For the period ending December 13, 2019 ... New DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD selections added to the DVD & Blu-ray Release Report's database

 

DVD New Additions

 

Alpha Video (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released Adventures of Sir Lancelot, Volume 6, Coming Attractions: Classic Horror & Sci-Fi, Dream Street (silent-1921), I Led 3 Lives, Volume 3, Indie Horror Double Feature (2 film set: Dead Kansas, An Hour to Kill), Michael Shayne, Volume 3, Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia: Carnival of Souls, Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia: Night of the Living Dead,  Non-Stop Flight (silent-1926), Safety Last (silent-1923), Smouldering Fires (silent-1925) and Spaghetti Western Double Feature (2 film set: Twice a Judas, Savage Guns)

Bayview Entertainment

01/21/20 — Sets Dead Man's Cards, Death & Texas, Learning To Breathe, Leave, Limb Salesman, Lost Dogs and Magic Boys

01/28/20 — Sets Bloodz Vs Wolvez, Desert Son, Dia Naranja (Spanish), Divorce Invitation, Dreams I Never Had, Eavesdrop, Edison and Leo, Fathers and Sons, Ghost City (aka: Hood Copz), Legend of Mulan and Zombiez

Catenary Video Productions

12/10/19 — Released Two Mallets in Niles Canyon

Championship Productions

12/10/19 — Released Implementing a Smothering Full Court Press Defense and Man-to-Man Offensive Concepts: Transition & Effective Actions

DreamScape Media, LLC

12/10/19 — Released Highlights: Honesty and Tough Choices and Narnia's Last Poet

EWTN

12/03/19 — Released @ Home with Jim & Joy: Diana Ruzicka - The support brought to Catholic nurses through the NACN-USA Catholic Nurses Organization, @ Home with Jim & Joy: Jim and Joy Pinto Answer Viewer Calls, Questions, And E-Mails Live From the Pinto House, Called to Communion, EWTN Live: Father Willy Raymond, CSC / discussion of the work of Fr. Patrick Peyton and his devotion to the Rosary,  Life on the Rock: Kevin & Lisa Cotter / Fr. Mark Interviews Kevin & Lisa Cotter At The 2019 Seek Conference Hosted By Focus and World Over with Raymond Navarro: Philip Lawler / Steven Mosher / Ken Jennings

12/10/19 — Released Called to Communion, EWTN Live: Sister Ferial / discussion of her order, Carmel in Bethlehem, sainthood - relics of Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified, Journey Home: Deacon Keith Fournier/ Catholic Revert, Sunday Best: Father Groeschel - Steps of the Spiritual Life: Step 1- The Awakening,  Women of Grace: Rob Kenney, Donna Marie Cooper O'Boyle and Fr. Joseph Mary and World Over with Raymond Navarro:  Father Tad Pacholczyk / Kathryn Lopez / Jeni Stepanek Ph.D / Most Rev. Athanasius Schneider

Get Digital World (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released 02 Cent FB Clicks, Affliate Authority, Attraction Mantras, Authority Traffic, Autoresponder Mastery Made Super Simple, Discover the Step-by-Step Systerm to Create Massive Leads From Scratch and Start Generating Insane Profits, Entrepreneurial Success, Facebook Remarket 3.0 Made Easy, FB Cash Formula: How to Earn $300 Per Day With Facebook, How to Craft Compelling Emails that Get Clicks and Sales, Killer Product Launch Formula, List Building Power, Preventing Information Overload for Internet Entrepreneurs For Dummies (2 disc set), Scaling Back, Secrets to Finding Untapped Markets with Ravenously Hungry Buyers Exposed, Simple And Tactful Methods On Writing Emails To Boost Open Rates & Sales and Strategically Create & Design the Life of Your Dreams

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released Along Came the Devil 2, Big Fat Lie and Tombs

Greenwich Entertainment

12/10/19 — Released Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (ARR of 95 days; box office: $4,215,005)

Hope of the World (MOD)

12/03/19 — Released I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up

12/10/19 — Released Jubilean Trumpet

I-Cine

12/10/19 — Released Bac Thay Thuong Gia (18 disc set), Dinh Menh (12 disc set), Hien Vien Kiem: Trieu Mo Song Hung (18 disc set), Lat Mat (10 disc set), Luat Su Vo Phap (10 disc set) and Tuong Quan Tai Thuong (18 disc set)

Icarus Films

02/04/20 — Sets Ray & Liz

MVD Entertainment Group

03/17/20 — Sets Style Queens Episode 3: Taylor Swift and Style Queens Episode 4: Jennifer Lopez

Mill Creek Entertainment

03/03/20 — Sets The Warrant

Movie Detective (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released Chotard et Cie (French), La Banda Degli Onesti (Italian), La Risaia (Italian), La Terra Prometida (Spanish), Le Ruisseau (French), Seccion Desaparecidos (Spanish) and Tri (Serbo-Crotian)

PCN Productions (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released Exploring Pennsylvania Boroughs: Blooming Valley, PA Books: When I was White and PCN Tours: Speckled Hen Chocolates

Pentrex

12/10/19 — Released Big Boy: Greetings from Kansas City, Southwest Big Boy and Steam Rotary Snow Plow OY

Samuel Goldwyn Films

01/14/20 — Sets Cyrano, My Love (ARR of 340 days; box office: $350,319)

Sema Institute (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released Egyptian Yoga History: African Origins of Hatha Yoga, Egyptian Yoga: Movements of the Gods and Goddesses, Egyptian Yoga: Postures of the Gods and Goddesses, Level One, Introduction to Egyptian Yoga, Muata Ashby Lecture: The Glorious Light - Meditation System of Ancient Egypt, Resurrecting Osiris: The Path of Mystical Awakening and the Keys to Immortality and Serpent Power: The Ancient Egyptian Mystical Wisdom of the Inner Life Force

The High School Sports Network (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released 2019 AAA 5A Football Championship Pulaski Academy vs Little Rock Chr. Academy, 2019 AAA 6A Football Championship Searcy vs Benton, 2019 AIA 5A Football Championship Campo Verde vs. Williams Field, 2019 AIA Open Football Championship Saguaro vs. Chandler, 2019 CHSAA 3A Football Championship Palmer Ridge vs. Pueblo South, 2019 CHSAA 4A Football Championship Broomfield vs. Pine Creek, 2019 CHSAA 5A Football Championship Columbine vs. Cherry Creek, 2019 CHSAA Spirit Championship Dance Prelims/Finals, 2019 CHSAA Spirit Championship Day 2 Finals, 2019 GHSA 1A Private Football Championship ELCA vs Wesleyan, 2019 GHSA 2A Football Championship Dublin vs Brooks County, 2019 GHSA 5A Football Championship Warner Robins vs Buford, 2019 LHSAA Class 2A Football Championship Many vs Ferriday, 2019 LHSAA Div III Football Championship St. Charles vs Lafayette Christian, 2019 LHSAA Div IV Football Championship P.C. Catholic vs Ouachita Christian, 2019 MHSAA 2A Football Championship Taylorsville vs Northside, 2019 MHSAA 4A Football Championship Poplarville vs Corinth, 2019 MHSAA 5A Football Championship West Point vs Picayune, 2019 MPSSAA 1A Football Championship Catoctin vs Dunbar, 2019 MPSSAA 2A Football Championship Middletown vs Potomac, 2019 NIAA 4A Football State Championship Centennial vs. Liberty, 2019 OSAA 6A Football State Championship Lake Oswego vs. Central Catholic, 2019 OSSAA 3A Football Championship Lincoln Christian vs Plainview, 2019 OSSAA 5A Football Championship Bishop McGuinness vs Carl Albert, 2019 OSSAA 6A DI Football Championship Jenks vs Owasso, 2019 PIAA 3A Football Championship Wyoming Area vs Central Valley, 2019 PIAA 6A Football Championship Central Dauphin vs St. Josephs Prep, 2019 SCHSL 3A Football Championship Chapman vs Dillon, 2019 SCHSL 4A Football Championship Wren vs Myrtle Beach, 2019 SCHSL 5A Football Championship Dorman vs Dutch Fork, 2019 TSSAA Div I 2A Football Championship Peabody vs Meigs County, 2019 TSSAA Div I 4A Football Championship Springfield vs Elizabethton, 2019 TSSAA Div I 6A Football Championship Ravenwood vs Maryville, 2019 WIAA 1A Football State Championship Lynden Christian vs. Royal, 2019 WIAA 1B Football State Championship Naselle vs. Odessa, 2019 WIAA 2A Football State Championship Steilacoom vs. Tumwater, 2019 WIAA 2B Football State Championship Kalama vs. Onalaska, 2019 WIAA 3A Football State Championship Eastside Catholic vs. O'Dea, 2019 WIAA 4A Football State Championship Bothell vs. Camas, 2019 WVSSAC A Football Championship Wheeling Central Catholic vs Doddridge County and 2019 WVSSAC AAA Football Championship Cabell Midland vs Martinsburg

Thuy NGA

12/10/19 — Released Dino Bao: Chuyen Tinh (2 disc set)

Universal Pictures Home Ent.

12/10/19 — Released Monos (Spanish) (ARR of 88 days; box office: $405,096)

01/28/20 — Sets Harriet (ARR of 88 days; box office: $40,879,520) and Parasite (Korean) (ARR of 109 days; box office: $19,348,690)

Wolfe

02/25/20 — Sets Retablo (Spanish)

Blu-ray New Additions

 

Altered Innocence

12/10/19 — Released Harvesters (Afrikaans)

Bangor Films (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released Boy With the Sun in His Eyes and Once and Future Queen

Bill Zebub Productions

12/10/19 — Released Black Metal: The Ultimate Documentary

Cinedigm Entertainment

12/10/19 — Released Badland

Dark Force Entertainment, LLC

03/17/20 — Sets Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trick Baby

Dark World Pictures

12/10/19 — Released Offerings

Evil Teen Records

12/10/19 — Released Wayne Haynes Presents the Benefit Concert, Vol. 16

Film Movement

12/10/19 — Released Fritz Lang's Indian Epic (2 film set:  The Tiger of Eschnapur, The Indian Tomb) (German) (2 disc set)

FilmRise (MOD)

12/03/19 — Released Unintended

FlyingMonk Films (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released Angkor: Angkor Wat, Angkor: Gems in the Jungle, Angkor: Immortal City and Angkor: Seven Headed Serpent

FUNimation

12/10/19 — Released 18if: The Complete Collection (2 disc set), Disasterous Life of Saiki K: Season 1 (2 disc set), Heavy Object: The Complete Series (4 disc set), KADO: The Right Answer (2 disc set) and Seven Mortal Sins (2 disc set)

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released Along Came the Devil 2, Big Fat Lie, Colewell and Tombs

Greenwich Entertainment

12/10/19 — Released Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Kino Lorber

12/10/19 — Released Aces: Iron Eagle III, Blue Collar, Iceman, Nude Bomb, Play God, Stick and Terminal Velocity

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

12/10/19 — Released Cotton Club: Encore and Lucky Day (with Digital Copy)

12/17/19 — Sets Spider in the Web

Massacre Video

12/10/19 — Released Double Feature: American Rampage/Danger USA

Mill Creek Entertainment

03/03/20 — Sets The Warrant

03/17/20 — Sets Fit to Kill (with Digital Copy) and Hard Hunted (with Digital Copy)

Motion Picture Video, LLC (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released Mum & Son's Chilling Adventures

Music Box Films

12/10/19 — Released Piranhas (Italian)

Naxos

12/10/19 — Released Lucas Debargue: To Music

Not So Sane Entertainment (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released Blow a Kiss

12/17/19 — Sets Red Days

PCN Productions (MOD)

12/10/19 — Released Exploring Pennsylvania Boroughs: Blooming Valley, PA Books: When I was White and PCN Tours: Speckled Hen Chocolates

Pentrex

12/10/19 — Released Big Boy: Greetings from Kansas City and Southwest Big Boy

Quiver Films

12/10/19 — Released Fanatic

Scorpion Releasing

12/10/19 — Released Inside Move

Sentai FilmWorks

12/10/19 — Released Gakuen Basara: Complete Collection (2 disc set) and Seitokai Yakuindomo: Complete Collection (5 disc set)

Severin Films, LLC

12/10/19 — Released Viy (Russian)

12/31/19 — Sets Peanut Butter Solution (English dubbed)

Shout! Factory

12/10/19 — Released Abominable Snowman, Anne Bancroft Collection (8 film set: Don't Bother to Knock, The Miracle Worker, The Pumpkin Eater, The Graduate, Fatso, To Be or Not to Be, Agnes of God, 84 Charing Cross Road) (8 disc set), Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Fly Collection (5 film set: The Fly, Return of the Fly, Curse of the Fly, The Fly, The Fly II) (5 disc set) and Millennium Actress (Japanese) (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack)

Twelfth Night

12/10/19 — Released 12th Night: A Night to Remember - Live at the Barbican, 2012

Universal Pictures Home Ent.

12/10/19 — Released Monos (Spanish)

01/28/20 — Sets Harriet (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy) and Parasite (Korean) (with Digital Copy)

Warner Bros. Home Ent.

02/11/20 — Sets Swamp Thing: The Complete Series (2 disc set) (with Digital Copy)

Well Go U.S.A.

12/10/19 — Released Freaks (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack)

Mill Creek Entertainment Readies Blu-ray Editions Of Fit To Kill And Hard Hunted For Release On Mar. 17

Andy Sidaris is back in the New Year with two new Blu-ray releases from Mill Creek Entertainment.   The “Bullets, Bombs and Babes,” or if you like, “Girls, Guns and G-Strings” string of hits from this former Wide World of Sports director will see the seventh and eighth films in the series available for fans to enjoy on Mar. 17.

Already in place from Mill Creek Entertainment are: Malibu Express (Apr. 16), Hard Ticket to Hawaii (Apr. 16), Picasso Trigger (July 9), Savage Beach (July 9), Guns (Sept. 17) and Do or Die (Sept. 17).

Arriving on Mar. 17 is the 1993 L.E.T.H.A.L. agent action flicks, Hard Hunted and the follow-on, Fit to Kill, starring former Playmates Dona Spier and Roberta Vasquez and the agents who are armed, fit and ready to take on the worst of the worst.

In Hard Hunted, the sinister Martin Kane or just Kane (Geoffrey Moore) is in possession of a nuclear trigger and is looking for the highest bidder.   There’s blood on his hands as one of their own has been uncovered and murdered … Donna (Spier) and Nicole (Vasquez) are joined by fellow agent Edy Stark (Playmate Cynthia Brimhall) to bring Kane down.

In Fit to Kill, Chang (Aki Aleong) is the owner of the famous Alexa Diamond and Kane, who manage to allude Donna and Nicole in Hard Hunted, has his sights on it!!!   Kane has help this time in the form of the evil Blu Steele (played by none other than Julie Strain).

Both Hard Hunted and Fit to Kill on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment come with Digital Copy.

Also on the release calendar from Mill Creek Entertainment is the DVD and Blu-ray debut on Mar. 3 of director Brent Christy’s post-Civil War Western, The Warrant.

John Breaker (Neal McDonough) and Virgil St. Denis (Casper Van Dien) are brothers in arms on the side of the Union, but a battlefield incident (not to be revealed here) rips this apart.   Following the war they find themselves on opposite sides and Breaker and his son Cal (Steven R. McQueen) are law enforcement officers, while Virgil is now the notorious Saint, the leader of a ruthless gang.

Brother against brother, with the wild card being a band of vigilantes who are determined to destroy the Saint, law or no law.

The Warrant makes its home entertainment debut on Mar. 3 complete with Digital Copy.

Icarus Films Sets Feb. 4 For The DVD Debut Of Director Richard Billingham's Ray & Liz

The KimStim Collection will be teaming up with Icarus Films on Feb. 4 to prove for all to see that there really is a hell on earth.   This place of hopelessness is encapsulated in the Billingham flat — somewhere near Birmingham, England in the 1980s — and it is showcased in all its putrid glory in artist and photographer Richard Billingham’s award-winning biographical drama, Ray & Liz.

Richard Billingham is a celebrated and award-winning photographer, who first published the collected photographs of his life growing up in the 1996 book titled “Ray’s a Laugh” … other books followed, “Black Country” (a reference to the area around Birmingham dating back to the Industrial Revolution), “Zoo” and “Landscapes.”  

He also did the documentary titled Fishtank (1998), which is about his family and the short film titled Ray (2016), which is expanded here to feature-length status with Daniel Landin (Under the Skin) handling the cinematography and Justin Salinger and Ella Smith (Hoff the Record, Babylon, Frankenstein, etc.) starring as the Ray and Liz title characters — Billingham’s parents — Patrick Romer and Deirdre Kelly play older versions of the same.

Perhaps you can say that poverty and the lack of marketable skills are the condemning factors for Billingham’s parents, but it appears that sloth and indifference play a much larger role.   The lovely Liz, is obese and tattooed and seems to have little ambition … Ray simply drinks. 

The film is put together in the form of vignettes — drawn from memories — which are as terrifying as any horror film.   A train wreck of wasted lives and near depravity that is as riveting in its presentation as it is equally difficult to watch.   Hell on earth.

Paramount Home Media To Release 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack Edition Of Director John McTiernan's The Hunt For Red October On Feb. 25

The 30^th Anniversary of the theatrical release of director John McTiernan’s 1990 film adaptation of the Tom Clancy novel, The Hunt for Red October, will be getting a new 4K film restoration courtesy of Paramount Home Media.

On Feb. 25 a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack will be released to celebrate the event as a Limited Edition Steelbook.

Bonus features include commentary from director John McTiernan and the behind-the-scenes featurette titled “Beneath the Surface.” 

Also added to the release calendar in the New Year this week from Paramount Home Media is director Adam Randall’s South by Southwest Film Festival entry, I See You, starring Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney and Judah Lewis as the Harper family.

The DVD debut date will be Jan. 21.

The first half hour or so is a slow, deliberate set-up.   Greg (Tenny) is a detective, Jackie (Hunt) his wife, they are in the middle of a marital crisis and the son, Connor is resentful of his mother over her actions.   There’s plenty of tension in the Harper household!

Meanwhile, a couple of kids from the town have vanished and Greg is the lead detective on the case.   There’s serial killer in prison, who now wants a new trial because of the new missing kids.   Is there a connection?

That’s your set-up, family troubles and the investigation of missing kids.   Filmmaker Adam Randall puts all of the elements in place and then begins to twist things around.   Strange things happen in the Harper house … very strange.   Is there something supernatural afoot?   Is Jackie part of the mystery?   Is there a copycat … twist after twist will keep you guessing.

As mentioned, I See You is an indie film that opened at South by Southwest Film Festival back in March and then worked the festival circuit (both domestic and international) before being picked up by Paramount for the home entertainment marketplace.

Style Queens On DVD From MVD Entertainment Group Returns On Mar. 17 With Jennifer Lopez And Taylor Swift

MVD Entertainment Group announced this past week that two new additions to the Style Queens line of DVD products will available for fans to collect on Mar. 17 (the SRP is just $9.98 each).

Already in place for delivery on Jan. 21 are Style Queens Episode 1: Kate Middleton and Style Queens Episode 2: The Kardashians, so the big question is … who are the latest two celebrities to be profiled in March?

Drum roll please … first up is ten-time Grammy winner, Taylor Swift, who is showcased in the Mar. 17 DVD debut of Style Queens Episode 3: Taylor Swift.   From a country music “princess” to mega-rock star — sometimes with a “Barbie Doll” look — and women’s rights advocate, Taylor Swift makes headlines with her fashion statements on almost a daily basis.

With her latest film (Hustlers) grossing over $100 million, it is only fitting that JLO be front and center in the DVD release of Style Queens Episode 4: Jennifer Lopez.   Red Carpet queen, fashion icon, movie star and recording artist, Jennifer Lopez is the complete fashion package.   Personal stylist and makeup artist Scott Barnes provides insights. 

Wolfe Targets Feb. 25 For The DVD Release Of Peru's Official Oscar Selection: Director Alvaro Delgado Aparicio's Retablo

Wolfe announced this past week that Peruvian filmmaker Alvaro Delgado Aparicio’s internationally acclaimed film (Peru’s official selection for Oscar consideration), Retablo, will be making its domestic DVD debut on Feb. 25.

For a first-time filmmaker, especially from a country not known for its filmmaking output, Retablo is blessed with solid production values (cinematography by Mario Bassino, editing by Eric Williams and a music score by Harry Escott) and excellent performances from a cast of largely unknowns.

In the remote mountainous regions of Peru (filmed in and around Ayacucho — over 9,000 feet) we are introduced to Noé (Amiel Cayo), an artisan known for his “Retablos” — wooden picture boxes depicting family, religious or other important events.   His 14-year old son, Segundo (Junior Béjar Roca in his film debut) has been his apprentice and has developed the skills that will serve him well as he grows into an adult.

It is the job of the Retablo craftsman to witness events — a wedding for example — capture the essence of the story and then build a small, but elaborate “shadow box” (filmmaker Alvaro Delgado Aparicio’s description) that depicts a certain moment in time.   Noé and his son travel throughout the countryside (often difficult as result of the terrain) to obtain commissions for the Retablos that he will create and then deliver to his patrons.   He is renown for his work.

It is on one of these trips that Segundo witnesses something that tears his world apart.   Can he ever regain the awe and respect for his father?   And what of his footsteps?   A career tossed aside in disgust?   

Once this family “secret” is out, Segundo’s mother, Anatolia (Magaly Solier — The Milk of Sorrow, Amador), is able to approach her son in a new light.   In a beautiful structure sequence, Anatolia lays it on the line to the sullen Segundo and explains to him that his father has devoted his entire life to the schooling of his son so that he will not be a peasant — a man without future — but a gifted craftsman; an artisan with standing.   You can see in Segundo’s face and body language the transition from anger to understanding … a magnificent moment captured on screen between a mother (who too has devoted her life as a wife and mother in ways that have been outside of a traditional relationship) and son.

Filmmaker Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio uses the Retablo as a metaphor for the growth, understanding and final acceptance by the son.   A first glance of a Retablo shows the superficial trappings of an event, but upon deeper reflection, the subtle layers of the “shadow box” and its details are revealed.   So too is the events of life … even those events that come as a shock to the soul.

Retablo is presented in Spanish with English subtitles.

Director Iyad Hajjaj’s Dreams I Never Had On DVD From Bayview Entertainment On Jan. 28

Bayview Entertainment has selected Jan. 28 as the DVD debut date for director, producer and actor, Iyad Hajjaj’s ripped-from-the-headlines tale of human trafficking, Dreams I Never Had.

The film worked the festival circuit beginning in 2017 and pulled in win after win after win, including Best Picture laurels at Lucky Strike Film Festival, San Pedro International Film Festival, WIND International Film Festival and more.   The availability on DVD can’t come soon enough for those who didn’t get a chance to catch one of the festival screenings.

Layla (Fidelia Grace — My Killer Client, Breaking Legs), a teenager, has been bought and paid for.   Smuggled into the United States as a household servent, she finds herself forced to work for Sam Sahal (Iyad Hajjaj — Refuge, Sicko!) and his wife Suzanne (Golsa Sarabi) 12 hours a day and then locked up in a small room … day after day.   No escape, no friends.

One day, an illegal day laborer by the name of Emilo (Manuel Domenech — Triangles, White Paint, This Small Town) befriends her and learns of her plight and a plot is hatched to free her.   Will they succeed before Layla outlives her usefulness as a domestic and is bartered off to sex traffickers … tick tock, tick tock.

Robin Givens and Malcolm McDowell co-star.

Also on the Jan. 28 DVD release calendar from Bayview Entertainment is director Darko Perovic’s 1998 animated feature, The Legend of Mulan, which is making its way to the kidvid marketplace in time to take advantage of the March 2020 rollout of Disney’s live-action Mulan film starring Yifei Liu.