Friday, May 24, 2024

New DVD • Blu-ray • 4K Ultra HD Activity For The Period Ending May 10, 2024

New DVD Additions
DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport


4 Blue Catfish (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Let It Be and Unfrosted

AFTV (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Meeting Place Church

Access Tuolumne (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Sonora City Council Meeting, 2024 - Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors Meeting and 2024 - Tuolumne County Transportation Council Meeting

Asian Cult Cinema (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released Man Hunting (Japanese)

BCSN (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released 2024 - Baseball: Rossford vs. Maunee, 2024 - Baseball: South View Vs. Clay and 2024 - Boys' Lacrosse: Findlay vs. Ottawa Hills

BCTV (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released 2024 - City of Reading City Council Committee, 2024 - City of Reading City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting, 2024 - City of Reading Nominations & Appointments Committee Meeting, 2024 - City of Reading Zoning Hearing Board Meeting and 2024 - International Folk Show

BEC-TV (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released 2024 - Oak Grove Grade 6 Spring Band Concert, 2024 - Oak Grove Grade 7 Spring Band Concert, 2024 - Oak Grove Grade 8 Jazz and Honors Spring Band Concert, 2024 - Jefferson High School: Band Spring Concert, 2024 - Kennedy High School: Orchestra POPs Concert, 2024 - Oak Grove Middle School: Spring Orchestra Concert, 2024 - Olson Middle School: Spring Orchestra Concert, 2024 - Ridgeview Middle School Grade 5 Program, 2024 - Softball: Jefferson at St. Louis Park and 2024 - Valley View Middle School: Spring Band Concert

Belmont Media Center (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Belmont Municipal Skating Rink Building Committee, 2024 - Belmont Planning Board Meeting, 2024 - Belmont School Committee Meeting, 2024 - Boys Rugby: Belmont vs. Lincoln-Sudbury, 2024 - Boys Volleyball: Belmont vs. Wakefield and 2024 - Girls Lacrosse: Belmont vs. Woburn

Big Time Ohio Sports (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released 2024 - Baseball: Central Catholic vs. Dover

Buck Cody (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released Baron's African War, Batmen of Africa, D-Day on Mars, Desert Command and R.C.M.P. and the Treasure of Genghis Khan

Burning Bulb Publishing (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Legend of El Chupacabra

CBS Home Entertainment (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Separate But Equal

CCX Media (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Brooklyn Park: Planning Commission, 2024 - City of Crystal: City Council Meeting, 2024 - City of Maple Grove: City Council Meeting, 2024 - City of Robbinsdale Council Meeting, 2024 - Golden Valley City Council Meeting and 2024 - New Hope Planning Commission Meeting

Capital Community Media (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Salem Budget Meeting and 2024 - Salem-Keizer School Board Meeting

CasablancaDVDs/truth3152 (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Creature Features (4 film set: Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, Son of Dracula, The Mummy's Tomb) (4 disc set)

Championship Productions
05/07/24 — Released Ryan Odom: Competitive Game-Speed Shooting and Transition Drills and Sean Sweeney: Mastering Game Management

Changing Your World (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released Sunday Service, Wednesday Evening Service and Wednesday Morning Service

Creature Feature Video/CFV, LLC/Horror Haven 77 (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released Beyond Fear and Karzan, the Fabulous Jungle Man (English dubbed)

Cheezy Flicks
05/07/24 — Released Terror

Christian Worship Hour (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released Christian Worship Hour: Meet Little Miss What's Her Name? - Kings 5: 1 – 5

City of Alhambra (MOD)
04/23/24 — Released 2024 - City of Alhambra Council Meeting

City of Boston (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released 2024 - Boston City Council Meeting and 2024 - Boston City Public Health, Homelessness & Recovery Committee Meeting

City of Cambridge (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released 2024 - City of Cambridge City Council Regular Meeting, 2024 - City of Cambridge Finance Committee Meeting 5/7, 2024 - City of Cambridge Finance Committee Meeting 5/8, 2024 - City of Cambridge Housing Committee Meeting and 2024 - City of Cambridge Planning Board Meeting

City of Cambridge (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released 2024 - City Council Meeting

City of Tacoma (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Meeting, 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Meeting - Special Meeting, 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Study Session and 2024 - Tacoma Public Utility Board Meeting

Dark Star Pictures
05/07/24 — Released Lost Boys (French)

Dartmouth Community Media (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Dartmouth Board of Public Works Meeting, 2024 - Dartmouth Historical Commission Meeting, 2024 - Dartmouth Planning Board Meeting and 2024 - Town of Dartmouth Select Board Meeting

Deskpop Publishing (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue

Drafthouse Media (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Kim's Video (ARR of 32 days; box office estimate: $20,000)

