MYSTERY TEAM arrives January 13th on Blu – ray™ and Digital from Lionsgate!
December 9th, 2025 by Jordan Grout
A cold case from 2009 has been restored when MYSTERY TEAM arrives January 13th on Blu-ray™ and Digital from Lionsgate. Donald Glover stars in this Derrick Comedy film where kid detectives have grown up, just like their new case. MYSTERY TEAM will be available for the suggested retail price of $27.99 with art done byLouie De Martinis.
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Pupi Avati’s The House with Laughing Windows occupies a distinctive position within the giallo canon, opting for an aesthetic of erosion and restraint rather than the genre’s more canonical baroque excesses. Set in a dilapidated rural village, the film’s visual palette, dominated by ochres, stagnant greens, and the granular textures of decaying architecture, functions as an extension of its thematic interest in cultural and corporeal decomposition. Pasquale Rachini’s cinematography frames these spaces with painterly precision, while Amedeo Tommasi’s sepulchral organ score saturates them with an almost liturgical dread. The fresco at the narrative’s center, a rendering of Saint Sebastian’s martyrdom, becomes a symbolic nexus: a visual artifact through which the film interrogates the porous boundary between artistic representation and embodied violence.
John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow has long been acknowledged as a turning point in Hong Kong popular cinema, inaugurating what would soon be labeled the heroic bloodshed cycle and launching Chow Yun Fat as an emblem of transnational action stardom. Emerging from Woo’s own disenchantment with formulaic assignments and shaped by Tsui Hark’s producerly intervention, the first film reworks the premise of The Story of a Discharged Prisoner into a modern crime melodrama centered on two brothers on opposite sides of the law and a third quasi fraternal bond within the criminal underworld. Ho’s attempt to abandon his career as a senior triad counterfeiter, his fraught relationship with his police officer brother Kit, and his loyalty to his friend and partner Mark provide the film with an unusually rich emotional matrix for an action title made on modest means with limited studio support.
Some phones never stop ringing. The haunting sequel to the critically acclaimed horror phenomenon, BLACK PHONE 2 comes home exclusively on digital* platforms to buy or rent November 4, 2025 and on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD December 23, 2025 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Director Scott Derickson (Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose) continues the nightmare with darker, deadlier, and more terrifying scenes than ever before as Ethan Hawke (First Reformed) returns to his most disturbing role as deranged serial killer The Grabber opposite Mason Thames (How to Tain Your Dragon franchise, Incoming) in his breakout feature film role as Finn. Expanding on the original short story by Joe Hill, “the rare sequel that’s scarier than its predecessor” (Gizmodo) and hailed by critics as “a cold blooded masterpiece” (Slasher Reviews) comes home with all-new bonus content when purchased at participating retailers, including seven deleted scenes and in-depth behind-the-scenes featurettes, bringing home even more intensity and shocking new scares and secrets.
Hailed by critics and audiences alike, Focus Features’ BUGONIA arrives exclusively on digital platforms to buy or rent November 25, 2025, and on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 23, 2025, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Five-time Oscar-nominee Yorgos Lanthimos masterfully directs his most compelling film yet with a satirical, thrilling edge, and out-of-this world plot twists. Hailed by critics as a “master provocateur,” (Slant Magazine), Lanthimos draws audiences into a paranoia and leaves them questioning what really happens behind the curtains of power. Suspense, social relevancy, and dark comedic chemistry between opposing characters Emma Stone (Poor Things, The Favourite) and Jesse Plemons (Killers of the Flower Moon, The Power of the Dog) fuel this genre-defying thriller, with every interaction hiding a secret and trust being the most dangerous currency.
Get a head start on the future this holiday season when the epic sci-fi action-adventure Tron: Ares arrives December 2 on digital platforms including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. Just in time for winter break viewing, the newest chapter in the Tron saga invites fans to experience a bold new world and a high-velocity spectacle right from home. The edge-of-your-seat action expands in the new year when Tron: Ares powers onto 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD beginning January 6, 2026.
Hailed by critics and audiences alike, Focus Features’ BUGONIA arrives exclusively on digital platforms to buy or rent November 25, 2025, and on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 23, 2025, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Five-time Oscar-nominee Yorgos Lanthimos masterfully directs his most compelling film yet with a satirical, thrilling edge, and out-of-this world plot twists. Hailed by critics as a “master provocateur,” (Slant Magazine), Lanthimos draws audiences into a paranoia and leaves them questioning what really happens behind the curtains of power. Suspense, social relevancy, and dark comedic chemistry between opposing characters Emma Stone (Poor Things, The Favourite) and Jesse Plemons (Killers of the Flower Moon, The Power of the Dog) fuel this genre-defying thriller, with every interaction hiding a secret and trust being the most dangerous currency.
Some movies warn you upfront that things are about to get weird. Coyotes doesn’t bother with a warning—it just tosses you into the deep end and lets you flail between laughing and recoiling in your seat. Colin Minihan’s horror–comedy hybrid is one of those rare films where the absurd and the terrifying sit so close together that you can’t tell which one you’re reacting to in the moment. And honestly, that’s a big part of why the movie works as well as it does.
The Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) is pleased to announce their nominations for the 2025 Astra Creative Arts Awards, honoring outstanding achievements by artisans whose remarkable work elevates the art of storytelling across film and television. This year’s nominees represent an exceptional range of creative talent that include studio blockbusters, critically acclaimed independent features, and some of the most celebrated series on television. The nominees reflect the extraordinary contributions of the artists whose work resonates with audiences around the globe.
Some movies don’t so much begin as they grab you by the shirt and yank you into their world, and Caught Stealing is absolutely one of them. Darren Aronofsky’s latest is a grimy, hilarious, pulse-pounding plunge into urban chaos—a film that feels both wildly unhinged and strangely controlled at the same time. It’s the kind of cinematic punch in the jaw that reminds you Aronofsky still knows exactly how to rattle an audience.
Wicked: For Good takes the foundation of the first film, from politics, to emotion, to the visual grandeur, and pushes it into a more confident, more unsettling, and ultimately more satisfying register. The story lands where it’s been heading, making the whole two-part experiment click into place. Jon M. Chu lets the big musical numbers grow out of character, less interested in turning every song into a fireworks display. The camera glides, circles, and sometimes simply sits still long enough to watch a face change its mind. The result is that the second film, paradoxically, feels both smaller and bigger than the first. It’s less anxious about “spectacle,” and more willing to trust the intimacy of a close-up or a sustained line of music.
Boogie Nights, the critically-acclaimed 1997 New Line film from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Mark Wahlberg, will be available for purchase Digitally in 4K Ultra HD and on 4K UHD Blu-ray Disc on December 16. From an original screenplay by Anderson, the film was nominated for three Academy Awards – Best Supporting Actor (Burt Reynolds), Best Supporting Actress (Julianne Moore), and Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen (Paul Thomas Anderson). Reynolds won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor, and Julianne Moore also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
More action. More suspense. More lore. They’re not just at Freddy’s anymore.
