This week’s new DVD and Blu-ray releases include Russian spies and vampire lovers.
• “The Americans: Season 6”: One of television’s best series came to an end with this sixth and final season. Gone from TV is the much-honored story of two KGB spies posing as Americans in Washington, D.C., during the Reagan administration. The arranged marriage of Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) has started to take on real meaning, but it is hard to deal with matters of the heart when there is so much life and death surrounding the pair.
If you missed the last episodes or want to see them again, all the action leading to the finale is available through the set. What the final season shows is the pressure has become more intense as the protagonists have revealed their true identities to their teenage daughter, Paige (Holly Taylor). All this makes the series not only a brilliant spy thriller, but a deeply meaningful family drama.
• “Twilight”: The production based on the book series by Stephenie Meyer is being rereleased to mark the 10th anniversary. It’s easy to poke fun at the series, as the later offerings in the franchise had too many soap opera elements. But director Catherine Hardwicke’s initial film did a nice job of setting up the love triangle between a girl (Kristen Stewart), a vampire (Robert Pattison) and a werewolf (Taylor Lautner).
If you haven’t seen the film in a decade, it’s a good time to remind yourself why you were either Team Jacob or Team Edward.
The “Twilight” 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack includes hours of special features and includes a never-before-seen featurette, “Twilight Tour … 10 Years Later,” which follows director Catherine Hardwicke and actor Jackson Rathbone through memorable sets from the film.
Also on DVD
• “Vera: Sets 1-7 Collection”: Brenda Blethyn plays Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope, a cantankerous but brilliant detective who solves crimes in northeast England.
• “Sorry to Bother You”: Surreal look by Boots Riley at capitalism, corporate greed and fractured workplace dynamics.
• “Vengeance”: An ex-soldier turned mercenary is determined to avenge the death of his best friend.
• “800 Words, Season 3, Part 1”: Continues the story of George Turner (Erik Thomson), a man making a home for himself and his family in a quirky New Zealand coastal town.
• “Mama Mia! Here We Go Again”: Tells present-day story of Sophie Sheridan (Amanda Seyfried) as she prepares for the grand reopening of her mother’s hotel and 1979 tale of when Donna (Lilly James) first arrives on the island.
• “An Elephant’s Journey”: A 13-year-old boy forms a bond with an elephant while on safari.
• “American Chaos”: In the six months leading up to the 2016 presidential election, director James D. Stern traveled to America’s red states asking about then-candidate Donald Trump’s appeal.
• “Elena Ferrante on Film”: “The Days of Abandonment” and “Troubling Love” are being released in a two-disc set.
• “Get Shorty: Collector’s Edition”: John Travolta stars in this 1995 production based on Elmore Leonard’s 1990 crime novel of the same name.
• “Patient Zero”: An asymptomatic victim (Matt Smith) who can communicate with the infected must lead the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.
• “Snake Outta Compton”: Giant mutant snake disrupts the record deal for a hip-hop crew.
• “Creepshow”: Stephen King and director George A. Romero create five shocking tales.
• “Scorpion King: Book of Souls”: Scorpion King looks for help in getting rid of a vicious leader.
• “BlacKkKlansman”: Spike Lee film offers a true-life examination of race relations in 1970s America that is just as relevant today. Available on DVD and Blu-ray Nov. 6.
• “Incredibles 2”: The super family searches for a way to get back to fighting crime. The animated film will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Nov. 6.
