Tuesday Releases: Sing 2 & Marry Me

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Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet …all in the glittering entertainment capital of the world. There’s just one hitch: They first have to persuade the world’s most reclusive rock star Clay Callaway—played by global music icon Bono, in his animated film debut—to join them.

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More than just one of the greatest concert films ever made, The Last Waltz is an at once ecstatic and elegiac summation of a vital era in American rock music. Invited to capture the farewell performance of the legendary group the Band at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving, 1976, Martin Scorsese conceived a new kind of music documentary. Enlisting seven camera operators (led by director of photography Michael Chapman, and also including renowned cinematographers Vilmos Zsigmond and László Kovács) and production designer Boris Leven to design the strikingly theatrical sets, Scorsese created a grandly immersive experience that brings viewers onstage and inside the music itself. That music—as performed by the Band and a host of other generation-defining artists, including Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, the Staple Singers, Muddy Waters, and Neil Young—lives on as an almost religious expression of the transcendent possibilities of rock and roll.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Martin Scorsese, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack supervised and approved by musician Robbie Robertson
• In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Two alternate soundtracks: the original 1978 2.0 surround mix, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio, and an uncompressed stereo mix from 2001
• Two audio commentaries, featuring Scorsese; members of the Band; members of the production crew; and performers Dr. John, Ronnie Hawkins, and Mavis Staples
• New interview with Scorsese, conducted by critic David Fear
• Documentary from 2002 about the making of the film
• Outtake
• Interview from 1978 with Scorsese and Robertson
• Trailer and TV spot
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic Amanda Petrusich
  
  New cover by Fred Davis

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Steeped in the bohemian cool of Chicago’s 1990s Black creative scene, love jones—the smart, sexy, and stylish debut feature of writer-director Theodore Witcher—is a love story for anyone who has ever wondered: How do I know when I’ve found the one? Larenz Tate and Nia Long have magnetism and chemistry to burn as the striving, artistically talented twentysomethings—he’s a poet, she’s a photographer—who spark over their love of literature and jazz, but whose mutual reluctance to commit to a relationship leaves them both navigating an emotional minefield of confusion, jealousy, and regrets. Velvety cinematography; an unforgettable, eclectic soundtrack; dazzling dialogue; and refreshingly low-key, naturalistic performances by an ensemble cast that also includes Isaiah Washington, Lisa Nicole Carson, Bill Bellamy, Bernadette Speakes, and Leonard Roberts come together in an intoxicating, seductively moody romance that engages both the heart and the mind.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Theodore Witcher, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• New audio commentary featuring Witcher
• New interview with Witcher and film scholar Racquel J. Gates
• New interview with music scholars Mark Anthony Neal and Shana L. Redmond on the soundtrack
• Panel discussion featuring Witcher and members of the cast and crew
• Featurette
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic Danielle Amir Jackson
  
  New cover by F. Ron Miller

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As Dwayne Johnson runs for president in 2032, he takes a comedic look back at his extraordinary life through the outrageous stories of his family and youth that shaped him into the man he is today. He explores his childhood years living amid influential wrestling icons while his dad rose to fame in the business, his rebellious teenage years attending high school in Pennsylvania, and his football years teamed up with powerhouse players at the University of Miami. In his telling, Johnson explains that while his experiences have been larger than life, he remains a down-to-earth guy who still relates to the American people.

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Packed with original songs by Jennifer Lopez and global Latin music star Maluma, Marry Me arrives next Valentine’s Day with Lopez starring as musical superstar Kat Valdez and Owen Wilson as Charlie Gilbert, a math teacher—total strangers who agree to marry and then get to know each other. An unlikely romance about two different people searching for something real in a world where value is based on likes and followers, Marry Me is a modern love story about celebrity, marriage and social media.

Kat Valdez (Lopez) is half of the sexiest celebrity power couple on Earth with hot new music supernova Bastian (Maluma, making his feature-film debut). As Kat and Bastian’s inescapable hit single, “Marry Me,” climbs the charts, they are about to be wed before an audience of their fans in a ceremony that will be streamed across multiple platforms.

Divorced high-school math teacher Charlie Gilbert (Owen Wilson) has been dragged to the concert by his daughter Lou (Chloe Coleman, Big Little Lies) and his best friend (Sarah Silverman). When Kat learns, seconds before the ceremony, that Bastian has cheated on her with her assistant, her life turns left as she has a meltdown on stage, questioning love, truth and loyalty. As her gossamer world falls away, she locks eyes with a stranger—a face in the crowd.

