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Home Video Releases For The Week of October 13, 2020Welcome to Episode 21 of our weekly look at what's coming this week in the home video market. Not much is going on that is newsworthy, so let's get right down to business. 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Digital Releases- There are no digital 4K releases this week. On the disc front though, there are two movies to mention. First, District 9, which I thought was a pretty peculiar movie, but feel that this would be worthy of an upgrade on my video wall. Available in a standard edition and as a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook. Again, generally not a fan of cover art that is primarily RED in color, but this one is entirely appropriate to this movie (cover art shown is the standard edition). And the second title is Requiem for a Dream, which we have already reviewed, check out the review, buy the disc. HD Blu-ray/Digital releases- There are no digital HD releases slated for this week. On the disc front however, it looks like an average week. Criterion Collection releases Claudine this week. Personally never saw this film, but no doubt it will be 4+ stars across the board when we review it. LionsGate's new release of The Doorman comes out this week. Kino Lorber offers a multitude of titles, but the one I remember the most is DeepStar Six. This one came out about the time that The Abyss was released so it's easy to confuse the two. The latter we still await James Cameron to act upon with a Blu-ray or 4K release. Sony Pictures has an average week, but the title I think they are pushing the most this week is El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. I might be in that 10 percentile of people that hasn't seen an episode of the series. If it means anything, I did bookmark it on Netflix. RLJ Entertainment releases The American West: Season 1 this week. This show has potential, and according to IMDB the ratings are decent. Shout Factory, under the Scream Factory label is finally releasing their Friday the 13th Collection Deluxe Edition. Although it is inevitable that perhaps the first movie will get a 4K release, this complete collection is a definitive way to own the complete set. Previously delayed, but appears to be coming out finally, Arrow Video's release of Mallrats. Warner Bros. releases the animated title Batman: Death in the Family. For some reason the 4K was never officially announced so we have moved it to the 'Postponed' column, and honestly, I was just getting into these animated DC 4K releases. RWBY Volume 7 is being released by Warner Bros this week as well. Also on the Warner release front, Cats & Dogs 3 gets a general release this week, looks like it snuck out as a Walmart exclusive a month ago, which is becoming more commonplace with their non-major releases. Still Going strong, Vikings Season 6 Volume 1 streets this week. From the Warner Archive Collection, Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series will be available. I remember watching this show years ago, something about it made me come back for more. Elsewhere within the animated category, our weekly anime highlights are always present. Viz Video release Boruto: Naruto Next Generation Vol 7. FUNimation has two versions of ID: Invaded, a standard release edition and a Limited Edition. If you didn't buy the individual releases of Kakuriyo Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, it is now available as a Complete Series Set. Season Two of Kono Oto Tamare! Sounds of Life also debuts this week on Blu-ray. There are two Friday releases this week, an arts release and a music/concert release. Notable announcements from last week: As far as new release announcements are, the week has proven to be very dry. But, I did mention last week to expect a 4K Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogy announcement. Do read our news story here which indicates a December 1st street date and get your orders in today. In both trilogies I think I prefer the SteelBooks, but they are on the pricier side. Disney has also announced a street date for The New Mutants, November 17th. Available as a Blu-ray, 4K Blu-ray and 4K SteelBook. This does not count as a true commitment on Disney's part of the 4K format -- as previously mentioned and covered, it is rumored that they have abandoned catalog titles with regards to the 4K disc format, James Cameron titles excluded, and this of course is a 2020 film. 4K Release Calendar 2K/BD Release Calendar Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price? For me, the Friday the 13th set has been on preorder as has Space Ghost. I will decide on which version of District 9 4K I want soon, and most likely will order DeepStar Six too. Wishlist items include American West Season 1, the Mill Creek 3-pack Diabolique/Incognito/In Crowd, Imaginary Crimes/Silent Fall, Kakuriyo B&B, The Pledge & RWBY Vol 7.Posted Sun Oct 11, 2020 at 12:00 PM PDT by: -
