Upcoming DVD Releases - January 2020

COMING ON 1/14:

* No Passport Required - Season 2 (PBS)
$34.99 SRP DVD

-----Hosted by renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson, NO PASSPORT REQUIRED Season 2 takes viewers on another inspiring journey across the U.S. to explore and celebrate the wide-ranging diversity of immigrant traditions and cuisine woven into American food and culture. Each week Marcus visits a new city to learn about the dynamic and creative ways a particular community has made its mark. From Seattle, where Marcus cooks with a Filipino community eager to create new traditions for a new generation, to Houston, where West African immigrants create their own brand of soul food, NO PASSPORT REQUIRED showcases how food brings Americans - new and old - together around the table. In Philadelphia, Marcus learns more about the genesis of the Italian-American cuisine that's such a staple in the United States today. In Boston, the chef tracks food traditions through the Portuguese-speaking world while on a whirlwind tour of the city. In Southern California, the widespread Armenian community in Los Angeles and Glendale comes together to create a new home through shared food and culture. And in glitzy Las Vegas, Marcus leaves the strip to dive into the Chinese culinary traditions now revered in the city. Explore the wonders of the world's global food traditions right here in the United States...NO PASSPORT REQUIRED.

COMING ON 1/7/2020:

* Big Little Lies - The Complete 2nd Season (HBO/Warner Archive)
$24.99 SRP Blu-ray MOD

-----On the surface, in the tranquil seaside town of Monterey, California, everything seems the same. The mothers continue to dote, the husbands support, the children remain adorable and the houses are just as beautiful. But the night of the school fundraiser changed all that, leaving the community reeling, as the "Monterey Five" - Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Renata and Bonnie - bond together to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. 2-disc set.
NOTE: the DVD version of this title was announced in the Roundup posted on November 8th.

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COMING ON 1/14/2020:

* You - The Complete 1st Season (Warner Archive)
$21.99 SRP DVD MOD

-----A 21st-century romantic thriller centered around a relationship that gets taken too far, "You" explores the line between passion and obsession and asks, "What would you do for love?" When a brilliant bookstore manager (Penn Badgley) crosses paths with an aspiring writer (Elizabeth Lail), his answer becomes clear: anything. As he uses the internet and social media to gather the most intimate of details to get close to her, a charming and awkward crush quickly becomes obsession when he quietly and strategically begins to remove every obstacle - and person - between them. You also stars Luca Padovan, Zach Cherry and Shay Mitchell, with a special guest appearance by John Stamos. From executive producers/writers Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble, and based on Caroline Kepnes' best-selling novel. 2-disc set.

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COMING ON 1/21/2020:

* Hangin' with Mr. Cooper - The Complete 3rd Season (Warner Archive)
$29.99 SRP DVD MOD

-----It's two points forward, three points back for everyone's favorite substitute teacher, Mark Cooper (Mark Curry), in the third season of this classic 90s sitcom. Mark's new school year gets off to a rocky start when he learns that he's blown his chance to be the new head coach of the school's basketball team because hes been avoiding calls from school principal P.J. Moore (Nell Carter). Swallowing his pride, Mark accepts the position of assistant coach while continuing to try to learn to be the best sub he can be. On the home front, thanks to live-in cousin Geneva (Saundra Quarterman) and her daughter, Nicole (Raven-Symon), Mark continues to mix life lessons and laughs as he helps raise his young relative. Meanwhile, ex-investment exec Vanessa (Holly Robinson Peete) finally lands a job...answering phones at a swanky doctor's office! Mark finally makes head coach - only for a giant curve to come his way. 3-disc set.

