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march 2025
march is here, and with it another month of amazing new film & television.
the substance
release: 31st march 2025
available on 4k uhd / blu-ray / dvd
Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You. Only better in every way. You’ve got to try this product: The Substance. It changed my life. Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid). She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: THE SUBSTANCE. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley). The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. A perfect balance. What could go wrong? Deliriously entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes sensation turns toxic beauty culture inside out with a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages. Explosive, provocative and twisted, THE SUBSTANCE marks the arrival of a thrillingly visionary filmmaker.
mufasa: the lion king
release: 31st march 2025
available on 4k uhd / blu-ray / dvd
Follow the epic tale of the unlikely rise of the Pride Lands’ beloved king. An orphaned Mufasa is lost and alone until he meets Taka, heir to a royal bloodline. This launches an epic journey that tests the pair’s bonds as they evade a deadly foe.
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Bonus footage
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Deleted scenes
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Documentaries: Finding Milele, Songs of the Savanna, Protect the Pride
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Full-length sing-along version of the movie
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Song selections
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Outtakes
wicked
release: 10th march 2025
available on 4k uhd / blu-ray / dvd
The origin story of the Wicked Witch of the West, actually a sympathetic character who stood up to the Wizard’s oppression and who originally bonded with former rival, Glinda, the Good Witch.
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Bonus footage
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Commentary by Jon M. Chu (director), Cynthia Erivo, and Ariana Grande (actors)
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Deleted scenes
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Documentaries: Welcome to Shiz, A WICKED Legacy, The Wonderful Wizard
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Making-of documentary
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Includes theatrical and sing-along versions
gladiator ll
release: 3rd march 2025
available on steelbook 4k uhd / 4k uhd / blu-ray / dvd
Twenty years after the death of gladiator Maximus, his son Lucius is captured in Carthage when it falls to the Romans. Trained as a gladiator and brought back to fight in the Colosseum as an anonymous barbarian, Lucius quickly gains notoriety and becomes the center of a power struggle for the very fate of Rome.
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Bonus footage
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Deleted scenes
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Documentaries: A Dream That Was Rome: Origins, What We Do In Life, Echoes In Eternity: The Cast, To Those About To Die, We Salute You: Combat, Building An Empire: Post Production
maria
release: 31st march 2025
available on blu-ray / dvd
Directed by Pablo Larrain (Jackie and Spencer) and starring Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie, MARIA tells the glamorous, moving story of the iconic opera singer, Maria Callas. Paris, 1977: Once the world’s greatest soprano, Callas now hides in an apartment, having lost her voice and retreated from the world. She dreams of returning to the stage, but can her body and mind take the pressure? As she grapples with her past and present, Callas must confront the limitations of her own legacy and her unrelenting desire to perform once more.
moana 2
release: 17th march 2025
available on 4k uhd steelbook / 4k uhd / blu-ray / dvd
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Epic animated musical Moana 2 re-unites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.
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Bonus footage
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Deleted scenes
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Documentaries: Call of the Wayfinder, A New Voyage, Songs of the Sea, Join the Crew, Kakamora Chronicles
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Sing along with the movie
the penguin
release: 17th march 2025
available on 4k uhd steelbook / blu-ray / dvd
Starring Colin Farrell in the title role, the DC Studios drama THE PENGUIN continues The Batman epic crime saga that filmmaker Matt Reeves began with Warner Bros. Pictures’ global blockbuster. The series centers on the character of Oswald Cobblepot, aka The Penguin, portrayed by Farrell in the film, and delves deeper into his rise within the gritty criminal underworld of Gotham. As the show explores Cobblepot’s power struggles and ambitions, it offers a fresh and thrilling perspective on the iconic villain’s journey, showcasing the complexities of his character and the dangerous world he inhabits.
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Documentaries: Inside Gotham, Welcome to Gotham, Who Is the Hangman: Portrait of Sofia Falcone, Introducing the Penguin, Gotham Re-envisioned, The Origin of Oz, Becoming the Penguin
megalopolis
release: 3rd march 2025
available on 4k uhd steelbook / 4k uhd / blu-ray / dvd
Megalopolis is a Roman Epic set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina, a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves. rom legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman.
we live in time
release: 24th march 2025
available on hmv exclusive first edition blu-ray / blu-ray / dvd
Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together – falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family – a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation. As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken, in filmmaker John Crowley’s decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.
the lord of the rings: the war of the rohirrim
release: 3rd march 2025
available on 4k uhd / blu-ray / dvd