The slate of home entertainment releases for May 27 includes disc releases for the second part of season five of “Yellowstone,” season seven of “Outlander,” The Woman in the Yard, The Alto Knights, Being Maria and Bottoms.
Paramount Home Entertainment will release Yellowstone: Season 5, Part 2on Blu-ray Disc and DVD May 27. The three-disc set includes the last six episodes of season five, plus 10 featurettes, including three exclusive to DVD and Blu-ray. “Yellowstone” chronicles the Dutton family, which controls the largest contiguous cattle ranch in the United States. Amid shifting alliances, unsolved murders, open wounds, and hard-earned respect, the ranch is in constant conflict with those it borders: an expanding town, an Indian reservation, and America’s first national park. The series is co-created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson. Executive producers include John Linson, Art Linson, Taylor Sheridan, Kevin Costner, David C. Glasser, Bob Yari, Stephen Kay, Michael Friedman, Christina Voros and Keith Cox. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Outlander: The Complete Seventh Season on DVD and Blu-ray Disc May 27. Also available will be a Blu-ray collector’s edition boxed set with a set of collector cards and a 24-page booklet of behind the scenes photos and storyboard images. The six-disc set includes all 16 episodes from the seventh season of the series that stars Caitríona Balfe as Claire, a former World War II nurse who travels through a time portal to the 18th century and builds a new life there. Following the harrowing events of season six, Jamie and Young Ian race to rescue Claire before she’s tried and wrongfully convicted of murder. But their mission is complicated by the beginning of a geopolitical firestorm: The American Revolution has arrived. The cast also includes Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin and John Bell.
The Woman in the Yard, the latest horror film from Blumhouse, becomes available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD release May 27 from distributor Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The Woman in the Yard, in which a mysterious woman repeatedly appears in a family’s front yard with chilling warnings and messages, grossed $22.4 million at the domestic box office. From director Jaume Collet-Serra and writer Sam Stefanak, The Woman in the Yard stars Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili, Peyton Jackson, Estella Kahiha and Russell Hornsby.
Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Alto Knights, starring Academy Award winner Robert De Niro in a dual role and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson, will debut on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on May 27. The film follows two of New York’s most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello (De Niro) and Vito Genovese (De Niro), as they vie for control of the city’s streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever. The Alto Knights was written by Oscar nominee Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas) and produced by Oscar winner Irwin Winkler (Rocky, Goodfellas), Levinson, Jason Sosnoff, Charles Winkler and David Winkler, with Mike Drake executive producing. De Niro stars alongside Debra Messing (“Will & Grace”), Cosmo Jarvis (“Shogun”), Kathrine Narducci (The Irishman) and Michael Rispoli (“Billions”), along with Michael Adler (Peppermint), Ed Amatrudo (Till, Nashville), Joe Bacino (Kick-Ass), Anthony J. Gallo (The Irishman), Wallace Langham (Ford v Ferrari), Louis Mustillo (“Cooper’s Bar,” “Mike & Molly”), Frank Piccirillo, Matt Servitto (“Billions”) and Robert Uricola (Raging Bull). The film earned $6.1 million at the domestic box office.
Kino Lorber will release the biographical film Being Maria on Blu-ray Disc and DVD May 27. It was released for digital sale and VOD rental starting April 29. The second feature from director Jessica Palud, Being Maria tells the story of the turbulent life of the late French actress Maria Schneider, who died in 2011 at age 58. Anamaria Vartolomei stars as Maria when she was a promising young actress cast at age 19 in the lead role for 1972’s Last Tango in Paris. Her collaborators, director Bernardo Bertolucci (Giuseppe Maggio) and star Marlon Brando (Matt Dillon) seem to be bringing out the best in her, until one day when they conspire to shoot a crucial sex scene as a harrowing assault without letting her in on the plan. While Last Tango goes on to be lauded as a fearless artistic breakthrough, it is the beginning of a living hell for Maria.
Kino Lorber will release the 2023 comedy Bottoms on Blu-ray Disc May 27. Directed by Emma Seligman, the film stars Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri as two teans who start a fight club as a way to lose hook up with cheerleaders. The fight club gains traction, and soon the most popular girls in school are beating each other up in the name of self-defense. But PJ and Josie find themselves in over their heads and in need of a way out before their plan is exposed. The cast also includes Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Nicholas Galitzine, Dagmara Dominczyk and Marshawn Lynch. The film earned $12 million at the domestic box office.