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COMING ON 1/28/2020:

* Roswell, New Mexico - The Complete 1st Season (Warner Archive)
$29.99 SRP DVD MOD

-----After a decade away from home, Liz Ortecho (Jeanine Mason) returns to her native Roswell to care for her ailing father. When she arrives, she reconnects with her high school crush Max Evans (Nathan Parsons), who is now a police officer. Their chemistry is electric, but Liz soon learns something shocking: Max and his sister, Isobel (Lily Cowles), and friend Michael (Michael Vlamis) are aliens who have kept their abilities secret their entire lives. As she and Max grow closer, Liz struggles to keep the truth from her best friend, Maria (Heather Hemmens), and her high school ex, Dr. Kyle Valenti (Michael Trevino). But concealing the visitors' true identities is more important than ever, as a long-standing government conspiracy and the politics of fear and hatred threaten their lives. Based on the Roswell High book series, Roswell, New Mexico is a love story, a relationship drama and the story of a small town...that happens to have aliens. 3-disc set.

* Duck Dodgers - The Complete 3rd Season (Warner Archive)
$24.99 SRP DVD MOD

-----To hilarity and beyond! In his third season of intergalactic misadventures, everyone's favorite frozen-fowl-turned-space-captain Duck Dodgers (Daffy Duck) truly accomplishes the fantastic. Thanks to the help of the ever-loyal and highly competent Eager Young Space Cadet (Porky Pig), he becomes a true-blue hero (sort of)! But a journey of a thousand light-years begins with a single misstep, and for Dodgers, its a doozy when all his enemies unite against him, forming the Legion of Duck Doom! Thats just the start of the cosmic capers, as Dodgers continues to make each and every mission harder than it needs to be, whether he's infiltrating a gang of space bikers, going undercover to a disco in space quadrant ABBA-BeeGee or getting cybernetically enhanced as The Six Wazillion Dollar Duck. It all comes to a climax with Dodgers becoming the subject of a reality show that threatens to reveal to the universe just what kind of hero he is. 2-disc set.

* Ballers - The Complete 5th and Final Season (HBO/Warner Archive)
$21.99 SRP Blu-ray MOD

-----The Fifth Season finds Spencer (Dwayne Johnson) settling into retirement and reflecting on his past, when an offer that's too good to refuse comes his way and sends him back into the lion's den...this time as a team owner. In the wake of his split with Spencer, an ambitious Joe (Rob Corddry) gambles aggressively to make Sports X greater than ever with the help of his new partner, Lance (Russell Brand). Meanwhile, Ricky (John David Washington) has a startling setback that forces him to consider a new kind of future and tests his physical, mental and emotional resolve; Charles (Omar Miller) learns that being a general manager means getting your hands dirty; Vernon (Donovan W. Carter) shifts his focus to his love of professional gaming despite Reggie's (London Brown) wariness; and Jason (Troy Garity) decides to take his career to the next level. Throughout Season 5, Ballers continued to feature guest appearances from a host of sports stars and celebrities, including: Odell Beckham Jr., Alvin Kamara, DeAndre Hopkins, Von Miller, Jay Glazer, Quavo, Mark Schlereth, Melvin Gordon, Rick Fox, Randy Couture, Dante Fowler Jr., Derwin James, Malcom Jenkins and others.
NOTE: the DVD version of this title was announced in the Roundup posted on November 22nd.

* Doctor Who - Story #010: The Dalek Invasion of Earth (BBC Archive)
$24.99 SRP DVD MOD

-----Radiation nil, oxygen normal, pressure normal. yet London is deserted, with no sign of life and no sense of normality. Exploring the decaying city sometime after 2164AD, the Doctor and his companions soon learn that it is not as empty as it seems. The Daleks - far from having been destroyed on Skaro - have conquered the world. Nearly wiped out by storm and plague, the Earth's population has been commandeered by the Daleks into huge mining operations. Some humans have suffered the additional indignation of being transformed into Robomen to serve the Daleks in their diabolical plans. Humanity's only hope for survival lies with a small band of resistance fighters who need all the help they can get. 2-disc set.
NOTE: this is a manufacture-on-demand re-release of a title originally put out to stores in 2003. No info about extras has been made available.

