Arrow Video Selects Dec. 12 For The 4K Ultra HD Debut Of Director Walter Hill's The Warriors

Arrow Video, with domestic sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, will be coming out to play on Dec. 12 with a new 4K Ultra HD Limited Edition of director Walter Hill’s The Warriors.

This is a new 4K film restoration from the original camera negative … and it is not only for the theatrical cut, but Hill’s 2005 alternate version of the film.  This alternate cut is included on a companion 4K Ultra HD disc.

Who would have imagined in the summer of 1976 that a bunch of unknowns would be bouncing around various locations in New York City filming a survival flick.   Or, as some might call it, a gang film.   

The budget was modest.  By some accounts under $5 million.   It opened theatrically in the dead of winter in 1979 (not in the summer) on under 700 screens nationwide and was immediately thrust into the national headlines with multiple accounts of violence at various theatrical venues, including at least three killings.   WOW.

In Hollywood there is this axiom that “all publicity is good publicity.”   The Warriors earned double its production budget — with all of the notoriety — during the first week of its theatrical run.   

For some, this wasn’t a gang film, but rather an arthouse film.   Is Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai an action film?   Or is an arthouse film?   Walter Hill, whether he set out to accomplish that is open to debate, but certainly the result — as measured by time and discussion — is that The Warriors is both an iconic arthouse film as well as a gang film (it kicked off a small cycle). 

You have four performances that hold the entire production together.  First, Michael Beck as Swan, the leader of the Warriors — a gang from Coney Island — is spot-on as the stoic, even laconic leader … he knows this is folly; a fool’s errand.  But he soldiers on with just one mission— get home.   

Beck’s film career never matched his performance here.

Along the way they, the Warriors, pick up an Orphan’s castoff (another New York City gang), Mercy, played by Deborah Van Valkenburgh.   Tough, dirty (filthy), yet somehow a beauty shines from within … by dawn Swan and Mercy will be a couple (you wonder how the next day, and the next, went).   She makes it all work with her performance.   Sad, and yet wonderful.

Then there is James Remar as Ajax, another member of the Warriors … this film ignited his career and yet he is gone midway through the film.  He’s that good.

And finally, we have Luther, the self-style anarchist — an indie gang leader — who enjoys creating chaos for the sake of chaos.   David Patrick Kelly got to shine here in his film debut … “Warriors, Come Out to Play-yahh” is his line of dialogue that sticks with you forever.   He owns it … he is Luther.

The rest of the Warriors (Maracelino Sanchez, David Harris, Terry Michos, Thomas G. Waites, Tom McKitterick and Brian Tyler) all have their moments, but it is the performances of Beck, Van Valenburgh, Remar and Kelly that are the core of the film.

The Warriors on 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video on Dec. 12 … a Christmas present to all film buffs.

So what are the extras?

We kick off with a newly prepared commentary from author and film critic Walter Chaw (“A Walter Hill Film”), ten featurettes — “War Stories,” “Battling Boundaries,” “Gang Style,” “Armies of the Night,” “Sound of the Streets,” “Come Out to Play,” “The Beginning,” “Battleground,” “The Way Home” and “The Phenomenon” — and a round table discussion with filmmakers Josh Olson, Lexi Alexander and Robert D. Kryzkowski.

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Makes Lightning-Quick Transition With Director Josh Greenbaum's Strays From Theatrical Exbition To The Home Entertainment Marketplace In Just 53 Days

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will be gathering up director Josh Greenbaum’s Strays and zipping it to the home entertainment packaged media marketplace on Oct. 10 as both DVD and Blu-ray product offerings.

The ARR for this Will Ferrell (double duty as Doug and the voice of Reggie) and Jamie Foxx (voice of Bug) talking dogs comedy is a zippy 53 days and the domestic box office haul was $23.9 million, against a reported production budget of $46 million (Deadline Hollywood).

Planned for distribution are a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack and a stand-alone DVD edition.

Bonus goodies for Strays include commentary with director/producer Josh Greenbaum, who is joined by screenwriter/producer Dan Perrault, plus a half-dozen featurettes — “Talk Like a Dog,” “The Ultimate Treat: Making Strays,” “Poop, Booms and Shrooms,” “Will Forte: Stray Actor,” “Training to be Stray” and “A New Best Friend.”

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment Announces A Full Spread Physical Media Launch Of Director Michael Chaves' The Nun II For Delivery On Nov. 14

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has tagged Nov. 14 as the physical media street date for director Michael Chaves’ latest installment in “The Conjuring Universe” horror series, The Nun II.  

