Quentin Tarantino’s visually striking The Hateful Eight is out on disc this week along with the NFL expose Concussion, plus the sixth season of the adult animated series Archer and the first season of the intriguing robotics-themed science fiction series Humans.

Theatrical Movies

This week’s top offering is Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight (Weinstein Company, “R,” 187 min., $29.98, BD $39.98).  Tarantino’s eighth film is actually a mystery set in the wilds of Wyoming just a few years after the Civil War.  Spectacularly filmed in 90 mm, The Hateful Eight should be seen on Blu-ray (if you weren’t able to make it to a theater that was showing an actual film print of the movie).  With its reams of the director’s signature idiosyncratic dialogue The Hateful Eight is a “must-see” for Tarantino fans, though those who are allergic to screen gore should stay away.

Also of interest is Concussion (Sony, “PG-13,” 123 min., $26.98, BD $34.98, 4KBD $45.99), a fact-based thriller about Dr. Bennet Omalu (well-played by Will Smith), a neurologist who discovers CTE, the football-related brain disorder that the NFL has been covering up for decades (until finally taking some steps in the past couple of years to attempt to reduce the amount of brain trauma in the game).

This week’s only other offering that actually made it into theaters is the needless remake of the 1991 crime thriller Point Break.  The 2015 Point Break (Warner Bros., “R,” 113 min., $28.98, BD $44.95), which stars Edgar Ramirez, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, and Delroy Lindo, could only manage a 9% positive rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes,

TV on DVD

There aren’t many releases this week, but one of them, Archer: The Complete Season Six (Fox, 274 min., $29.98, BD $39.98) collects the latest 12-episode season of the adult animated comedy series that airs on the FX cable network.  Archer is a sexy send-up of the Bond genre, and, after a Miami Vice-like detour in Season 5, the eponymous anti-hero is back at it in the world of espionage in Season Six solving global problems like a lack of chewing gum in the Alps and an alien invasion of Las Vegas.  Fans will note that it was during Season Six the producers of Archer stopped referring to Archer’s original employer, the International Secret Intelligence Service, since the organization’s acronym had become increasingly problematic due to the actions of a certain terrorist group in the Middle East.

The other TV release of real interest this week is Humans: Season 1 Uncut UK Edition (Acorn Media, 344 min., $38.99, BD $39.98), the British/American science fiction series written by Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley that is based on the Swedish series Real Humans, which explores the social, cultural, and psychological effects of humanlike robots known as “Synths.”  Humans, which airs here in the States on AMC, follows one family, which is changed forever when husband Joe Hawkins buys a robotic assistant that looks like a young woman.  Those who enjoy thought-provoking, near-future science fiction will find this series fascinating.

Those who enjoy the merciless, smart-alec, running commentary that Mystery Science Theater 3000 provides for “Grade Z” movies will not be disappointed by Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXXV (Shout Factory, 480 min., $59.97), a 4-disc set in which Teenage Caveman, Being From Another Planet, 12 to the Moon, and Deathstalker and Warriors From Hell all get the MST3K treatment.

Anime

Both the Eden of the East TV series and the two Eden of the East movies have been released before, but now they are available in a new deluxe package.  Eden of the East: The Complete Series + Movies Collector’s Edition (Funimation, 445 min., BD $99.98) includes the 11-episode 2009 TV series plus the 2009 movie The King of Eden, which takes place six months after the series, and the 2010 movie Paradise Lost, which begins just hours after the end of The King of Eden.  The TV series and the movies were written by Kenji Kamkyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex, Jin-Roh, Blood: The Last Vampire), and this Ludlum-esque psychological thriller does not disappoint.  The Collector’s Edition comes in a collectible artbox (with a belly band) that contains art cards, stickers, paper craft, and a certificate of authenticity.

Of much more recent vintage is Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Complete Collection (Sentai Filmworks, 300 min., $59.98, BD $69.98), a 2014 series from Dogakobo that is based on the four-panel Japanese Webcomic by Izumi Tsubaki that is published in Japan by Square Enix and here in the U.S. by Yen Press.  This romantic comedy about a couple of high school students who happen to be talented manga artists is quite diverting, especially for those who enjoy shojo manga.

Also due on Tuesday is the Utawarerumono OVA Complete Collection (Sentai Filmworks, 85 min., $29.98, BD $39.98), which includes 3 OVA episodes produced in 2009-2010 as sequels to the 26-episode 2006 series that is based on the fantasy adventure adult tactical role-playing visual novel.  Funimation has released the 2006 Oriental Light and Magic series in a low cost S.A.V.E. edition, and now the OVAs, which were produced by Aquaplus, are available as well.

For fans of classic anime there is a new edition of the Getter Robo Armageddon: Complete Collection (Discotek Media, 300 min., $39.98), which collects the 13-episode OVA series produced by Brain’s Base in 1998.