April 26 brings home Krampus, Ride Along 2, Jane Got a Gun 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, April 26, 2016.
Christmas arrives early this year as April 26 brings home Trick ‘r Treat writer and director Michael Dougherty‘s holiday horror feature Krampus. There’s also the Gavin O’Connor-helmed western Jane Got a Gun, starring Natalie Portman, the mystery thriller Backtrack, starring Adrienne Brody, and the comedy sequel Ride Along 2, starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. We’ve even got a special behind-the-scenes look at the features on Ride Along 2. Check out the video player at the bottom of this page!
The Criterion Collection has a trio of additions April 26, starting with a single disc release of David Lean’s Brief Encounter, previously available in HD only as part of the company’s David Lean Directs Noel Coward box set. They’ve also got brand-new releases of both Christian Petzold’s 2014 post-WWII drama Phoenix and a set of The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew and Associates (including 1960’s Primary, 1961’s Adventures on the New Frontier, 1963’s Crisis and 1964’s Faces of November).
Shout! Factory has another two additions to its Scream Factory line with a collector’s edition of Robert Zemeckis’ supernatural comedy Death Becomes Her and the first ever HD release of Bernard L. Kowalski’s 1973 cult classic Sssssss, about a scientist who transforms himself into a snake.
Arrow Films debuts a pair of ’70s titles on Blu-ray April 26 with John Milius’ Dillinger and the 1975 blaxploitation classic Dolomite.
On the small screen, April 26 delivers (on DVD only) the long-awaited first season of The Beverly Hillbillies and the complete series of Nick at Nite’s Hot in Cleveland (with the complete season six also arriving this week separately).
April 26 also offers up quite a few Warner Archive titles. The MOD service debuts on Blu-ray Frank Tashlin’s 1954 Christmas romance Susan Slept Here as well as, on DVD only, Forbidden Hollywood X. Packed with pre-code Hollywood features, the tenth set in the series includes Guilty Hands (1931), The Mouthpiece (1932), Secrets of the French Police (1932), The Match King (1932) and Ever in My Heart (1933). They’ve also got four films starring Robert Taylor hitting DVD, including Times Square Lady (1935), A Yank at Oxford (1938), Remember (1939) and Song of Russia (1944). Finally, Marion Davies headlines both 1929’s Marianne and 1932’s Blondie of the Follies.
Digital HD titles arriving this week include director Tim Miller’s hugely successful big-screen take on Marvel’s “Merc with a Mouth” in Deadpool, the Robert De Niro and Zac Efron comedy Dirty Granpda, Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Where to Invade Next and the recent horror thriller The Boy.
You can check out cover art for all the April 26 releases in the gallery viewer below alongside a listing of each release’s special features (where applicable):
April 26, 2016 - This Week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD
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Jane Got a Gun
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Krampus
- Feature Commentary With Director/Co-Writer Michael Dougherty and Co-Writers Todd Casey & Zach Shields
- Krampus and His Minions – In this exclusive feature see how Krampus and his twisted underlings gave the visual-effects superstars at Peter Jackson's New Zealand-based Weta Workshop some creative and technical challenges. Viewers will have an insider look at how Krampus and his evil minions were created and executed.
- Practical Danger – Stunt Coordinator Rodney Cook walks viewers through how the film's thrilling stunts were done live on set while facing challenges with the creatures, children and set design.
- Inside the Snowglobe: Production Design – Filming almost entirely on sound stages in the middle of summer in New Zealand, the art department and special effects team had to pull out all of their tricks to create sets that were realistic, ready for stunts and practical effects, all while creating the look of a winter wonderland.
- Behind the Scenes at Weta Workshop: Krampus – Go behind-the-scenes at the world famous Weta Workshop to see how they brought the amazing Krampus creatures to life.
- Dougherty's Vision – In this featurette Director Michael Dougherty, along with the film's cast and crew, reveal how his approach informed the tone, pacing, humor and performances of Krampus.
- The Naughty Ones: Meet The Cast – At the center of this crazed story, filled with horrifying creatures and massive set pieces, are some of the funniest and most talented actors working today. This piece shines a light on the cast of Krampus as they share their experiences making this movie.
