A fantastical Stephen King adaptation tops the DVD releases for the week of Sept. 30.

"The Life of Chuck": A cosmic, philosophical extraordinary drama about one ordinary life, told in three reverse-chronological chapters. Starring Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan and Mark Hamill.

“'The Life of Chuck' is a trick. It’s a trick you’ll be delighted by, but a trick nevertheless, conjured by author Stephen King, on the page, and filmmaker Mike Flanagan, on screen," writes Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review. "Of course, if you’ve read the source material, a novella published in 2020 as part of the collection 'If It Bleeds,' you’ll know what’s afoot, as Flanagan doesn’t stray from King’s structural play or themes. But if you go in fresh, with wide eyes and an open heart, it’s like watching a bubble grow bigger and bigger, before it pops, suddenly, with a sense of surprise and wonder."

NEW ON DVD SEPT. 30

"Elsbeth: Season Two": Carrie Preston returns as whip-smart and unconventional attorney Elsbeth Tascioni in the CBS spinoff set in "The Good Wife" universe.

"The Equalizer: The Final Season": Queen Latifah's Robyn McCall recedes to the shadows after five seasons fighting injustice on the CBS reboot.

"Affinity": A former special forces operative taps into his unique set of skills after the mysterious woman who has entered his life is kidnapped just as mysteriously in this action sci-fi flick.

"Misericordia": Criterion Premieres release of French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie's 2024 comic thriller centered on a man returning to a small village for a funeral.

Wes Anderson Criterion films: The Criterion Collection unveils an autumnal cornucopia from the American auteur, including stand-alone releases of "Isle of Dogs" and "The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun" as well as a box set, "The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years." Includes "Bottle Rocket," "Rushmore," "The Royal Tenebaums," The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," "The Darjeeling Limited," "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "Moonrise Kingdom," The Grand Budapest Hotel," Isle of Dogs" and "The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun."

OUT ON DIGITAL HD SEPT. 30

"Caught Stealing": A Manhattan bartender (Austin Butler) gets caught up in a drug deal/money grab and suffers the consequences in filmmaker Darren Aronofsk's ode to '90s NYC.

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