Titles arriving May 24 include The Finest Hours, Zoolander No. 2, Manhunter and the last classic Doctor Who
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s look at all the top titles arriving this week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. Check out the gallery viewer below for a look at the major new releases, catalogue films and television collections hitting shelves and/or VOD beginning Tuesday, May 24, 2016.
Recent big screen releases coming home May 24 include Walt Disney Pictures‘ recent historical thriller The Finest Hours, which details the true story of the greatest small boat rescue in Coast Guard history. May 24 also brings home the Warner Bros. comedy How to Be Single, the biblical thriller Risen and the Paramount Pictures comedy sequel Zoolander No. 2.
Scream Factory has a treat for Thomas Harris fans this week with a new two-disc set of Michael Mann’s Manhunter, offering both theatrical and director’s cuts and a host of newly created special features.
The Criterion Collection this week turns its attention back to the late, great Robert Altman, offering up a new HD edition of his 1992 comedy, The Player.
Kino Lorber delivers this week a three disc Buster Keaton Shorts set, offering 19 different silent comedies featuring the Great Stone Face.
Small screen releases coming home May 24 include a trio of DVD only titles, beginning with the first season of WGN America‘s Outsiders. This week also brings home Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace, the very last classic Who release since the series began its DVD run 15 years ago. Shout! Factory, meanwhile, re-releases Rhino’s long out of print Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume 2.
Warner Archive this week has another wave of rare MOD titles, beginning with a set of James A. FitzPatrick’s travel documentaries. FitzPatrick Traveltalks Vol. 1 spans from 1934 to 1946, overlapping with WA’s latest wave of WWII era titles. This week brings us Seven Miles From Alcatraz, The Navy Comes Through, Marine Raiders and China Sky.
Titles available via Digital HD the week of May 24 include the true Michael Bay military tale 13 Hours, the true sports drama Eddie the Eagle, Joel and Ethan Coen’s homage to classic Hollywood, Hail, Caesar, the spy comedy The Brothers Grimsby, the supernatural horror feature The Other Side of the Door and the drama Touched with Fire, starring Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby.
You can check out cover art for all the May 24 releases in the gallery viewer below alongside a listing of each release’s special features (where applicable):
May 24, 2016: This Week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD
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The Finest Hours
- Against All Odds: The Bernie Webber Story – Visit the quaint and close-knit town of Chatham, and experience the events surrounding the most heroic Coast Guard rescue ever through the eyes of the people who witnessed them.
- Brotherhood – Cast members reflect on the bonds they forged during the shoot.
- Two Crews – Pine and Affleck share insights into Bernie Webber and Ray Sybert, men who led their respective crews against all odds.
- What Is Your Finest Hour? – A Coast Guard member recounts an incredible rescue.
- The Finest Inspiration: The US Coast Guard – Meet the people who put their lives on the line for others.
- Deleted Scenes – "A Desperate Idea" and "The Story of How They Met" -
How to Be Single
- The Pros and Cons of How To Be Single
- Rebel Rabble: A Look at Rebel Wilson
- The Best Idea Wins! The Humor of How To Be Single
- Deleted Scenes
- Gag Reel
- Rebel Wilson Outtakes -
Risen
- Deleted Scenes
- The Battle of the Zealots Deconstructed
- The Mystery of The Resurrection: Making Risen
- A.D. Jerusalem
- Script to Screen
- Audio Commentary -
Zoolander No. 2
- The Zoolander Legacy
- Go Big or Go Rome
- Drake Sather: The Man Who Created Zoolander
- Youth Milk -
Manhunter
Disc 1: Theatrical Version of the film (HD)
- The Mind of Madness – an interview with William Petersen (18 minutes)
- Courting a Killer – an interview with actress Joan Allen (16 minutes)
- Francis is Gone Forever – an interview with actor Tom Noonan (22 minutes)
- The First Lecktor – an interview with actor Brian Cox (40 minutes)
- The Eye of the Storm – an interview with director of photography Dante Spinotti (36 minutes)
- The Music of MANHUNTER – including interviews with composer Michel Rubini, Barry Andrews (Shriekback), Gary Putman (The Prime Movers), Rick Shaffer (The Reds) and Gene Stashuk (Red 7) (42 minutes)
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Still GalleryDisc 2: Director's Cut of the film (HD with Standard Definition inserts)
- Audio Commentary by writer/director Michael Mann
- Director's Cut of the film (in Standard Definition)
- The Manhunter Look - A Conversation with cinematographer Dante Spinotti (10 minutes)
- Inside Manhunter with stars William Petersen, Joan Allen, Brian Cox and Tom Noonan (18 minutes) -
The Player
- New 4K digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary from 1992 featuring director Robert Altman, writer Michael Tolkin, and cinematographer Jean Lépine
- Interview with Altman from 1992
- New interviews with Tolkin, actor Tim Robbins, associate producer David Levy, and production designer Stephen Altman
- Cannes Film Festival press conference from 1992 with cast and crew
- Robert Altman’s Players, a short documentary about the shooting of the film’s fund-raiser scene
- Map to the Stars, a gallery dedicated to the cameo appearances in the film
- Deleted scenes and outtakes
- The film’s opening shot, with alternate commentaries by Altman, Lépine, and Tolkin
- Trailers and TV spots
- An essay by author Sam Wasson -
Buster Keaton Shorts Collection
- Coney Island Scene Comparison
- My Wife's Relations Scene Comparison
- Alternate European Version of The Blacksmith
- 24-page booklet with detailed film notes and essay by Jeffrey Vance, author of Buster Keaton Remembered
- Introduction by film preservationist Serge Bromberg -
Fitzpatrick Travel Talks Vol. 1
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China Sky
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Marine Raiders
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The Navy Comes Through
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Seven Miles From Alcatraz
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Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
- Audio Commentary for all 4 episodes
- A Fishy Tale: making-of documentary (28:30)
- The Television Centre of the Universe Part Two (32:10)
- Photo Gallery
- Radio Times listings -
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Volume 2
- Cave Dwellers
- Pod People
- Angels Revenge
- Shorts Vol. 1, Featuring:
The Home Economics Story
Junior Rodeo Daredevils
Body Care & Grooming
Cheating
A Date With Your Family
Why Study Industrial Arts?
Chicken Of Tomorrow
- MST Hour Wraps For Cave Dwellers and Pod People -
The Outsiders
- “Up on the Mountain: The First Season"
- "Meet the Farrells"
- Deleted Scenes -
13 Hours
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Eddie the Eagle
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Hail, Caesar!
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The Brothers Grimsby
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The Other Side of the Door
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Touched