The ARR works out to just 67 days and the domestic box office total currently stands at $69.4 million.

Planned for distribution are stand-alone DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD editions (no Combo Packs).

As is standard practice these days, a VOD window — featuring both “Premium Digital Ownership” and “PVOD” (48-hour rental window) — has been inserted on Oct. 3, which is just 25 days after the film opened theatrically.   

This will give the “helper” community, who have gotten very sophisticated these days in dealing their illicit product offerings (pre-orders, quick turns on series, their own barcodes, etc.), a six week window to peddle Blu-ray editions of The Nun II to unsuspecting consumers.

Bonus goodies, which are limited to the Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD SKUs, are a pair of featurttes — “Demons in Paradise” and “Handcrafter Nightmares.”

False Alarm For Director Sian Heder's Best Picture Winner CODA On DVD • Clever "Helper" Even Assigns Its Own Bogus Barcode

So imagine yourself as a typical consumer and not an industry-related (somehow) reader of this report.   You’ve seen director Sian Heder’s CODA when it was out theatrically.  You even watch the Oscars and rooted for it to win Best Picture … and it did.   

 

Or, maybe you heard about it and caught it on Apple TV.

 

Regardless of how the film came onto your personal radar, you may have been wondering when can I purchase a copy for my personal library?   You know, a DVD, perhaps a Blu-ray or maybe even go all in with a 4K Ultra HD edition.

 

Apple TV hasn’t released CODA, there are too busy selling the latest iPhones for an arm and leg.   Maybe you’ve even steered clear of the local Apple Store because of the child labor controversies associated with its production, but you would sure like to have a copy of the film (probably no child labor involved with it).

 

So you “google” it and you see copies being offered for sale on Etsy and eBay, but you having nothing to do with that “China” stuff.   But wait, what’s this?   A brand new DVD copy of CODA being offered for sale from Lionsgate! 

 

Lionsgate?   Lionsgate!    Yes, you are a consumer and you’ve heard of Lionsgate, you know that copy that puts out the Saw and John Wick movies.

 

It must be legit.   It looks legit.  By gosh, it even has a barcode.   This has to be the real deal at last.   

 

For the average consumer, they would take no notice that the barcode on the professional-looking package is for an entirely different Lionsgate release — a Blu-ray edition of Mid-Summer.

 

It’s just another false alarm.   So when will CODA be released on DVD?   On Blu-ray?   Or perhaps even 4K Ultra HD?   You guess is as good as mine.

New DVD • Blu-ray • 4K Ultra HD Activity For The Period Ending September 22, 2023

 

New DVD Additions

Acid Bath Productions (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Mind Melters 16

Acorn Media
09/19/23 — Released Cannes Confidential (2 disc set)

Alchemy Werks, LLC (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Abigail's Castle: The Haunting of Featherstone Castle, Aliens, Atlantis and the Illuminati: The New America, Artifacts of Fear, Bible Secrets: The Ark, The Grail, End Times and Time Travel, Dark Ops Exposed: ET Bases, Bioweapons and Mutants, Free Range, Paranormal Egypt: Pharoahs, Pyramids and Ancient Science and Paranormal UK: UFOs, Cryptids and Hauntings

Baek 3840 (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released I Want You and Let's Have a Brainwash (Italian)
09/19/23 — Released El Cant Deis Ocells (Catalan/Hebrew), Intimates (Mandarin), Old Dog (Tibetan), Queen: Days of Our Live, Song of Lunch and Thing Called Love

Blue Water Entertainment (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released River Blue

Buck Cody (MOD)
08/29/23 — Released Frankie and Johnny and I Met a Murderer
09/05/23 — Released Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (15-chapter serial) (2 disc set) and Pirates of the High Seas (15 chapter serial) (2 disc set)
09/12/23 — Released Challenge, Girls Can Play and Gun Girls
09/19/23 — Released Man-Eater and Top of the World  

CMI Education/PESI Publishing
09/19/23 — Released Ethical Competence for Clinicians: Best Practices and Guiding Principles for Effective Treatment (2 disc set)

Capital Community Media (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - City of Salem Council Meeting - Work Session and 2023 - Marion County Commissioners Meeting

Capitol Motion Picture Group (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Pantani Affair (Italian)

Championship Productions
09/19/23 — Released Eve Rackham Watt: Out of System Defense, Eve Rackham Watt: Training Your Setter to be an Attacker, Eve Rackham Watt: Warm-up Drills to Improve Digging & Setting and Open Practice with Matt Painter: Attacking the Rim in Half-Court Offense, Drills for Transition Defense, Press Offense & More!

