Women Talking
New March 7 Home Video Releases Include ‘Women Talking’ on Disc, ‘Missing’ on Digital, ’80 for Brady’ on PVOD
March 7, 2023
March 7 sees the Oscar-nominated Women Talking arrive on Blu-ray and DVD, while the thriller Missing is released through digital retailers, and 80 for Brady becomes available via PVOD.
Orion Pictures’ Academy Award-nominated drama Women Talking will be available to own on Blu-ray and DVD March 7 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. An adaptation of Miriam Toews’s internationally best-selling novel of the same name and inspired by true events, the film, about a remote colony’s fight for freedom against all odds, follows the women of an isolated religious community who grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. The film has been nominated for two Oscars, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, and was named one of the top 10 films of 2022 by the National Board of Review and American Film Institute. Written and directed by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Sarah Polley, Women Talking stars Academy Award winner Frances McDormand (Nomadland, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Critic’s Choice Award winner Rooney Mara (Carol, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Emmy Award winner Claire Foy (“The Crown,” First Man), BAFTA Award winner Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter, Wild Rose), and Sheila McCarthy (I’ve Heard the Mermaids Sing), along with Emmy Award winner Ben Whishaw (“A Very English Scandal,” No Time to Die).
The mystery thriller Missing will be released through digital retailers March 7 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. It arrives on Blu-ray and DVD March 28.
Paramount Home Entertainment will release the comedy 80 for Brady for premium digital purchase (PEST) and rental (PVOD) March 7. Inspired by a true story, the film follows four best friends (played by Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field) living life to the fullest when they take a wild trip to the 2017 Super Bowl LI to see their hero Tom Brady play. The film also stars Tom Brady, Billy Porter, Rob Corddry, Alex Moffat, Guy Fieri, Harry Hamlin, Bob Balaban, Glynn Turman, Sara Gilbert, Jimmy O. Yang, Ron Funches and Matt Lauria. 80 for Brady and Book Club will also be available in a two-Movie Collection on digital for a special price starting March 7.
Kino Lorber March 7 will release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc the critically hailed Israeli film Let It Be Morning, from the Cohen Media Group. The film is also available to buy and rent digitally on Kino Now. Directed by Eran Kolirin, Let It Be Morning is Israel’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, and an official selection at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Sami lives in Jerusalem with his wife and child, and an invitation to his brother’s wedding forces him to return to the Arab village where he grew up. After the wedding, with no warning or explanation, the village is put under military lockdown by Israeli soldiers and cut off from the outside world. Chaos rises overnight amongst those stuck within the walls.
Kino Lorber March 7 releases on DVD The Super 8 Years, a journey into the early life of French writer and 2022 Nobel Prize awardee Annie Ernaux. Ernaux, whose autobiographical L’Événement was adapted into the critically acclaimed film Happening, released an assortment of home movie images from 1972 to 1981 — when her first books were published, her sons became teenagers, and her husband Philippe brought an 8mm film camera everywhere they went. The resulting film takes viewers on a journey through holidays and family rituals in suburban bourgeois France to trips abroad in Albania and Egypt, Spain and the USSR. Supplying her own introspective voiceover, Ernaux and her co-filmmaker, her son David, guide viewers through fragments of a decade, diffuse and vivid in equal measure.
The thriller The Ritual Killer will be released via on demand and in theaters March 10 from Screen Media. Directed by George Gallo (Bad Boys), the film stars Cole Hauser (“Yellowstone”), Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby), Peter Stormare (Fargo), Vernon Davis (former NFL player) and Murielle Hilaire. The film follows Detective Boyd (Hauser), who, unable to process the death of his daughter, embarks on the hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles (Freeman), an anthropologist who hides an unspeakable secret. The line between sanity and madness thins as Boyd goes deeper into the killer’s world.
GKIDS will release Unicorn Wars, a Spanish, genre-bending animated feature for adults from Goya and director Alberto Vásquez (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children), for limited theatrical release and on demand March 10. The technicolor horror-comedy was featured in competition at the 2022 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and was an official selection at BFI London, Animation Is Film, and Fantastic Fest. The film uses an outrageous candy-colored premise to explore religious zealotry, the tortured legacies of military fascism and the depths of the soul. In the plot, for ages, teddy bears have been locked in an ancestral war against their sworn enemy the unicorns with the promise that victory will complete the prophecy and usher in a new era. Aggressive, confident teddy bear Bluet and his sensitive, withdrawn brother Tubby could not be more different. As the rigors and humiliation of teddy bear bootcamp turn to the psychedelic horrors of a combat tour in the Magic Forest, their complicated history and increasingly strained relationship will come to determine the fate of the entire war.
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The action classics Air Force One and The Mask of Zorro will be released on 4K Ultra HD Steelbook March 7 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Both titles feature Dolby Vision HDR.
Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman star in director Wolfgang Petersen’s (Das Boot, In the Line of Fire) thriller Air Force One (1997), about a steadfast U.S. President who has just told the world he will not negotiate with terrorists. When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision — give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country’s dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter. Special features on the 4K disc include the theatrical trailer. Special features on the Blu-ray disc include commentary with Petersen.
