The 10 best Blu-rays and 4K UHD releases of June 2023
The biggest Blu-ray release of 2023 is here: Avatar: The Way of the Waterhits shelves on June 20 in both standard Blu-ray and 4K flavors. But please don’t let James Cameron’s colossal new blockbuster keep you from also enjoying a parade of weirdo, overlooked gems from the past thirty years.
Want to see peak Tom Cruise doing handsprings on public streets while avoiding evil lawyers? Or maybe you’d like to watch the movie that inspired the Waterworld stunt show that still thrills Universal Studios guests to this day? Personally, I’m morbidly eager to revisit Mallrats, Kevin Smith’s once-maligned, now-adored sophomore film.
If you’re new to this curation series, here’s how our Bluray and 4K curation works: Each month, in an effort to help you find your next favorite discs, we curate a list of our most anticipated releases. We haven’t had the opportunity to try these discs just yet, but each of these releases has potential and comes from a label we’ve enjoyed in the past.
If you want the formal thumbs up, check out our rolling list of the best Blu-rays and 4K UHD discs of the year.
Avatar: The Way of Water (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital) — June 20, 2023
The biggest theatrical release of 2022 becomes the biggest home video release of 2023. In true Cameron-fashion, the physical release arrives with the most extravagant package possible, including over a dozen featurettes. The production team spent years conceptualizing the tools to make the film possible, so it’s fitting that we should get an entire behind the scenes short dedicated to the creation of digital water. I’m most excited to watch the screen tests for actors we only see in the film as Na’vi. How does one sell themselves as a ready-to-be-digitized actor?
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