Changing Your World (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Sunday Service, Wednesday Morning Service and Wednesday Night Service

Christian Worship Hour (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Christian Worship Hour: From Rags to Riches - Genesis 41:39-44

Cinephobia Releasing
09/19/23 — Released Single, Out: Season 1

City of Tacoma (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - Tacoma City Council Meeting and 2023 - Tacoma City Council Study Session

Claugir-16/Grimpe-94/Dili6963/debor1245/danaswe_0/icolewa15/mouni_3162/icolewa15 (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released Exclusive Fairy Tale (4 disc set), First Responders II (4 disc set), Legend of Zhuohua (6 disc set), My Dearest (4 disc set) and Time Called You (4 disc set)
09/19/23 — Released Moving (5 disc set) and My Journey to You (5 disc set)

Dark Star Pictures
09/19/23 — Released King on Screen

Dartmouth Community Media (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - Girls' Field Hockey: Durfee vs. Dartmouth, 2023 - Girls' Soccer: Durfee vs. Dartmouth and 2023 - Girls' Volleyball: North Quincy vs. Dartmouth

Divergent Clear (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Then and Now: Goreville Hill - Union Pacific

Drive In Films (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Days of Thrills and Laughter and When Comedy was King

DVDLady (MOD)
08/29/23 — Released Johnny Banco and Schoßgebete (German)
09/05/23 — Released Legend of Earl Durand
09/12/23 — Released Embrace the Darkness, La Notte (Italian) and Respectable Trade (2 disc set)

DVDRParty (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Duel of the Titans and Emotion Problem (9 short films)

EBTV (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released 2023 - Girls' Volleyball: East Brunswick vs. Colonia
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - Boys' Soccer: East Brunswick vs. St. Joseph

ETV (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released 2023 - Football: Eagan vs. Rosemount
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - Boys' Soccer: Eagan vs. Shakopee and 2023 - Girls' Soccer: Eagan vs. Shakopee

EWTN
09/19/23 — Released EWTN Live: Mike Aquilina / Africa and the early Church, Journey Home: Sharon Ripley - Former African Methodist Episcopal, Women of Grace: Dr. Matthew Bunson - 'Staying Catholic in a PostTruth Culture and World Over with Raymond Navarro

Film Collector (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released $10 Raise, Adventures of Martin Eden, Babes on Swing Street , Barnyard Follies, Black Parachute, Broadway, Butch Minds the Baby, Case of the Missing Man, Cowboy in Manhattan, Crime of Dr. Hallet, Dalton's Ride Again, Devil's Henchmen, Double Alibi, Doughboys in Ireland, Eadie was a Lady, Everybody's Old Man, Ex-Champ, Fired Wife, Flying Missile, Ghost That Walks Alone, Girl on the Front Page, Girls in the Night, Harvard, Here I Come , He's My Guy, Here Comes Elmer, How Doooo You Do!!!, I Love a Bandleader, I'll Tell the World, I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now, Impostor (aka: Strange Confession), Kiss of Fire, Ladies Love Danger, Laughing at Trouble, Legion of Terror, Little Tokyo U.S.A., Make Believe Ballroom, Man in the Trunk, Man Who Lost Himself, Manhattan Angel, Men of the Timberland, Merry Go Round of 1938, Murder in Greenwich Village, Music Goes 'Round, Mystery Woman, Never Trust a Gambler, One Girl's Confession, One Hour to Live, Our Wife, Over the Hill, Penitentiary , Pier 13, Racket Man, Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, Reunion, Richest Man in Town, Roaring Timber, Rough, Tough and Ready, Sailor's Holiday, Sally and Saint Anne, Saturday's Millions, Secret of St. Ives, Shakedown, Shantytown, She's a Soldier Too, Sing While You Dance, Smashing the Spy Ring, Social Register, Spirit of Culver, Spy Hunt, Storm, Sunny Side of the Street, Sweetheart of the Campus, Swing, Sister, Swing, That's My Gal, There's Something About a Soldier , Together Again, Top Man, Two Senoritas From Chicago, Two Tickets to London, Up the River, West Bound Limited, What Men Want, Woman Against the World, Woman in Distress, Woman is the Judge and Women of Glamour

Freestyle Digital Media (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Dare to Dream: A Story From El Salvador and Other Kids