Friday the 13th Collection Deluxe Edition UnboxingHappy Friday... the 9th! Scream Factory's Friday the 13th Collection Deluxe Edition has been shipped out - those with pre-orders should be getting them any day now if you haven't gotten them already. Obviously from all of the coverage we've done and announcements the fine folks at Scream have put out - this is a massive set. Our man with a plan M. Enois Duarte will be handling the review of this beast, but it's going to take us some time to dig through everything. \Some of the films got new transfers, Friday the 13th: Part 3 3-D actually has a genuine stereoscopic 3-D presentation, I briefly looked at it at 2:00am this morning and it looks so much better than the old anaglyph 3-D presentation. To that point - since it's going to take us a while to start posting in-depth coverage, we wanted to give you fine folks a look at this set with a quick unboxing. I ordered my set direct from Shout Factory to get the Limited Edition poster and lithograph - those extras being the only differences if you ordered this set from a different retailer. As soon as we start breaking out the coverage we'll get those reviews posted and shared, but for now - have an awesome weekend, enjoy some fright flicks, or if you already have this amazing set in hand, enjoy digging through all of these movies in one epic binge!Posted Fri Oct 9, 2020 at 01:30 AM PDT by: -
Lord of the Rings 4K & The Hobbit 4K Coming December 1st[UPDATE 5:25am 10/8/2020] After a flurry of posts and updates, pre-orders going live and then coming back down, incomplete info, and finally getting actual confirmation all of this was legit -- and a much needed night of sleep -- we have some firm details and pre-order information about The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy and The Hobbit Motion Picture Trilogy 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases coming this December FIRST - As how it's been reported, Peter Jackson and his team went back to the original elements to create new 4K masters for these releases - the original 35mm elements for LOTR and the digital elements for Hobbit. Both sets will include the Theatrical Cuts and the Extended Cuts. Both sets will feature HDR10 standard and Dolby Vision. Both sets will also get a Dolby Atmos audio upgrade - which should be a delight to fans all across Middle Earth. I haven't found a final slate of bonus features anywhere - there may not be many as a MUCH larger "Ultimate" set of all six films including remastered Blu-rays of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, all archival bonus features as well as new bonus features will be coming out mid-to-late 2021 to celebrate the franchise's 20th Anniversary. As for the current slate of sets arriving 12/1/2020 - you have some options... Both trilogies are getting standard releases, 9-discs for LOTR with The Hobbit getting 6-discs. Both trilogies are getting fancy SteelBook sets from Best Buy while Amazon is issuing a special Limited Edition Giftset of LOTR with special book packaging and a prop replica of The One Ring - which reportedly will not turn you invisible. Now all you have to decide is which set to make you precious... The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy 4K UHD Standard Set The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy 4K Amazon Giftset The Lord of the Rings The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K Best Buy SteelBook The Hobbit Motion Picture Trilogy 4K Standard The Hobbit Motion Picture Trilogy 4K Best Buy SteelBook That's pretty much everything for now - as we learn more we'll update the listings. Hope this release makes your Holiday season a little extra awesome this year! [UPDATE 3:10pm 10/7/2020] Both the standard releases of The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy 4K UHD Blu-ray and The Hobbit Motion Picture Trilogy 4K UHD Blu-ray sets are now available to pre-order on Amazon for $89.99 each. No word on specs, but from the look of the images these don't appear to include the 1080p Blu-rays - LOTR is a 9-disc set while Hobbit appears to only be a 6-disc set. Again this is a developing story and as soon as we get official word from Warner Bros. we'll dish that info out. For now - here's what these standard sets look like. Interestingly the Best Buy listings for the 4K UHD SteelBooks for both Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit appear to have been taken down. We'll keep an eye on that as well. Stay tuned... [Original Post] This is a developing story as Warner Bros. has yet to confirm or issue an official press release about The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray trilogies. However, Best Buy now has both The Hobbit Motion Picture Trilogy 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook and The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook up with a street date of 12/1/2020. So far only LOTR is actually up for pre-order but both sets have a list price of $119.99. Again - we don't have any technical details, don't know the final audio mix or the HDR grade. Judging from the only picture we have of the LOTR set - it looks to be a 9-disc set, each movie getting 3 discs + digital. As soon as Warner Bros. issues a propper press release we'll update this article with links to standard editions as well as any other possible retailer exclusives that may be coming along.Posted Wed Oct 7, 2020 at 03:02 AM PDT by: -
