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

Sept. 29

“Entourage”

R, 106 minutes, Warner

HBO ensemble series starring Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara and Kevin Dillon is revived for the big screen. Contains pervasive language, strong sexual content, nudity and some drug use. Extras include a deleted scene; Blu-ray version adds “The Gang — Still Rockin’ It,” “Hollywood, Baby!” “The Making of Hyde,” deleted scenes, gag reel, “Meet the Newest Member of Entourage,” “Lucas Ellin is Jonah Gold.”

“Poltergeist”

PG-13, 94 minutes, Fox

Remake of the 1982 film about a family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces that abduct their youngest daughter. Contains scary images, brief sensuality and some crude language.

“Spy”

R, 120 minutes, Fox

Comedy starring Melissa McCarthy as a deskbound CIA analyst who volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer and prevent a global disaster. Contains profanity, violence and some sexual content, including brief graphic nudity.

Also: “Aloft” (new-age drama starring Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy and Melanie Laurent), “Black Coal, Thin Ice” (Chinese murder mystery), “The Connection” (‘70s-period French crime thriller), “Cop Car” (Kevin Bacon as a corrupt small-town sheriff chasing two runaway kids), “Murder in the Park” (documentary about the criminal justice system), “Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot” (profile of Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki), “A Plague So Pleasant” (zombie story set in the future), “Return to Sender” (assault victim plots her revenge), “Soul Boys of the Western World” (documentary on the band Spandau Ballet), “Theresa is a Mother” (singer/songwriter moves back from NYC to her small hometown), “White Shadow” (African drama about the plight of albinos in Tanzania), “Zipper” (federal prosecutor’s career is endangered by his sex addiction).

Television series: “Bones: The Complete Tenth Season” (six-disc set with all 22 episodes), “Grimm: Season Four” (five-disc set with all 22 episodes), “iZOMBIE: The Complete First Season” (three-disc set with 13 episodes), “Jane The Virgin: The Complete First Season” (all 22 episodes), “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” (six-part HBO documentary series), “Outlander: Season 1, Volume 2” (two-disc set with all eight episodes).

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