Grasshopper Film
09/19/23 — Released Dry Ground Burning (Portuguese)

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Padre Pio and Slotherhouse

Hallmark Entertainment (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Way Home: Season 1

Hard to Find Stuff by Don (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Coin Heist, Feel the Beat, His House, Holidate, Huesera: The Bone Woman (Spanish), IO, Like Father, Maria (Tagalog) and Wendell & Wild

Hollywood Scrapheap (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released Domino Kid

I-Cine
09/12/23 — Released Khi Thân Chủ Là Người Tình (12 disc set), Mat Troi Mua Dong (12 disc set), Nguoi Vo Nguy Hiem (10 disc set), Phia Sau Khung Cua So (10 disc set) and Van Dam Nhan Sinh (13 disc set)

IFC Films
09/19/23 — Released Biosphere (ARR of 74 Days; box office: $59,878)

Icarus Films
09/19/23 — Released Early Short Films of the French New Wave (19 short films) (2 disc set)

Indie Rights (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Silent as the Grave

Just for the Hell of It (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Ace of Hearts (Spanish), Double Feature (2 film set: Thunder Warrior, Thunder Warrior 2) (2 disc set) and One Way Out

Lionsgate Home Entertainment
09/19/23 — Released Past Lives (ARR of 109 days; box office: $10,321,829)

Media Outlet (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released Erwin Rommel Vs Bernard Montgomery and FBI's War on Black America
09/19/23 — Released Armada (2 disc set) and Old War Horse: James Longstreet

Messixpulga (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Black Snow (2 disc set), BlackBerry, Cobweb, Past Lives and You Hurt My Feelings

Movie Buffs Forever (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Abilene Town, Angel of the Skies, Bullwhip, Final Countdown, Lion of the Desert, Plunderers, Proud Ones, Revengers, Ride Lonesome, Riding Shotgun, Scary Godmother Halloween Spooktakular, Shotgun, Sobibor (Russian/German), Soldiers of the Damned, Stranger on Horseback, T-34 (Russian/German) and Tulsa

NCircle Entertainment
09/19/23 — Released Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Series (2 disc set)

Paramount Home Ent.
09/19/23 — Released Fire Country: Season One (6 disc set)

Play Me Movies (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Panther Girl of the Congo (12-chapter serial)

Pre-Code Hollywood (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Bride for Sale

Quiver Distribution
09/19/23 — Released Collective (ARR of 46 days; box office estimate: $20,000),

RCN Telecom Services, LLC - ATVN (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - Football: Lafayette vs. Columbia and 2023 - Football: Parkland vs. Central Catholic

Rarefilmsandmore.com (MOD)
09/05/23 — Released Abschied von Gestern (German), Ancora Dollari per I McGreggor (Italian), Angel and the Beasts (German), Basta Guardarla (Italian), Build a House, Plant a Tree (Slovak), Conspiracy of Hearts, Der Hund Von Blackwood Castle (German), Devil and Daniel Webster, Die Fledermaus (German), Die Polizeifunk Meldet (German), Double Feature (2 film set: Carry on Nurse, The Cool Mikado), Double Feature (2 film set: Free, Blonde and 21, Three Silent Men), Double Feature (2 film set: Movie Crazy, Meet the Wildcat), Double Feature (2 film set: Passion, The Boldest Job in the West), Double Feature (2 film set: Sailor Beware, Ghosts of Rome), Du Bist Die Rose Vom Worthersee (German), Empire of Kids (Japanese), Four in a Jeep, Haunted House (Arabic), Have a Good Funeral, My Friend. Sartana Will Pay (Italian), House of Hanging (Japanese), How We Ate in the DDR (German), Hussar Ballad (Russian), La Nave Bianca (Italian), Loves of Pharaoh (silent-1922), Man to Destroy (Serbo-Croatian), Measure for Measure, Midsummer Night's Dream, One Potato, Two Potato, Return of the Prodical Son (Czech), Sea and Poison (Japanese), Snowdrop Festivities (Czech), Sparrows (silent-1926), Torna (Italian), Tragedy of Coriolanus, Victim (English dubbed) and Wiener Madeln (German)

Real Video Store - Shape Media (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released Elemental, Extraction,  Insidious: The Red Door, Jolt, King's Daughter, Lady of the Manor, Magic Mike's Last Dance, Meg 2: The Trench, Rams and Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
09/19/23 — Released Boogeyman, CODA, Curse of Hobbs-House, Flash and Out-Laws

Revelation Video (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Longest Day 2023: Bayview Ontario, Canada

Samuel Goldwyn Films
09/19/23 — Released Dreamin' Wild (ARR of 46 days; box office: $291,972)

Shout! Studios
09/19/23 — Released Linoleum (ARR of 207 days; box office: $87,786) and What's Love Got to Do With It?

