Titles arriving February 23 include Spotlight, The Good Dinosaur, The Big Sleep and more!
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, February 23, 2016.
Disney•Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur kicks off a diverse week with February 23 also bringing home Tom McCarthy’s critically-acclaimed Spotlight (currently nominated for six Academy Awards) and Billy Ray’s intense drama, Secret in Their Eyes, starrring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts.
Other recent big screen releases coming home February 23 include director Bernard Rose’s contemporary take on Frankenstein, Lawrence Roeck’s western thriller Diablo, Steven C. Miller’s CIA thriller Extraction and the true football tale My All American.
The Criterion Collection delivers two very different comedy dramas September 23, inducting into the collection both Mike Nichols’ eternal coming-of-age comedy drama The Graduate and Antonio Pietrangeli’s I Knew Her Well, which follows Stefania Sandrelli as a young woman attempting to become an actress and model in 1960s Rome.
Shout! Factory continues to give the works of the late Wes Craven impressive Blu-rays, releasing this week a collector’s edition of the horror master’s The Serpent and the Rainbow. They’ve also got two double features hitting September 23. One includes both The Curse and Curse II: The Bite and another pairs the time travel thriller Millennium with the 1987 robot rampage feature, R.O.T.O.R.
Warner Archive has a double serving of Humphrey Bogart this week with the HD debut of both The Big Sleep and Key Largo. On DVD, they’re offering up two Hedy Lamarr films, White Cargo and Lady of the Tropics. Then there’s a full nine westerns (Lawless Valley, Arizona Legion, Trouble in Sundown, Racketeers of the Range, Timber Stampede, The Fighting Gringo, Bullet Code, Prairie Law and Stage to Chino) included in the George O’Brien Western Collection.
Kino Lorber releases this week two Fritz Lang classics, Woman in the Moon and Spies, both of which hit Blu-ray for the very first time.
Small screen releases arriving February 23 include the recent Doctor Who Christmas special The Husbands of River Song, the second season of the acclaimed FX series Fargo and, on DVD only, Disney XD‘s recent telefilm, The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar.
Finishing out the week are a quartet of Digital HD releases. An ensemble cast of A-listers lead Adam McKay’s terrifying true story of American economics, The Big Short; James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe headline 20th Century Fox‘s Victor Frankenstein; Chris Hemsworth hunts a whale in Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea; and Saoirse Ronan delivers her second Oscar-nominated performance in director John Crowley’s Brooklyn. We’ll find out if she wins this Sunday!
You can check out cover art for all the February 23 releases in the gallery viewer below alongside a listing of each release’s special features (where applicable):
This Week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD - February 23, 2016
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The Good Dinosaur
- Sanjay's Super Team Theatrical Short (in 3D on the 3D disc) – Sanjay loves the world of cartoons and comics, while his father tries to draw him into his Hindu traditions. Reluctance quickly turns into awe-inspiring adventure as the boy embarks on an amazing journey, returning with a new perspective they can both embrace.
- True Lies About Dinosaurs – We know, it's preposterous to think Apatosaurs spoke English. Learn more about what separates the fictional dinosaurs of The Good Dinosaur from what scientists know about real dinosaurs.
- Recyclosaurus – Pixar takes creative competition seriously. Maybe a little too seriously. Watch as The Good Dinosaur crew competes to see which department can create the best dinosaur ever…using only discarded items from the studio's "free table."
- The Filmmakers' Journey – Finding your way from an idea to a film takes a lot of exploration. Director Peter Sohn and his fellow filmmakers talk about the challenging, inspiring, and unexpectedly emotional experience of making The Good Dinosaur.
- Every Part of the Dinosaur – The filmmakers talk about the special animation challenges of The Good Dinosaur – including figuring out how to animate a dinosaur who's really a boy, and a boy who's got the spirit of a dog.
- Following the T-Rex Trail – Follow the filmmakers as they travel to a working cattle ranch and meet the McKays, a close-knit family whose work ethic, generosity, and stories inspired the T-Rex ranchers of the film.
- Commentary from director Peter Sohn, story supervisor Kelsey Mann, supervising animator Mike Venturini, director of photography/lighting Sharon Calahan, and supervising technical director Sanjay Bakshi.
- Dino Bites – Montage of original animated pieces produced to promote The Good Dinosaur.
