New DVD and Blu-ray Releases: June 2016
Whether you’re looking to rent or own, there’s plenty of great stuff hitting DVD and Blu-ray next month. You can (and should) catch up with Disney’s wildly successful Zootopia, a smart animated flick with all-ages appeal, or if you’re looking for something a little more grown-up, check out acclaimed indie favorites like Anomalisa and 45 Years. For those in need of genre thrills, 10 Cloverfield Lane and Midnight Special are also hitting shelves next month. For all those titles and more, dig into our guide to June’s new DVD and Blu-ray releases.
June 7
Zootopia: Starring Jason Bateman, Ginnifer Goodwin and Idris Elba. In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi: Starring John Krasinski, David Denman and Pablo Schreiber. As an American ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Hail, Caesar!: Starring George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich and Scarlett Johansson. A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio’s stars in line.
Anomalisa: Starring David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tom Noonan. A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.
The Other Side of the Door: Starring Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto and Sofia Rosinsky. After her young son is killed in a tragic accident, a woman learns of a ritual which will bring him back to say goodbye, but when she disobeys a sacred warning, she upsets the balance between life and death.
Elvis & Nixon: Starring Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey and Alex Pettyfer. The untold true story behind the meeting between Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ’n Roll, and President Richard Nixon, resulting in this revealing, yet humorous moment immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.
Touched With Fire: Starring Katie Holmes, Luke Kirby and Christine Lahti. Two bipolar patients meet in a psychiatric hospital and begin a romance that brings out all of the beauty and horror of their condition.
Mr. Right: Starring Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell and Tim Roth. A girl falls for the “perfect” guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
Colonia: Starring Emma Watson, Daniel Bruhl and Michael Nyqvist. A young woman’s desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
Every Thing Will Be Fine: Starring James Franco, Rachel McAdams and Charlotte Gainsbourg. One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?
Kill Your Friends: Starring Nicholas Hoult, Thomas Conroy and James Corden. An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.
The Confirmation: Starring Clive Owen, Maria Bello and Patton Oswalt. A struggling alcoholic father bonds with his eight-year-old son when they’re forced to spend a weekend together.
June 14
10 Cloverfield Lane: Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman and John Gallagher Jr. After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.
London Has Fallen: Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman. In London for the Prime Minister’s funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
Eddie the Eagle: Starring Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman and Tom Costello. The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Hello, My Name Is Doris: Starring Sally Field, Max Greenfield and Natasha Lyonne. A self-help seminar inspires a 60-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.
The Young Messiah: Starring Adam Greaves-Neal, Vincent Walsh and Sara Lazzaro. Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Told from his childhood perspective, it follows young Jesus as he grows into his religious identity.
45 Years: Starring Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay and Dolly Wells. A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.
Get a Job: Starring Anna Kendrick, Miles Teller and Alison Brie. Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find themselves lost in a sea of increasingly strange jobs. But with help from their family, friends and coworkers they soon discover that the most important (and hilarious) adventures are the ones that we don’t see coming.
June 21
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2: Starring Nia Vardalos, John Corbett and Michael Constantine. A Portokalos family secret brings the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding.
The Brothers Grimsby: Starring Sasha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong and Rebel Wilson. A new assignment forces a top spy to team up with his football hooligan brother.
Midnight Special: Starring Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton and Adam Driver. A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child’s special powers.
Embrace of the Serpent: Starring Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet and Antonio Bolivar. The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
Anesthesia: Starring Kristen Stewart, Sam Waterston and Glenn Close. Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
Knight of Cups: Starring Christian Bale, Natalie Portman and Cate Blanchett. A writer indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas has to offer undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with six different women.
June 28
Kung Fu Panda 3: Starring Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman. Continuing his “legendary adventures of awesomeness,” Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to his home.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: Starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie and Martin Freeman. A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.
Eye in the Sky: Starring Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman and Aaron Paul. Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.
Adventures in Babysitting: Starring Sabrina Carpenter, Sofia Carson and Gillian Vigman. Two teen rival babysitters, Jenny and Lola, team up to hunt down one of their kids who accidentally runs away into the big city without any supervision.
Fastball: Starring Kevin Costner. Narrated by Costner, this documentary explores the fastball pitch with the help of baseball legends and scientists.
Precious Cargo: Starring Bruce Willis, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Claire Forlani. A crime boss tries to make off with loot that belongs to another thief.
The Sound and the Fury: Starring James Franco, Seth Rogen and Joey King. A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.