* Doctor Who - Story #046: The Invasion (BBC Archive)
$24.99 SRP DVD MOD

-----When the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Zoe and Jamie investigate the disappearance of an eminent scientist, their search brings them to International Electromatics, whose managing director has a secret strategy for world control. Lost episodes 1 and 4 have been recreated using original audio enhanced with animation from Cosgrove Hall. 2-disc set.
NOTE: this is a manufacture-on-demand re-release of a title originally put out to stores in 2007. No info about extras has been made available.

* Doctor Who - Story #141: The Two Doctors (BBC Archive)
$24.99 SRP DVD MOD

-----While investigating an unauthorized experiment in time travel aboard Space Station Camera, the Second Doctor and Jamie come under attack from the warlike Sontarans. Not long afterward, the Sixth Doctor and Peri pay a visit to Camera. The space station appears to be abandoned until they discover Jamie hiding in the air ducts. Half-crazed, he insists that the Doctor has been murdered! 2-disc set.
NOTE: this is a manufacture-on-demand re-release of a title originally put out to stores in 2004. No info about extras has been made available.

* Doctor Who - Story #143: Revelation Of The Daleks (BBC Archive)
$19.99 SRP DVD MOD

-----The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Peri to the planet Necros, where the Doctor plans to visit his old friend Professor Arthur Stengos. But after an encounter with the Great Healer, Stengos is not quite the man the Doctor once knew. The Great Healer works in the catacombs beneath Tranquil Repose, the galactically-famous final resting place for the dead and the not-quite-yet-dead. In the upper chambers the busy workers prepare the deceased for their final burial, while deep below the Great Healer is using their bodies for a sinister project of his own. For the Great Healer is also known by another name - Davros, creator of the Daleks, who's using the bodies to build himself a brand new Dalek army. The Doctor attempts to stop Davros while Stengos' daughter searches for her missing father and the local DJ uses rock 'n' roll music as a defense against the Daleks. Many are searching for Davros, but the evil scientist has a plan that will eradicate all opposition and enable him to lead his Daleks on a new mission of universal conquest. Single-disc title.
NOTE: this is a manufacture-on-demand re-release of a title originally put out to stores in 2006. No info about extras has been made available.

COMING ON 1/14/2020:

* MacGyver - Season 3 (Lionsgate)
$29.98 SRP DVD
-----In this third action-packed season, MacGyver leads his crack team on one high-risk mission after another, crisscrossing the globe to keep the world safe from harm - while using little more than bubble gum, a paper clip, and his unending supply of resourcefulness. 5-disc set.

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COMING ON 1/21/2020:

* Matlock - The Complete Series (ViacomCBS)
$144.99 SRP DVD

-----The one-and-only Andy Griffith stars in Matlock: The Complete Series. Both in the courtroom and out, no one matches the quick wit, Southern charm and killer instincts of legendary attorney Ben Matlock. This DVD collection includes all 178 episodes showcasing the mysteries that made Matlock a television classic. Helping the masterful lawyer solve his most intriguing cases over the years are a crew of clever colleagues, including daughter Leanne (Brynn Thayer), Conrad McMasters (Clarence Gilyard, Jr.), P.I. Cliff Lewis (Daniel Roebuck) and P.I. Jerri Stone (Carol Huston). Over nine seasons, riveting story lines and A-list guest stars prove that Matlock can captivate juries and audiences alike. Packed with guest star appearances: Dick Van Dyke ("The Dick Van Dyke Show," "Diagnosis: Murder"), Gail O' Grady ("American Dreams"), James McEachin("Perry Mason"), Scott Bakula ("NCIS: New Orleans"), Don Knotts ("The Andy Griffith Show"), Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad"), Randy Travis ("Texas Rangers," "Touched by an Angel"), Milton Berle("Batman"), Terry O'Quinn ("Lost"), and more! Available in a new shelf-friendly complete series set -the collection includes 178 episodes from all 9 seasons on 52 discs.
NOTE: this is a re-release of a product originally put out in 2015, but which later went out-of-print.

