{"id":85770,"date":"2017-07-03T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=85770"},"modified":"2017-07-10T05:28:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T12:28:54","slug":"bluray-highlights-july-4-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/bluray-highlights-july-4-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray Highlights: Week of July 2nd, 2017 &#8211; Tuned Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not only is this a holiday week, but that holiday awkwardly falls on Tuesday, the traditional day when movies are released on home video. As a result, most studios have decided to give this week a pass. Only a few new Blu-rays make their way to stores, none of them major titles.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-828\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_828\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_828_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"e3aae95128\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"828\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_multiple_ans_828\" name=\"poll_multiple_ans_828\" value=\"24\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which Blu-rays Interest You This Week (7\/4\/17)?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-828-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15302\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15302\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15302\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/48590\/accidentalexorcist.html\">Accidental Exorcist<\/a>' (Cinedigm)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15303\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15303\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15303\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/47068\/alienate.html\">Alienate<\/a>' (Gravitas Ventures)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15304\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15304\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15304\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/4473\/american_tail2.html\">An American Tail: Fievel Goes West<\/a>' (Universal)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15305\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15305\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15305\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/47064\/badfrank.html\">Bad Frank<\/a>' (Gravitas Ventures)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15306\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15306\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15306\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/46535\/balto.html\">Balto<\/a>' (Universal)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15307\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15307\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15307\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/46770\/bitcoinheist.html\">Bitcoin Heist<\/a>' (Well Go USA)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15308\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15308\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15308\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/47078\/bloodhunters.html\">Blood Hunters<\/a>' (Gravitas Ventures)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15309\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15309\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15309\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/43748\/bloodrunners.html\">Bloodrunners<\/a>' (Gravitas Ventures)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15310\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15310\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15310\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/46351\/theboyandthebeasthosodacollectioncollectorsedition.html\">The Boy and the Beast: Hosoda Collection<\/a>' (FUNimation)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15311\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15311\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15311\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/45704\/dobermancop.html\">Doberman Cop<\/a>' (Arrow)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15312\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15312\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15312\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/48433\/drone.html\">Drone<\/a>' (Cinedigm)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15313\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15313\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15313\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/46789\/hyoukapartone.html\">Hyouka: Part One<\/a>' (FUNimation)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15314\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15314\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15314\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/44628\/thelemondropkid.html\">The Lemon Drop Kid<\/a>' (Kino)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15315\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15315\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15315\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/44624\/myfavoritebrunette.html\">My Favorite Brunette<\/a>' (Kino)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15316\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15316\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15316\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/44632\/roadtobali.html\">Road to Bali<\/a>' (Kino)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15317\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15317\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15317\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/44626\/roadtorio.html\">Road to Rio<\/a>' (Kino)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15318\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15318\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15318\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/45849\/ashocktothesystem.html\">A Shock to the System<\/a>' (Shout! Factory)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15319\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15319\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15319\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/46268\/songtosong.html\">Song to Song<\/a>' (Broad Green Pictures)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15320\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15320\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15320\">''<a href=\"http:\/\/ultrahd.highdefdigest.com\/46668\/songtosongultrahdbluray.html\">Song to Song \u2013 Ultra HD Blu-ray<\/a>'' (Broad Green Pictures)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15321\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15321\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15321\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/43693\/windows.html\">Windows<\/a>' (Scream Factory)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15322\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15322\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15322\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/46042\/wwefightowensfightthekevinowensstory.html\">WWE: Fight Owens Fight - The Kevin Owens Story<\/a>' (WWE Films)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15323\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15323\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15323\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/46508\/thezookeeperswife.html\">The Zookeeper's Wife<\/a>' (Universal)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15324\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15324\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15324\">Other (Tell us in the Comments)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-15325\" name=\"poll_828\" value=\"15325\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-15325\">Nothing for me this week<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(828);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(828); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-828-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<h2>New Releases<\/h2>\n<p>&#8216;<strong>Song to Song<\/strong>&#8216; \u2013 The more movies Terrence Malick makes, the more his former fans wish he would go back to only directing once per decade. His latest novel-gazing opus continues the downward trajectory of &#8216;To the Wonder&#8217; and &#8216;Knight of Cups&#8217;, and was his worst-reviewed and least-seen yet. (Seriously, if he&#8217;s not even making movies for critics anymore, who is he making them for?) Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling and Natalie Portman star in the extremely mopey and super-pretentious drama about the music industry. This is the only title of the week to score an Ultra HD 4k release, which should make all those endless shots of clouds drifting through the sky extra gorgeous. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<strong>The Zookeeper&#8217;s Wife<\/strong>&#8216; \u2013 Based on a true story, Jessica Chastain and Johan Heldenbergh play Polish zoo owners who sheltered 300 Jews from the Nazis during the height of World War II. It&#8217;s a fascinating bit of history that sounds tailor-made for the movies, but critical consensus on the film was lukewarm.<\/p>\n<h2>Catalog Titles<\/h2>\n<p>Shout! Factory delivers &#8216;<strong>A Shock to the System<\/strong>&#8216;, the darkly comic 1990 thriller starring Michael Caine as harried business executive who undertakes some unconventional methods of improving both his work and home lives.<\/p>\n<p>Universal reaches back to the 1990s to dig up the animated kids&#8217; movies &#8216;<strong>An American Tail: Fievel Goes West<\/strong>&#8216; and &#8216;<strong>Balto<\/strong>&#8216;. Both were directed (or co-directed) by Simon Wells, the great-grandson of author H.G. Wells. The &#8216;American Tail&#8217; sequel is remembered affectionately, but &#8216;Balto&#8217; is hardly remembered at all. Wells would later go on to bankrupt Robert Zemeckis&#8217; ImageMovers studio with the mega-flop &#8216;Mars Needs Moms&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Arrow Video unleashes &#8216;<strong>Doberman Cop<\/strong>&#8216;, a 1977 yakuza thriller that reunited Japanese cult director Kinji Fukasaku with star Sonny Chiba following their collaboration on the extremely weird &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/43418\/wolfguy.html\">Wolf Guy<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>Kino hopes that modern audiences still have some fondness for Bob Hope, by releasing no less than four of the star&#8217;s comedies: &#8216;<strong>Road to Rio<\/strong>&#8216; and &#8216;<strong>Road to Bali<\/strong>&#8216; (both with Bing Crosby), &#8216;<strong>The Lemon Drop Kid<\/strong>&#8216;, and &#8216;<strong>My Favorite Brunette<\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<h2>My $.02<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m content to save my money this week. I assume that most of our readers will as well. Am I wrong about that? Will something here makes its way into your movie collection?<\/p>\n<p>Note: The blog will have Tuesday off for the holiday. We&#8217;ll see you back here on Wednesday. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not only is this a holiday week, but that holiday awkwardly falls on Tuesday, the traditional day when movies are released on home video. As a result, most studios have decided to give this week a pass. 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