ROUND UP
Recent theatrical releases landing on shiny disc include SMILE 2(out now, 4K/Blu-ray/DVD), in which pop star Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) inherits the curse which causes people to commit suicide while grinning grotesquely. We said: “The pop milieu adds some glossy theatrics… But for all its bells and whistles, it’s essentially a beat-for-beat reprise.” Special features: director’s commentary, deleted scenes and 48 minutes of featurettes. Sony’s Spidey spin-off trilogy wraps up with VENOM: THE LAST DANCE(3 February, 4K/ Blu-ray/DVD). This time Eddie Brock finds himself the prime suspect for the apparent murder of Detective Mulligan. Cue a cross-country road trip in order to clear his name. We said: “Every bit as resoundingly stupid and intermittently entertaining as the first two.” Circa 40 minutes of Blu-ray bonuses include 13 minutes of deleted scenes, previs material and bloopers. THE WILD ROBOT(out now, 4K/ Blu-ray/DVD) follows Roz, a robot designed to serve humans which falls onto an unpopulated island, where it adopts a gosling. We said: “Has sublime images, and the parenting story will have audiences blubbing.” Plenty of bonuses here, including a couple of deleted scenes in storyboard form and kid-friendly stuff like a “how to draw Roz” piece. Finally, the latest TV box sets include The Boys spinoff GEN VSeason One (out now, Blu-ray/DVD),HAWKEYESeason One (out now, 4K/Blu-ray),LOKISeason Two (out now, 4K/Blu-ray), and STAR WARS: AHSOKASeason One (10 February, 4K/Blu-ray).