Home Video Releases For The Week of October 6, 2020And the time keeps changing and the calendar keeps flipping. October 2020 is upon us, pumpkin spice everything is invading our senses, the title releases (thankfully) keep coming. Welcome to Episode 20 of our weekly highlights on what to expect in the home video market. To those that bought a handful of Miramax titles a couple of weeks ago, by now you have a couple in your hand and Amazon notices of shipping dates as late as December 15th. If there was an Epic Fail, this one qualifies. Even though they're supposed to have new printed sleeves to reflect Paramount as the distributor, some simply have UPC stickers pasted over the old ones. 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Digital Releases- There are no 4K digital releases slated for this week. On the 4K disc front though, let's get right to it. First, Frank Miller's epic 300, available as a standard edition and a Best Buy SteelBook edition. As this movie has CGI, we can expect the largest gain to be from the HDR. Shutter Island sees a standard edition (non-SteelBook) release this week. Also in the same think 'lower cost' category, Jaws is getting reissued as well, without the swag and fancy cover. Next in the 4K disc category, a new(er) title, The Tax Collector. When I heard this title, I immediately thought crime family, not IRS. The 4K of this title can currently only be bought from Best Buy. And on the Best Buy front, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar gets an exclusive 4K SteelBook this week as well. Nolan is a great director, but I am a bit annoyed by his lack of allowing/adopting direcional audio (Atmos or DTS:X.) Also, looks like Saving Private Ryan is getting another SteelBook release too, not sure what is different about this one. HD Blu-ray/Digital releases- There are no digital HD releases slated for this week. Universal's 2020 releases coming to Blu-ray this week is titled The 2nd, Save Yourselves!, The Secret Garden, direct to video Tales From the Hood 3, Season Four of The Last Kingdom also streets this week. I feel as though I should have caught that series, there is still time to do so. From Warner Bros, debuting on Blu-ray via the Warner Archive, Drop Dead Gorgeous. From Warner's regular label, the 2020 reboot of Valley Girl is expected to street this week. From CBS/Paramount, the long awaited Star Trek: Picard Season One comes out this week, available as a standard edition and as a SteelBook Edition. Mill Creek's delayed September titles are out this week, Battlefield Earth, Big Bully/Wrongfully Accused, The King and I (animated) & Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Michael J Fox fans should be delighted to know Kino is releasing two of his films this week, The Hard Way & The Secret of My Success. And as usual, they have a bunch of older classics to ponder as well. The above mentioned film, The Tax Collector also gets a non-retailer-exclusive Blu-ray release. Anime this week, FUNimation has got After School Dice Club, Fairy Tail Part 24 & One Piece: Stampede (SteelBook). Sentai Filmworks has one, in the no English dub category, Beautiful Bones Sakurako's Investigation. Shout Factory releases B: The Beginning Season One as a standard edition and as an 'Ultimate Edition.' I like the latter, but it would be a large investment for a blind buy. Shout also releases Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna this week, and a reissue of The Wonderland. From Viz, the Naruto Triple Feature, available in a standard collector's edition and as a SteelBook collector's edition. There are three music/concert titles scheduled for a Friday release. Notable announcements from last week: Newcomer to the Blu-ray market, Wild East Productions seems to have their expected titles this week on delay. Updates will happen as we get them. Also delayed, the touted 2016 movie The Veil, from Kino Lorber got pushed back a month to November 3. For new announcements though, this past week was pretty slow. We can confirm that Blade will be coming to 4K disc, as a standard edition and as a Best Buy SteelBook. Your guess is as good as mine on a trilogy in 4K or the Amazon Exclusive Gift Sets that Warner Bros seems to be doing a lot of. Blue Underground has announced Fire & Ice on 4K disc, expect it to come probably around Dec/Jan. Collateral 4K disc (2004) also has been announced with a Dec 8 street date. In the works with an announcement any time soon, Warner is preparing 4K discs of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit Trilogy. Expected are the theatrical and extended versions. Serpico is coming soon as well in 4K, but maybe only as an import, it is currently listed on Amazon Germany's site, and Three Days of the Condor is on Amazon France's site. Next Week, October 13 & 14 Amazon Prime Day is on! 4K Release Calendar 2K/BD Release Calendar Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price? I am pretty sure I will buy Picard - Season One, The Secret Garden, The King & I, and Pale Door. I have a mild interest in 300 4K and Tax Collector 4K. Wishlist, B: Ultimate Edition, Big Bully/Wrongfully Accused, Naruto SteelBook, One Piece SteelBook & Snow White Tale of Terror.Posted Sun Oct 4, 2020 at 12:00 PM PDT by: -