COMING ON 1/14/2020:

* Veep - The Complete 7th and Final Season (HBO)

$24.98 SRP DVD; $29.98 SRP Blu-ray

EXTRAS: Character Retrospectives, Invitation to Set, Audio Commentaries; Digital Copy (Blu-ray exclusive)

-----Former vice president and onetime president Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is back on the campaign trail in the seventh and final season of the acclaimed HBO comedy series. As Selina woos uber-wealthy donors while navigating threats from primary challengers, including aide-turned-Congressman Jonah Ryan (Timothy C. Simons), her band of misfits is also back - save for Mike (Matt Walsh), who's been banished from Selina's orbit and now covers the Presidential campaign, having been replaced by ongoing nemesis in the press, reporter Leon West (Brian Huskey). Meanwhile, Amy (Anna Chlumsky) is figuring out how she feels about her pregnancy vis-a-vis Dan (Reid Scott), who seems unwillingly to give up his playboy ways for fatherhood. And rounding out the team are ever-faithful bagman Gary (Tony Hale), cantankerous Ben (Kevin Dunn), numbers-obsessed Kent (Gary Cole) and new staffer Richard (Sam Richardson).

* Veep - The Complete Series (HBO)

$112.98 SRP DVD

EXTRAS: Character Retrospectives, Invitation to Set, Audio Commentaries, Deleted Scenes

-----The personal life and political career of Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), the Vice President and later President of the United States. Formerly a United States Senator from Maryland, Meyer campaigns for her party's nomination in the 2012 presidential election and is initially the front runner, but ultimately loses the nomination to Stuart Hughes. Meyer subsequently joins the Hughes ticket as his running mate and is elected Vice President. A 13-disc DVD boxed set includes all the episodes from Seasons 1 through 7.

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COMING ON 1/28/2020:

* Ballers - The Complete 5th and Final Season (HBO)

$19.98 SRP DVD

-----The Fifth Season finds Spencer (Dwayne Johnson) settling into retirement and reflecting on his past, when an offer that's too good to refuse comes his way and sends him back into the lion's den...this time as a team owner. In the wake of his split with Spencer, an ambitious Joe (Rob Corddry) gambles aggressively to make Sports X greater than ever with the help of his new partner, Lance (Russell Brand). Meanwhile, Ricky (John David Washington) has a startling setback that forces him to consider a new kind of future and tests his physical, mental and emotional resolve; Charles (Omar Miller) learns that being a general manager means getting your hands dirty; Vernon (Donovan W. Carter) shifts his focus to his love of professional gaming despite Reggie's (London Brown) wariness; and Jason (Troy Garity) decides to take his career to the next level. Throughout Season 5, Ballers continued to feature guest appearances from a host of sports stars and celebrities, including: Odell Beckham Jr., Alvin Kamara, DeAndre Hopkins, Von Miller, Jay Glazer, Quavo, Mark Schlereth, Melvin Gordon, Rick Fox, Randy Couture, Dante Fowler Jr., Derwin James, Malcom Jenkins and others.

* Ballers - The Complete Series (HBO)

$69.99 SRP DVD

-----7-disc DVD set features more than 1,300 minutes of action with every episode from Seasons 1 through 5.

COMING ON 1/7/2020:

* Big Little Lies - The Complete 2nd Season (HBO)
$29.98 SRP DVD; also coming on Blu-ray Disc via the Warner Archive

EXTRAS: "The Lies Revealed: A. Conversation with the Cast" - Meryl Streep, Shailene Woodley, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Kravitz and Laura Dern share laughs and mimosas as they look back at Season 2
-----On the surface, in the tranquil seaside town of Monterey, California, everything seems the same. The mothers continue to dote, the husbands support, the children remain adorable and the houses are just as beautiful. But the night of the school fundraiser changed all that, leaving the community reeling, as the "Monterey Five" - Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Renata and Bonnie - bond together to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives.

