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4K Blu-ray News: The Man Who Fell to Earth (50th Anniversary SteelBook

Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) endures not only as a bitingly caustic indictment of the modern world, but also as a poignant commentary on the loneliness of the outsider. Featuring a startling and era-defining lead performance from David Bowie in his feature debut, the film remains an iconic odyssey in 1970s science fiction cinema. Ahead of its milestone 50th anniversary, Lionsgate is releasing a new 2-disc 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Collector’s Edition SteelBook on December 15 for $42.99 MSRP . The Film Adapted by screenwriter Paul Mayersberg from Walter Tevis’s 1963 novel, The Man Who Fell to Earth follows Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie), a humanoid alien who arrives on Earth during a catastrophic drought on his home planet. Newton's mission is straightforward yet perilous: transport Earth’s water resources back to his dying world. To fund his massive aerospace endeavor, Newton uses his advanced alien technology to launch World Enterprises Co...

Toy Robot Brings Wesley Snipes, Burt Reynolds, and KISS to 4K This December

If your holiday movie rotation is feeling a bit tired this year, Toy Robot is shaking things up with three cult favorites hitting 4K UHD this December. Whether you want high-altitude action, gritty detective work, or teenagers losing their minds over KISS, there is something here worth clearing space on the shelf for. Things kick off on December 8 with the absolute classic Passenger 57. Wesley Snipes plays John Cutter, a former cop teaching anti-terrorism to flight crews who ends up trapped on a commercial flight hijacked by Bruce Payne's ice-cold villain. It is fast, loud, and peak 90s action with Elizabeth Hurley and Tom Sizemore along for the chaotic ride. Both the 4K and Blu-ray discs feature a fresh 4K restoration straight from the original camera negative, plus brand-new interviews. Dropping on that exact same day is Burt Reynolds' hard-boiled neo-noir thriller Sharky's Machine. Reynolds directed and starred as a demoted narcotics detective stuck working vice in Atlan...