“THE DUKE” “SPECIES: COLLECTOR’S EDITION”

Spector, Denee Benton, Taissa Farmiga, Simon Jones and Jack Gilpin; a second season of the show is forthcoming.

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The last dramatic feature directed by the late Roger Michell (“Notting Hill,” “Morning Glory”), this fact-inspired tale casts Jim Broadbent as a 1960s British cabbie who wants to ensure better government treatment of those in his age group. To get what he wants, he lifts a celebrated painting from the National Gallery – Goya’s rendering of the Duke of Wellington – and essentially holds it for ransom. The taxi driver’s actions have a big effect on his personal life where his wife (Helen Mirren) and son (Fionn Whitehead) are concerned. Matthew Goode also is featured. DVD extra: “making-of” documentary. (R: AS, P) V) (Also on

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Popular enough to have launched a

franchise, this 1995 thriller – which benefits greatly from strong casting – gets a homevideo relaunch with a new 4K edition in both the Ultra HD and Blu-ray formats. The then-debuting Natasha Henstridge made a big impression as the adult incarnation

of Sil, a lethal half-human and half-alien whose desire to mate is driven by her desire to create more of her kind that eventually would erase the world’s mortal population. Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger and Michael Madsen play the team trying to stop her, with Michelle Williams as the younger Sil. Special features include audio commentaries by Henstridge, Madsen, director Roger Donaldson and visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund, plus an extensive “makingof” documentary. (R: AS, N, P, V)