- Alternate Ending
- Deleted Scenes
- Extended Scenes
- Gag Reel
- Galleries – Still Images from the set -
Ride Along 2
- Feature Commentary with Director Tim Story
- The Ride Along Roundtable
- The Ride Diaries
- Kevin & Cube: Brothers In-Law
- The New Recruits
- Inside Black Hammer Vision
- Ride Along with Kevin Hart
- Ride Along With Us
- Behind the Scenes of Ride Along With Us
- Cori's Wedding Commercial
- Gag Reel -
Backtrack
- "The Psychology of Backtrack" Featurette
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Death Becomes Her
- New The Making Of Death Becomes Her Featuring Interviews With Director Robert Zemeckis, Writer David Koepp, Producer Steve Starkey, Director Of Photography Dean Cundey, Production Designer Rick Carter And SFX Artists Lance Anderson And David Anderson
- Vintage "Making-Of" Featurette
- Photo Gallery
-Original Theatrical Trailer -
Sssssss
- New My Reptilian Past – An Interview With Actor Dirk Benedict
- New The Herpetologist's Daughter – An Interview With Heather Menzies
- Photo Gallery
- Theatrical Trailers
- Radio Spots -
Brief Encounter
- High-definition digital transfer of the BFI National Archive’s 2008 restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary from 2000 by film historian Bruce Eder
- Interview from 2012 with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day
- A Profile of “Brief Encounter,” a short documentary from 2000 on the making of the film
- David Lean: A Self Portrait, a 1971 television documentary on Lean’s career
- Trailer
- An essay by historian Kevin Brownlow -
The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew and Associates
- Alternate, twenty-six-minute cut of Primary, edited by filmmaker Richard Leacock
- Audio commentary on Primary, featuring excerpts from a 1961 conversation between Leacock, filmmakers Robert Drew and D. A. Pennebaker, and film critic Gideon Bachmann
- Robert Drew in His Own Words, a new documentary featuring archival interview footage
- New conversation between Pennebaker and Jill Drew, general manager of Drew Associates and Robert Drew’s daughter-in-law
- Outtakes from Crisis, along with a discussion by historian Andrew Cohen, author of Two Days in June
- New conversation about Crisis featuring former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder and Sharon Malone, Holder’s wife and the sister of Vivian Malone, one of the students featured in Crisis
- New interview with Richard Reeves, author of President Kennedy: Profile of Power
- Footage from a 1998 event at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, featuring Drew, Pennebaker, Leacock, and filmmaker Albert Maysles
- An essay by documentary film curator and writer Thomas Powers -
Phoenix
- New 2K digital transfer, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New conversation between director Christian Petzold and actor Nina Hoss
- New interview with cinematographer Hans Fromm
- The Making of “Phoenix,” a 2014 documentary featuring interviews with Petzold, Hoss, actors Nina Kunzendorf and Ronald Zehrfeld, and production designer K. D. Gruber
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- An essay by critic Michael Koresky -
Dillinger
- Brand new 2K restoration of the film from original film materials
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray and Standard Definition DVD presentations of the film
- Original mono soundtrack (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of Savage Cinema and Screening Violence
- Newly-filmed interview with producer Lawrence Gordon
- Newly-filmed interview with director of photography Jules Brenner
- Newly-filmed interview with composer Barry De Vorzon
- Stills gallery
- Theatrical trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips
- Collector’s booklet containing new writing by Kim Newman on fictional portrayals of John Dillinger, plus an on-set report containing interviews with writer-director John Milius and others, illustrated with original production stills -
Dolemite
- Region free Blu-ray and DVD combo pack
- All extras on both formats
- Scanned and restored in 2k from a newly discovered 35mm negative
- Includes two framing options: the intended 1.85:1 widescreen version and an alternate full frame 'boom mic' version
- "I, Dolemite" making-of documentary
- "Lady Reed Uncut" featurette
- "Locations: Then & Now" featurette
- Historical commentary track by Rudy Ray Moore's biographer, Mark Jason Murray
- DOLEMITE – theatrical trailer
- THE HUMAN TORNADO – theatrical trailer
- Original cover artwork by Jay Shaw
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH Subtitles -
Susan Slept Here
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Forbidden Hollwood X
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A Yank at Oxford
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Remember
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Song of Russia
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Times Square Lady
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Marianne
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Blondie of the Follies
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The Beverly Hillbillies: Season One
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Hot in Cleveland: The Complete Series
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The Boy
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Deadpool
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Dirty Grandpa
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Where to Invade Next
