to the height of fame in the 1930s North. The cast of show-business legends includes Helen Morgan, Hattie McDaniel, Charles Winninger, and the great Paul Robeson, whose iconic, soul-shaking rendition of “Ol’ Man River” is one of the crowning glories of the American stage and screen.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc with new, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray.
Extras: Audio commentary from 1989 featuring American-musical historian Miles Kreuger; new interview with James Whale biographer James Curtis; "Recognizing Race in Show Boat,” a new interview program featuring professor and author Shana L. Redmond; "Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist" (1979), an Academy Award-winning short documentary by Saul J. Turell, newly restored; two performances from the sound prologue of the 1929 film version of "Show Boat," plus 20 minutes of silent excerpts from the film, with audio commentary by Kreuger; two radio adaptations of Show Boat, featuring stage and screen cast members Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, and Charles Winninger; actor Orson Welles, and novelist Edna Ferber; an essay by critic Gary Giddins. (The Criterion Collection).
