Paramount+ March 31 announced that the football-themed comedy 80 for Brady will be available to stream on the service beginning Tuesday, April 4, in the United States and Canada. International availability will be announced at a later date.
Academy Award nominee Lily Tomlin and winners Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field star in the comedy inspired by a true story about four lifelong friends who set out on a journey to see Tom Brady play in Super Bowl LI, in which he led one of sports greatest comebacks as the New England Patriots won after being down 28-3 to the Atlanta Falcons.
Brady appears as himself in the film, alongside a supporting cast that includes Billy Porter, Rob Corddry, Alex Moffat, Guy Fieri, Harry Hamlin, Bob Balaban, Glynn Turman, Sara Gilbert, Jimmy O. Yang, Ron Funches and Matt Lauria.
The film earned $39.3 million at the domestic box office and has been available through digital retailers and PVOD since March 7.
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Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment June 20 will release The Venture Bros. — The Complete Series on DVD and digitally June 20.
The story finds Bruce Wayne as an international explorer who accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, leading him to return to Gotham City to take up the mantle of Batman to protect the city from supernatural forces connected to his family’s secret history. The story presents reimagined versions of several Batman allies and enemies, including Robin, Green Arrow, Gordon, Two-Face, Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc and Ra’s al Ghul.
MPI Media Group releases the acclaimed Netflix movie remake All Quiet on the Western Front in a two-disc, 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Disc “mediabook” on March 28. The German film, a new adaptation of the World War I novel of the same name, won four Oscars, for Best International Feature Film, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best Original Score for Volker Bertelmann. The 4K UHD features the original German audio (with English subtitles) in Dolby Atmos audio of the original and 4K Dolby Vision image. The mediabook packaging comes with a 24-page booklet that includes a conversation with director Edward Berger and an interview with historian and professor Daniel Schönpflug on the historical background of All Quiet On The Western Front. All Quiet On The Western Front tells the poignant story of a young German soldier on the Western Front during World War I. Based on the 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front was made into a movie the following year. It was later remade by ITC Entertainment as a television movie in 1979.
The action thriller Plane arrives on 4K Ultra HD combo pack (plus Blu-ray and digital), Blu-ray combo pack (plus DVD and digital), DVD, and on demand March 28 from Lionsgate. From director Jean-François Richet (Blood Father, Assault on Precinct 13, Mesrine), Plane stars Gerard Butler (300, Law Abiding Citizen, The Phantom of the Opera), Mike Colter (TV’s “Luke Cage,” Men in Black 3, TV’s “Jessica Jones”), Yoson An (Mulan, Mortal Engines, TV’s “Creamerie”), Daniella Pineda (Jurassic World: Dominion, TV’s “The Vampire Diaries,” “Cowboy Bebop”), and Paul Ben-Victor (The Irishman, Get Hard, TV’s “True Detective”) and Tony Goldwyn (Ghost, The Last Samurai, TV’s “Scandal”). In the film, pilot Brodie Torrance (Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island — only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare (Colter), an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. In order to rescue the passengers, Torrance will need Gaspare’s help, and will learn there’s more to Gaspare than meets the eye.
The mystery thriller Missing will be released on Blu-ray and DVD March 28 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. From the minds behind Searching comes Missing, a mystery about how well we know those closest to us. In the film, when her mother (Nia Long) disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s (Storm Reid) search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers. When June unravels secrets about her mom, she discovers that she never really knew her at all.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases the drama The Son on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and digitally March 28. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath and Anthony Hopkins. The drama follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. It centers on Peter (Jackman), whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth (Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears with their son Nicholas (McGrath), who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing from school for months and is troubled, distant and angry. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have liked his own father to have taken care of him while juggling work, his and Beth’s new son, and the offer of his dream position in Washington. However, by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto the Nicholas in the present.