If what you know lets you down, then perhaps what you don’t know is the answer, and so, in a moment of inspired insanity, Kat chooses to marry Charlie. What begins as an impulsive reaction evolves into an unexpected romance. But as forces conspire to separate them, the universal question arises: Can two people from such different worlds bridge the gulf between them and build a place where they both belong?

SPECIAL FEATURES

• FEATURE COMMENTARY – With Director Kat Coiro and Producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas
• DELETED SCENES
  • It’s Coming Together
  • Plotting the Future
  • Is Everyone Happy?
  • Come to the Concert
  • What Am I Doing Here?
  • You’re Married!
  • Having Fun at the Dance
  • Flight Status
• GAG REEL
• JENNIFER UNVEILED – Using raw, of-the-moment, b-roll shot on set throughout production, this piece will give audiences unprecedented access behind the scenes, showcasing close-up, intimate footage of Jennifer Lopez – actress and producer.
• BEHIND THE CAMERA: THE MAKING OF MARRY ME – Glitz, glamor, romance and music. Go behind the scenes in this making-of, for an up-close look at how powerhouse performer Jennifer Lopez and all-star director Kat Coiro are teaming up to put the swoon back on the big screen.
• TURN IT UP: THE MUSIC OF MARRY ME – Go inside the process with both J.Lo and Maluma as we discover what they wanted these songs to achieve, the stories and meanings behind them, and how they collaborated though countries apart.
• LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN – To create a fictional, epic, on-stage moment between Kat Valdez and Bastian, the production of Marry Me pulled off a REAL epic on stage moment between Jennifer Lopez and Maluma. Surprising a massive real-world audience of Maluma’s at Madison Square Garden, Jennifer Lopez joined him on stage for one of the film’s most powerful numbers. As we head backstage, we’ll not only reveal how they pulled off such an exciting surprise, we’ll also get an up-close look at international pop star Maluma.
• MARRIED WITH STYLE – Complete with eye-catching musical numbers, the nuptials of Kat and Bastian was meant to bring the house down IN STYLE! Now, visit Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City as the team behind this magical moment that could have been, breaks it down for us.
• “ON MY WAY” LYRIC VIDEO
• Languages/Subtitles: English, French Canadian and Latin American Spanish

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John Cusack and Emile Hirsch star in this action thriller about a troubled cop’s hunt for a ruthless hacker, who’s committing savage violence as he searches for his kidnapped wife.

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A couple on a romantic getaway find themselves stranded at sea when a tropical storm sweeps away their villa. In order to survive, they are forced to fight the elements, while sharks circle below.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Audio Commentary with Writer-Director Le-Van Kiet
• Making The Requin – Featurette
• Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles for the main feature

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Deranged scientist, Baron von Frankenstein, with the help of his bizarre assistant, Otto, is determined to create a new master race, of which he will be the leader. To achieve his objective, he constructs two perfect ‘zombies’ from an assemblage of body parts, intending them to mate. Meanwhile, complications ensue as Nicholas, a farm hand, begins an affair with the Baron’s sexually frustrated wife all while searching for his missing friend Sacha, whose head and brain have been used for Frankenstein’s male “zombie”!

SPECIAL FEATURES

• NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL 35MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
• HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
• Three viewing options: Digital 3-D (Blu-ray only, requires a 3-D capable TV and player), Anaglyph 3-D (Blu-ray only, works on all TVs with included 3-D glasses) and regular Flat 2-D.
• Audio commentary with film historians and authors Samm Deighan, Heather Drain and Kat Ellinger
• “Trans – Human Flesh & Blood” – an archival interview with writer/director Paul Morrissey
• “The Ecstasy of Frankenstein” – an interview with actor Udo Kier
• “In the Flesh” – an interview with actor Joe Dallesandro
• “Dimension in Fear” – an interview with Producer Andrew Braunsberg
• “Andy’s Shadow” – an interview with film historian & author Stephen Thrower
• “Building the world of Frankenstein” – an interview with art director Gianni Giovagnoni
• “Don’t Say a Word” – an interview with actress Liù Bosisio
• “Feed My Frankenstein” – an interview with assistant director Paolo Pietrangeli
• Original theatrical trailer
• Radio spots
• Promotional still gallery
• Audio Recollections with Paul Morrissey
• Screen Test footage with Paul Morrissey
• Raw Q&A footage from 2012 with Paul Morrissey
• Reversible cover artwork
• English SDH subtitles
• REGION-FREE COMBO RELEASE

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Known to her clients as Dagmar, she’s a classy Swedish call girl in Copenhagen. After two years she’s ready to quit, and we follow her on what she hopes is her last day in the trade. She wakes at 9 AM, gets her first call and a marriage proposal, checks in with her doctor, pays final visits to various clients, arranges to lease her flat, passes on her black book to a colleague, tries to beg off on an impromptu session with Japanese businessmen, has a quick conversation with her brother, and makes a couple of charitable contributions. All the while, her eyes on the clock, there’s the threat of her pimp finding out about her plans. If she pulls it off, what awaits?

