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On DVD This Week: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Walking Dead Season 7, and More

by Ryan Fujitani | August 21, 2017

This week on DVD, we’ve got the second appearance of Marvel’s intergalactic heroes and the latest seasons of several popular TV series, including The Walking Dead and Supergirl. Read on for the full list.

Supergirl: Season 2

92%

Melissa Benoist stars as the titular superhero in the CW’s lighthearted series, whose second season features her famous Super-cousin and includes a crossover event with The Flash, Arrow, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. The season set comes with the show’s 2016 Comic-Con panel, a conversation with executive producer Andrew Kreisberg and Kevin Smith, and a few featurettes.

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Ash vs Evil Dead: Season 2

100%

Bruce Campbell stars in this Starz adaptation of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead film series, in which hero Ash faces off with an army of demons once again. The season 2 set comes with commentary tracks, a look at the visual effects, a profile of the three female characters, and several more featurettes.

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Lucifer: Season 2

100%

Tom Ellis stars in this cheeky Fox drama as the Devil, who gets bored with life in Hell, manifests in Los Angeles, and decides to aid the LAPD in their investigations. It comes with the show’s 2016 Comic-Con panel, a look at reinventing the character, deleted scenes, and a gag reel.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

85%

Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, and the gang return for the second installment of Marvel’s space adventure, which finds the Guardians struggling to keep their family united in the face of a grave galactic threat and secrets from their past. Extras include director James Gunn’s vision for the series, a four-part making-of featurette, a music video, gag reel, deleted scenes, and a commentary track with Gunn.

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The Walking Dead: Season 7

66%

In the seventh season of AMC’s hit horror/survival series, Rick, Daryl, and Maggie attempt to keep their friends and loved ones safe as a diabolical new threat endangers their lives. The season 7 set comes with episode commentaries, deleted and alternate scenes, a making-of featurette, an “In Memoriam” feature, and a look at the writers and “walkers” of the show, among other things.

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Also Available This Week:

The Criterion Collection brings another two new releases this week, starting with Sid & Nancy, the tragic love story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb). The new DVD/Blu-ray comes with two audio commentary trakcs (one from 1994 and one from 2001), a 1987 documentary on the making of the film, the infamous 1976 Sex Pistols TV interview with Bill Grundy, and much more. [Get it here]
The second selection from Criterion is a new release of Sacha Guitry’s 1951 dark comedy La poison, starring Michael Simon and Germaine Reuver as a feuding married couple contemplating how to do away with each other. It comes with a new interview with director Alivier Assayas, an hourlong documentary on Guitry’s collaboration with Simon, and more. [Get it here]