A new biopic examining the life of Elvis Presley tops the DVD releases for the week of Sept. 13.
“Elvis”: A wild, manic, chopped-and-screwed look at the life of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll from director Baz Luhrmann, starring Austin Bulter as Presley and Tom Hanks as his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
“ ‘Elvis’ isn’t just a reinvigoration of the Elvis myth, it’s a resurrection of the King himself,” writes Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review. “Left the building? Not if Baz Luhrmann has anything to say about it.”
Also new on DVD
“Lightyear”: Back in “Toy Story,” Andy got a Buzz Lightyear toy from his favorite movie. This is that movie, in which Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Chris Evans) has to fight time and space in order to make it home.
“Where the Crawdads Sing”: A young woman who grows up abandoned in a Carolina marsh faces a murder charge after a former lover is found dead in this adaptation of Delia Owens’ novel.
“The Forgiven”: Jessica Chastain stars alongside Ralph Fiennes in this suspense-filled drama about a fatal car accident in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco — and the whirlwind chain of events that follows.
“Abandoned”: Horror film in which a young couple and their baby son move out to the country, only to find that the mother’s postpartum psychosis worsens and the farmhouse harbors its own terrors.
“Cobra Kai: Season 4”: Former rivals Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zapka) team up to take on a new foe in the fourth season of Netflix’s “Karate Kid” spinoff.
“White Lotus: The Complete First Season”: Set at an exclusive Hawaiian resort, this HBO drama follows various guests and employees as their lives intersect over the course of a fateful week as darker undertones emerge. Featuring Jennifer Coolidge, Murray Bartlett, Connie Britton, Alexandra Daddario, Sydney Sweeney and Steve Zahn.
“Eli Roth’s History of Horror: Season 3”: Third volume of the AMC series exploring the evolving role of horror films in American culture, from one of the genre’s leading directors.
“Flowers in the Attic: The Origin”: V.C. Andrews’ tale of one seriously dysfunctional family gets a prequel in this Lifetime limited series.
“Lucifer: The Sixth and Final Season”: Concluding season of the Netflix drama that imagines what would happen if the Prince of Darkness was dropped into present-day Los Angeles.
“Magnum P.I.: Season Four”: Thomas Magnum and his trusted partner take on high-stake missions to solve mysteries on the shores of Hawaii in the final season of the CBS reboot starring Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks.
“Seal Team: Season Five”: CBS military drama that follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the military’s most dangerous missions.
“Cave Rescue”: This dramatization depicts the effort to rescue the Thai youth soccer team that became trapped in a cave in 2018.
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“Breaking”: Based on a true story, this tense thriller follows an Atlanta bank robbery as a troubled vet uses a hostage situation to bring attention to his plight with Veterans Affairs. Starring John Boyega and Michael K. Williams in one of his final roles.
“House of Darkness”: Thriller featuring Justin Long and Kate Bosworth in which a casual hookup following a night out at the bar quickly turns from sexy to sinister.
“The Alternate”: Sci-fi thriller about a filmmaker who opens a portal to an alternate dimension that gives him a glimpse of his best possible life.
“Carp-e Diem”: Nothing goes as planned after two drifters, one pregnant, find a room for the night by invading a couple’s rural home, accidentally killing them and discovering there is a closet full of cocaine in the process.
“The Take Out Movie”: Two men are told to take out the same woman by a mysterious figure, and arrive at her house at the same time in this absurd comedy.