10 Best Horror Movies in the Criterion CollectionOur own Bryan Kluger took a deep dive into his collection to find us the 10 Best Horror Movies in the Criterion Collection. It's always hard to narrow down a definitive list like this but you can't go wrong with any of these. Take a look: Vampyr Order Vampyr on Blu-ray Häxan Order Häxan on Blu-ray Eyes Without A Face Order Eyes Without A Face on Blu-ray House Order House on Blu-ray The Devil's Backbone Order The Devil's Backbone on Blu-ray Scanners Order Scanners on Blu-ray Onibaba Order Onibaba on DVD Rosemary's Baby Order Rosemary's Baby on Blu-ray Night of the Living Dead Order Night of the Living Dead on Blu-ray The Silence of the Lambs Order The Silence of the Lambs on Blu-rayPosted Wed Sep 30, 2020 at 07:17 AM PDT by: -
This is 4k! Win 300 on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray!Are you tired of your old Blu-ray of 300? Are you eager to see Zack Snyder’s burly opus in HDR with the new Dolby Atmos Audio mix? High-Def Digest and Warner Bros. have teamed up to give away ONE copy of 300 on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray! Contest starts today 9/29/2020 and ends Friday 10/4/2020 at 12:00 noon – from there I will select the winner of the contest using the scientific methods of dice rolls and coin tosses. The winner will then be notified and if all goes to well the disc will be in the mail that afternoon. If the winner has not responded within 24 hours of notification I will select the runner-up.Here’s what you have to do to enter:1: Share our 300 4K UHD Blu-ray review on your Facebook by copying and pasting this:I’m entering @highdefdigest contest to win #300 on 4K UHD Blu-rayhttps://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/86883/3004kultrahdbluray.html 2: In the comments of our Facebook post about this contest - https://www.facebook.com/highdefdigest/posts/10157787540517099 - give us your best SPARTAN! This can be a picture of you flexing, grimacing, wrapped up in a red sheet with a stick – you decked out in Michigan State University gear, whatever says “300” in your mind – post it in the comments… keep it all-ages appropriate please, that’s the only requirement!This contest is open to all U.S. residents. We can’t send to a P.O. box but homes, offices, apartments – no problem.Posted Tue Sep 29, 2020 at 09:09 AM PDT by: -
Home Video Releases For The Week of September 29, 2020Have you got any free cash or available credit after last week? This week is also an above average week for home video releases too. Although it's primarily a catalog title/reissue kind of week, there still are a handful of titles that might merit a purchase. Welcome to Episode 19 of our weekly look at the highlights of the home video releases for the week. Just a tidbit about the Miramax releases --- apparently there is a delay for most of them, and I am speculating it is likely related to COVID, be it people to ship the product, or if they're pressing new discs for some of them, the facility that manufactures is behind. And another supply issue, anyone that had ordered the Gamera collection from Arrow Video, feel lucky if you've received your copy. Either they simply did a small run or demand was very high, in either case, this is out of stock just about everywhere and 3rd party listings have crazy insane prices. 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Digital Releases- There are no 4K digital releases slated for this week. The 4K disc front is owned by Best Buy and its SteelBooks. Offered this week are Evil Dead Double Feature, Halloween (1978) and Mad Max Fury Road. HD Blu-ray/Digital releases- There is one digital HD release slated for this week, on October 2 titled Death of Me. Criterion Collection's HD/Blu-ray release for The Elephant Man streets this week. You've heard my rants, you know I imported the 4K, but if this release covers your needs, you can bet it's the usual excellent Criterion quality. Also look for Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 3 this week. A different version of Agatha Christies's Death on the Nile comes this week from Acorn media. It appears to be a segment from the series Poirot. Universal is flooding us with 10-Movie pack editions. If you don't own half of them, these releases could be a way to save a few bucks. The collections are Blumhouse of Horrors, Dreamworks Collection, Focus Features Spotlights, Illumination Collection, Universal Action Collection & Universal Sci-Fi Collection. There appear to be a few others but are DVD only, despite those movies being released on Blu-ray. Also a Jaws 3-movie collection, which includes Jaws 2, 3 & 4. Not a Universal release, but a title dubbed Jaws 5, Cruel Jaws comes to us from Severin Films. Slow week for Warner Bros, but they are releasing Stargirl: The Complete First Season this week. Ghost Ship from Shout Factory finally comes out this week after a delay or two, finally I can replace my DVD of this film. In the weekly dose of anime, Bleach: Set 8 arrives from Viz Media. Discotek is releasing their September titles this week, they include Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer, Galaxy Express 999 TV Series Vol. 3, Wicked City & Space Adventure Cobra - Complete Series. FUNimation highlights include Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Part One, Fire Force Season One Part Two as a standard edition and a limited edition, Kemono Michi: Rise Up - Complete Series and My Hero Academia Season Four Part One. Sentai Filmworks releases Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit this week. Notable announcements from last week: The Arrow Video release of Mallrats has been pushed to October 