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COMING ON 1/14/2020:

* Veep - The Complete 7th and Final Season (HBO)
DVD; Blu-ray
EXTRAS: Digital Copy (Blu-ray exclusive)
-----The complete seventh season of the TV series Veep. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Matt Walsh, Gary Cole, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Diedrich Bader, Patton Oswalt, Sam Richardson, Sufe Bradshaw, Dan Bakkedahl, Kevin Dunn, Hugh Laurie, Kathy Najimy, Winslow Corbett.

* Veep - The Complete Series (HBO)
DVD (no Blu-ray version has been indicated as of this writing)
-----The complete TV series Veep. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Matt Walsh, Gary Cole, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Diedrich Bader, Patton Oswalt, Sam Richardson, Sufe Bradshaw, Dan Bakkedahl, Kevin Dunn, Hugh Laurie, Kathy Najimy, Winslow Corbett.

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COMING ON 1/28/2020:

* Ballers - The Complete 5th and Final Season (HBO)
DVD (no Blu-ray version has been indicated as of this writing)
-----The complete fifth season of the TV series Ballers.

* Ballers - The Complete Series (HBO)
DVD (no Blu-ray version has been indicated as of this writing)
-----The complete TV series Ballers.

COMING ON 1/7/2020:

* Big Little Lies - The Complete 2nd Season (HBO)
$29.98 SRP DVD (no Blu-ray version has been indicated as of this writing)

-----On the surface, in the tranquil seaside town of Monterey, California, everything seems the same. The mothers continue to dote, the husbands support, the children remain adorable and the houses are just as beautiful. But the night of the school fundraiser changed all that, leaving the community reeling, as the "Monterey Five" - Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Renata and Bonnie - bond together to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives.

* The Cry - Series 1 (RLJ/Acorn)
$34.99 SRP DVD

-----Nominated for an International Emmy for Best Actress, Jenna Coleman (Victoria, Doctor Who) mesmerizes as young mother Joanna in this intense psychological thriller. Joanna and her partner, Alistair (Ewen Leslie; Top of the Lake), travel from Scotland to Australia with their infant son. Shortly after their arrival, tragedy strikes, setting off a disturbing chain of events that casts them into the public eye and changes their relationship forever.
"Packed with juicy hooks and shock revelations" (The Sydney Morning Herald), this taut miniseries adapted from the novel by Helen FitzGerald also stars Asher Keddie (Offspring), Alex Dimitriades (The Slap), Stella Gonet (The House of Eliott), and Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones).

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COMING ON 1/14/2020:

* Butterbean's Cafe - Let's Get Cooking! (Nickelodeon/Paramount)
DVD
EXTRAS: Includes 4 family friendly recipes inspired by the show
-----Step into the cafe and get cooking with the fairy best team in these 8 tasty tales! Help Butterbean outdo Ms. Marmalady with her yummy parfaits and tasty quiche. Assist Cricket with her first menu, and as she learns to pipe icing on cupcakes. See Dazzle run the cafe herself, and switch jobs with Poppy. Bake a little magic with Jasper, and help the Bean Team find Cookie the cat!

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COMING ON 1/28/2020:

* My Life is Murder - Series 1 (RLJ/Acorn)
$59.99 SRP DVD

EXTRAS: Behind-the-Scenes Featurette; Animated Shorts
-----Award-winning actress Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess, Parks and Recreation) stars in this contemporary Australian mystery series as retired cop Alexa Crowe. But with her old boss (Bernard Curry; Once Upon a Time) regularly asking for her insight on cold cases, and a young police data-analyst (Ebony Vagulans; The Heart Guy) eager to be mentored = whether Alexa wants to or not - Alexa can't seem to stop solving crime. Tenacious and unapologetic, Alexa brings her dry wit and brash style as she contends with a suspicious death at a competitive cooking school, a murder in an exclusive cycling club, a woman who fell from the balcony of a male escort's apartment, a locked-room mystery, and more. Guest stars in this lighthearted detective drama include Danielle Cormack (Wentworth), Don Hany (East West 101), Magda Szubanski (Kath & Kim), Adrienne Pickering (Rake), and Nadine Garner (The Doctor Blake Mysteries).

