For the period ending September 28, 2018 ... New DVD and Blu-ray selections added to the DVD & Blu-ray Release Report's database

DVD New Additions:

A&E Networks

09/25/18 — Released Ancient Aliens: Season 11, Volume 1 (2 disc set)

Acid Bath Productions (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Bite School, Killer Waves and Litch

Acorn Media

09/25/18 — Released East West 101: Series 3 (3 disc set), Midsomer Murders: Series 20 (3 disc set) and Sando: Series 1

Arizona Public Media (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Desert Speaks: Navigating a Desert Island and Desert Speaks: Sea of Cortez - Then and Now

Barlates Body Blitz (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Barlates Body Blitz Endurance 80 Series

Bayview Entertainment

09/25/18 — Released Leslie Sansone: Walk Your Way Thin: Belly, Buns & Thighs Slimdown, Powerstrike: Forza Samurai Sword Workout and Powerstrike: Forza Samurai Sword Workout 2

Central Home Entertainment

09/25/18 — Released Neerali (Malayalam)

Cinedigm Entertainment

09/25/18 — Released Zhuzhus: Season One (2 disc set)

Cinema Guild

10/23/18 — Sets Claire's Camera (ARR of 228 days; box office: $83,418)

ClassicFlix

09/25/18 — Released Blondie: The Complete 1957 Television Series (4 disc set)

Corinth Films

09/25/18 — Released Chronicles of Melanie (Latvian) and Shepherd (Spanish)

DAR-APP Entertainment (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Crazy Family, Episode 4, Crazy Family, Episode 5, Dead Family, Episode 1, Dead Family, Episode 2, Dead Family, Episode 3, Dead Family, Episode 4, Dead Family, Episode 5, Helina and Maty the Cat, Episode 2, Truth in the Mirror, Episode 2 and Virus of Helina

Dark Rose Films

09/25/18 — Released Ghost in Corsets

DreamScape Media, LLC

09/25/18 — Released How to Catch a Turkey, Middle Distance, Travel With Kids: Belfast, Travel With Kids: Orlando and Wandering Off

Ear Music

09/25/18 — Released Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live In Atlantic City (DVD/CD Combo Pack)

Eastern Star

09/25/18 — Released Angel Cop: The Complete OVA Series, Devilman: The Complete 1987-1990 OVA Series and Monkey Magic: The Complete TV Series (2 disc set)

Film Movement

09/25/18 — Released Scarlet Diva (Italian)

11/13/18 — Sets Third Murder (Japanese) (ARR of 116 days; box office: $83,350)

FilmRise (MOD)

10/02/18 — Sets Breath (ARR of 123 days; box office: $34,057)

First Run Features

10/02/18 — Sets Strangers on the Earth (ARR of 151 days; box office: $9,518)

Fox Hollow Features, LLC

09/25/18 — Released Grief

Freestyle Digital Media (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released After Louie, Being Black Enough, Beyond the Brink, Demon House, Good Dream and Green Standard

Full Moon - Wizard

09/25/18 — Released Girl Talk Confidential and Ravenwolf Towers

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released 14 Cameras, American In Texas, Gabe, Ken Foster and White Rabbit

Greenwich Entertainment

09/25/18 — Released The Mountain (ARR of 137 days; box office: $364,429)

HBO Home Entertainment

09/25/18 — Released C.B. Strike: The Series (2 disc set)

Hallmark Channel (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Love on a Limb

Icarus Films

11/20/18 — Sets Time Regained (French)

Indican Pictures

10/30/18 — Sets Man From Outer Space

Indie Rights, Inc. (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Desperate Endeavors

KHG InterServ (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Chaos In Practice and Theory: The Short Films of Allin KHG

Kino Lorber

09/25/18 — Released Farmer's Daughter, Good Times, Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday, Regina (Hungarian), Trapeze and Trip To Bountiful

10/30/18 — Sets Custody (French) (ARR of 123 days; box office: $81,786)

11/06/18 — Sets What Will People Say (Norwegian) (ARR of 116 days; box office: $37,193)

levelFILM (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Prodigals

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

09/25/18 — Released Gotti (ARR of 102 days; box office: $4,341,754), Hot Summer Nights, Occupation and Row

MVD Entertainment Group

09/25/18 — Released Records Collecting Dust II

12/11/18 — Sets Raven

Martial Arts History Museum (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Chair Tai Chi for Seniors and Tai Chi for Seniors

Mental Brain Media (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Bosko Classic Cartoon Collection, Volume 1, Wackiest Cartoons of All Time!, Volume 1: Animation from the 1930s and Wackiest Cartoons of All Time!, Volume 2: Animation from the 1940s

Music Box Films

11/27/18 — Sets Captain (German) (ARR of 123 days; box office: $105,109)

Naxos

09/25/18 — Released Alexander Ekman & Mikael Karlsson: Play, Handel: Xerses (2 disc set), Puccini: La Boheme - Royal Opera House, Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Verdi: Giovanna D'Arco

PBS Direct

09/25/18 — Released Amazing Human Body, Basquiat: Rage To Riches and Mayo Clinic

PCN Productions (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released PA Books: The Western Delaware Indian Nation and PCN Tours: American Keg

PDSD, Inc. – Shami Media

09/25/18 — Released Flower From Heaven 2: Perilous Journey, Holiday, Pathways: Sean's Lament, Save Me From Love, Train Set and Transition

Random Media (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Retribution

Rarefilmsandmore.com (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Der Letzte Zeuge (German) and Dersu Uzala (Russian)

Reel Nightmare Entertainment (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Mr. Cleaver

Samuel Goldwyn Films

10/09/18 — Sets Nancy (ARR of 123 days; box office: $80,115)

Serpent Films (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released 2 Classic Western Movies (2 film set: Boothill Brigade, My Outlaw Brother), 2 Classic Western Movies (2 film set: The Mysterious Rider, The Night Rider), 2 Classic Western Movies (2 film set: The Proud and the Damned, The Tonto Kid), 2 Classic Western Movies (2 film set: Rim of the Canyon, Rock River Renegades), 2 Classic Western Movies (2 film set: Round Up Time in Texas, Southward Ho!) and 2 Classic Western Movies (2 film set: Stampede, The Bushwackers)

Severin Films, LLC

09/25/18 — Released Absurd (Italian) and Anthropophagous (Italian)

Shout! Factory

09/25/18 — Released All Styles, Izzy Gets The F*ck Across Town (ARR of 95 days; box office: $20,208), Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Lost and Found Collection (6 disc set), Police Story: Season 3 (6 disc set) and Super Sentai: Choujin Sentai Jetman - The Complete Series (8 disc set)

Skyline Entertainment

09/25/18 — Released Toybox

Smart Mark Video (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released AAW: Defining Moment - Chicago, IL, AAW: Destination Chicago - Chicago, IL and IWA Mid-South: Ted Petty Invitational 2018, Night 2

Sony Pictures Home Ent.

09/25/18 — Released Fraggle Rock: The Complete Animated Series (2 disc set) and Seagull (ARR of 137 days; box office: $1,252,960)

10/16/18 — Sets Boundaries (ARR of 116 days; box office: $702,230)

Strand Releasing

10/16/18 — Sets Gabriel and the Mountain (Portuguese) (ARR of 123 days; box office: $17,012)

11/06/18 — Sets Cakemaker (Hebrew/German) (ARR of 130 days; box office: $836,678)

TLA Releasing

09/25/18 — Released Malila: The Farewell Flower (Thai)

Tambuli Media (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Hanka Kung Fu: Bamboo Ring

The Orchard (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Song of Sway Lake

20^th Century-Fox Home Ent.

09/25/18 — Released 9-1-1: Season 1 (3 disc set) and Gifted: Season One (3 disc set)

10/30/18 — Sets Darkest Minds (ARR of 88 days; box office: $12,684,052)

Universal Pictures Home Ent.

10/16/18 — Sets Unfriended: Dark Web (ARR of 88 days; box office: $8,768,455)

11/06/18 — Sets Papillon (ARR of 74 days; box office: $2,294,630)

12/04/18 — Sets Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (ARR of 200 days; box office: $1,959,910)

Viva Pictures, LLC

10/02/18 — Sets Monster Family (ARR of 235 days; box office: $127,259)

Walt Disney Studios Home Ent.

09/25/18 — Released Freaky Friday

Well Go U.S.A.

10/30/18 — Sets Believer (Korean) (ARR of 144 days; box office: $365,639)

Wild Eye Releasing

09/25/18 — Released Sleepless Nights and Weed Wolf

Blu-ray New Additions:

Acorn Media

09/25/18 — Released Midsomer Murders: Series 20 (3 disc set)

AnimEigo

09/25/18 — Released Bubblegum Crisis

Cinema Guild

10/23/18 — Sets Claire's Camera

Cinetrove International

11/13/18 — Sets Futures Vedettes (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (French)

Ear Music

09/25/18 — Released Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live In Atlantic City

Eastern Star

09/25/18 — Released Marmalade Boy: Complete TV Series Collection (2 disc set), Reborn: Seasons 1 - 4 (2 disc set), Stellvia: Complete Series (4 disc set) and Tetsujin 28: The Complete 2004 TV Series (4 disc set)

Film Movement

09/25/18 — Released Scarlet Diva (Italian)

11/13/18 — Sets Third Murder (Japanese)

FilmRise (MOD)

10/02/18 — Sets Breath

Flicker Alley

09/25/18 — Released Man Who Cheated Himself (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack)

FUNimation

09/25/18 — Released Brave Witches: The Complete Series (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack) (with Ultra Violet Digital Copy), Gintama: Series 3, Part 2 (4 Blu-ray/4 DVD Combo Pack), High School DxD: B or N (2 disc set) (with UltraViolet Digital Copy), Shimoneta (2 disc set) (with UltraViolet Digital Copy), Tokyo Ghoul: Season Two (2 disc set) (with UltraViolet Digital Copy) and WorldEnd: What Do You Do At The End Of The World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us? (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack) (with Ultra Violet Digital Copy)

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released 14 Cameras, American In Texas, Gabe, Ken Foster and White Rabbit

Greenwich Entertainment

09/25/18 — Released The Mountain

Icarus Films

11/20/18 — Sets Time Regained (French)

Kino Lorber

09/25/18 — Released Farmer's Daughter, Good Times, Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade: The Complete Films (6 film set: Garrincha: Hero of the Jungle, The Priest and the Girl, Macunaima, The Conspirators, Conjugal Warfare, The Brazilwood Man; plus 8 short films: The Poet of the Castle, The Master of Apipucos, Cat Skin, Improvised and Purposeful, Brasilia: Contradictions of a New City, The Language of Persuasion, Tropical Lane, The Little Cripple) (Portuguese) (3 disc set), Trapeze and Trip To Bountiful

10/30/18 — Sets Custody (French)

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

09/25/18 — Released Gotti (with UItraViolet Digital Copy), Occupation (with UItraViolet Digital Copy) and Row (with UItraViolet Digital Copy)

Music Box Films

11/27/18 — Sets Captain (German)

Naxos

09/25/18 — Released Alexander Ekman & Mikael Karlsson: Play, Handel: Xerses, Leonard Bernstein: Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, Puccini: La Boheme - Royal Opera House, Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Verdi: Giovanna D'Arco

Outhere Music – Alpha Classics

09/25/18 — Released Giovanni Pagliardi: Caligula

PBS Direct

09/25/18 — Released Mayo Clinic

PCN Productions (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released PA Books: The Western Delaware Indian Nation and PCN Tours: American Keg

Sentai FilmWorks

09/25/18 — Released Princess Principal: Complete Collection (2 disc set) and Scum's Wish: Complete Collection (2 disc set)

Severin Films, LLC

09/25/18 — Released Absurd (Italian) and Anthropophagous (Italian)

Shout! Factory

09/25/18 — Released The Bride, Exorcist II: The Heretic - Collector's Edition (2 disc set), Izzy Gets The F*ck Across Town and Quigley Down Under

Smart Mark Video (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released AAW: Defining Moment - Chicago, IL, AAW: Destination Chicago - Chicago, IL and IWA Mid-South: Ted Petty Invitational 2018, Night 2

Sony Pictures Home Ent.

09/25/18 — Released Fraggle Rock: The Complete Series - 35th Anniversary Edition (12 disc set), Principal and Welcome to the Dollhouse

10/02/18 — Sets Maximum Impact

Sony Pictures Home Ent. (MOD)

10/02/18 — Sets Battle in Outer Space

Strand Releasing

11/06/18 — Sets Cakemaker (Hebrew/German)

Warner Bros. Home Ent.

09/25/18 — Released DC Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Third Season (3 disc set)

Warner Bros. Home Ent. (MOD)

09/25/18 — Released Cyclops and Swarm

10/16/18 — Sets Dracula A.D. 1972

Well Go U.S.A.

10/30/18 — Sets Believer (Korean)

 

MVD Entertainment Group Celebrates The Film Career Of Burt Reynolds With The Release Of DVD And Blu-ray Editions Of Director Russell Solberg's Raven

eBay sellers of vintage VHS editions of director Russell Solberg’s 1996 direct-to-video release of Raven, starring the late Burt Reynolds, are fuming right about now for what MVD Entertainment Group just did.   In one brilliant move — in celebration of the film career of Burt Reynolds — the market for these hard to come by copies of Raven has all but vanished!

Why you ask?  Well, word arrived this past that MVD has bestowed Marquee Collection status on this all-action revenge thriller, which will be released as both DVD and Blu-ray editions on Dec. 11.   

Prior to the announcement, you could snatch-up a VHS edition for a cool fifty bucks (since reduced in price dramatically following the news) … or you can wait until Dec. 11 and place your order for a newly-restored Blu-ray edition at less than half that price (more with discounts at retail).   Wow, that’s a tough choice!!!

Between Burt Reynolds teaming with Demi Moore in writer/director Andrew Berman’s 1996 film adaptation of the Carl Hiaasen novel, Strip Tease and his Oscar-nominated performance as Jack Horner (for Best Supporting Actor) in writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 theatrical hit, Boogie Nights (with Heather Graham, Mark Wahlberg, William H. Macy, Don Cheadle and Julianne Moore), Reynolds kept busy with several projects, including director Russell Solberg’s Raven.

If only Stu Segall, the producer of the film, had a little bit of patience (his Renegade TV series, starring Lorenzo Lamas and Branscombe Richmond was in its sixth season on the USA Network), he could have taken Raven out theatrically, but instead he did a VHS distribution (just months before the launch of the game-changing DVD format) and that was that.   

Over the years cult-status for this tale of a freelance mercenary by the name of Jerome “Raven” Katz (Reynolds) being betrayed on secret mission to Bosnia — and his revenge that follows — has gained cult status.   MVD Entertainment Group’s “Marquee Collection” line of Blu-ray products is the perfect fit!

Indican Pictures Selects Oct. 30 For The DVD Debut Of Writer/Director Ben Hall's The Man From Outer Space

Indican Pictures has tabbed Oct. 30 for the DVD debut date of writer/director Ben Hall’s sci-fi-themed, The Man From Outer Space.

We are introduced to Louis (Christopher Mychael Watson — Untouched, Loved One), who is a would-be screenwriter, with an agent-from-hell by the name of Kyle (Darren Hummel — In Critical Condition, Hatchet County).  It’s a struggle to make it, but he suddenly catches a break when he scores a “pitch” session with a high-profile film producer by the name of Harold (Todd Christian Elliott — Final Cut, The Level).

So, Hall’s film is an inside Hollywood tale about a screenwriter — like Altman’s The Player.   Well, maybe. 

We also learn that Louis is married to Alyssa (Erica Auerbach — Undercurrent) and that they have a young daughter, Makayla (Aliyah Conley — I Am Still Here).   This relationship will prove to be a complication as they have important plans for the upcoming weekend.

Nothing that Louis has in the hopper gives Harold a tingle, but being quick on his feet and desperate he pitches a tale about a marooned astronaut, which is a work in progress.   Great!   Deliver the script pronto and there could be a production deal!

This is where he enters something of a parallel universe and literally loses himself in the writing of the script about the aforementioned astronaut.   That’s a problem and Alyssa is quick to let him know that she’s not happy with him breaking promises to their child.

Filmmaker Ben Hall keeps Louis hopping between these two “worlds” … his family life and more and more as the film progresses into the alternate world Louis is creating.   

He’s on a mission from Mars, to a devastated earth!  Indeed, the early sequences are similar to that of Charlton Heston’s Planet of the Apes … ship crashes in a large body of water, survivor treks into an unforgiving wilderness and then discovers something!    Something amazing! 

Writer/director Ben Hall’s The Man From Outer Space uses the sci-fi adventures of the astronaut — also played by Christopher Mychael Watson — as a metaphor for the struggles he is confronted with in the real world.   Or, is the “real world” an escape mechanism that he has constructed to take his mind off the dangerous mission he finds himself on?  Alone, isolated and on a hostile planet!   

Icarus Films Targets Nov. 20 For The Release Of DVD And Blu-ray Editions Of Director Raúl Ruiz’s Time Regained

Icarus Films will be teaming with the KimStim Collection on Nov. 20 for the distribution of DVD and Blu-ray editions of director Raúl Ruiz’s audacious 1999 film adaptation of Marcel Proust’s epic dramatic collection, “In Search of Lost Time,” which was titled for the screen as Time Regained (Le Temps Retrouvé).

Impossible, they said, but Ruiz carried it off!   When Time Regained made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May of 1999 it was heralded as a masterpiece by critics and audience alike … a Palme d'Or nomination, competing against the likes of Almodóvar’s All About My Mother, Greenaway’s 8 ½ Women, Sayles’ Limbo and the ultimate winner, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Rosetta.

Now Time Regained will be available for collectors, film buffs and the curious on Blu-ray (as well as DVD).    

For those not familiar with the “In Search of Lost Time” collection, which Ruiz distilled down into a single film — remarkable in scope — we begin the journey of Marcel Proust (Marcello Mazzarella) at his end, on his deathbed.   With a series of photographs that he holds in his hands, the dying Proust takes us on a journey through time, remembering events in no particular order, with himself at various ages.   

It is both unsettling and riveting … 

Time Regained is presented in French with English subtitles.