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And another hi-def hello to our fellow blu-ray geeks. Welcome to the weekly look at our most wanted titles coming to blu-ray and/or 4K Ultra HD for the week of April 2, 2019.

While this week lacks quantity, it more than makes up for it in quality with four new releases hitting home video for the first time. And two of those are coming at us in stunning 4K Ultra HD editions.

Paramount is releasing its sci-fi-action thriller Bumblebee on blu-ray and 4K. The film gets a Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy edition, a 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy edition, and a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy edition.This one is a biggie folks!

Additionally this week, the Clint-Eastwood-directed crime drama The Mule is hitting hi-def in a Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD edition, as well as a 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital HD edition. {googleads}

The Academy Award winning Dick Cheney biopic called Vice finally hits hi-def with a Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD edition from 20th Century Fox while RLJ Entertainment is putting out the Sam Elliott adventure drama The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Big Foot.

Another significant title is getting a 4K UHD release in the form of Hellboy Animated 4k - Sword of Storms / Blood & Iron / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy.


Here is what is coming out on blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This week

The MuleThe Mule (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital HD)

Warner Bros.

Street Date: April 2, 2019

Earl Stone (Clint Eastwood) is a man in his 80s who is broke, alone and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for the cartel. He does well—so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn't the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the mysterious new drug mule has also hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates (Bradley Cooper). And even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement, or the cartel's enforcers, catch up to him.

Blu-ray Details:

  • Nobody Runs Forever: The Making of The Mule
  • Toby Keith "Don't Let the Old Man In" Music Video

Vice Vice (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD)

20th Century Fox

Street Date: April 2, 2019

VICE explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.

Blu-ray Details:

• Deleted Scenes

  • High School
  • Musical
  • Bunker

• Gaming the System: The Making of VICE

• The Music of Power

• Gallery


The Man Who Killed Hitler and the the Big FootThe Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Big Foot (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)

RLJ Entertainment

Street Date: April 2, 2019

Since WWII, Calvin Barr has lived with the secret that he was responsible for the assassination of Adolf Hitler. Now, decades later, the US government has called on him again for a new top-secret mission. Bigfoot has been living deep in the Canadian wilderness and is carrying a deadly plague that is now threatening to spread to the general population. Relying on the same skills that he honed during the war, Calvin must set out to save the free world yet again.

Special Features:

  • Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Robert D. Krzykowski
  • The Making of "The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot
  • Interview with Composer Joe Kraemer
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Elsie Hooper
  • Conceptual Art Gallery

HellboyHellboy Animated (Sword of Storms / Blood & Iron / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)

Lionsgate Films

Street Date: April 2, 2019

HELLBOY ANIMATED: SWORD OF STORMS

In the first animated feature from director Tad Stones (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command), a folklore professor becomes unwittingly possessed by the ancient Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning. But when The Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense dispatches a team of agents to investigate, a cursed samurai sword sends Hellboy to a supernatural dimension of ghosts, monsters, and feudal mayhem. Now, while pyrokinetic Liz Sherman and fishboy Abe Sapien battle one very pissed-off dragon, a lost and cranky Hellboy must find his way home. Even if he can survive the perilous journey, how much crap does a guy have to put up with from the two most vengeful and ferocious spirits of Japanese legend?

HELLBOY ANIMATED: BLOOD & IRON

When Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are assigned to investigate the ghost-infested mansion of a publicity-hound billionaire, they uncover a plot to resurrect a beautiful yet monstrous vampire from Professor Bruttenholm's past. But before they can stop her bloodbath, Hellboy will have to battle harpies, hellhounds, a giant werewolf, and even the ferocious goddess Hecate herself. How much crap does a guy have to take from a Hungarian Blood Countess before he and his surrogate father can avenge the souls of the damned? It's going to take more than just a horde of very pissed-off demons for our heroes to see the light in this animated adventure from creative producers Guillermo Del Toro and Mike Mignola.

Special Features:

  • Dolby Vision Presentation
  • English Dolby Atmos Audio track
  • "A New Breed: Creating the New Hellboy" Featurette
  • "Conquering Hellboy: The Actor's Role" Featurette
  • "A View from the Top: The "Heads" Sequence" Featurette
  • "Tales from the Tomb: A Look Inside Blood & Iron" Featurette
  • "'Iron Shoes' with Introduction by Mike Mignola" Featurette
  • Sword of Storms Audio Commentary FeaturingHellboy Creator Mike Mignola, Supervising Producer-Director Tad Stones, and Director Phil Winstein
  • Blood & Iron Audio Commentary Featuring Mike Mignola, Tad Stones, and Vic Cook
  • "Reversal of Fortune, Professor Bloom's Story" Featurette

An Innocent ManAn Innocent Man (Blu-ray)

Kino Lorber

Street Date: April 2, 2019

Television and screen legend Tom Selleck (Jesse Stone: Stone Cold, Runaway) turns in a riveting performance as Jimmie Rainwood, an average citizen whose life becomes a living nightmare when he's framed by a pair of crooked cops and sent to prison for a crime he did not commit. With his life torn apart, Rainwood swears revenge, vowing to fight back and deliver justice to the dishonest cops who set him up—no matter what the price. Ultimately, Rainwood risks everything to recapture his normal life, and prove once and for all, that he is An Innocent Man! Directed by legendary filmmaker Peter Yates (Robbery, Bullitt, The Friends of Eddie Coyle) and co-starring F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus), Laila Robins (True Crime), David Rasche (Burn After Reading), Richard Young (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), Badja Djola (Mississippi Burning), Todd Graff (The Abyss), M.C. Gainey (Breakdown) and Bruce A. Young (Basic Instinct).

