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With the awards season just past, both for the small and the big screen, we are starting to peek at new projects and compelling stories. It is, however, the perfect time to retrieve titles that were too hastily released in theaters or from the repertoire. Some are a real feast for the eyes, others are all to laugh and then, of course, the blockbusters that bring the cinema straight home cannot be missing.
After the home video releases in February, March and April, already full of special and limited edition box sets, unpublished content and increasingly original packaging, here is the decalogue of DVD and Blu-Ray (some very collectible) coming in May.
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1/10The Batman
The Avenger of Gotham City, born to Bob Kane and Bill Finger for DC Comics, returns in the version of Matt Reeves with Robert Pattinson (Twilight). Next to him Zoe Kravitz in Catwoman version, Paul Dano in Riddler key and Colin Farrell in the role of Penguin. This time, Batman is a teenager tormented by the loss of his parents in a city brought to its knees by crime. The new version is even more dark and wild. After initial casting criticism of the protagonist, the new adaptation was met with enthusiastic comments.
(Release: May 2022, Warner Bros., DVD, Blu-ray, 4k Ultra HD, 4k Ultra HD Steelbook. The limited edition contains a third disc with over 40 minutes of special content. The Amazon Exclusive Edition has a bonus blu-ray disc that contains Gotham Planning)
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2/10Elvis Collection
The myth of Elvis Presley lives on in this collection of five films (I want to marry them all, Viva Las Vegas, The Thug of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley Show and Elvis on tour) to accompany the biopic’s return to the room Elvis by Baz Luhrmann making his debut at Cannes Film Festival with the face of Austin Butler. This contemporary music legend lives on in DVD version in all its glory.
(Release: May 19, 2022, Warner Bros., DVD format, Colletiction of 5 Movies: I Want to Marry Them All, Viva Las Vegas, The Thug of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley Show and Elvis on tour)
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3/10Red
The new feature film from the house of Mickey Mouse stages the metaphor of growth by comparing it to a red panda. The intuition comes from Oscar-winning director Domee Shi, who for her story was inspired by the same experience and relationship she had with her mother as a girl. At the center of the story is the thirteen-year-old Mei Lee, who frequents a small group of friends a little on the fringes of school life. She is very passionate about the boyband of the moment, she wants to convince her parents to participate in the concert with her clique, but thus the first generational squabbles begin. When strong emotions are unleashed in her, a red giant panda appears in her place.
(Release: May 2022, Walt Disney, DVD, Blu-Ray, Steelbook)
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4/10Cyrano
Joe Wright’s masterpiece, which earned Italian costume designer Massimo Parrini Cantini an Oscar nomination, stages a literary classic in a musical version, redefining the metaphor of diversity. Haley Bennett plays Roxanne while Peter Dinklage gives life to Mr. de Bergerac, an expert in word and sword duels. He is in love with her friend but cannot confess it to her, on the other hand he puts on paper the sighs of her heart for soldier Christian (Kelvin Harrison). In a visual jubilation to say the least breathtaking – recreated in Sicily – the protagonists embody all the nuances of the human soul, from the most lyrical to the most prosaic feelings.
(Release: May 25, 2022, Eagle Pictures, DVD and Blu-Ray)
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5/10Aline – The voice of love
Valerie Lemercier was inspired by the life of Celine Dion to tell the rise of a singer in the 1960s in Canada. The director – and also the interpreter of the story – outlines not only the career of this extraordinary voice but also the human evolution of a woman destined for greatness. In spite of her not so high birth rate: she is the fourteenth daughter of the house, but she manages to find her own way to the stage, success and immortality.
(Release: May 19, 2022, Lucky Red, DVD and Blu-ray)
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6/10Marry me – Marry me
The new romantic comedy with Jennifer Lopez brings to the stage the serendipity of a love born of betrayal and raised in the spotlight and in spite of every premise. Kat Valdez is a world super star, who decides to marry her colleague Bastian (Maluna, at her debut) in a worldwide live, in front of her adoring audience. Too bad that, just before going on stage, the woman discovers the betrayal of her future husband. The wedding is canceled but she, in the heat of the moment, decides to become the wife of the first man she looks at. The lucky and unsuspecting recipient of this attention is a single father, Charlie (Owen Wilson), divorced and with a teenage daughter, who was dragged to the event without having a clue who the singer is. Thus begins a relationship in reverse, a kind of Notting Hill in the era of social media on an incredible soundtrack and a screaming wardrobe.
(Release: May 19, 2022, Universal Pictures, DVD, Blu-ray)
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7/10Belfast
This poignant autobiographical story, written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, is set in the capital of Northern Ireland in the 1960s where a working-class family comes to terms with the turmoil of the place, the Ulster district. Her father is a carpenter played by Jamie Dornan, often absent for work, while her mother (Caitriona Balfe) stays at home with her children and grandparents (Judi Dench and Ciaran Hinds). The youngest child, Buddy (Jude Hill) is nine years old and does not fully realize how much the dimension of the game is totally reversed by the urban riots. Little by little, however, he realizes that religious differences create mistrust and hatred and the carefree childhood is broken forever.
The visual power of the tale has earned it seven nominations at the Oscar Prize (a statuette was won for the original screenplay) and in the home video version the special contents include the commentary of the director-screenwriter, the behind the scenes of the film and the in-depth study The child who is in each of us.
(Release: May 19, 2022, Universal Pictures, DVD, Blu-ray)
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8/10Jurassic World Collection
Waiting for the new cinematic chapter, Jurassic World – The domain, out on June 2, comes a new collection declined with a renewed creativity that is added to the Lego Jurassic Collection in 3 DVDs (three series for a total of six hours). These are two tributes to one of the most famous franchises in the history of cinema. The dinosaur park brought to life by Steven Spielberg relives in a modern way with the performances of one of the most talented actors of his generation, Chris Pratt. The journey into the universe of this franchise promises an adrenaline rush of unexpected proportions.
(Release: May 19, 2022, Universal Pictures, Steelbook 4k + Blu-ray)
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9/10Without remorse
Stefano Sollima’s action movie stars Michael B. Jordan, who brings Tom Clancy’s novel of the same name to life. The actor lends his face to senior Navy SEAL chief John Kelly who finds himself embroiled in a dangerous mission. Team members are killed in revenge by the Russian military, even though the US team was convinced they were facing ISIS members. Thus begins a fight against time to stem the damage and restore order, but in the meantime Pam (Lauren London), John’s wife, is killed by Soviet militants. This sends the protagonist into a tailspin, determined not only to do justice but to get revenge. To lend a hand he unexpectedly finds Karen Greer (Jodie Turner-Smith), a resolute and tenacious lieutenant commander.
(Release: May 19, 2022, Paramount Pictures, DVD, Blu-ray)
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10/10This is Sofia
This hilarious comedy tells a dysfunctional family overwhelmed by the tsunami of new beginnings. Gabriele (Fabio De Luigi) is a divorced and rather lonely former musician. The climax of his week is when his daughter visits him, ten-year-old Sofia. One day a woman he has always had a weakness for, Mara (Micaela Ramazzotti) reappears from the past, and so he is overwhelmed by her passion. There is only one detail: the woman cannot bear children and so Gabriele pretends to have no connection and hides the existence of the child from her partner. Like a juggler poised in this double life, between lies and secrets, the man sets up a series of involuntary theaters that make his life a little big mess.
(Released May 10, 2022, Medusa, DVD)
Source: Vanity Fair