Showtime Networks, Inc. (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Ghosts of Beirut (2 disc set)

Smart Mark Video (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Crimson Crown Wrestling Presents: Friday Night Brawl - Los Angeles, CA, Guamatos Hardcore Crew: Rancho de Texas - Guadalajara, MX and Sean Henderson Presents: Dyln McKay's Underground - Williamstown, NJ

The Film Collectors Society (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released 13 Rue Madeleine

The Quantum Realm Shop (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released Stranger Things: Season 1 (3 disc set), Stranger Things: Season 2 (3 disc set), Stranger Things: Season 3 (3 disc set) and Stranger Things: Season 4 (3 disc set)
09/19/23 — Released Dead End Paranormal Park: Seasons 1 & 2 (2 disc set), Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir Animated Series Season 5 (4 disc set) and Star Trek: Prodigy (3 disc set)

The Video Beat (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released Cool Ones

Umbrella Entertainment
09/12/23 — Released Beau Geste and Sympathy for the Devil

Universal Pictures Home Ent. (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Sick

Vertical Entertainment
09/19/23 — Released Prisoner's Daughter (ARR of 81 days; box office estimate: $20,000)

Via Vision Entertainment
09/19/23 — Released Bonanza: The Official Thirteenth Season (7 disc set), Boss: The Complete Series (6 disc set), Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Quantum Leap: Season One (4 disc set), Russian Doll: Season Two (2 disc set) and Xena – Warrior Princess: The Ultimate Collection (51 disc set)

Well Go U.S.A.
09/19/23 — Released Bad City (Japanese)

Zeus Video (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released American West of John Ford, Blue Bird, Dark Tower, Inn of the Sixth Happiness, La 317ème Section (French), La Casa de la Zorra (Spanish), La Forza Bruta (Italian), Labyrinth, Lady is a Square, Lamb, Land of Mine (German/Danish), Last Days of Pompeii (2 disc set), Last Five Years, Last Movie, Lawrence Welk Show: April Showers, Lawrence Welk Show: Hooray For Hollywood, Lawrence Welk Show: Strike Up Band, Le Voyage en Armenie (French/Armenian), Lego Batman Movie, Les Nuits Fauves (French), Life Portrait of Calvin Coolidge, Life Portrait Of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Life Portrait of Herbert Hoover, Life Portrait of James Garfield, Life Portrait Of John F. Kennedy, Life Portrait Of Lyndon B. Johnson, Life Portrait Of Richard M. Nixon, Life Portrait Of Theodore Roosevelt, Life Portrait Of Warren G. Harding, Life Portrait of William Howard Taft, Life Portrait Of William McKinley, Life Portrait Of Woodrow Wilson, Light Between Oceans, Light of Faith (silent short film -1922), Light of Western Stars, Lipstick, Little Accidents, Little Giant, Little Miss Marker, Little Miss Sunshine, Local Stigmatic, Lonely are the Brave, Long Arm of the Godfather (Italian), Long Day's Journey Into Night, Long War: America's War On Terror, Lookin' To Get Out, Looking For Richard, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Lords of Discipline, Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (silent-1926), Love Comes Along, Love Education (Mandarin), Lucky Jordan, Lucky Star (silent-1929), Man Who Watched Trains, Now and Forever, Rains Came, Salzburg Connection, Shooting High, Some Girls Do, Stagecoach Buckaroo, Swamp Water and These Thousand Hills

New Blu-ray Additions

Acid Bath Productions (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Mind Melters 16

Antietam Media Services (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - Football: Clear Spring at Williamsport

Asuka the Disc Dog (Fred the Blu-ray Dog) (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Downtown: The Complete Series, Harlan Coben's Shelter - Season 1, Raven's Home - Season 6, Scissor Seven - Season 4, Sex Education - Season 4, Spy Kids: Armageddon, Til Death Do Us Part and Wonder Years 2021: The Complete Series (2 disc set)

Capital Community Media (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - City of Salem Council Meeting - Work Session and 2023 - Marion County Commissioners Meeting

Capitol Motion Picture Group (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Pantani Affair (Italian)

