A movie exploring the origins of humanity’s “Quiet Place” future tops the DVD releases for the week of Oct. 8.
“A Quiet Place: Day One”: Lupita Nyong’o runs for her life, quietly, in this prequel set in New York City that details the arrival of the alien creatures with supersonic hearing.
“In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us,’ a supernatural thriller with somewhat more on its mind than this one, Nyong’o gave the greatest recent performance not nominated for an Academy Award,” writes Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips in his review. “In ‘Quiet Place 3’ she’s excellent as well, as terminal cancer patient Samira, who has the bad luck to visit Manhattan with her cat, Frodo, on the very day the out-of-towners arrive, blind, mean, fast and blessed with excellent auditory genetics.”
Also new on DVD
“Harold and the Purple Crayon”: An adaptation of the Crockett Jensen children’s book about a boy and his crayon — now an adult (Zachary Levi) navigating the real world.
“MaXXXine”: Mia Goth stars as adult film actress trying to make her way in Hollywood in the 1980s, while her past comes back to chase her and the Night Stalker prowls Los Angeles in this third entry of filmmaker Ti West’s “X” horror trilogy.
“Thelma”: A grandma sets off on her own to retrieve the cash that’s been swindled out of her by phone scammers in this action comedy starring June Squibb, Richard Roundtree and Parker Posey.
“Kinds of Kindness”: Visionary “Poor Things” director Yorgos Lanthimos follows his best picture nominee with this three-part anthology film featuring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Jesse Plemons.
“Exhuma”: After tracing a strange ailment to a remote burial site, a team of supernatural experts discovers what happens when you mess with the wrong grave in this Korean horror-thriller.
“The Convert”: Historical drama starring Guy Pearce as a preacher in colonial New Zealand who becomes embroiled in a conflict between Maori tribes.
“Coup!”: A new chef (Peter Sarsgaard) foments a rebellion at the palatial country house of a progressive journalist hiding out from the 1918 influenza pandemic in this satire.
“Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Twelfth Season”: The 12th and final season of Larry David’s HBO sitcom is packed with big-name guest stars, political humor and “Seinfeld” references.
“Interview with the Vampire – Season 2”: The second season of AMC’s drama based on the works of Anne Rice finds Louis de Pointe du Lac traveling through Europe during WWII in search of other vampires before settling in postwar Paris.
“Kneecap”: A rousing biopic starring the three real-life members of the hip-hip group of the same name from Northern Ireland.
“NCIS: Hawai’i: The Final Season”: The CBS procedural starring Vanessa Lachey concludes its run with a 10-episode third season.
“Robot Dreams”: Based on Sara Varon’s graphic novel, this dialogue-free animated film follows robot and canine friends as they traverse 1980s NYC.
“The Night Agent: Season 1”: A wet-behind-the-ears FBI agent (Gabriel Basso) finds himself in over his head in Netflix’s espionage drama from “The Shield’s” Shawn Ryan.
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“Borderlands”: Based on the space Western video game franchise, this sci-fi action comedy from director Eli Roth boasts an ensemble cast led by Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jack Black.
