10 NEW TO NETFLIX
“The Black Phone“
“Blue Moon“
“Colossal“
“East of Wall“
“Ema“
“Fall“
“How to Train Your Dragon“
“The Iron Claw“
“Mississippi Grind“
“Triangle of Sadness“
12 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD
“3:10 to Yuma” (Criterion)
Usually undervalued on the subject of dialogue of the most effective Westerns of all time, Delmer Daves’ 1957 banger was resurrected by James Mangold’s remake in 2007 with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. 5 years later, it was chosen for preservation within the Nationwide Movie Registry, and Criterion added it to their assortment a 12 months later in 2013. This nice movie adaptation of a brief story by Elmore Leonard stars Glenn Ford and Van Heflin within the story of a rancher who tries to get a infamous legal to the titular prepare so he can go on trial in Arizona. It’s gorgeously framed, completely paced, and now it’s the 4K part of the Criterion Assortment.
Particular Options
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Alternate 5.1 encompass soundtrack, offered in DTS-HD Grasp Audio
- One 4K UHD disc of the movie offered in Dolby Imaginative and prescient HDR and one Blu-ray with the movie and particular options
- Interviews with writer Elmore Leonard and actor Glenn Ford’s son and biographer, Peter Ford
- English subtitles for the deaf and exhausting of listening to
- PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones
“Cloud“
Among the best dwelling filmmakers, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, launched this thriller quietly in 2025, which suggests most of you in all probability haven’t seen it. Criterion has spotlighted the movie via their Janus Contemporaries model, giving it a slight however efficient launch. The vital factor will not be the particular options however that you just see this nice movie, certainly one of my favorites of 2025, and one which appears timelier every single day. It’s a few man named Yoshii who crosses paths with the improper individuals throughout certainly one of his on-line retail scams. Kurosawa has made a wise thriller that embeds its social commentary in riveting suspense. It’s nice.
Particular Options
- Meet the Filmmakers: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a Criterion Channel authentic interview
- Trailer
- Notes by critic Sean Gilman
Angus MacLachlan’s “A Little Prayer” premiered at Sundance 2023, however then fell down a rabbit gap of licensing and distribution points, getting caught within the pipeline for each two years. Lastly getting launched in Summer season 2025, it additionally performed Ebertfest and the Chicago Critics Movie Competition that 12 months, with the great MacLachlan and Levy as a visitor on the latter. MacLachlan additionally made the journey to Ebertfest, and that panel is included on this Blu-ray, co-moderated by yours really. The “Junebug” author/director returns to a world he is aware of on this tender character research of a person who discovers that his son will not be an honest individual, and what which means for his relationship with a daughter-in-law he now sees as his personal youngster. It’s good, transferring, and great.
Particular Options
- Audio Commentary by Director Angus MacLachlan
- Contained in the Arthouse with Angus MacLachlan and Jane Levy
- Panel Dialogue from EbertFest 2025
- Picture Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
“The Man Who Wasn’t There” (Criterion)
The Coen brothers beloved to modify up genres, leaping from “O Brother, The place Artwork Thou” to this noir that couldn’t be extra completely different if it tried. One of many extra underrated movies within the Coen filmography, this 2001 noir stars Billy Bob Thornton as Ed Crane, a California barber who devises a plan to blackmail his spouse’s lover. That includes a few of Roger Deakins’ most placing cinematography, this one additionally has an excellent Coen ensemble that features Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Scarlett Johansson, James Gandolfini, and a standout flip from Shalhoub. The Criterion launch consists of not solely a previously-available commentary by the Coens however a brand new dialog with the brothers and the outstanding writer Megan Abbott, a author who is aware of in regards to the James M. Cain affect on this gem.
Particular Options
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and permitted by director of pictures Roger Deakins, with 5.0 encompass DTS-HD Grasp Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the movie offered in Dolby Imaginative and prescient HDR and one Blu-ray with the movie and particular options
- Audio commentary that includes filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen and actor Billy Bob Thornton
- New dialog between the Coens and writer Megan Abbott
- Archival interview with Deakins
- Brief making-of documentary and deleted scenes
- English subtitles for the deaf and exhausting of listening to
- PLUS: An essay by writer Laura Lippman
Steven Spielberg has arguably the most effective 2-movie 12 months in historical past with 1993’s “Jurassic Park” and “Schindler’s Listing,” however one other candidate for consideration if one was making a listicle of such issues could be his equally distinct 2002: “Catch Me If You Can” and “Minority Report,” which made its 4K debut this month. The particular options stay the identical, however this can be a movie to personal in 4K, among the best sci-fi options of the 2000s, a prescient story of how know-how and surveillance would affect the world. It’s a film that will get higher each time I see it.