City of Tacoma (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - Tacoma City Council Meeting and 2023 - Tacoma City Council Study Session

Claugir-16/Grimpe-94/Dili6963/debor1245/danaswe_0/icolewa15/mouni_3162 (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released Lang Lang Plays Disney, Romeo Must Die and Wilderness (2 disc set)
09/19/23 — Released 300, Alien Worlds, Another Year , Antwone Fisher, Any Given Sunday, Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry, Churchill, Control, Cosmic Sin, Couples Retreat, Creation of the GodsⅠ: Kingdom of Storms (Mandarin), Crows Zero Trilogy (3 film set: Crows Zero, Crows Zero 2, Crows Explode) (Japanese) (3 disc set), Deranged (Korean), Dick Johnson is Dead, Double Feature (2 film set: Trainspotting, T2: Trainspotting) (2 disc set), Endings, Beginnings, Everest, Excuse Me, I Love You, Eye, Good Mother, Good Neighbor, Harlan Coben's Shelter (2 disc set), In From the Side, Kajillionaire, Kids are All Right, Kill the Irishman, Life on Earth (4 disc set), M. Butterfly, Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpions Revenge, Moving (3 disc set), My Journey to You (3 disc set), Night House, Operation Chromite, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, Rapido (Italian), Sentinelle (French), Siberia, Snabba Cash Trilogy (3 film set: Snabba Cash, Snabba Cash II, Snabba Cash III: Livit Deluxe) (3 disc set) (Swedish), Someone has to Die (Spanish), Song of the Bandits , South Wind (Serbian), Sunshine by My Side (3 disc set), Time Called You (2 disc set), Violent Prosecutor (Korean), Wander and Yusuf Trilogy (3 film set: Honey, Milk, Egg) (3 disc set) (Turkish)

Dartmouth Community Media (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - Girls' Field Hockey: Durfee vs. Dartmouth, 2023 - Girls' Soccer: Durfee vs. Dartmouth and 2023 - Girls' Volleyball: North Quincy vs. Dartmouth

EBTV (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released 2023 - Girls' Volleyball: East Brunswick vs. Colonia
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - Boys' Soccer: East Brunswick vs. St. Joseph

ETV (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released 2023 - Football: Eagan vs. Rosemount
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - Boys' Soccer: Eagan vs. Shakopee and 2023 - Girls' Soccer: Eagan vs. Shakopee

Fun City Editions
09/19/23 — Released Fatal Femmes (2 film set: Neige, The Bitch) (French) (2 disc set)

FUNimation
09/19/23 — Released AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline: The Complete Season (4 disc set) and Re:ZERO - Starting Life In Another World: Season 2 (4 disc set)

Grasshopper Film
09/19/23 — Released Dry Ground Burning (Portuguese)

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Padre Pio and Slotherhouse

Icarus Films
09/19/23 — Released Early Short Films of the French New Wave (19 short films) (2 disc set)

Indie Rights (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Silent as the Grave

Kino Lorber
09/19/23 — Released Sex, Power, And Money: Films by Beth B (3 film set: Visiting Desire, Breathe In, Breathe Out, Voices Unheard, plus 11 short films) (2 disc set)

Lionsgate Home Entertainment
09/19/23 — Released Past Lives (with Digital Copy)

Movies R USA (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Barbie, Baywatch Nights: The Complee Series (6 disc set), Birth/Rebirth, Boondock Saints: Seasons 1 & 2 (2 disc set), Captain Planet and the Planeteers: The Complete Series (5 disc set), Cobweb, Dear Child: Season 1, Dick Tracy Show: The Complete Series, I Am Groot: Season 2, Kids in the Hall: Season 1, Mean Girls the Musical - Live on Stage, Million Miles Away, Nancy Drew: Season 3, No One Will Save You, Office Race, Snake Eater Trilogy (3 film set: Snake Eater, Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster, Snake Eater III: His Law), Split: Seasons 1 & 2 (2 disc set), Til Death Do Us Part, Wicked - Live on Stage and Wind In The Willows - Live Stage
09/26/23 — Sets Blue Beetle