SPECIAL FEATURES

• BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
• Theatrical Trailer (Newly Mastered in 2K)
• Optional English Subtitles

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The murder of a Hamburg barmaid seems an open-and-shut case until a recently demobilized Nazi soldier, reassigned to the police force, suspects it’s the work of a serial killer. His efforts to bring the murderer to justice run afoul of the Reich, which fears the culprit is Aryan—not the foreigner, gypsy or Jew they would prefer. Director Robert Siodmak, the greatest practitioner of Hollywood noir (Criss Cross, The Killers, Phantom Lady, et al.), returned to Germany in the 1950s to finish his career. This was the most powerful film of those later years, a subtle yet scathing payback to the Nazis that chased him from his homeland. Based on the true story of murderer Bruno Lüdke, Siodmak creates a tense policier that’s also a psychological drama exploring how some of those who did not flee the Reich struggled to maintain their integrity and morality in the face of overwhelming corruption and evil.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• NEW Audio commentary by critic Imogen Sara Smith
• Optional English subtitles

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Although derided by critics upon its initial release, Ate de Jong’s DROP DEAD FRED has since become a cult favorite, earning a hardy reputation as one of the strangest and most unhinged ‘family’ films to ever emerge from a major studio. Starring Phoebe Cates (Gremlins, Fast Times at Ridgemont High), Rik Mayall (TV’s The Young Ones), Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl), Tim Matheson (National Lampoon’s Animal House) and featuring Carrie Fisher (Star Wars), Vinegar Syndrome presents the US Blu-ray debut of DROP DEAD FRED, from a fresh 2K restoration and featuring loads of new and exclusive interviews and extras.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION from a 35mm interpositive
• Audio Commentary track with director Ate de Jong
• A conversation with director Ate de Jong and producer Paul Webster
• “Imaginary Friends” – a featurette with co-writers & executive producers Anthony Fingleton and Carlos Davis
• “The Mega Beast Speaks Out” – an interview with actress Marsha Mason
• “Drop Dead Look” – an interview with director of photography Peter Deming
• “Mischief Makers” – a featurette with vfx producer Peter Kuran, vfx supervisor Kevin Kutchaver, stop-motion animator Doug Beswick, special photographic effects artist Paul Gentry and special makeup effects artist Christopher Johnson
• “I’m Your Fella, Annabella” – an interview with actor Tim Matheson
• “Memories of Snot Face” – an interview with actress Ashley Peldon
• Deleted scenes
• Theatrical trailer
• 8-page booklet with a new text interview with actress Phoebe Cates
• Reversible cover artwork
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
• REGION-A “LOCKED”

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THE MAN FROM PLANET X (1950)

On the coast of Scotland, where there’s enough fog to hide an alien landing, an astronomer discovers that one has actually occurred. But it’s soon realized that the creature, the “Man from Planet X,” has definite plans—not for friendship, but for domination—unleashing “out-of-this-world” havoc on the villagers!

BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER (1960)

In 1960, U.S. Air Force Major William Allison pilots the X80 jet, which is capable of speeds up to 5,000 miles an hour and reaching heights of more than 100 miles above Earth. Upon nearly reaching outer space, Allison is unaware that the X80’s tremendous velocity has propelled him through a time barrier and into the post-apocalyptic year of 2024. He soon finds himself held captive in an underground city known as the Citadel, whose inhabitants have been menaced by mutants and a deadly virus. Now Allison must find a way to return to the past and warn humanity of impending disaster.

THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN (1960)

In this pulse-pounding sci-fi classic, safecracker Joey Faust is snatched out of prison and made invisible with an atomic ray gun, apparently—and transparently—for the sole purpose of stealing nuclear fuel for a villain named Krenner and his beautiful moll Laura. But when Faust realizes his radiation-generated new look is slowly poisoning him, the tables are quickly turned, and his simple heist could now become the decade’s most horrifying nuclear nightmare of vengeance!