Dreamscape Media, LLC
05/07/2024 — Released After The Storm, Alto, Art Of Falling In Love, Best Friend From Heaven, Brown Hyena Of Makgadikgadi, Dance Together, Eating Up Easter, Empire Builder, Eternity, Exploring The Known, Fluffy Gardens: Volume Four, Fluffy Gardens: Volume One, Fluffy Gardens: Volume Three, Fluffy Gardens: Volume Two, Inferno Without Borders, Love Alaska, My Perfect Romance, People's Games, Sunny Bunnies Get Busy: Season One, Sunny Bunnies Get Busy: Season Two and Wedding Planners: Season One (2 disc set)

DVDLady (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Brief Encounter, Bringing Ashley Home, Bringing Up Baby, Broadway, Browning Version, But Not for Me, Carmen Jones, Carrie, Christie’s Revenge, Christmas in Love, Dawning, Ele, My Friend, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Full Contact, Glory at Sea, Lady Without Camelias (Italian), Planet of the Apes, Planet of the Apes, Rage and Honor II, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Zivot sa Stricem (Serbo-Croatian)

DVDRParty (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Flight to Tangier, Hell's Angels '69, Maze, Midsummer Rock, Phantom of the Rue Morgue and Treasure of the Petrified Forest (English Dubbed)

EBTV (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Boys' Volleyball: East Brunswick vs. JFK and 2024 - East Brunswick Board of Education Meeting

ETV (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Boys Lacrosse: Eagan vs. Burnsville, 2024 - City of Eagan: City Council Meeting, 2024 - Softball: Eagan Tournament, Game 1 and 2024 - Softball: Eagan Tournament, Game 2

EWTN
05/07/2024 — Released EWTN Live: George Stephan, Journey Home: Dan Venezia - Former Nominal Catholic, Women of Grace: Father Carter Griffin - Big Questions, Big Answers and World Over with Raymond Arroyo: David Mamet

Electric Entertainment (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Heavy

Elvis DVD Collector & Movie Store (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Adventures of Mark Twain, After the Thin Man, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, Charlie Chan at Treasure Island, In Old Chicago, Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Money Trap, Navy Blue and Gold, Seventh Heaven, Vivacious Lady, Wings in the Dark, Yojimbo (Japanese), You Can't Take It with You and You Gotta Stay Happy

Filmhub, Inc. (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 69 Parts, Art of Grieving, Assumption, Astrology of Pandemics, Attendant, Baby Shark and More Kids Songs: Bounce Patrol, Backyard Village, Badger Game, Beach Babe Bingo, Beautiful Risk, Betrayals, Bigfoot Encounters: In the Pacific Northwest, Bigfoot: The Legend Is Real, Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War, Black Mold Exposure, Blacks & UFOs, Bleeding Butterfly, Bond, Bond Money, Bridgewater Triangle, Bullet (Director's Cut), Bunnyman Vengeance, Businessman, Cat Town Story, Christmas Eve, Come Up, Conjuring House Experiments, Courting Chaos, Critical Nexus, Dark Military, Dark Winter, Dead End, Deja Vu, Destined to Fly, Devil's Snare, Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse, Dog Man, Down Bad: Life In The Hood, Down The Road, Dummy Factor, Eggs, Emerge, Even Odds, Every 21 Seconds, Exit Plan The 4th Move, Expunged: Test Case, F*Cking Married, Fading Petals, Faith Hope and BBQ, Falling For Destiny, Fighting Fish, Find Me, Flashes: The Director's Cut, Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary, For Hannah, Forbidden Fruits, Forever Yours, Forever's End, Formula, Foul Play: Canadian True Crime Stories, Founders, Frida, From The Shadows, Georgia Rock, Get the Sucker Back, Ghetto Blues, God's Amazing Grace ... Is Just a Prayer Away, Goetia Diaries, Gone fot the Weekend, Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods, Greener Mountains, Greetings From Fire Island, Gringo Favelado, Grumpy Old Santa, Habit of Beauty, Hard Sun, He Belongs to Me, Headed South For Christmas, Heart Breaks Open, Hello Gangster, Heroforce: Origins, High Frontier: Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill, Home For Thanksgiving, Hunting of the Snark, Hustle 2, Hustle Beach, I Am a Witch, I Am Gangster, I Can't See Her, Identity, If Something Happens, Imagraphy: Photography Documentary, Immortalists, In The Moment, Incantation, Index Zero, Interview with a Dominatrix, Invisible, It's Complicated, It's Still Complicated, Just For A Week, Juug Gone Wrong, Kiamichi Beast Expedition, Kick Me Down, Kitty Kills, Kopy Kings, Lakota Girls, Landline Detective, Last Revenants, Last Supper: A Sopranos Session, Last Trip, Legend Begins Doll-Face, Legend of Downey Booger, Legends of Carrier Aviation, Lies of Omission, Life Off Grid, Life on the Line, Lifestyle, Locomotive, Lonely Boy, Lonely Girl, Lost in the City, Lottery Road, Loud Places, Love Thy Nature, Love, Lust, and a Room Key, Lovesick Fool: Love In The Age Of Like, Lucifer's Angels, Makin It La, Making Love, Man in the Trunk, Me, Meth Head, Mi Angelito Favorito (Spanish), Middle, Millennial Dream, Misa's Fugue, Misty Green Sky, Moon and Sun, Mop King, Morning After, Mother Monster, Mother of Kings: The True Untold Story of Mrs. Alberta King, Mountain Stalker, My New Life, My Sweet Next Day, Myal Uprising, New Roommate, Nightfire, Not Since You, Nowhere Alaska, Nurse That Saw the Baby on the Highway, Odd Noggins, Ode to Passion, One More Shot, One Step Ahead, Otherworld, Our Precious Hope: St. Louis' Little Jane Doe Revisited, Over Florida, Pale Man, Pantry Ghost Documentary, Paranormal Extremes: Text Messages from the Dead, Passing, Pigeon People, Pimp Bullies, Pining, President Evil, Pressure, Psychic, Ralphie May: Too Big To Ignore, Real Cases of Shadow People: The Sarah McCormick Story, Red River Moon, Remaining Light, Resilient Heart, Restitution Road, Retrocausality, Rich Piana: The Final Season, Righteous Indignation, Ritman Library - Amsterdam, Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth, Roman, Sailor, Salesmen, Sasha Lanes, Say Yes, Second Honeymoon, Seekers of the Lost Worlds, Semi Colin, Sensational, Sex Ain't Love, Share Or Die, Shelter, Sodium Party, Son of a Preacher Man, Sons of God: Fallen Angels Explored, Soulhood Saga II: The Finale, Soy Nero, Spider, Spiral, Spirit, Step Off The Block, Stolen Moments, Story of Eva, Story of Little Foot, Straitjacket, Strider, Strings, Summer in the Meadow: Diary of a Vanishing World, Sunny and Rayray, Supernatural Assault, Surviving Family, Surviving the Outbreak, Susie Q, SZN, Takeover, Tapestry Of Shadows, Target List, Temple Wood: A Quest For Freedom, Tender Days, Tethers, Things Unknown, Til Death Do Us Part: Journey to the Cross, Toughest Beat, Trakked, Trap House, Tree Line, Triad, Truth Or Dare, Turbines, Twisted Fiction, Ukraine On Fire, Underground Lizard People: They're Coming For You, Up Country, Urge, Vanity Vixens, Vegas Stories: 100 Degrees At Midnight, Vianey, Watch Your Six, Weredeer, What About Christmas?, What Ya Life Like, Whole Gritty City, Why Me, Without Love, Without Ward, Without Your Love, Woods and Yellow Bird