13. On the Arrow Video topic, they just announced Tremors on 4K disc for December 15th. As with so many of their releases, it's loaded with extras, and some swag as well. I sort of expect to see a single disc with no swag listed shortly as well, but I'm going for the loaded one. A 2 disc Blu-ray edition is available as well. Kino Lorber has announced they are releasing Spaceballs on 4K disc. I am a fan of this movie and have bought it each time it has come to a new format, I look forward to this edition as well. I laugh every time I see Michael Winslow's "jammed radar" scene. Sentai Filmworks has revealed their December 2020 titles. Most of them do not have an English dub, but they still might interest you. Check em out, the titles are 7 Seeds - Part 1, About Ahiru no Sora - Collection One, Ajin: Demi-Human - The OADS Collection, Chidori RSC - Complete Collection, The Garden of Words (reissue), Outburst Dreamer Boys & When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace - Complete Collection. 4K Release Calendar 2K/BD Release Calendar Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price? For myself, there are a couple of anime titles on order. The Kemoni Michi Rise Up synopsis sounds amusing. I'm reluctant to buy Demon Slayer Part One because FUNimation listed it as "Standard Edition" which implies there will be a limited edition soon, maybe not. Sentai usually does the split releases, not FUNimation, so I will likely buy it. Like I mentioned above, replacing my DVD of Ghost Ship would be nice, but the wallet fatigue of last week might put me on hold, but not for that long. The Penny Dreadful release interests me, but not enough for a blind buy. >Evil Dead Double Feature - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook >Halloween 1978 SteelBook - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray >Mad Max: Fury Road - Ultra HD Blu-ray (Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook) >Abominable / The Boss Baby (Double Feature) >Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile >Alien Addiction >Alphabet City >Bad Moms (reissue) >Bleach: Set 8 >Blumhouse of Horrors: 10-Movie Collection >Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer >Chinese Hercules / Bruce's Ninja Secret (Drive-in Double Feature #8) >Conquest >Crackers >Cruel Jaws >Death Race 2 (reissue) >Death Rage >Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Part One >Dolittle / A Dog's Journey (Double Feature) >DreamWorks 10-Movie Collection >El Chapo: Season 3 >Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw / Skyscraper (Double Feature) >Fire Force: Season One Part Two >Fire Force: Season One Part Two (Limited Edition) >Five Graves to Cairo >Focus Features 10-Movie Spotlight Collection >Foster Boy >Free!: Dive to the Future - The 3rd Season (Essentials) >Galaxy Express 999: The TV Series Collection 03 - Terminus >Genesis II / Planet Earth (Double Feature) >Ghost Ship (Collector's Edition) >Gotcha! >Havana >Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America >Humboldt: The New Season >Illumination Presents: 10-Movie Collection >Jaws: 3-Movie Collection >Jeremiah Johnson >Kemono Michi: Rise Up >Lady Death the Motion Picture >Love Me Tonight >Loves Me, Loves Me Not >Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, No. 3 >Massacre in Dinosaur Valley >Memphis Belle (reissue) >Momma's Man >Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit: Complete Collection >My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (reissue) >My Hero Academia: Season Four Part One >Neon Days >Pandemonium >Penny Dreadful: City of Angels - Season One >Primitives >Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things >Space Adventure Cobra: The Complete Original TV Series >Stargirl: The Complete First Season >The Banker >The Boss (reissue) >The Caller >The Elephant Man - Criterion Collection >The GoodTimesKid >The Legend of Tomiris >The Milagro Beanfield War >The Mummy (2017)(reissue) >The Opposite Sex >The Silencing >Thomas and the Magic Railroad >Trick Baby >Universal 10-Film Action Collection >Universal 10-Film Sci-Fi Collection >Variety >Wicked City >Yesterday / Pitch Perfect (Double Feature) >Bram Frank's Definitive Modular Knife >Death of Me - Digital Review >Housesitter - The Night They Saved Sigfried's Brain >Roger Waters: Us + ThemPosted Sun Sep 27, 2020 at 12:00 PM PDT by: -
October 2020 4K UHD Blu-ray ReleasesHope your wallet recovered after September! After a blisteringly expensive September on the 4K UHD Blu-ray release calendar - October gives your wallet a little room to breathe. While not as big a slate - there are still some fan favorites in store. Sadly Second Sight's exciting restoration of Dawn of the Dead was delayed into November so that's no longer part of this list, but there's still some great stuff. We have everything from the soul-sucking and intense Requiem for a Dream to the iconic time-traveling Back to the Future Trilogy. As usual a number of these releases are getting special retailer exclusives you get a choice between the standard packaging or something a little more exciting. October 6th, 2020 Zack Snyder's 300 THIS IS 4K!!! Kick your old Blu-ray's down the giant bottomless pit in the middle of the city without any guardrails! Zack Snyder's visually amazing adaptation of Frank Miller's interesting take on real-life