New DVD, Blu-ray and digital highlights for the week of Feb. 28-March 6, 2022

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — It's a quality over quantity type of week highlighted by Oscar nominations, box office success stories, and beloved franchises make their way to digital-to-own and physical formats.

Digital

• Drive My Car -Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's somber tale about a famous stage actor/director who develops an unexpected closeness with the chauffer isn't just the frontrunner for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film. It's also a legitimate contender for Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
  
  
• Scream - "Scream" set out to be both a celebration of the horror franchise that Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven gave us in the 1990s and a relaunch (rather than a full reboot) of the series for contemporary audiences. It accomplished both as the film was well received by critics and fans, both old and new, crammed into theaters pushing the film to a worldwide box office total of $127 million. Did Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette successfully pass the torch? A script for a sixth film is currently being written.
  
  
• Sing 2 -With his theater saved, Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) turns his sights to taking their current show to Redshore City, the live music capitol of the world.Reese Witherspoon,Scarlett Johansson, Tori Kelly, Taron Egerton, Nick Kroll, and more all return for this bigger and brighter sequel.

New on DVD and Blu-ray

• Belfast -Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture, "Belfast" is a film set in 1960s during The Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The film was written and directed by Kenneth Branagh and is loosely based on his own experiences as a boy growing up during a time of conflict and discontent. The cast includes Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan, and Jude Hill.
  
  
• Flee - This fantastic animated film is nominated for three Oscars: Best Documentary Feature, Best Animated Feature, and Best International Feature Film. That's unprecedented and absolutely deserved. The film follows Amin, a refugee, who is forced to take on an entirely new identity while also struggling with his sexuality. It was the best animated film I saw in all of 2021 and one of my favorite films of the year.
  
  
• The Batman: The Complete Series -All five seasons of the acclaimed (it won six Emmy Awards) of Cartoon Network's "The Batman" are now available in HD for the first time. The series, while not nearly as influential as "Batman: The Animated Series," was a well-written romp that featured stories both familiar and new as it followed a young Bruce Wayne as he took on the expected Rogues' Gallery with a few surprises and guest appearances from the DC Universe.
  
  
• James Bond: The Daniel Craig Collection - It's no secret that Daniel Craig is my favorite James Bond. I didn't have the father-son nostalgia for the franchise that many did. I enjoyed the films, but it wasn't until "Casino Royale" that I became more than a casual fan. This set brings together all five films: "Casino Royale," "Quantum of Solace," "Skyfall," "Spectre," and "No Time to Die." If you don't own these in 4K, you need to.
  
  
• I Am Mortal - Alphaville,the band, not the 1965 classic sci-fi noir from Jean-Luc Godard, once asked, "Do you really want to live forever?" "I Am Mortal," a low-budget sci-fi drama featuring Sean Gunn presents a world where mankind has discovered immortality through science. Denied the right to a natural death, a group rises up to challenge the new normal. I don't know if writer/director Tony Aloupis set out to make a Christian sci-fi film or if he's trying to say something about faith, science, and government control. I do know that his big ideas are blurry and his story is made from bits and pieces of other dystopian dramas.
  
  
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series -This set includes the original two seasons of Scooby-Doo from 1969 and 1970 and a third season culled from episodes that were released in 1978. This is the classic series and it was only bettered by the "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated" series that debuted in 2010 and ran for two seasons. If you love classic cartoons, this set is a must-own.
  
  
• Stoker Hills - Ryan and Jake just want to make a zombie sex movie but a killer has other ideas and kidnaps the young filmmakers and their friend Erica. Footage of the abduction is discovered by a pair of detectives who race against the clock to find Ryan, Jake, and Erica before they're killed. So, you've got an awkward mix of found footage and a self-aware detective noir thriller that is only noteworthy in that it features an appearance by Tony Todd. If you refuse to take any of it seriously, you might find something to enjoy. Or, you could use the film as a drinking game and down a shot every time Ryan and Jake say "bro" and see how far that gets you.