Particular Options
- The Future In accordance with Steven Spielberg
- Contained in the World of Precrime
- Philip Ok. Dick, Steven Spielberg, and Minority Report
- Minority Report: Future Realized
- Minority Report: Props of the Future
- Highlights From Minority Report: From the Set
- Minority Report: Commercials of the Future
- Previz Sequences
- From Story to Display
- Deconstructing Minority Report
- The Stunts of Minority Report
- ILM and Minority Report
- Ultimate Report
- Manufacturing Ideas
- Storyboard Sequences
- Unique Trailers
“Network” (Criterion)
This November marks the fiftieth anniversary of a film that feels prefer it needs to be crucial watch in a time when journalism is underneath assault. As newspapers reduce staffs and networks are more and more underneath the management of outdoor forces, return and watch Paddy Chayefsky’s devastating prediction of the place the world was headed. Peter Finch performs Howard Beale, who has a complete breakdown on dwell TV, revealing how a lot individuals love to look at private demons made public. Roger understood the facility of the movie, and Sidney Lumet’s underrated work on it, writing in his Nice Motion pictures essay: “In “Community,” which is never considered a “director’s image,” it’s his unobtrusive ability that enables all these completely different notes and power ranges to exist throughout the similar movie. In different fingers, the movie might need whirled to items. In his, it turned a touchstone.”
Particular Options
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the movie offered in Dolby Imaginative and prescient HDR and one Blu-ray with the movie and particular options
- Audio commentary that includes director Sidney Lumet
- Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Phrases (2025), a feature-length documentary in regards to the screenwriter by Matthew Miele
- The Making of “Community” (2006), a six-part documentary by Laurent Bouzereau
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and exhausting of listening to
- PLUS: An essay by political commentator and New York Instances columnist Jamelle Bouie
“Now You See Me, Now You Don’t“
In case you’re questioning how a sequel acquired made to a 2016 film that most individuals forgot, two phrases for you: Worldwide audiences. These motion pictures are shockingly large world wide, proving that the language of magic is common, I assume. The second movie revamped $330 million; this one solely about $230 million, however nonetheless effectively within the black on the revenue sheet. Why the lower? The prolonged wait between movies didn’t assist, however that is additionally a fairly lazy flick, a film that makes use of low-cost results to inform a well-recognized story with an overcrowded forged. On the one hand, it’s a serviceable distraction on a wet Saturday for those who don’t need to be challenged greater than that. On the opposite, it’s sort of a waste of time. Though it’s price noting that Lionsgate has given it a fairly strong Blu-ray with commentary, featurettes, and deleted scenes. They learn about that worldwide bodily media greenback, too.
Particular Options
- Audio Commentary with Director Ruben Fleischer and Producer Bobby Cohen
- Lord of Illusions
- Now You See Me… Once more
- Coronary heart of Stone
- Fast Change
- Nothing Up My Sleeve
- The Magic Fort
- Deleted and Prolonged Scenes
- Unique Trailer
All the pieces outdated was new once more in Fall 2025 with a reboot of “The Operating Man,” the sequel “Tron: Ares,” and this standalone “Predator” motion flick, simply the most effective of the bunch. Matt Zoller Seitz’s 4-star assessment at this web site was certainly one of our most divisive of final 12 months. I can’t fairly go that far, however I get it. That is such an authentic, enjoyable film, the correct method to construct on an current property as a substitute of simply remaking what labored earlier than. Director Dan Trachtenberg’s love for this world is palpable, and Elle Fanning is legitimately nice, as she so usually is. It additionally seems unbelievable with a number of the greatest sci-fi cinematography of final 12 months from Jeff Cutter, much more vibrant in 4K.
Particular Options
- Audio Commentary: Watch the movie with audio commentary by Director Dan Trachtenberg, Producer Ben Rosenblatt, Director of Images Jeff Cutter and Stunt Coordinator Jacob Tomuri.
- Deleted & Pre-Visualization Scenes with Elective Audio Commentary:
- Sand Entice – An early animatic model of Dek’s very completely different first encounter with Thia.
- Squirt Canyon – The total model of Dek and Thia traversing the water-filled trench whereas attempting to outlive Genna…and one another.
- Tessa vs. Abe – Tessa faces off in opposition to a superior synth on this deleted scene and storyline.
- Razor Grass – The unique previsualization of Dek, Thia, and Bud’s first hunt collectively…kind of.
- The Outpost – Thia takes Dek to a small Weyland-Yutani discipline facility the place they expertise a number of issues that ended up getting used elsewhere within the remaining movie.
- Tremendous Energy Loader Prolonged – Particular extra moments throughout Dek’s climactic remaining battle with the Tremendous Energy Loader and the Kalisk.
