A superhero sequel starring Tom Hardy in dual roles tops the DVD releases for the week of Dec. 14.
“Venom: Let There Be Carnage”: Hardy reprises his role as San Francisco journalist Eddie Brock, who is the host body for an alien known as Venom. This time, the villain is played by Woody Harrelson, a serial killer on death row transformed into Carnage by a drop of alien blood.
“The sequel doesn’t have that sense of joyful discovery and gleeful mischief that the first film did, because it’s obviously now a comedy on purpose,” Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh writes. “But the Venom/Eddie dynamic remains the best buddy action comedy going these days.”
Also new on DVD Dec. 14
“The Last Duel”: Ridley Scott’s historical epic — which stars Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck — recounts the final trial by combat in medieval Europe.
“The Card Counter”: Oscar Isaac plays a pro gambler haunted by his past as a former military interrogator at Abu Ghraib in this thriller written and directed by Paul Schrader.
“American Sicario”: Crime drama about the rise and fall of the first American-born drug kingpin in Mexico.
“Dangerous”: A reformed ex-con breaks parole when he heads to a remote island to investigate his brother’s death in this action thriller. With Scott Eastwood, Mel Gibson and Tyrese Gibson.
“Holler”: Rust Belt-set drama about a young woman who joins a dangerous scrap metal crew to save up money for college and the chance to make a better life for herself.
“Language Lessons”: Natalie Morales and Mark Duplass star in this drama about a Spanish teacher and student who develop a bond following a tragedy.
“Manifest: Season 3”: Drama series about the passengers of a flight that reappears five years after going missing. NBC canceled the show earlier this year after Season 3, but Netflix has picked it up for a fourth season.
“South of Heaven”: Jason Sudeikis stars as a convicted felon who gets paroled after 12 years in prison and returns to his childhood sweetheart, played by Evangeline Lilly, who is dying of cancer.
“The Auschwitz Report”: Historical drama based on a true story about two Slovakian Jews who are taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942 and manage to escape two years later but still must return home.
“The Mitchells vs. the Machines”: Netflix animated feature about a family road trip that gets derailed by a machine apocalypse that threatens humanity.
“Vengeance Is Mine”: A man unable to move on after his wife and child are murdered finds new purpose and clarity after discovering the whereabouts of those who killed them.
