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The Criterion Collection’s release lineup for December 2026 includes The English Patient, Grizzly Man, The Shop Around the Corner and Eclipse Series 50: Sara Gómez’s Revolutionary Cuba, plus new 4K discs versions of Nashville and Divorce Italian Style. Due Dec. 1 as a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc combo pack is 1975’s Nashville. The film …

HBO has ordered the new original drama series “The Spread,” starring and executive produced by Academy Award winner and three-time Academy Award nominee Javier Bardem. Three-time BAFTA nominee Matthew Vaughn (“Kingsman,” “Layer Cake”) will direct and executive produce. The series will be written and executive produced by three-time Emmy Award winner Bill Dubuque (“His & …...

Two Hong Kong films — the historical drama Sex and the Emperor and the horror comedy The Haunted Cop Shop — are available on Blu-ray Disc Oct. 6 from 88 Films and MVD Entertainment Group. Sex and the Emperor (1994) is a lavish entry in Hong Kong’s infamous Category III cinema, blending historical drama, erotic …

Prime Video’s “Reacher” remained No. 1 on Samba’s list of top streaming programs for the week ended Sept. 13. The series, in its fourth season, stars Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher, a former U.S. Army military police officer who drifts throughout the United States utilizing his extensive investigative and combat experience to solve cases. The …

The 1996 action comedy Bulletproof  starring Adam Sandler and Damon Wayans has been slated for a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc release Sept. 22 by Kino Lorber. Directed by Ernest Dickerson, the film follows a former undercover cop (Wayans) tasked with protecting a witness (Sandler) slated to testify against a drug kingpin (James Caan) who …