Greek historical events gets a new 4K UHD Blu-ray release with a new Dolby Atmos audio mix and some new bonus features tossed in for good measure. Available in a standard edition or Best Buy SteelBook Pre-order the standard 4K UHD Blu-rayPre-order the Best Buy Exclusive 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook Shutter Island Already previously released on 4K UHD Blu-ray from Paramount in a SteelBook edition, Shutter Island is toning things down for a general release. From all reports, there's nothing new about this set beyond the packaging changes. Pre-order the 4K UHD Blu-ray The Tax Collector Currently, the 4K UHD Blu-ray release of David Ayer's most recent thriller is coming in the form of a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook release. No other retailer to-date has announced a general release for this one, but if that changes we'll keep you posted. Pre-order the Best Buy Exclusive 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook October 13th, 2020 Requiem for a Dream Nothing like a bleak look at addiction and the ravages of the mind, body, and soul to get you in the mood for Halloween! Darren Aronofsky's hypnotic deep dive into despair gets a new 4K restoration from Lionsgate. Already visually arresting on Blu-ray, this release should be gorgeous and a standout for the format. Apparently this disc will include both the R-rated Theatrical and Unrated Director's Cut. Pre-order the 4K UHD Blu-ray District 9 Neil Blomkamp's intense 2009 sci-fi classic kickstarted the director's career and was a showstopper on Blu-ray. With an upsampled 4k transfer with HDR10 and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix, there's every chance this one could be a stunner on the format. Maybe one day we'll get that sequel they keep bringing up every couple of years. Also available as a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook - which looks pretty damn good! Pre-order the standard 4K UHD Blu-ray Pre-order the Best Buy Exclusive 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook October 20th, 2020 Back to the Future Trilogy Doubtful anyone out there is actually excited for this one… The iconic time-traveling adventure movie trilogy is getting its long-awaited 4K restoration complete with Dolby Vision, HDR10+, as well as new Atmos audio mixes! Not content to make like a screen door on a battleship, there are three options for fans - the standard release, a slick Amazon Exclusive Gift Set with floating model hoverboard, or you can choose a snazzy Best Buy Exclusive trilogy box set! Pre-order the standard 4K UHD Blu-ray Pre-order the Amazon Exclusive 4K UHD Gift Set Pre-order the Best Buy Exclusive 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook October 27th Daughters of Darkness Blue Underground hit the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray market swinging for the bleachers and every release they've punched out so far have been absolute home runs. There's no reason this sultry Harry Kümel grindhouse classic should be any different with a new Native 4K transfer with Dolby Vision HDR along with a bunch of bonus features and the film's soundtrack on CD! Pre-order the 4K UHD Blu-ray Rambo: The Complete SteelBook Collection Sadly not available when the final fifth film arrived on 4K UHD, Best Buy is now releasing a complete 5-film SteelBook set with each film getting new artwork. Disc content hasn't changed so if you've been waiting to buy the series on 4K, this is the time to do it. If you already own the series, this may not be worth the added cost. Pre-order the Best Buy Exclusive 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook As we saw with Second Sight's release of Dawn of the Dead 4K UHD Blu-ray set - release dates are subject to change. As soon as we hear of any release date changes or any last-minute release additions, we'll let you know. Check back for full reviews of these upcoming 4K UHD Blu-ray titles.Posted Tue Sep 22, 2020 at 03:05 AM PDT by: -
Have a Merry Eddie Murphy Holiday Season!December 1st 2020 – after the year to end all years with one WTF moment after another – the nation can come together and heal thanks to Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment and their decision to unleash a barrage of new Eddie Murphy releases to 4K UHD and Blu-ray! Just when we all could really use a laugh – Murphy and Paramount are going to deliver the goods with some classics and one that’s been on a lot of wish lists for years.Not only are we getting 4K UHD Blu-ray releases of Coming to America and Beverly Hills Cop – we’re also getting new prestige Paramount Presents releases of the holiday classic Trading Places and the bizarrely amazing action/adventure/comedy The Golden Child! An eclectic collection These aren’t yet up for pre-order, Amazon has some placeholders for Coming to America 4K and Beverly Hills Cop 4K, but we expect these to be available soon. Also, no word if the Coming to America 4K SteelBook will be a retailer exclusive or not, or what HDR grade or if a new Atmos/DTS:X mix will be available. We’ve reached out for clarification AND to possibly participate in a giveaway for these releases so as soon as we’ve got that info, we’ll let you know! Beverly Hills Cop 4K UHD Blu-ray Coming to America 4K UHD Blu-ray Coming to America 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook Trading Places (Paramount Presents) The Golden Child (Paramount Presents)Posted Mon Sep 21, 2020 at 04:55 PM PDT by: -