Special Features:

  • New Interview with actress Laila Robins
  • New Interview with actor David Rasche
  • New Audio Commentary by Film Historian Jim Hemphill
  • Theatrical Trailer

Terra FormarsTerra Formars (Blu-ray Special Edition)

Arrow

Street Date: April 2, 2019

In the mid-21st century, humankind has been forced to look to colonising other planets as a means of combating overcrowding on Earth – their first stop, Mars. With a population of cockroaches having been introduced on Mars some 500 years prior to help prepare the way for human colonization, a manned mission sets out to the red planet with the aim of clearing away the bugs. Upon arrival, however, they discover that the roaches have evolved to huge, vicious creatures capable of wielding weapons.

Special Features:

  • High-Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
  • Original uncompressed Stereo and 5.1 DTS-HD MA options
  • Newly-translated English subtitles
  • The Making of Terra Formars - feature-length documentary on the film's production featuring a host of cast and crew interviews and behind-the-scenes footage
  • Extended cast interviews
  • Footage from the 2016 Japanese premiere
  • Outtakes
  • Image Gallery
  • Theatrical and teaser trailers
  • Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork options
  • First pressing only: Fully illustrated collector's booklet with new writing on the film by Tom Mes

The Great Buster CollecctionThe Great Buster: A Celebration (Blu-ray Collector's Edition)

Cohen Media Group

Street Date: April 2, 2019

The Great Buster celebrates the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians, Buster Keaton, whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary. Filled with stunningly restored archival Keaton films from the Cohen Film Classics library, The Great Buster is directed by Peter Bogdanovich, a filmmaker and cinema historian whose landmark writings and films on such renowned directors as John Ford and Orson Welles have become the standard by which all other studies are measured.

Special Features:

  • Conversations from The Quad - an exclusive interview with Peter Bogdanovich
  • Original trailer

Rust CreekRust Creek (Blu-ray)

Shout Factory

Street Date: April 2, 2019

Synopsis:

An ordinary woman must summon extraordinary courage to survive a nightmare odyssey in the backwoods of Rust Creek in this harrowing survival thriller. Sawyer (Hermione Corfield) is an ambitious, overachieving college senior with a seemingly bright future.

While on her way to a job interview, a wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the frozen Kentucky woods. Suddenly, she finds herself facing her own mortality as she’s punished by the elements and pursued by a band of ruthless outlaws. With nowhere left to run, Sawyer is forced into an uneasy alliance with Lowell (Jay Paulson), an enigmatic loner with shadowy intentions ... and perhaps her only chance to escape Rust Creek alive.

Special Features:

  • Cast & Crew Interviews
  • Rust Creek – Behind the Scenes
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Theatrical Trailer

Green CardGreen Card (Blu-ray - Special Edition)

Kino Lorber

Street Date: April 2, 2019

Synopsis: The story of two people who got married, met and then fell in love. Green Card lights up the screen with its irresistible charm, lighthearted humor and critical acclaim. The fun starts when two strangers, Andie MacDowell (Unstrung Heroes) and Gérard Depardieu (My Father the Hero), agree to a marriage of convenience—thinking it's going to be hassle-free. She'll get to live in the apartment of her dreams; he'll get a "green card" to live in the U.S. But before they know it, the two opposites encounter far more difficulties than most married couples could ever imagine—and worse yet, this mismatched twosome just might be falling in love.

Special Features:

  • NEW Interview with star Andie MacDowell
  • Theatrical Trailer

Dragon Ball SuperDragon Ball Super: Part 7 (Blu-ray)

FUNimation Entertainment

Street Date: April 2, 2019

Synopsis: In an effort to teach Future Zeno about martial arts, Zeno calls for an exhibition match between the 7th and 9th Universes. Afterwards, Goku searches for the 7th Universe’s 10 best fighters. With only 48 hours until the Tournament of Power officially begins, will he put together a strong enough team in time, or will the Z Fighters be at a major disadvantage from the get-go?!

Special Features:


The PledgePledge (Blu-ray)

Shout Factory

Street Date: April 2, 2019

Synopsis: Three friends get the chance to live their college dream when they're invited to join an elite fraternity — but first they'll have to survive the hazing from hell. Freshman social misfits Ethan (Phillip Andre Botello), David (Zack Weiner), and Justin (Zachery Byrd) are desperate to improve their terminally uncool reputations by pledging to one of their university's prestigious Greek houses. When every frat on campus turns them down, they are unexpectedly recruited by a shadowy social club offering them access to an exclusive world of raging parties, eligible coeds, and VIP social status. The catch? A sadistic initiation ritual that goes from depraved to deadly over the course of forty-eight booze-and-blood-soaked hours.

Special Features:

  • Commentary With Director Daniel Robbins, Producer Mark Rapaport, Co-Producer Michael Gelfand, And Actors Zachery Byrd, Zack Weiner, And Aaron Dalla Villa
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Music Video
  • Theatrical Trailer

And now for our MOST WANTED ON BLU-RAY AND 4K for the week of March 12, 2019

BumblebeeBumblebee (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)

Paramount

Street Date: April 2, 2019

Synopsis: On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.

Special Features:

• Sector 7 Archive

  • Agent Burns: Welcome to Sector 7
  • Sector 7 Adventures: The Battle at Half Dome (All-New Motion Comic)

• Deleted and Extended Scenes

• Outtakes

• Bee Vision: The Transformers robots of Cybertron

• Bringing Bumblebee to the Big Screen

  • The Story of Bumblebee
  • The Stars Align
  • Bumblebee Goes Back to G1
  • Back to the Beetle
  • California Cruisin' Down Memory Lane