- Hide and Seek – A short animated clip produced to promote The Good Dinosaur.
- Deleted Scenes:The Attack – An idyllic introduction to the family farm is cut short when a savage predator attacks the newborn Arlo. With an introduction by Director Peter Sohn.
Building the Silo – An admiring Arlo is thrilled to follow along as his father builds a silo for the family farm. With an introduction by Director Peter Sohn.
Waiting for Poppa – Arlo awaits the return of his beloved father on a stormy night, only to be greeted with tragic news. With an introduction by Director Peter Sohn.
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Secret in Their Eyes
- Adapting the Story for Today's World
- Julia Roberts Discusses Her Most Challenging Role
- Feature Commentary with Director/Screenwriter Billy Ray and Producer Mark Johnson -
Spotlight
- Uncovering the Truth: A Spotlight Team Roundtable
- Spotlight: A Look Inside
- The State of Journalism -
Diablo
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Extraction
- Audio Commentary with Director Steven C. Miller and Actor Kellan Lutz
- "The Making of Extraction" Featurette
- Extended Interviews with the Cast & Crew
- Deleted/Extended Scenes -
My All American
- Spirit of Freddie Steinmark – Learn how the story of the true life hero who inspired the film was brought to the big screen.
- A Look Inside – A behind the scenes look at the film featuring interviews with Aaron Eckhart, Finn Wittrock, and writer/director Angelo Pizzo. -
Frankenstein
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The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
- “Here Comes the Lion Guard” music video performed by Beau Black
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The Big Sleep
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Alternate 1945 Pre-release Version with previously unissued introduction by UCLA Film Preservation Officer Robert Gitt
- The Big Sleep 1945/1946 Comparisons - Uncut Robert Gitt "Lecture" Version
- Optional English, French, Spanish SDH subtitles -
Key Largo
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English, French, Spanish SDH subtitles -
Lady of the Tropics
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White Cargo
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George O'Brien Westerns Collection
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The Graduate
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Optional 5.1 surround remix, approved by director Mike Nichols, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary from 2007 featuring Nichols in conversation with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh
- Audio commentary from 1987 featuring film scholar Howard Suber
- New interview with actor Dustin Hoffman
- New conversation between producer Lawrence Turman and screenwriter Buck Henry
- New interview with film writer and historian Bobbie O’Steen about editor Sam O’Steen’s work on The Graduate
- Students of “The Graduate,” a short documentary from 2007 on the film’s influence
- “The Graduate” at 25, a 1992 featurette on the making of the film
- Interview with Nichols by Barbara Walters, from a 1966 episode of NBC’s Today show
- Excerpt from a 1970 appearance by singer-songwriter Paul Simon on The Dick Cavett Show
- Screen tests
- Trailer
- An essay by journalist and critic Frank Rich -
I Knew Her Well
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interview with actor Stefania Sandrelli
- New interview with film scholar Luca Barattoni about the career of director Antonio Pietrangeli
- Archival footage of Sandrelli’s audition
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- An essay by journalist and author Alexander Stille -
The Curse / The Curse II: The Bite
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Millennium / R.O.T.O.R.
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The Serpent and the Rainbow
- NEW 2015 HD transfer from the inter-positive film element
- NEW audio commentary with actor Bill Pullman
- NEW The Making of The Serpent and the Rainbow featuring new interviews with actor Bill Pullman, author Wade Davis, director of photography John Lindley and special makeup effects artists Lance Anderson and David Anderson
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spot
- Still Gallery -
Spies
- 2K Digital Restoration by the F.W. Murnau Stiftung
- Piano score by Neil Brand (2.0 Stereo)
- Spies: A Small Film With Lots of Action
- Original theatrical trailer -
Woman in the Moon
- 2K Digital Restoration by the F.W. Murnau Stiftung
- Piano score by Javier de Azpeitia (2.0 Stereo)
- Woman in the Moon: The First Scientific Science Fiction Film -
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
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Fargo: Year Two
- Lou on Lou: A Conversation with Patrick Wilson, Keith Carradine and Noah Hawley
- Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
- The Films of Ronald Reagan: Extended Fargo cut
- The True History of Crime in the Midwest
- Skip Sprang TV Commercial -
The Big Short
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Brooklyn
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In the Heart of the Sea
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Victor Frankenstein