The fantasy drama allegory The Mad King will be released on Blu-ray Disc May 27 from BayView Entertainment. In a fictitious world set in 1850, King John Frederick rules the most powerful empire of all time. Despite warnings from the Grandmaster, he ignores such shocking natural disasters as floods and wildfires, so while he calls himself the king of all kings, behind his back he’s known as “The Mad King.” Seeking to overcome the economic misfortunes caused by “the long summer” and avoid rebellions from his subjects, the King and his Royal Army’s Chief Commander set forth to create a common enemy and conquer the southern lands of the republic of the sun. The film stars Jennifer Julia Caron, Kai Helm and Karin D. Angele.
The horror film Pretty Boy will be released via digital purchase and on demand rental May 27 from Lionsgate. In this wild tribute to ’80s slasher classics such as Friday the 13th, suffering from blindness after a botched laser surgery, Hollywood actress Faye is abducted from her hillside estate by a masked lunatic named Pretty Boy. He drags her to a nearby home, where several decadent swingers are throwing a retro Valentine’s Day party. As the partiers meet up one by one with Pretty Boy and his machete, Faye awakens and struggles to plot her escape.
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment on May 27 is releasing the director’s cut of Ridley Scott’s epic Kingdom of Heaven as a 20th anniversary combo pack that includes a 4K Ultra HD disc, Blu-ray Disc and digital copy code encased in a collectible Steelbook. The restored and remastered director’s cut will be seen in Dolby Vision and heard with Atmos. In Kingdom of Heaven, Orlando Bloom stars as the courageous Balian, a young Frenchman in medieval Jerusalem during the Crusades. Having lost everything, Balian finds redemption through a heroic fight — against overwhelming forces — to save his people and fulfill his destiny as a knight.
The 1984 science-fiction classic Starman will be released as a 4K Ultra HD Steelbook May 27 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Director John Carpenter presents a romantic science-fiction odyssey starring Jeff Bridges in his Oscar-nominated role as an innocent alien from a distant planet who learns what it means to be a man in love. When his spacecraft is shot down over Wisconsin, Starman (Bridges) arrives at the remote cabin of a distraught young widow Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen) and clones the form of her dead husband. The alien convinces Jenny to drive him to Arizona, explaining that if he isn’t picked up by his mothership in three days, he’ll die. Hot on their trail are government agents, intent on capturing the alien, dead or alive. En route, Starman demonstrates the power of universal love, while Jenny rediscovers her human feelings for passion.
The 1992 Academy Award-winning Scent of a Woman makes its 4K Ultra HD debut May 27 from Shout! Studios. Directed by Martin Brest (Midnight Run, Meet Joe Black) and starring Al Pacino, Chris O’Donnell, Gabrielle Anwar, Bradley Whitford and Philip Seymour Hoffman, the two-disc 4K UHD (plus Blu-ray) set boasts a new 4K scan from the original camera negative, supervised by director Martin Brest. The release also includes several new bonus features, including a new retrospective interview with director Martin Brest, as well as a new interview with co-editor Michael Tronick. Pacino (The Godfather, Scarface) stars in an Academy Award-winning portrayal of Frank Slade, an overbearing retired Lieutenant Colonel. Slade, who is blind, hires young prep student Charlie Simms (O’Donnell, “NCIS: Los Angeles,” Batman Forever) as his assistant, and the two very different men embark on a wild weekend trip that will change both of their lives forever.
Kino Lorber May 27 will release the 1996 sports comedy Kingpin in a 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Disc combo pack. The film stars Woody Harrelson as Roy Munson, a bowling hustler. When a bowling accident threatens his chances at the spotlight, Munson must take measures to preserve his professional career. Teamed up with Randy Quaid (Vacation) and Vanessa Angel (Spies Like Us) the group embark on a training journey to increase their odds of success. The first disc in the combo pack has the theatrical cut of the film on a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc from a new HDR/Dolby Vision master from a 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative, on a triple-layer UHD100 disc with 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 audio. The second disc is a standard Blu-ray Disc with both the original theatrical cut and an extended cut, both from new HD masters from 4K scans of the original 35mm film elements, on a dual-layer BD50 disc with 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 audio.
Slated for May 27 on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Disc from the Criterion Collection is 1977’s Killer of Sheep. Director Charles Burnett debut feature unfolds as a mosaic of Black life in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, where Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders), a father worn down by his job in a slaughterhouse, and his wife (Kaycee Moore) seek moments of tenderness in the face of myriad disappointments. Largely unseen for decades following its completion in 1977, Killer of Sheep is now recognized as a landmark of independent American cinema and a touchstone of the L.A. Rebellion movement. The film sports a new 4K digital restoration approved by director Charles Burnett, with an uncompressed monaural soundtrack. The 4K combo pack includes one 4K disc with the film and one regular Blu-ray with the film and bonus materials.