Home Video Releases For The Week of September 22, 2020Not sure how your month has been going thus far with regards to wallet fatique, but if ever there was a week for me to go overboard with purchases, this week certainly qualifies as being a very expensive week. For quantity of releases, we have not seen a week like this in years. Fortunately many of them are in the sub-$10 range, so you get a lot of bang for the buck. Welcome to Episode 18 of our weekly look at the highlights of the home video market. 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Digital Releases- There are no 4K digital releases slated for this week. This week offers a couple of 4K disc releases, available in different SKUs. Let's get to it. Stanley Kubrick fans are up first --- Full Metal Jacket debuts on 4K disc this week, as a standard ediion, a Best Buy SteelBook edition, and lastly as part of a three pack, Stanley Kubrick 3 Film Collection, which also includes 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Shining. It probably was hard to predict there would be a 3-movie collection, so most of us are likely going to get Full Metal Jacket this week as we already own the other two. And the other 4K disc title this week, Whiplash, available as a standard edition and as a Best Buy SteelBook edition. HD Blu-ray/Digital releases- There are no Digital HD releases for this week. As far as physical disc releases, Paramount dominates the listings with 40+ releases. It should be obvious they have acquired the distribution rights to Miramax titles, and oh boy, the flood gates have opened. On a positive note though, if you held off on some of them, the street price for a lot of them is around $10, considerably less than the $20-25 price they were selling for under previous distributorships. You also get to skip paying $80 in the secondary market for a catalog release, so this week could be considered a win:win. Just look for the (reissue) in the title names and you've found the Miramax releases (of course there's ALWAYS an exception, this week it's the Ghostbusters reissue.) Under the Paramont label that is new this week though, Most Wanted, another one of those movies that skipped the theaters due to the COVID pandemic, priced to sell. Criterion Collectors look for Christ Stopped at Eboli this week. From Warner Bros, DC's Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Fifth Season. I've not been following this series, but to see a fifth season tells me I should. Also from Warner, Rick and Morty: Season 4, available in a standard edition and a SteelBook release. What's a week without anime in some shape or form? FUNimation brings us Dr. Stone: Season One, Part One. Also Part Two of Season One for the series Fairy gone. I seriously thought there would be a deluxe edition in here somewhere, it's FUNimation's style. Discotek's Jungle De Ikou comes out this week. Sentai brings us Wasteful Days of High School Girls: Complete Collection. And closing out the Anime highlights for the week, Shout Factory GKIDS brings us The Wind Rises. I seriously thought GKIDS had released all of the Studio Ghibli titles that Disney previously did already, did not look hard enough to realize this one was missed. LionsGate is releasing Red Shoes and Seven Dwarfs on Blu-ray, a different take on the Snow White story. I got to mention this because those "Dove Approved" releases are hit and miss with Blu-ray releases. For a live action release, The Secret: Dare To Dream, probably another release that skipped the theaters due to current events. The plot sounds like one of those feel good movies. The reissued release of The Vincent Price Collection comes to you from Scream/Shout Factory, this one has had a delay or two as well. This one is a perfect example of how petty the home video market can be sometimes, this reissue had to revise its extras due to licensing rights. Like it's going to be a huge deal if a behind the scenes featurette or deleted scene is so sacred that a reissue cannot contain it. This release is still quite extensive so don't let the new package scare you away. For Friday releases, this week is above average for that as well. There are five releases in the arts category, and three different versions of The Rolling Stones: Steel Wheels Live. Notable announcements from last week: Delayed for the second time, Inner Sanctum Mysteries. Making a guess here, probably due to reduced manufacturing capacity related delays. Warner Archive has announced that Space Ghost and Dino Boy: The Complete Series will hit retailers on October 13th. I don't ever recall "and Dino Boy" being in the title of the series, no matter, it's the same series many of us watched in our childhoods. FUNimation has announced their December releases. I see a few maybes in there, but nothing really jumps out at me. Azur Lane and the next volume of Dr. STONE are on my list. Also, Akira is getting a 4K disc release on 12/22. Also the next two SteelBook releases of Dragon Ball Z are coming as well in December. Another Studio Ghibli title I had thought was released by GKIDS/Shout Factory already, but not, From Up on Poppy Hill. OK, seriously, are all the Disney releases now out or announced from