The Chinese fantasy action-adventure Code of the Assassins will be available digitally, and on Blu-ray and DVD March 28 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Directed by Daniel Lee (Dragon Blade, 14 Blades, The Climbers), Code of the Assassins stars William Feng (Wolf Totem, White Vengeance), Jun Hu (Red Cliff, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils), Gina Jin (Wuxin: The Monster Killer, Hope All Is Well), Qingxiang Wang (The Grandmaster, Red Cliff), Ray Lui (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Flash Point, Raging Fire) and Jack Kao (A Place of One’s Own, Witness). The film follows a young assassin, trained by an elite organization, who receives his first mission, only to find himself tangled in a covert political intrigue. He is ensnared in an intricate plot laid by powerful people pulling strings from the shadows. Upon failing to complete the assignment, he is forced to go on the run — from the government and rival assassin groups alike — as he seeks to unmask the players behind the conspiracy.
The action thriller The Weapon will be available on DVD March 28 from Lionsgate. The film stars Tony Schiena, AnnaLynne McCord (TV’s “Power Book III: Raising Kanan”), Sean Patrick Flanery (The Boondock Saints), Jack Kesy (Deadpool 2, TV’s “Claws”), Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (TV’s “American Crime Story,” Jerry Maguire) and Oscar nominee Bruce Dern. Schiena is Dallas, a one-man killing machine on a mysterious rampage. His attacks on biker gangs and meth labs anger the Vegas mob boss who’s holding Dallas’s girlfriend hostage. But who is Dallas working for? Even torture won’t make him talk — and he won’t stop until justice is served.
The complete series set of “Dawson’s Creek” will be released on DVD and, for the first time, on Blu-ray Disc March 28 from Distribution Solutions. Kevin Williamson (Scream, “The Vampire Diaries”) created the drama, which ran from 1993 to 2003 and chronicles a group of young friends’ passage from adolescence to young adulthood in the small coastal town of Capeside, Mass. Based on Williamson’s own experiences growing up, “Dawson’s Creek” focuses on teenagers Dawson (James Van Der Beek) and Joey (Katie Holmes), who have been friends since they were five and are trying to cope with the way their friendship is changing now that their hormones are raging. Added to the mix are their friend Pacey (Joshua Jackson) and the new girl in town Jen (Michelle Williams). The first-ever Blu-ray boxed set includes more than seven hours of new bonus features, including Entertainment Weekly’s “20th Anniversary Reunion Show”; new interviews and crew featurettes; audio commentaries on select episodes; a retrospective featurette; and alternate scenes and ending to the original pilot presentation. 
The 1981 Australian World War II action film Attack Force Z, starring Mel Gibson, will be released on Blu-ray Disc March 28 from MVD Entertainment Group and Severin Films. In one of his earliest film roles, Gibson stars with Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and John Phillip Law (Danger, Diabolik) in the true story of Z Special Force, WWII’s top-secret Pacific commando unit. In the film, when an American fighter jet crashes on an island held by the Japanese, a five-man Z Force assault team launches a daring mission of courage, carnage and desperate jungle warfare to rescue the survivors. Chris Haywood (Razorback), John Waters (Breaker Morant) and Sylvia Chang (“Mad Mission” series) co-star in the complete version of this 1981 Australia/Taiwan co-production directed by Ozploitation veteran Tim Burstall (Alvin Purple), written by Roger Marshall (And Now the Screaming Starts) and edited by David Stiven (The Road Warrior), scanned in 2K from the original negative at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
The 1995 cult comedy Party Girl, starring Parker Posey, will be released on DVD and limited-edition Blu-ray Disc March 28 from Fun City Editions and MVD Entertainment Group. In the film, Mary (Posey, Dazed and Confused, The House of Yes), a fast-talking, under-employed New York free spirit, is jailed for throwing an illegal house party. She cajoles her librarian godmother (Sasha von Scherler, Network) into bailing her out and giving her a job as a clerk at the public library. What follows is Mary’s screwball-like journey from a life of late nights and hangovers to romance with a falafel vendor (Omar Townsend) and a potential long-term career as a librarian. Director Daisy von Scherler Mayer’s Party Girl, set amidst the thriving and vibrant club culture of ’90s Lower Manhattan, also stars Guillermo Diaz (“Scandal”), Liev Schreiber (“Ray Donovan”), Donna Mitchell (The Ice Storm) and Anthony DeSando (Kiss Me, Guido). In addition to its quotable screenplay by von Scherler Mayer and Harry Birckmayer, Party Girl is noted for its soundtrack, which includes Tom Tom Club, Run-DMC, Deee-lite, Carl Craig and Ultra-Naté, as well as Mary’s wardrobe, which includes pieces by Vivienne Westwood, Todd Oldham, Jean Paul Gaultier and Chanel. Previously only available in aged standard-definition masters, Party Girl has now been restored in 4K from its original 16mm camera negative.