- Featurettes:
- Embodying the Predator – Meet the gifted workforce of designers, performers, and results artists accountable for bringing certainly one of cinema’s most terrifying creatures to life on display in methods we’ve by no means seen earlier than!
- Genuine Synthetics – Rise up shut and private with synths Thia and Tessa as star Elle Fanning walks us via the method of crafting two characters who might look the identical however have advanced in surprisingly distinctive methods.
- Constructing the Badlands – With razor sharp grass, killer bushes, and terrifying animals, by no means has a planet been extra lethal than Genna. Uncover how a workforce of artisans constructed this threatening panorama, remodeling actual areas into the harmful environments seen on display.
- Dek of the Yautja – For the primary time ever, director Dan Trachtenberg has given audiences an prolonged peek at Predator tradition. Comply with the evolution as filmmakers reveal the method behind growing the Yautja’s residence world, spacecraft, and household dynamics.
A relative hit on the fest circuit, this dramedy appeared to die in a crowded awards season. It’s too unhealthy as a result of there’s sufficient to love right here to warrant a glance. Brendan Fraser stars as an American actor who will get a job pretending to be actual individuals, comparable to a mourner at a funeral. When he’s requested to faux to be the estranged father of a bit lady, he goes together with it, resulting in inevitable heartbreak. “Rental Household” is unapologetically melodramatic, however so are the real-life actors it facilities. It must be pitched to an emotional 11, and there are sturdy supporting performances from Akira Emoto and Mari Yamamoto that assist floor it when Fraser’s puppy-dog look will get a bit too saccharine.
Particular Options
- Featurette: Rental Household Revealed — Go behind the scenes with Brendan Fraser, director HIKARI, and the Japanese forged as they discover friendship, tradition, discovered household, and filming in Japan on this intimate take a look at the making of Rental Household.
- Deleted/Prolonged Scenes:
- Columbus
- Crying Session
- Apology
- Aiko’s First Consumer
- Clearbright
- Tickets
- Audition
- Telephone Name
- Ultimate Montage
One of the best motion film of 2025 that you just in all probability haven’t seen is now obtainable on streaming and Blu-ray. Jorma Tommila returns as Aatami Korpi, who has turn into one thing of a legend for his ability dispatching Nazis from the primary movie. Joined by nice character actors Richard Brake and Stephen Lang, “Sisu: Street to Revenge” is like Looney Tunes meets “Mad Max: Fury Street,” a ludicrously pleasant motion flick that actually ought to have an enormous fan base. If simply because I need to see one other one.
Particular Options
- Upping The Ante
- Alternate Ending
It’s sort of humorous that the large biopics of 2025 like “Springsteen: Street to Nowhere” flopped this awards season and the film that’s about Neil Diamond however probably not about Neil Diamond landed an Oscar nod for Greatest Actress. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson star within the story of Lightning and Thunder, a Diamond cowl duo that made it large enough that they opened for Pearl Jam. They’re efficient, and the music guidelines, however the movie is fairly commonplace melodrama with out a lot true character improvement or visible language in any respect. Nonetheless, you can do worse for a little bit of surprising Oscar bait, particularly for those who’re attempting to see all of this 12 months’s nominees.
Particular Options
- FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH WRITER/DIRECTOR CRAIG BREWER
- EXTENDED PERFORMANCES:
- Crunchy Granola Suite
- Candy Caroline
- ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS THREE – There is no such thing as a Lightning with out Thunder. Watch as Hugh and Kate reminisce on their characters’ love story, co-dependency, and their plain electrical energy.
- LIGHTNING IN THE BOTTLE – A love letter to the small-time performers, go behind the scenes with Author/Director Craig Brewer to see how he introduced SONG SUNG BLUE to life.
- EYE FOR STYLE – On this featurette, Costume Designer Ernesto Martinez reveals the artwork of storytelling via sew and elegance.
“A Woman Under the Influence” (Criterion)
When individuals ask me the most effective efficiency of all time, I give certainly one of two solutions: Al Pacino in “Canine Day Afternoon” or Gena Rowlands on this John Cassavetes masterpiece, now upgraded to 4K by the Criterion Assortment. Her Mabel Longhetti is unforgettable, a simmering cauldron of emotional upheaval. As Roger wrote in his Nice Motion pictures assessment, “Her insanity burns amid the confusions of home life. Nothing goes simply.” What an excellent line for an excellent film.
Particular Options
- Excessive-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary by sound recordist and composer Bo Harwood and digicam operator Michael Ferris
- Dialog between actors Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk
- Archival audio interview with director John Cassavetes by movie historians Michel Ciment and Michael Wilson
- Trailer
- Stills gallery that includes behind-the-scenes manufacturing photographs
- English subtitles for the deaf and exhausting of listening to
- PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and an interview with Cassavetes from 1975