GKIDS? When we had our forums running, there was a thread on HD DVD titles not yet released on Blu-ray, I think Popeye was on it, well, now it's got a street date of Dec 1. Criterion has announced their December titles as well, and guess what, they're releasing another BD/HD title that was announced to get a 4K release overseas, I'm referring to Cronenberg's Crash (1996) which actually never made it to Blu-ray. Again, Criterion, please, why are you not offering 4K releases? Practically every studio on the planet except you are now offering these. The other titles announced for December are Amores Perros, Mouchette and Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes by William Greaves. Lastly on the announcements front, Vinegar Syndrome has announced its October slate, which are all due 10/27, which I must note, includes a 4K disc release, Dial Code Santa Claus. 4K Release Calendar 2K/BD Release Calendar Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price? I possibly have half of the Miramax titles on order, I never did get em back then. I will likely be picking up Full Metal Jacket 4K, just not sure of which release(leaning towards standard release.) Anime titles, the Dr. Stone, Fairy gone, Jungle De Ikou, KITE Liberator, Wasteful Days & The Wind Rises releases interest me, the latter is on order. Rick & Morty also could be an impulse buy, alas, which version? I like the SteelBook look better. Red Shoes & 7 Dwarfs could also be an impulse buy as well. >Full Metal Jacket - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook) >Full Metal Jacket - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray >Stanley Kubrick: 3-Film 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Collection >Whiplash - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray >Whiplash - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook) >A Feral World >Adventureland (reissue) >All Roads Lead to Pearla >Babysplitters >Babyteeth >Bad Santa (reissue) >Bridget Jones's Diary (reissue) >Chicago (reissue) >Children of the Corn Series: 4-Movie Collection (Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest / Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering / Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror / Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return)(reissue) >Christ Stopped at Eboli >Cop Land: Collector's Edition (reissue) >DC's Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Fifth Season >Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (reissue) >Don't Read This on a Plane >Dr. Stone: Season One - Part One >Dracula: Double Feature (Dracula 2000 / Dracula II: Ascension)(reissue) >Ella Enchanted (reissue) >Extract (reissue) >Extract / The Switch (Double Feature) (reissue) >Fairy gone: Season One Part Two >Finding Neverland (reissue) >From Dusk Till Dawn (reissue) >Gangs of New York (reissue) >Gerard Butler: 5-Film Collection >Ghostbusters / Ghostbusters II (reissue) >Good Will Hunting (reissue) >Halloween 3-Movie Collection (The Curse of Michael Myers / H20 / Resurrection)(reissue) >Hanebado!: The Complete Series (Essentials) >Hellraiser Series: 4-Movie Collection (Hellraiser: Bloodline / Hellraiser: Inferno / Hellraiser: Hellseeker / Hellraiser: Hellworld) >Hero (reissue) >Hinamatsuri: The Complete Series (Essentials) >I Am a Dancer >I Love You to Death >Iceland Is Best >Jackie Brown (reissue) >Jungle De Ikou >Kevin Smith: 3-Movie Collection (Chasing Amy / Clerks / Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back)(reissue) >Kill Bill: 2-Movie Collection (reissue) >Kill Bill: Volume 1 (reissue) >Kill Bill: Volume 2 (reissue) >Kite Liberator >Lord Love a Duck >Mimic: 3-Movie Collection (Mimic: The Director’s Cut / Mimic 2 / Mimic 3: Sentinel)(reissue) >Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea >Most Wanted >Mother In Love >My Hero Academia: Season 2 >My Sisters >Nail in the Coffin: The Fall & Rise of Vampiro >Never Steal Anything Small >No Country for Old Men (reissue) >Now You See Me 1 & 2 >Pulp Fiction (reissue) >Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs >Rick and Morty: Season 4 >Rick and Morty: Season 4 (SteelBook) >Rob Zombie Trilogy - House of 1,000 Corpses / The Devil's Rejects / 3 from Hell >Scary Movie Collection (Scary Movie / Scary Movie 2 / Scary Movie 3)(reissue) >Scream: 3-Movie Collection (Scream / Scream 2 / Scream 3)(reissue) >Serendipity (reissue) >Shall We Dance? (reissue) >She's All That (reissue) >Shhhh >Sin City (reissue) >Spooky House >Spy Kids: Triple Feature (Spy Kids / Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams / Spy Kids 3: Game Over)(reissue) >Swingers (reissue) >The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (reissue) >The Art of Love >The Bitter Tea of General Yen >The Brothers Grimm (reissue) >The Crow (reissue) >The Dead Ones >The Faculty (reissue) >The Masque of the Red Death >The Others (reissue) >The Passenger >The Prophecy: The Complete Collection (The Prophecy / Prophecy II: God's Army / The Prophecy 3: The Ascent / The Prophecy IV: Uprising / The Prophecy V: Forsaken)(reissue) >The Search for Simon >The Secret: Dare to Dream >The Switch (reissue) >The Vincent Price Collection (Reissue/Revised) >The Wind Rises >Things Fall Apart >Wasteful Days of High School Girls: Complete Collection >Zeiram 2Posted Sun Sep 20, 2020 at 12:00 PM PDT by:
