Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s weekly sneak peek at the major DVD and Blu-ray releases! Using the gallery below, you’ll be able to navigate through some of the key titles that hit stores on November 18, including recent big screen features like Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s 22 Jump Street, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, and Steven Quale’s Into the Storm. There’s also new editions of classics like Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night and Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as well as collectors edition releases of two George Romero horror films and three Hayao Miyazaki-directed animated features from Studio Ghibli.
Check it all out in the gallery viewer below and expand to full screen to check out descriptions for each release.
This Week on DVD and Blu-ray - November 18, 2015
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22 Jump Street
Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the directing pair behind the first film and the recent The LEGO Movie, deliver a comedy sequel that aims to take down all comedy sequels. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are back as undercover officers Schmidt and Jenko and this time, they're taking on college life and spring break in Miami.
This special feature-heavy release offers hours of bonus content, including a feature length commentary with Lord, Miller, Hill and Tatum.
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Automata
Antonio Banderas headlines Spanish director Gabe Ibáñez's recent sci-fi thriller. Set in 2044, Banderas plays a claim officer for a robotics corporation who, after investigating something suspicious, finds that there's more to these robots than anyone ever suspected.
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Quite arguably the crown jewel of the German expressionist movement, Robert Wiene's 1920 silent horror film follows a mad hypnotist, Caligari, and Cesare, his sleepwalking servant who follows the doctor's every command, including murder.
Offering a breathtaking new transfer, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari finally gets a Blu-ray release with this new edition from Kino Classics, which also includes an hourlong documentary Caligari: How Horror Came to the Cinema.
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Drive Hard
John Cusack and Thomas Jane headline the latest from cult director Brian Trenchard-Smith (BMX Bandits, Leprechaun 3). Cusack stars as Simon Keller, an America thief who kidnaps a former professional racecar driver (Jane) to make use of his driving skills during an Australian heist.
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Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke and The Wind Rises
Three Hayao Miyazaki films from three different decades join Disney's Studio Ghibli collection this week, all debuting on Blu-ray for the first time. 1989's Kiki's Delivery Service follows the adventures of a young witch as she opens a courier service. Then, 1997's Princess Mononoke reveals an epic battle between forest gods and the humans who would take their resources. Finally, 2013's The Wind Rises marks the final film from the grandmaster, detailing the life of Jiro Horikoshi, who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
All three releases feature supplementary material and are packaged to match Disney's two previous Ghibli Blu-ray waves.
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If I Stay
R.J. Cutler's recent adapation of Gayle Forman's 2009 novel stars Chloë Grace Moretz as Mia Hall, a young woman who has come to a fork in her path and must choose between her dream of attending Juilliard or staying with the man she loves. After a near-fatal accident, however, Mia is left in a coma and forced to make the choice between slings and arrows or saying goodbye to life itself.
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Into the Storm
Director Steven Quale's recent disaster thriller offers a found footage glimpse at what happens when one of the most powerful storms imaginable touches down on a small American town. It hits Blu-ray today with a trio of featurettes that explore both the film's fictional tornado chasing vehicle, the Titus, as well as the actual science between catastrophic weather conditions.
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It Happened One Night
Frank Capra finally joins the Criterion Collection with the induction of his 1934 screwball comedy classic that swept the Oscars that year.
Claudette Colbert stars as a runaway heiress who soon crosses paths with a charismatic reporter desperate for a story (Clark Gable). Boasting a 4K digital restoration, It Happened One Night is packed with archival supplements, including Capra's 1921 debut short and a 1997 feature length documentary, "Frank Capra's American Dream".
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Moontrap
Long unavailable in any format, Moontrap arrives on Blu-ray today from Olive Films. Based on a lesser-known comic book series, the 1989 sci-fi tale stars fan favorites Bruce Campbell (The Evil Dead) and Walter Koenig ("Star Trek") and tells the story of astronauts who are forced to become the last line of defense when they discover that Earth is about to be invaded by a race of evil cyborgs.
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Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Having released the 1988 original back in September, Scream Factory returns with a Blu-ray edition of Pumpkinhead's 1994's direct-to-video creature feature sequel. In addition to vintage behind-the-scenes footage, Pumpkinhead II debuts on Blu-ray with two brand new featurettes and a newly recorded commentary with director Jeff Burr.
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Monkey Shines and The Dark Half
Two George Romero classics finally hit Blu-ray this week thanks to Scream Factory! Eternally fascinated by Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Romero explores inner darkness in both 1988's Monkey Shines -- in which a paralyzed man's helper capuchin begins to take on the man's darkest thoughts -- and 1993's The Dark Half -- which follows the deadly manifestation of a bestselling writer's fictional killer.
Both films arrive with quite a few supplements, including a commentary with Romero on each.
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Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Although it failed to impress at the box office, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's return to the stylized noir of Sin City is, this week, looking for a new home video audience. Hitting Blu-ray in a set that also includes a 3D version, A Dame to Kill For is backed by a number of unique features, including a sped-up 15 minute green screen version of the film.
