NOW IN THEATERS:
Alien: Romulus – The tenth (!) installment in the Alien franchise has arrived just and coming not a moment too soon since only a paltry three other films in the series have been released in the last twelve years. Here Fede Alvarez takes over the directing chair, serving up an inventive and wholly original tale wherein space colonizers find themselves battling the title creature, while trying to salvage a space station. Thankfully, the folks behind these films haven’t run out of ideas yet.
Photo: Alien: Romulus
NEW TO STREAMING:
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (***) is a new documentary on the life and times of the legendary muse of The Rolling Stones. Extensive home movies, interviews and archival footage paint a very interesting portrait of the rock and roller, wife and mother.
NEW TO DISC:
Arrow:
When Titans Ruled the Earth: Clash of the Titans & Wrath of the Titans (2010-2012)-The two mythical adventures starring Sam Worthington have made the 4K leap in a handsome new box set that includes such bonus goodies as deleted scenes, featurettes, posters and a collectible booklet.
Shout/Scream Factory:
Death to Smoochy (2002) The saga of fueling hosts of a children’s TV show, starring Robin Williams and Edward Norton, comes to Blu-Ray as part of the Shout Selects line of titles. The release includes new bonus material as well.
The animated film, The Last Unicorn (1982), also gets the 4K UHD disc treatment and retains previously issued extras.
Collectible 4K steelbook editions of The Return of the Living Dead and The Evil Dead (2013) have also been issued which contain the same content as previous editions.
Sony:
Can’t Hardly Wait (1998) Jennifer Love-Hewitt stars in this high school comedy getting its first ever 4K UHD release. Previously issued extras have been retained.
Kino:
Prime Cut (1972) The Michael Ritchie directed crime thriller about a mob enforcer (Lee Marvin) sent to collect debts from the thieving owner of a meat packing business (Gene Hackman) also comes to 4K UHD this week. Extras include new commentaries.
Criterion:
Not a Pretty Picture (1976) The sexual assault of a high classmate forms the basis of this critically acclaimed autobiographical film from director Martha Coolidge. Extras include an interview and a documentary.
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