North Metro TV (MOD)
09/12/23 — Released 2023 - Anoka County Board Meeting, 2023 - Blaine City Planning Commission Meeting, 2023 - Boys' Soccer: Park Center vs. Armstrong, 2023 - Boys' Soccer: St. Michael-Albertville vs. Wayzata, 2023 - Football: Bloomington Kennedy vs. Park Center and 2023 - Football: Cooper vs. Armstrong
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - Blaine City Council Meeting, 2023 - Boys' Soccer: Maple Grove vs. Champlin Park, 2023 - Centerville Economic Development Authority Meeting, 2023 - Football: Champlin Park vs. Osseo, 2023 - Girls' Soccer: Maple Grove vs. Champlin Park, 2023 - Lexington City Council Meeting, 2023 - Spring Lake Park City Council Meeting and 2023 - Volleyball: Minnehaha Academy vs. Providence Academy

RCN Telecom Services, LLC - ATVN (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released 2023 - Football: Lafayette vs. Columbia and 2023 - Football: Parkland vs. Central Catholic

Radiance Films
09/19/23 — Released Sunday Woman (Italian)

Reading Week (MOD)
09/26/23 — Sets Trick or Treat

Ronin Collectibles (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released She-Ra: Princess of Power - The Complete Series (3 disc set)

Sentai Filmworks
09/19/23 — Released Girls Und Panzer TV Collection (3 disc set) and Utano Princesama Maji Love Starish Tours (Japanese)

Shout! Studios
09/19/23 — Released Lost Souls

Sloppy Second Sales (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Gunsmith Cats: Complete OVA Series and Masters of Time (French)

Smart Mark Video (MOD)
09/19/23 — Released Crimson Crown Wrestling Presents: Friday Night Brawl - Los Angeles, CA and Guamatos Hardcore Crew: Rancho de Texas - Guadalajara, MX

Vertical Entertainment
09/19/23 — Released Prisoner's Daughter

Well Go U.S.A.
09/19/23 — Released Bad City (Japanese)

 

 

New 4K Ultra HD Additions

 Arrow Video
09/19/23 — Released Ringu (Japanese)

Severin Films
11/28/23 — Sets Double Feature (2 film set: Doctor Butcher M.D., Zombie Holocaust) (2 4K Ultra HD/2 Blu-ray Combo Pack)

Sony Pictures Home Ent.
09/19/23 — Released Last Dragon (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

Universal Pictures Home Ent.
09/19/23 — Released Cocaine Bear (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent.
09/19/23 — Released Blue Beetle (with Digital Copy)

Severin Films Tabs Nov. 28 For The 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack Debut Of Director Marino Girolami’s Doctor Butcher M.D. And Zombie Holocaust

Severin Films, with sales and distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has a new 4K Ultra DVD Combo Pack edition of director Marino Girolami’s 1980 (1982, domestic) horror treasure, Doctor Butcher M.D., ready for genre fans to savor on Nov. 28.

 

If you are looking to upgrade to 4K, then this is your chance.  If this ‘80s horror gem has eluded you until now, this is the perfect opportunity to add this double-disc 4K Ultra HD/double-disc Blu-ray Combo Pack to your genre library.

 

This is what Severin has lined up for you.   You get the 1982 domestic theatrical release of Doctor Butcher M.D., which includes the “Butchery & Ballyhoo” video session with Terry Levene of Aquarius Releasing (domestic distributor of the film back in 1982) and the Roy Frumkes' segment of the planned, but unfinished horror anthology titled Tales that Will Tear Your Heart Out (which includes commentary).

 

Next, there is a mind-numbing (in a very good way) collection of production featurettes and video sessions — “The Four Boroughs of Blood,”  “Down on the Deuce,” “Tales that Tore Our Hearts Out,” “The Butcher Mobile,” “Cutting Doctor Butcher,” “Blood of the Zombies,” “Neurosurgery Italian Style” and “Sherry Holocaust.”

 

None done yet!  There is also a video session with Girolami’s son, filmmaker Enzo G. Castellari (Warriors of the Wasteland, Escape from the Bronx), plus a comparison of New York film locations in 1980 and again in 2015 … and to top everything off, Ian McCulloch (Dr. Butcher himself) sings “Down By The River.”

 

Still not done!!   The companion 4K Ultra HD disc (and Blu-ray) contains the original Italian cut of the film, Zombie Holocaust.

 

Circle the date on the calendar, Nov. 28, for the 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack presentation of Zombie Holocaust and the domestic re-edited version, Doctor Butcher M.D., from Severin Films … you will not be disappointed!

 

 

 

MVD Entertainment Group Bestows Rewind Collection Status On Director Harvey Keith’s Mondo New York • DVD And Blu-ray Editions Available On Dec. 12

MVD Entertainment Group has a new addition to its ultra-popular “Rewind Collection” of diverse film productions line up for a Dec. 12 rollout on both Blu-ray and DVD.