The Mask of Zorro (1998) is celebrating its 25th anniversary. In the film, when a power-crazed despot schemes to buy California from Mexico, it takes two Zorros — the legendary Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) and his chosen successor Alejandro Murrieta (Antonio Banderas), a dashing bandit-turned-hero — to battle the tyrant’s unscrupulous plans. Can even their combined skills, bravado and derring-do be enough to achieve de la Vega’s ultimate goal: revenge against the man who killed his wife, kidnapped his daughter and held him prisoner for 20 years? Special features on the 4K disc include 10 deleted scenes and theatrical trailers. Special features on the Blu-ray disc include commentary with director Martin Campbell; the “Unmasking Zorro” documentary; two additional deleted scenes; and a music video by Marc Anthony and Tina Arena.
Kino Lorber March 7 will release on Blu-ray Disc two classic romantic comedies from the 1980s, Secret Admirer and Making Mr. Right. Both films are part of Kino Lorber’s Studio Classics line.
In director David Greenwalt’s Secret Admirer (1985), an anonymous note sets off a romantic chain-mail reaction with hilarious results. When high school heartthrob Michael (C. Thomas Howell) receives an unsigned love letter, he assumes it’s from prom queen Deborah Anne (Kelly Preston) instead of pretty honor student Toni (Lori Loughlin). And when Michael accidentally misplaces the letter, the juicy jottings soon make their way into the hands of the whole neighborhood. Cast members also include Fred Ward, Dee Wallace, Leigh Taylor-Young, Cliff De Young, Casey Siemaszko, Courtney Gains and Corey Haim. The film arrives on Blu-ray Disc from a brand-new HD master from a 2K scan of the 35mm Interpositive. Bonus features include a new audio commentary from Greenwalt, co-writer Jim Kouf and associate producer Lynn Kouf, moderated by filmmaker and historian Daniel Kremer.
Making Mr. Right (1987) was directed by Susan Seidelman (Desperately Seeking Susan) and stars John Malkovich and Ann Magnuson. Magnuson portrays savvy and beautiful PR executive Frankie Stone, who is hired by a giant technology company to “humanize” their latest invention — an android-astronaut named Ulysses (Malkovich). She is shocked to discover that her new client embodies all the qualities she’s ever wanted in a man. Shot by cinematographer Ed Lachman, the film also features performances by Ben Masters, Glenne Headly, Laurie Metcalf, Polly Bergen and Hart Bochner. Making Mr. Right also arrives on disc from a brand-new HD master from a 2K scan of the 35mm Interpositive. Bonus features include a new audio commentary from Seidelman and Magnuson, as well as new interviews with both.
Mill Creek Entertainment on March 7 will release three titles in its “Retro VHS” collection: Fear (1996), The Fan (1996) and Problem Child (1990).
The dramatic thriller Fear follows Nicole Walker (Reese Witherspoon), who is always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. Her boyfriend David (Mark Wahlburg) is all that and more: a modern-day knight who charms and seduces her, body and soul. But her perfect boyfriend is not all he seems to be. His sweet facade masks a savage, dark side that will soon transform Nicole’s dream into a nightmare.
In the action film The Fan, when the San Francisco Giants pay centerfielder Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes) $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than No. 1 fan Gil Renard (Robert De Niro). So, when Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard decides to stop at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory —not even murder.
In the comedy Problem Child, when 7-year-old Junior comes into their lives, the Healys hope he will brighten their days. But Junior is more mischievous than they could have imagined as he turns ordinary days into full-scale comic nightmares.
Little Miss Marker, one of the first Shirley Temple films, is coming to Blu-ray Disc on March 7 from Kino Lorber. Directed by Alexander Hall, the film’s cast also includes Adolphe Menjou, Charles Bickford, Dorothy Dell and Lynn Overman. In one of her earliest and most popular roles, Temple melts the hearts of a gang of hardened gamblers when she is left as an IOU or “marker” for a debt. Menjou stars as a jaded head bookie, “Sorrowful” Jones, who winds up playing reluctant papa to the curly-topped waif and soon falls under her spell. Helping Sorrowful with the rigors of instant fatherhood is the beautiful Bangles Carson (Dell), a nightclub singer whose racketeer boyfriend Big Steve (Bickford) is big trouble. Little Miss Marker is based on a story by Damon Runyon.
Crunchyroll March 7 releases Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation – Season 1, Part 2 and Heaven Official’s Blessing: Season 1 on Blu-ray. In “Mushoku Tensei,” lost on the Demon Continent, Rudy, Eris, and Ruijerd join forces to form the “Dead End” professional adventurers — headed for Asura Kingdom, they work together to find a way back home. In “Heaven Official’s Blessing,” with no human worshiping him, Crown Prince Xie Lian must descend to the secular world to exorcise ghosts.
Best Buy March 7 will have an exclusive Steelbook edition of Rocky II from Warner and MGM.
