Check out clips from Sleepless and Split, both on Blu-ray and DVD this week
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s look at all the top titles arriving on Blu-ray, Digital HD and DVD this week. 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 18, 2017.
We’re kicking the week off with a pair of exclusive clips. In the top player, you can go behind the scenes of the action-thriller Sleepless, starring Jamie Foxx and Michelle Monaghan. Then, just beneath that, you can pay a visit to the set of M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, starring James McAvoy.
Other recent big screen releases hitting Blu-ray and DVD this week include the McDonald’s “origin story” The Founder (starring Michael Keaton) and Gregori Viens’ indie comedy Punching Henry.
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract makes a debut direct to Blu-ray and DVD this week. The DC Comics animated feature adapts the early 1980s storyline of the same name. The week also brings home family fare in the animated Arctic Adventure on Frozen Pond and the live-action films A Cowgirl’s Story and Bigger, Fatter Liar (an in-name-only sequel to 2002’s Big Fat Liar).
A League of Their Own gets a 25th anniversary re-release this week, while Warner Archive brings another pair of catalogue titles to HD. Look for Burt Kennedy’s 1965 western comedy The Rounders and for Delmer Daves’ 1963 drama Spencer’s Mountain, starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O’Hara.
Shout! Factory‘s Scream Factory label delivers a special edition of the 1995 horror anthology Tales from the Hood, while the Shout! Select line releases Volker Schlöndorff’s 1990 adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
The Criterion Collection brings to Blu-ray and DVD this week two very different titles. George Stevens’ 1942 romantic comedy Woman of the Year was the first to team Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Wim Wenders’ 1999 documentary Buena Vista Social Club, meanwhile, explores the music of Cuba.
Hawaii Five-O gets a complete series collection on DVD this week, collecting 278 episodes across 12 seasons. That’s sadly still without the infamous 1970 “Bored, She Hung Herself” episode that was only ever seen in its initial broadcast. The week also brings to Blu-ray and DVD the second season of Syfy‘s Killjoys.
Recent theatrical titles hitting Digital HD this week include A Dog’s Purpose, Gold and Rings.
You can check out cover art for all the April 18, 2017 releases in the gallery viewer below alongside a listing of each release’s special features (where applicable).
Sleepless
- One Long Night: The Making of Sleepless - Featurette
- Deleted Scenes
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Split
- Alternate Ending
- Deleted Scenes
- The Making of Split- Filmmakers, cast, and crew discuss what attracted them to the project and how they were able to bring such a unique premise to life.
- The Many Faces of James McAvoy- A look at how James McAvoy approached the challenge of playing so many different identities.
- The Filmmaker's Eye: M. Night Shyamalan - Director and writer M. Night Shyamalan has a singular, big-picture vision of his projects. Producers, cast, and crew discuss how Night's process gives them the freedom to execute their roles to the fullest.
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The Founder
- “The Story Behind the Story" Featurette
- "Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc" Featurette
- "The McDonald Brothers" Featurette
- "The Production Design" Featurette
- "Building McDonald's: Time Lapse Video"
- Press Conference with Filmmakers and Cast
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Punching Henry
- Deleted Scenes:
"Threesome" Song
The Folksinger
Brendon Walsh Suffers
Stupid Joe
- Original Trailer
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Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
- Batman and Harley Quinn – Sneak peek at the next DC Universe Original Movie, Batman and Harley Quinn, featuring the talented creators and voice cast.
- Titanic Minds: Wolfman and Perez – This revealing documentary explores a creative partnership that has lasted decades as Marv Wolfman and George Pérez come together to discuss their careers and one of the most famous runs in Teen Titan history, The Judas Contract.
- Villains United: Deathstroke – When the super-soldier Deathstroke appears, the forces of good will be in the fight of their lives. This short featurette reveals the origin and unique abilities of this villain.
- Additional Sneak Peeks
- From the DC Comics Vault - Two Bonus Cartoons
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Bigger, Fatter Liar
- The Making of Bigger Fatter Liar
- The Players
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A League of Their own
- New “Bentonville, Baseball & The Enduring Legacy of A League of Their Own"
- 15 deleted scenes
- Nine-part documentary featuring interviews with the cast and filmmakers
- Madonna's "This Used To Be My Playground" music video
- Filmmaker commentary
- Theatrical trailer
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Tales From the Hood
- New Welcome To Hell: The Making Of TALES FROM THE HOOD – Featuring Interviews With Director/Writer Rusty Cundieff, Producer/Writer Darin Scott, Actors Corbin Bernsen, Wings Hauser, Anthony Griffith, Special Effects Supervisor Kenneth Hall, And Doll Effects Supervisors Charles Chiodo And Edward Chiodo (56 minutes)
- Audio Commentary With Director/Writer Rusty Cundieff
- Vintage Featurette
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Original TV Spots
- Still Gallery
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Spencer's Mountain
- Vintage Documentary Featurette "Spencer's Mountain:Grand Teton Premiere"
- Vintage Henry Fonda Interview
- Original Theatrical Trailer
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Buena Vista Social Club
- New high-definition digital transfer, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary from 1999 featuring director Wim Wenders
- New interview with Wenders
- Interview from 1998 with musician Compay Segundo on his career and the world of Cuban music
- Radio interviews from 2000 featuring musicians Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, and others
- Additional scenes
- Trailer
- An essay by author and geographer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
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Woman of the Year
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interview with George Stevens Jr.
- 1967 audio interview with George Stevens
- New interview with George Stevens biographer Marilyn Ann Moss
- New interview with writer Claudia Roth Pierpont on actor Katharine Hepburn
- George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey, a 112-minute 1984 documentary by George Stevens Jr.
- The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn, an eighty-six-minute documentary from 1986
- Trailer
- An essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek
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