The film in question is either from outer space — the goings on in an entirely different solar system — or a glimpse at New York City’s underground circa 1988.   Either way, director Harvey Keith’s Mondo New York is from an alternate reality.

 

This is a brand new 2K HD restoration from the original camera negative.

 

Imagine Fellini’s Satyricon as being real and heavily influenced by the early works of Robert Downey Sr. and John Waters.   Add in cinéma verité and performance art and you have Mondo New York, complete with the likes of poet and avant-garde artist Lydia Lunch (Black Box, She Had Her Gun All Ready, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, etc.), Karen Finley, Joey Arias, Phoebe Legere, Ann Magnuson, Rick Aviles — and more — plus an uncredited Shannah Laumeister as our underground venue guide.

 

Without getting into a lot of detail — that would require a whole bunch of paragraphs to even scratch the surface — just imagine a filmmaker, in this case Harvey Keith (Jezebel’s Kiss, Stand-Ins), who has a pipeline to New York City’s artist, performance, recording and alternate community and simply reaches out as asks, “what’s happening?”

 

From there he has our unnamed beauty (Laumeister) wander from one “event” to the next — a “concert” (“concert” in a figurative sense) by Phoebe Legere (as Claire in The Toxic Avenger Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie), rats have their heads chewed off, an underground cock fight, a slave auction (a performance or real? … you be the judge), poetry read, impromptu comedy and more.   

 

A feature length travelogue is the result.   OMG, would be appropriate in describing Mondo New York!!

 

As to bonus goodies, the Blu-ray edition comes complete with an 18-track soundtrack of the movie (hint: pony-up the extra ten bucks and purchase the Blu-ray over the DVD, it will be worth it), plus there are extended video sessions with Joe Coleman (a fondness for rats) and performance artist (among other talents) Joey Arias — both session run about 45 minutes each — and 36-minute video session our tour guide, Shannah Laumeister, and 27-minute session with producer Stuart Shapiro.  

 

 

 

 

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Assigns November Street Dates For Justified: City Primeval (Nov. 14,DVD And Blu-ray) • Resident Evil: 6-Movie Collection 4K Ultra HD SteelBook (Nov. 21),

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is out with a pair of new physical media announcements this past week.  

First up, arriving on Nov. 14 as both double-disc Blu-ray and DVD collections is the return of Timothy Olyphant as U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens in the eight-episode mini-series, Justified: City Primeval.

 

A couple things about the revival of the popular Justified series.   First, as late as the end of August it was still up in the air as to whether the series would be renewed for a second season.   Without giving away the ending to episode eight, there was a big, big surprise that certainly sets up a second season … and perhaps more.

 

For now, we will call this an eight-episode mini-series.

 

Secondly, this F/X series did a two episode drop on July 18, but not the full series, which arrived weekly and reached its finale on Aug. 29.   This pattern is in response to blatant “helper” (pirates, bootleggers, etc.) activity.  

 

Multiple sources have become extremely aggressive in dropping Blu-ray editions of complete series within hours of their arrival.  By stringing out the episodes, F/X was able to delay, but not deter the “helpers” from delivering Blu-ray editions of Justified: City Primeval beginning on Aug. 29.

 

In other release news from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, arriving on Nov. 21 will be a six-movie, limited 4K Ultra HD SteelBook edition of Resident Evil: 6-Movie Collection.

 

Included here are the six films in the Paul W. S. Anderson cycle: Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016).

 

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment Targets Oct. 31 As The Street Date For A Full Spread Home Entertainment Package Media Launch Of director Ángel Manuel Soto’s Blue Beetle

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has selected Halloween as the street date for a full spread of home entertainment packaged media buying options for director Ángel Manuel Soto’s DC Studios production of Blue Beetle.

The ARR comes in at 74 days and the domestic box office haul currently stands at $67.3 million against a reported production budget of $104 million (Deadline Hollywood).   This will likely be a one-off entry in the “DC Extended Universe” super hero realm.

 

The physical media launch features stand-alone 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD selections (no Combo Packs).   And, a “helper” window has been inserted on Sept. 26 in the form of VOD purchasing and renting options … you can take it to the bank that illicit Blu-ray editions will be on the street 30 days prior to the arrival of the authorized Warner versions.

 

Bonus features include the four-part production documentary titled “Generations: Blue Beetle” and a pair of featurettes — “Nana Knows Best” and the two-parter titled “Scarab Vision.”