This Week on Blu-ray and DVD: August 11, 2015

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August is well and truly upon us and so to are the best upcoming Blu-ray and DVD releases set to hit shelves Tuesday 11th August.

Kicking off our releases and calling all cars, it's Hot Pursuit! The Reese Witherspoon/Sofia Vergara buddy comedy from Warner Bros. Also available following its recent cinematic run is Universal Pictures horror Unfriended, which takes place entirely within a computer monitor, weaving its narrative across a video chat of the damned!

It's been nearly 18 years since the world of comedy said goodbye to Chris Farley and now, some of his best friends, work colleagues and fans have gathered their fondest memories of the comedian in I Am Chris Farley, boasting interviews from Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Chris Rock and many more.

Scream Factory are offering a special edition of Wes Craven's 1991 tale of terror The People Under the Stairs while Criterion debut Karl Reisz's 1981 drama The French Lieutenant's Woman, staring Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep while, hitting DVD only, is the Criterion Eclipse set Agnes Varda in California which includes Uncle Yanco, Black Panthers, Lions Love (...and Lies), Mur Murs and Documenteur.

Jumping to the small screen we're getting the BBC's recent adaptation of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, the first season of Steven Soderbergh’s turn-of-the-century medical drama The Knick and the fourth seasons of Hell on Wheels and Person of Interest.

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