SPECIAL FEATURES

THE MAN FROM PLANET X (1950)

• NEW Audio Commentary by critic Richard Harland Smith
• Audio Commentary by critics Tom Weaver, David Schecter, Dr. Robert J. Kiss and filmmaker Joe Dante
• Audio Commentary by critics Gary D. Rhodes and Arianne Ulmer Cipes (Edgar G. Ulmer’s Daughter)
• Original theatrical trailer
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER (1960)

• BRAND NEW 2K MASTER
• NEW Audio commentary by critics Tom Weaver, David Schecter and Gary D. Rhodes
• Original theatrical trailer
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN (1960)

• BRAND NEW 2K MASTER
• NEW Audio commentary by film historian David Del Valle
• Original theatrical trailer
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

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Horror legend Christopher Lee (The Wicker Man, the Lord Of The Rings trilogy) stars in this pulse-pounding film where revenge is best served in cold blood. A professor of the occult experiences a shocking tragedy when the “destroyers” – a group of murderous students who fail to believe his tales of the dark forces – brutally attack him and his family and leave them to die. Now in a deep coma and the only survivor of the assault, he calls upon those demonic forces beyond the world of the living to grant him vengeance on those who took everything from him.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Includes Two Cuts Of The Film:
  • The Original Cut — THE HOLLYWOOD MEATCLEAVER MASSACRE (77 Minutes)
  • The Theatrical Cut — Featuring Intro/Outro With Horror Film Star Christopher Lee (85 Minutes)
• Theatrical Trailer

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While on a trip with her young son, Cecilia has a car accident. Three days later, she finds herself wandering a lonely road with no sign of her child—and no memory of what happened since the crash. Cecilia’s desperate search for her son leads her on a wrenching and tumultuous journey to face off against a religious fanatic who holds the shocking key to it all.

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Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, and Timothy Hutton give powerful and moving performances as a family being torn apart by tragedy and the unrelenting pressure to maintain a façade of normalcy. ORDINARY PEOPLE marked Hutton’s first film role and his performance not only earned him the Oscar® for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, but it also made him the youngest person to win in the category.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM OVERSEEN BY ROBERT REDFORD
• NEW Swimming in the Rose Garden — In this new featurette, Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner Timothy Hutton reflects on filming ORDINARY PEOPLE and the intriguing approach director Robert Redford took to create a feeling of isolation on set.
• Feeling is Not Selective— Acclaimed American novelist Judith Guest discusses her novel and the process involved in adapting it for film.
• Theatrical Trailer
• Collectible packaging featuring a foldout image of the film’s theatrical poster and an interior spread with key movie moments
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

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His Camera Was More Deadly Than a Gangster’s Gun! From Joseph Pevney, the acclaimed director of Because of You, Six Bridges to Cross, Foxfire, Female on the Beach and The Midnight Story, comes this thrilling tale of crime and celluloid. Two-bit press photographer Jack Early (Howard Duff, Woman in Hiding) is sent to snap a shot of notorious racketeer Nick Palmer (Brian Donlevy, The Great McGinty), who takes the unscrupulous shutterbug under his wing. Jack decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Nick and another crime boss (Lawrence Tierney, Prizzi’s Honor) against one another. All the while, he seduces—and manipulates—newspaperwoman Ellen Bennett (Peggy Dow, The Sleeping City) and Nick’s moll Nita (Anne Vernon, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg). Eventually, Jack must pay for his wicked ways, in this hard-hitting, double-crossing film noir with shadowy black-and-white photography by Irving Glassberg (Larceny).

SPECIAL FEATURES

• BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
• NEW Audio Commentary by Professor and Film Scholar Jason A. Ney
• Trailers
• Optional English Subtitles

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Producer David O. Selznick turned his attention to Hollywood with this 1937 original classic directed by William A. Wellman. Its Academy Award-winning screenplay co-written by Dorothy Parker tells the story of hopeful, young would-be actress Esther Blodgett (Academy Award winner Janet Gaynor) whose career is launched by movie star Norman Maine (Academy Award winner Fredric March), who also wins the young actress’ heart. Esther becomes leading lady Vicki Lester and Mrs. Norman Maine, but as Maine’s career flounders, he sinks into an abyss of alcoholism. Esther chooses to sacrifice her stardom to care for her husband, but he will not allow Esther to abandon her dreams for him. Remade three times in years ahead, this original version has finally undergone a meticulous restoration and has been remastered from its original nitrate Technicolor camera negatives, especially for this Warner Archive Blu-ray release. The result is a sterling presentation of a landmark in film history for this new restored edition.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• EXCLUSIVE NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL NITRATE TECHNICOLOR NEGATIVES
• Two Lux Radio Theater broadcasts – Audio only:
  • Janet Gaynor and Robert Montgomery (9/13/37)
  • Judy Garland and Walter Pidgeon (12/28/42)
• Classic WB cartoon: A Star is Hatched (1938)
• Classic WB shorts:
  • Mal Hallett & His Orchestra (1937)
  • Taking the Count (1937)
  • Alibi Mark (1937)
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature