After last year’s 4K of the 162-minute theatrical cut, a new four-disc Collector’s Edition of AVATAR (25 March) adds the Special Edition (171 minutes), and the Collector’s Extended Cut (178 minutes). There are a few new bonuses too, like seven minutes of “RDA Promos” – actor Stephen Lang talking military tech, in-character. We said: “A magnificent technical achievement… but its beats are so predictable that it never goes anywhere surprising.” In Brandon Cronenberg’s POSSESSOR (out now), Andrea Riseborough’s assassin uses brainimplant tech to inhabit the body of someone close to the mark. But the identity of her latest host fights back… We said:
“Breathtakingly stylish and gasp-inducingly pitiless.” New bonuses for Second Sight’s swanky Limited Edition: a commentary, and director/producer/ DoP interviews. In Hideo Nakata’s 2002 film DARK WATER (out now), a divorced mother and her daughter move into an apartment with an ominous stain on the ceiling, and are haunted by a little lass in a yellow mac. We said: “Like Repulsion, it triumphs by creating an atmosphere of domesticated dread.” Bonus-wise, it’s the same as Arrow’s old Blu-ray. The same goes for Lucio Fulci’s 1980 horror CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (25 March), set in a village where a priest’s suicide opens a portal to Hell. We said: “Tremendously atmospheric, plus the gore set-pieces are jawdropping.” (Highlight: when a woman pukes up her guts!) Comes with a fold-out poster and six lobby card reproductions.