COMING ON 1/14/2020:

* The Mindy Project - Complete Series (Mill Creek)
$54.98 SRP DVD; $74.98 SRP Blu-ray

-----Dr. Mindy Lahiri (Mindy Kaling) is a talented obstetrician navigating the tricky waters of her chaotic personal life as she pursues her dreams of becoming the perfect woman, finding happiness, and getting her perfect romantic comedy ending. Mindy shares a practice with three doctors, none of whom makes life any easier for her. There's Dr. Danny Castellano (Chris Messina), whose on-again-off-again romance with Mindy keeps the office staff on their toes, Dr. Jeremy Reed (Ed Weeks), the office's managing partner and resident punching bag, and Dr. Peter Prentice (Adam Palley), a high-fiving former frat boy, who knows nothing about the opposite sex, but insists on doling out relationship advice to Mindy. Rounding out the ensemble is ex-con-turned-nurse Morgan Tookers (Ike Barinholtz), the gossipy Tamra (Xosha Roquemore), and the grumpy Beverly (Beth Grant). Now all 117 episodes across all 6 seasons are available on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time in a single complete series collection!

* Terry Pratchett's The Color of Magic and Hogfather (Mill Creek)
$24.98 SRP Blu-ray

EXTRAS: Digital Copy (redeem on MCE's new "movieSPREE!" service)
-----2-disc "Double Feature" set with two miniseries - TERRY PRATCHETT'S THE COLOR OF MAGIC: Inside a magical realm known as Discworld, a naive tourist (Sean Astin) is on holiday until a terrible fire breaks out, forcing him to flee along with an incompetent wizard (David Jason). Now, as the clueless pair set out on a magical journey across the disc, neither realizes that they are merely pawns in an elaborate board game being played by the Gods. After encountering a pair of barbarians, they take a trip to an inverted mountain housing dragons that only exist in imagination, survive a fall off the edge of the disc during a perilous visit to the country Krull, and attempt to beat the wizard's former classmate (Tim Curry) to a collection of eight spells that could save Discworld from total destruction. TERRY PRATCHETT'S HOGFATHER: it's the magical, menacing, wicked, and witty family story unlike anything else you could ever imagine. It's the holiday of Hogswatch, the night when kids anticipate presents from the beloved Hogfather. But someone wants the Hogfather out of the way. Now it's up to the most unlikely of heroes to get the holiday back on track.

COMING ON 1/4/2020:

* Krypton - The Complete 2nd & Final Season (Warner)
$24.98 SRP DVD; $29.98 SRP Blu-ray
-----Season Two brings us back to a changed Kandor, locked in a battle over its freedom and its future. With Zod now in control, he's on a ruthless mission to rebuild Krypton according to his ideals, and to secure its future...by conquering the universe. Faced with a bleak outlook, Superman's ancestor, Seg-El, attempts to unite a dispersed group of resisters in an effort to defeat Zod, and restore hope to their beloved planet.

* Krypton - The Complete Series (Warner)
$44.98 SRP DVD; $54.97 SRP Blu-ray
-----Includes both seasons of Krypton. Krypton stars Cameron Cuffe (New Year's Eve), Georgina Campbell (One Night, Black Mirror), Shaun Sipos (Final Destination 2), Colin Salmon (Arrow), Ann Ogbomo (Wonder Woman, Justice League), Aaron Pierre (Britannia, The A Word), Rasmus Hardiker (Your Highness), Wallis Day (The Royals, Will), Hannah Waddingham (Game of Thrones) with Blake Ritson (Da Vinci's Demons, Indian Summers) and Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones).