For the period ending June 19, 2020 ... New DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD selections added to the DVD & Blu-ray Release Report's database

 

 

DVD New Additions

 

Azzurri Productions (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released Long Strange Trip, Movie Pizza Love and Rock Paper Scissors

Bayview Entertainment

09/01/20 — Released Budo Masters Volume 1: Masters of Japan, Budo Masters Volume 2: Masters of Okinawa, Budo Masters Volume 3:  Masters of Tokyo, HNN Presents: Master Pieces, HNN Presents: Me and the Devil (Italian), Judo: Basic Techniques, Locks: Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist & Finger and Unleashing the Demons

Cleopatra Entertainment

09/29/20 — Sets Daddy's Girl

Criterion Collection

09/08/20 — Sets Brute Force and Naked City

09/15/20 — Sets Beau Travail (French)

09/22/20 — Sets Christ Stopped at Eboli (Italian) (2 disc set)

09/29/20 — Sets Elephant Man (2 disc set)

Dynamic

06/16/20 — Released Volanta

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released Bad Therapy, Narrowsburg and Shoot to Marry

Hollywood Scrapheap (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released Bright Victory

I-Cine

06/09/20 — Released Nu Hiep Nha Duong Diep Vien An (17 disc set)

06/16/20 — Released Nguoi Vo Than Quen (11 disc set) and Quat Khai (13 disc set)

Indieflix (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released And Now Here's the News, Dead Heat Under the Shrubs, Dream, Dreamer: The Movie,  Eye of the Beholder, Fading, Haunt This … Not a Documentary, Hippies, Last Race, Magician King, No One's Watching: An Alien Abductee's Story, Read On and Undertow

Invincible Pictures

06/16/20 — Released Project: Metalbeast

Kino Lorber

06/16/20 — Released Isadora and Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

Lightyear Entertainment

06/16/20 — Released Etruscan Smile (ARR of 221 days; box office: $8,213)

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

06/16/20 — Released Quarry and Project Blue Book: Season Two (2 disc set)

Newt’s Classic Movie Store (MOD)

06/09/20 — Released Atomic Kid, Blue Lagoon, Broken Journey, Phantom (15 chapter serial) (3 disc set) and Tom Conway Double Feature (2 film set: The Falcon in Hollywood, Two O'Clock Courage)

06/16/20 — Released Song of the South and Too Hot to Handle (aka: Playgirl After Dark)

Onesmedia (MOD)

05/05/20 — Released Adventures of Robin Hood, Brain That Wouldn't Die, Crime and Punishment, Disappearance of Flight 412, Double Indemnity, Drums of Fu Manchu (15 chapter serial) (2 disc set), Evil of Frankenstein, Fast and Furious, Gang Busters (13 chapter serial) (2 disc set), Gorilla, Holiday Affair, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Killing, Lady Vanishes, Man Who Cheated Himself, Ox-Bow Incident, Premature Burial, Quatermass and the Pit (2 disc set), Return of Chandu (12 chapter serial) (2 disc set), Satanik, Shot in the Dark, Shriek in the Night, Tarzan Escapes, Without Love and Young at Heart

05/12/20 — Released Algiers, American Madness, Boom Town, Born to the West, Christopher Columbus, Curse of the Werewolf, Dark Hour, Drums Along the Mohawk, Exodus, Fast Company, Firefly, Gentleman's Agreement, Grapes of Wrath, Hollow Triumph, Inspector General, It Happened One Night, It's a Wonderful Life, Kiss of the Vampire, Little Old New York, Lullaby of Broadway, Morning Glory, Mr. Wong, Detective, Penny Serenade, Perfect Snob, Quatermass Xperiment, Quicksand, Shadow and Tarzan the Ape Man

05/19/20 — Released Black Camel, Charlie Chan in London and Charlie Chan in Paris

05/26/20 — Released Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Big Sleep (1946), Big Sleep (1978), Brasher Doubloon, Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen, Come September, Dragon Seed, Face in the Crowd, Invisible Man, Lady in the Lake, Long Goodbye, Marlowe and Murder My Sweet

06/16/20 — Released Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935) and Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)

Paramount Home Media (MOD)

09/08/20 — Sets Bull: Season Four (5 disc set)

ProAudioDVDs.com (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released PreSonus StudioLive Series III, Tascam DP-24 Tutorial and Zoom R24/R8 Tutorial

Rarefilmsandmore.com (MOD)

06/09/20 — Released Der Grune Kaiser (German) and Stormy Night (Romanian)

06/16/20 — Released Fado: A Singer's Story (Portuguese), Hitler: Ein Film Aus Deutschland (German) (4 disc set), Holy Inquisition (Spanish), Las Chicas de Copacabana (Spanish) and Verdacht Auf Ursula (German)

Reel Enterprises (MOD)

06/09/20 — Released Badge of Honor, Black Pirate (silent-1926), Breakfast in Hollywood, Buster Keaton Shorts Collection (9 silent short films: The Electric House (1922), The Boat (1921), The Paleface (1922), The Frozen North (1922), The Playhouse (1921), Cops (1922), The Ballonic (1923), The Scarecrow (1920), One Week (1920)) (3 disc set), Cheers of the Crowd, Curley, Farewell to Arms, Gangster Story, Girls in Chains, High Voltage, Law of the Timber, Man from Texas, Moonfire, My Dog Shep, Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen, Not Wanted, Omoo, Omoo the Shark God, Pride of the Bowery, Saleslady, Son of the Navy, Spotlight Scandals, Sundowners, Telephone Operator, Timber War and Underworld Scandal (aka: Big Town Scandal)

Reel Magic Quarterly

06/16/20 — Released Reel Magic Quarterly #52

Screen Media

06/16/20 — Released Larry the Cable Guy: Remain Seated

Silent Hall of Fame (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released Arthur Johnson Rare Shorts, Volume 1 (8 silent short films: Where Breakers Roar (1908), The Day After (1909), Nursing a Viper (1909), The Awakening (1909), Comata, the Sioux (1909), The Way of Man (1909), The Unchanging Sea (1910), The Two Brothers (1910)) and Arthur Johnson Rare Shorts, Volume 2 (5 silent short films: The Newlyweds (1910), Her Child's Honor (1911), The Preacher and the Gossips (1912), A Child's Devotion (1912), The District Attorney's Conscience (1913))

Smart Mark Video (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released H2O Wrestling: Career Restrospective Inverview Series - Lucky 13 in H2O, H2O Wrestling: Career Restrospective Inverview Series - Mitch Vallen in H2O and H2O Wrestling: Underground and Danny Havoc Tribute

Sony Pictures Home Ent.

06/16/20 — Released Sniper: Assassin's End

Steve Grody/SG Downtown Studio (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released Hubud Lubud Drills, Modified Chi Sao and Siko Ordibas and Tapi Tapi Drills

The Teaching Company, LLC

06/16/20 — Released Books that Matter: The Federalist Papers (2 disc set), Mongol Empire (4 disc set) and Survival Mentality: The Psychology of Staying Alive (2 disc set)

The Video Beat (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released Quadrophenia: Can You See the Real Me

Uncork’d Entertainment (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released Driven

VCI Entertainment

10/13/20 — Sets Jack and the Beanstalk/Africa Screams

Warner Bros. Home Ent.

07/21/20 — Sets Scoob!

Warner Bros. Home Ent. (MOD)

 07/14/20 — Sets At the Circus, Day at the Races, My Favorite Wife and Room Service

Well Go U.S.A.

06/16/20 — Released Soldier's Revenge

Blu-ray New Additions

 

Arrow Video

09/29/20 — Sets Cinema Paradiso (Italian) (2 disc set)

Criterion Collection

09/08/20 — Sets Brute Force and Naked City

09/15/20 — Sets Beau Travail (French)

09/22/20 — Sets Christ Stopped at Eboli (Italian)

09/29/20 — Sets Elephant Man and Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project 3 (6 film set: Lucia (Spanish), After the Curfew (Indonesian), Pixote (Portuguese), Dos Monjes (Spanish), Soleil Ô (French/Arabic), Downpour (Farsi)) (3 Blu-ray/6 DVD Combo Pack)

Cult Epics

06/16/20 — Released P.O. Box Tinto Brass (Italian)/Istintobrass (2 disc set)

Darkside Releasing

06/16/20 — Released Hyde's Secret Nightmare (Italian)

Dynamic

06/16/20 — Released Volanta

Film Movement

06/16/20 — Released César et Rosalie (French)/Les Choses de la Vie (French) (2 disc set) and L'important c'est D'aimer (French)

Filmlab Showcase Pictures (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released Roseville Reflections

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)

06/09/20 — Released Blush, Felony, Food Cure, Public Enemy Number One, Return to Harwick and Turner Risk

06/16/20 — Released Bad Therapy, Narrowsburg and Shoot to Marry

Image/Shutter (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released Marshes

Juno Films

06/16/20 — Released What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

Kino Lorber

06/16/20 — Released Isadora, Mary, Queen of Scots, Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment and Young Ahmed (French/Arabic)

Lightyear Entertainment

06/16/20 — Released Etruscan Smile

Linus Media Group (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released World's Most Advanced Video Editing Tutorial

Lionsgate Home Ent.

06/16/20 — Released Quarry (with Digital Copy)

Mill Creek Entertainment

09/15/20 — Sets Ultraman Ginga/Ultraman Ginga S/Ultraman Ginga S The Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!?/Ultra Fight Victory (6 disc set) (with Digital Copy)

Naxos

06/16/20 — Released Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

PCN Productions (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released Pennsylvania Country Roads: Diary Farmer & Dennis Wolff

Pink Eiga

06/16/20 — Released Deadly Crush

Scream Team Releasing

06/16/20 — Released Lieutenant Jangles

Shout! Factory

06/16/20 — Released Hills Run Red and Universal Horror Collection, Volume 5 (4 film set: The Monster and the Girl, Captive Wild Woman, Jungle Woman, Jungle Captive) (4 disc set)

Sony Pictures Home Ent.

06/16/20 — Released Sniper: Assassin's End (with Digital Copy)

Syndicado (MOD)

06/16/20 — Released My Father the Spy

Tempe Digital (MOD)

06/30/20 — Sets Ouija Blood Ritual

08/11/20 — Sets Ozone

VCI Entertainment

10/13/20 — Sets Jack and the Beanstalk/Africa Screams

Warner Bros. Home Ent.

07/21/20 — Sets Scoob! (with Digital Copy)

Warner Bros. Home Ent. (MOD)

07/14/20 — Sets Legion of Super Heroes: The Complete Series (3 disc set) and Pride and Prejudice

07/21/20 — Sets Girl Crazy

07/28/20 — Sets Million Dollar Mermaid

Well Go U.S.A.

06/16/20 — Released Soldier's Revenge

4K Ultra HD New Additions

Arrow Video

09/29/20 — Sets Cinema Paradiso (Italian) (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack)

Warner Bros. Home Ent.

07/21/20 — Sets Scoob! (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

 

Mill Creek Entertainment Targets Sept. 17 For The Six-Disc Ultraman Ginga Blu-ray Debut

Wow!   In a word, Wow!!   Mill Creek Entertainment has put together a package that will have “Ultraman” fans leaping for joy on Sept. 17.

On Blu-ray, a six-disc collection — and yes, complete with Digital Copy — you will get two complete Ultraman series, a mini-series and a feature film, all in one collection.   

So let us unpack this and see what treasures Mill Creek Entertainment has included here.   First, we have Ultraman Ginga, the 25^th series installment, released in Japan in 2013 and featuring 28 episodes  — this timed to mark the 50^th Anniversary of Tsuburaya Productions.

A great war between the Ultramen and the many monsters and aliens that fans of the series have come to know, raged on, but suddenly a mysterious creature put an end to war by turning all of the participants into “Spark Dolls.”   Hikaru Rido (Takuya Negishi) discovers the “Ginga Spark,” which could return both the good and bad to their giant forms … what to do?  What to do, indeed!!

 

Up next is Ultraman Ginga S, which followed in 2014 and features the further adventures of Hikaru Rido as encapsulated in 18 additional episodes.

No sooner had Ultraman Ginga S wrapped up when Tsuburaya Productions returned with a “mini series” of 13 episodes, which was titled Ultra Fight Victory … it’s a little confusing, but fans loved.

And finally, Mill Creek Entertainments this “Ultraman” gift package up with the feature-film, Ultraman Ginga S - The Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!, which showcases the Ultraman Ginga and Ultraman Victory in their combined efforts to stop the beautiful, but every evil alien Super Dimensional Demon Etelgar.   It is an edge-of-your-seat adventure … the outcome is (without giving anything away here) not a certainty that Ultraman Ginga and Ultraman Victory will prevail.

There you have it.   Sept. 17 on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment!

Bayview Entertainment Teams With Horrornews.net For The Sept. 1 Launch Of The HNN Presents DVD Line Of Products

Bayview Entertainment did something really cool for genre fans.   They’ve teamed up with Horrornews.net to launch a line of DVD products that will go under the “HNN Presents” promotional banner.

The first of these will arrive on Sept. 1 as DVD debuts.

The way the partnership works, Horrornews.net will use its fan base and expertise in the subject of all things horror to recruit filmmakers from all around the world to submit their films for consideration.   The pick of the crop will be packaged and promoted for release to home entertainment marketplace through Bayview Entertainment’s distribution network.   Sounds like a win-win for all.

As Horrornews.net promotes it, they are looking for films that are, “slasher, zombie, monster, found footage, apocalyptic, grindhouse, torture, gore, vampire, suspense, etc.,” which sounds like a pretty rich hunting ground to find indie filmmakers to deliver their latest cinematic visions.

The first in the new “HNN Presents” program will be from the filmmaking team of Christian Twiste & Geoffrey Ciani, with both filling multiple roles in the production of Master Pieces, which will be available, as mentioned, on DVD this coming Sept. 1.

The pair share producing, directing and writing credits, while Christian Twiste (who has a strong resemblance and acting mannerism of a young Scott Bakula) stars in the film, Ciani also handled the editing and cinematography.

It’s not their first rodeo, as they previously teamed for the Edgar Allan Poe adaptation of Berenice in 2004 … Twiste is a computer programmer, novelist and semi-professional racecar driver when not making genre films, while Ciani hosts the YouTube webisode series of Wow Lynch Wow! (over 3.4 million views dedicated to filmmaker David Lynch … among other things).

As to Master Pieces, Christian Twiste is, well, playing himself — or just “self” — and he is out of a job, which his new bride, “The Wife” (Lisa Goulian) is constantly nagging him to get out there and find something.   

But our boy is content to spend his time calling into a self-help radio program run by Dr. Brenda Dobbs (Tesia Nicoli), but is constantly frustrated by the process.   Eventually he snaps from the frustration and goes on a murder spree … or, maybe it is all in his mind.   Madness for sure, with a nifty blend of humor and gore, exactly what genre fans adore.

Going internationally, the other film arriving under the “HNN Presents” banner on Sept. 1 is Italian filmmaker Dario Almerighi’s Me and The Devil.

Here we find Mario (Antonio De Nitto), who has lost his fiancée in a tragic “accident” during their vacation together … as a result his world devolves into a nightmarish world of visions and death.

Me and The Devil is presented in Italian with English subtitles.

Paramount Home Media Picks Sept. 8 For The DVD Rollout Of Bull: Season Four

Paramount Home Media will be teaming up with CBS Home Entertainment on Sept. 8 for the DVD release of Bull: Season Four.   

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, there had been 16 episodes broadcast and the show was busy shooting in New York City.    As with many productions, the series was forced to shutter with 20 of the 22 schedule episodes in the can.   The broadcast season was completed with the remaining four episode, which left the season somewhat up in the air.  

 

Fans then held their breath, would there be a season five?   Season just ended … so what happened?   Tick tock, tick tock and the news arrived, yes!!   Season five is in the works!!!

The casework at TAC (Trial Analysis Corporation) for Dr. Jason Bull (Michael Weatherly) gets intense this season — and don’t forget the personal issues with his associate, Benny Colón (Freddy Rodríguez), over Bull’s relationship with Benny’s sister, Isabella — as Bull’s cases range from a gentleman’s club assault, to manslaughter, corporate infighting and a murder being shielded by diplomatic immunity … you name it, and Bull and the TAC are on the case!!  

Cleopatra Entertainment Tabs Sept. 29 For The DVD Debut Of Director Julian Richards' Daddy's Girl

Which would you prefer?   The frying pan or the fire, an age-old question that takes on new meaning on Sept. 29 with Cleopatra Entertainment, with sales and distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, releases director Julian Richards’ Daddy’s Girl on DVD.

Zoe (Jemma Dallender — I Spit on Your Grave 2, Disappearance, The Executioners) is faced with exactly that, the “frying pan” when her whack-job of a stepfather, John Stone (Costas Mandylor — as Kenny in the Picket Fences TV series, plus such films as Virtuosity, Mobsters, The Pledge and as Hoffman in a number of the Saw films), makes her his emotional prisoner and “helper.”   

The “fire” part is her “beloved” stepfather is a vicious, sadistic serial killer.   Seriously, he sweet-talks pretty young things into coming back to his place so that he can torture and kill them.   Zoe is forced, it seems (no giving away plot elements here), to become part of his lifestyle.

The pattern works like this, he brings a young woman back to his place (picked up at a local bar), who is locked up and prepped to be “worked” on.   Enter Zoe, who offers the latest victim a choice.   Kill yourself, or suffer at the hands of my stepfather an unimaginable death.

What happens when one of these young women picks option three — fight back!  What happens when a local cop begins to notice patterns and starts asking questions?   What happens?   A third act that makes Daddy’s Girl unique; a one-of-a-kind serial killer/horror film gem!!

Sept. 29, on DVD from Cleopatra Entertainment … be sure to check it out.