Capsule reviews of the next week’s video releases on DVD and Blu-ray

Sept. 1

“Mad Max: Fury Road”

R, 120 minutes, Warner

Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy star in this reimagining/sequel of “Mad Max” and “The Road Warrior” by the man who made them both: director George Miller. Contains intense violence, disturbing images and brief nudity. Extras include “Maximum Fury: Filming Fury Road,” “Mad Max: Fury on Four Wheels,” “The Road Warriors: Max and Furiosa,” “The Tools of the Wasteland,” “The Five Wives: So Shiny, So Chrome,” and “Fury Road: Crash &Smash” featurettes; deleted scenes.

“I’ll See You in My Dreams”

PG-13, 92 minutes, Universal

After the death of her beloved dog, Carol (Blythe Danner) embarks on an unlikely friendship with her pool maintenance man (Martin Starr), pursues a new love interest (Sam Elliott), and reconnects with her daughter (Malin Akerman). Contains sexual situations, drug use and brief strong language.

Also: “Army of Frankensteins” (sci-fi update on the Frankenstein story), “Bessie” (Queen Latifah as blues singer Bessie Smith), “The Blood Lands” (couple is terrorized in an isolated farmhouse), “Broken Horses” (drama about two brothers who reunite in a turbulent town on the Mexican border), “The Curse of Downers Grove” (high-school horror story), “The D Train” (Jack Black comedy), “ Dark Star: H.R. Giger’s World” (documentary about the influential surrealist artist), “Felt” (fact-based feminist psychological thriller), “Five Star” (blend of documentary and fiction set in the streets of New York), “Gemma Bovery” (reimagining of “Madame Bovary”), “Good Kill” (Ethan Hawke as an Air Force pilot who launches drone strikes), “Glen Campbell … I’ll Be Me” (documentary follows the music legend’s final tour), “Harbinger Down” (homage to the sci-fi/horror films of the ‘80s), “Lawless Kingdom” (four crime fighters with supernatural powers), “Lords of London” (English gangster drama), “Lost After Dark” (teen slasher flick), “Midnight Masquerade” (Hallmark Channel romantic fairy tale), “Our Man in Tehran” (explores the real story behind the film “Argo”), “Panic 5 Bravo” (U.S. paramedics fight a Mexican drug cartel), “Paranormal Island” (college students find themselves working at a haunted bar), “Results” (divorced rich guy gets involved with a gym owner and personal trainer), “Run, Hide, Die” (female friends are terrorized at a summer cabin), “The Surface” (survivor of plane crash tries to survive in Lake Michigan), “Wolf Warrior” (Chinese marksman joins a mysterious group of insurgents).

Television series: “Chicago Fire: Season Three” (six-disc set with 23 episodes), “Chicago P.D.: Season Two” (six-disc set with 23 episodes), “The Originals: The Complete Second Season” (five-disc DVD and three-disc Blu-ray with all 22 episodes), “The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Sixth Season” (five-disc DVD and four-disc Blu-ray with all 22 episodes).

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