Also due May 27 on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Disc from Criterion is the double feature The Three Musketeers/The Four Musketeers: Two Films by Richard Lester, the two-part adaptation of the adventure novel The Three Musketeers released in 1973 and 1974. Originally intended as a single film, producers decided the scope of the project was two big for a single release and split it into two movies, each covering half of Alexandre Dumas’ book. Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay and Richard Chamberlain star as the swaggering title swordsmen, who thrust and parry their way through courtly intrigue in seventeenth-century France. The cast of director Richard Lester’s double feature also includes Raquel Welch, Faye Dunaway, Geraldine Chaplin and Charlton Heston. The films arrive with new 4K digital restorations with uncompressed monaural soundtracks; The 4K combo pack includes two 4K discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR, and two regular Blu-rays with the films and bonus materials.
The 1989 drama Forced March will be released on Blu-ray Disc May 27 from BayView Entertainment. In the film, Ben Kline is a successful television actor looking for a meaningful role to make him a movie star. When he sets out to play a hero who died in the Holocaust, he is forced to face the reality of those victimized by the war. The film stars Academy Award-nominee Chris Sarandon (Dog Day Afternoon) and Renée Soutendijk (Suspiria).
The horror films Hell of the Living Dead (1980), Rats: Night of Terror (1984), House of Psychotic Women (1972) and In My Skin (2002), and the comedy Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970) are available on disc May 27 from Severin Films and MVD Entertainment Group.
Hell of the Living Dead will be available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray. What began as the epic global zombie apocalypse screenplay Virus by Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi (Shocking Dark, Robowar) became — with director Bruno Mattei (Cruel Jaws, Rats: Night of Terror) and a fraction of the original budget — Hell of the Living Dead, now in UHD for the first time in America. In the film, when a top-secret biomedical project accidentally unleashes a catastrophic plague, a four-man commando team and a female reporter head into the jungle for an experience in gratuitous nudity, grisly stock footage and ravenous hordes of flesh-eating zombies. Margie Newton (The Adventures of Hercules), Franco Garofalo (The Other Hell) and a soundtrack “borrowed” from Goblin star in this film also known as Virus, Night of the Zombies and Zombie Creeping Flesh, now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative.
Having depicted the zombie apocalypse in Hell of the Living Dead, director Bruno Mattei and screenwriters Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi took on a new kind of cataclysm in Rats: Night of Terror, available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray. In the film, in the year 225 A.B. (after the bomb), a gang of scavengers discovers a seemingly abandoned city — including sets originally built for Once Upon a Time in America — only to become prey for millions of flesh-hungry rats. Ottaviano Dell’Acqua (Zombie 3), Massimo Vanni (Robowar), Gianni Franco (The Wax Mask) and Geretta Geretta (Demons) star in the film, now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative for the first time ever, with three hours of new and archival special features.
House of Psychotic Women: Rarities Collection Vol. 2 will be available on Blu-ray Disc. In this second collection inspired by her book, producer/curator Kier-La Janisse presents a new quartet of international classics — along with nearly 11 combined hours of special features — that explores startling depictions of female neurosis on screen. Amanda Plummer plays a disturbed drifter on a cross-country killing spree in Butterfly Kiss, the breakthrough debut from director Michael Winterbottom. Legendary Czech actress Iva Janžurová portrays a pair of rival sisters in Juraj Herz’s gothic melodrama Morgiana. In Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers and Joseph Strick’s dramatized documentary The Savage Eye, Barbara Baxley stars as a bitter divorcee adrift in Los Angeles’ dark underbelly. And with the landmark Spanish thriller The Glass Ceiling, starring Carmen Sevilla, writer/director Eloy de la Iglesia crafts an unsettling story of paranoia, madness and murder. All four films have been scanned from their original camera negatives and are presented on Blu-ray for the first time ever in North America.
The debut film by writer/director/star Marina de Van, In My Skin will be available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray Disc. In the film, after a disfiguring leg injury, a young woman (de Van) develops an unsettling secret relationship with her own body in which pain is pleasure, mutilation is love and hungers of the flesh have a mind of their own. Laurent Lucas (Calvaire) and Léa Drucker (Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer) co-star in the film, scanned in 4K from the original camera negative for the first time ever, with seven hours of special features curated exclusively for this edition.
The film version of playwright Joe Orton’s comedy Entertaining Mr. Sloaneis available on Blu-ray Disc. In the film when voracious middle-aged Kath (Beryl Reid of The Killing of Sister George) invites a strapping young stranger named Sloane (Peter McEnery of Negatives) to move in, the arrival of her upper-crust brother Ed (Harry Andrews of The Ruling Class) will lead to a most unexpected triangle of lust, murder and pickled onions. Alan Webb (Women in Love) co-stars in this film adapted by BAFTA nominee Clive Exton (Jeeves & Wooster) and directed by Douglas Hickox (Zulu Dawn, Theatre of Blood), now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative with more than four hours of new and archival special features.
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