The 1973 Dario Argento-directed drama The Five Days will be released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray Disc March 28 from MVD Entertainment Group and Severin Films. Set during the 1848 five-day siege of Milan by the Austrian army, the film follows a cynical thief (pop star Adriano Celentano) who teams with a naïve young baker (Enzo Cerusico of The Dead Are Alive!) to survive the brutality and absurdity of the Italian Revolution. Marilù Tolo (The Scorpion With Two Tales), Glauco Onorato (Black Sabbath) and Salvatore Baccaro (The Beast in Heat) co-star in this dark action-comedy that reflected turbulent ’70s Italy and Argento’s own politics, from a story co-written by Enzo Ungari (The Last Emperor) and Luigi Cozzi (Paganini Horror) with a score by Giorgio Gaslini (Deep Red), now scanned in 4K from the original negative with more than four and a half hours of new special features.
Kino Lorber March 28 releases the fourth and final season of the classic 1960s BBC television series “Maigret” on Blu-ray Disc and digital platforms Kino Now, Amazon and iTunes. The four-disc Blu-ray Disc edition, which carries a suggested retail price of $49.95, includes all 13 episodes of the series’ fourth season, in which Maigret reckons with “The Fontenay Murders,” “The Crime at Lock 14,” and various other vexing cases. Like previous seasons, season four has been remastered in high-definition from original film elements and is featured in its original full-screen TV format. Bonus features include the feature-length movie Maigret at Bay, released in 1969 as part of the BBC Play of the Month series; a restoration featurette, “The State of Maigret”; and a trailer. The “Maigret” series is considered the definitive adaptation of Georges Simenon’s famous novels. The BBC television production stars Rupert Davies as Commissaire Jules Maigret, the dogged French detective. Though Simenon’s books have been adapted many times, Davies’s celebrated, BAFTA-winning portrayal won the approval of Simenon himself, who stated: “At last, I have found the perfect Maigret!” “Maigret” was rebooted in 1992 and again in 2016. Most recently, the French film Maigret was released in 2022, with Gerard Depardieu as the fictional detective.
Mill Creek Entertainment will release two comedy double features from Comedy Dynamics — Jim Gaffigan Stand-Up Spotlight and Mike Birbiglia Stand-Up Spotlight — on DVD March 28. Gaffigan is a six-time Grammy nominated comedian, actor, writer, producer, two-time New York Times best-selling author, three-time Emmy winning top touring performer, and multi-platinum-selling recording artist. He is also known for the children’s films Luca and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and makes regular guest appearances on the TV shows “Rick and Morty” and “Bob’s Burgers.” Included in the double feature are the comedy specials “Noble Ape” and “Quality Time.” “Noble Ape” is his sixth hour-long comedy special, in which Gaffigan steers away from the conventional as he faced a medical crisis that hit his family. “Quality Time” is his seventh comedy special, in which he doesn’t understand why we aren’t more honest about the reasons we don’t want to attend events and at the same time embraces lying to kids.
Birbiglia is an award-winning stand-up comedian, actor, storyteller, director, producer and writer. He has appeared in the TV shows “Orange Is the New Black,” ‘Broad City,” “Billions” and “Inside Amy Schumer,” and recently appeared in Taylor Swift’s 2022 “Anti-Hero” music video. The longtime comedian has been nominated for numerous comedy and film awards, winning at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Sundance Film Festival and Nantucket Film Festival. The stand-up specials on the DVD include “What I Should Have Said Was Nothing” and “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend.” “What I Should Have Said Was Nothing” features a selection of the unique insights and observations culled from Birbiglia’s diary. In “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend,” Birbiglia shares a lifetime of romantic blunders and misunderstandings.
