The seventh movie in the “Transformers” franchise tops the DVD releases for the week of Oct. 10
“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”: Set in 1994, two kids from Brooklyn team up with the Autobots and the Maximals to stop Unicron from destroying the planet.
“You know what’s not bad? ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,’” writes Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips. “Dumber than a box of lug nuts, but superior to the Michael Bay-directed schlocktaculars that ran as long as 165 minutes. The new ‘Transformers’ movie clocks in at 117 minutes, a lot of them pretty zippy.”
Also new on DVD
“The Boogeyman”: Sophie Thatcher and Vivien Lyra Blair star as sisters traumatized by the death of their mother in director Rob Savage’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 1973 short story.
“Strays”: Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx voice dogs in this definitely not for kids, live-action R-rated comedy.
“Jules”: Ben Kingsley plays a lonely older man who has an alien crash in his backyard in this gentle sci-fi dramedy.
“Fatal Attraction: Season One”: Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson steam things up in this Paramount+ drama based on Adrian Lyne’s 1987 erotic thriller.
“King of Killers”: The hunters become the hunted in this thriller about assassins hired to terminate the world’s most lethal killer.
“The Mayor of Kingstown: Season Two”: This Michigan-set Paramount+ crime drama starring Jeremy Renner and Dianne Wiest returns for Season 2.
“Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response & Intelligence Team”: A newly formed special forces squad is deployed to Malta to thwart a terrorist plot.
“The Channel”: A criminal crew must escape from New Orleans with the FBI in pursuit after a bank robbery goes awry.
“Yellowjackets: Season Two”: They’re not out of the woods yet as Showtime’s decades-spanning mystery drama returns for Season 2. With Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis and Melanie Lynskey.
“The League”: This sports documentary chronicles Negro league baseball’s triumphs and challenges through the first half of the 20th century.
“Videodrome”: David Cronenberg’s 1983 horror thriller gets a fresh 4K digital restoration from Criterion in this 4K UHD release.
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”: As part of Disney’s 100th anniversary celebration, the studio’s first animated feature is available on 4K UHD for the first time.