First Run Features (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released Roots of Fire

Full Moon Features
05/07/24 — Released Bad CGI Gator and Shadowzone: Remastered

Giant Interactive (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released Most Atrocious Thing

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released Most Atrocious Thing

Green Planet Films (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released Naples And The Amalfi Coast - La Dolce Vita?

Greenwich Entertainment
05/07/24 — Released Uncropped

IFC Films
05/07/24 — Released Taste of Things (French)

IndiePix
05/07/24 — Released Fragile King

Kaczmarek Digital Media Group, Inc. (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released Torment

Kaleidoscope Video (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released 10cc - Live In Japan, 10cc - Video Anthology 1974-1977, 1966 N.M.E. Poll Winners' Concert - Colorized Version, 1966 N.M.E. Poll Winners' Concert - Original B&W, ABBA - On Stage / Snowtime Special, AC-DC - Dutch Broadcasts (DVD/CD Combo Pack), AC-DC - Live Tokyo '81 / Detroit '83 / Videos, AC-DC - On The Edge, AC-DC - The Brian Johnson Years, Afghan Whigs - Haldern, Germany, Alanis Morissette - Pink Pop Festival, Alannah Myles - Pretty Voices, Allman Brothers Band - Live At Great Woods, Allman Brothers Band - United Palace Theatre, Animals - When I Was Young, Anthrax - Berlin, Germany, Anthrax - Hellfest Festival, France, Arcade Fire / Echo & The Bunnymen / Temper Trap / Cornelius 1960, Aretha Franklin - Aretha's Best, Asia - Classic Rock Legends, Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Concert (2 disc set), Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Concert Expanded Edition (6 disc set), Atomic Rooster - Masters From The Vaults, Average White Band - Live On Stage 1973-1979, Avril Lavigne - Intimate & Interactive - Europe 2 Live, Avril Lavigne - Seoul, South Korea, Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Year On DVD, Bad Religion - Rock Am Ring, Badfinger - Documentaries, Badfinger - Performances, Badfinger - Rare Video Compilation, Band - On Stages, Bangles - Kaaboo Del Mar Festival, Beach Boys & Various Artists - Endless Summer TV Show - Volume 1 (2 disc set), Beach Boys & Various Artists - Endless Summer TV Show - Volume 1 & 2 (4 disc set), Beach Boys & Various Artists - Endless Summer TV Show - Volume 2 (2 disc set), Beatles - 1967 The Sgt. Pepper Commemorative Issue (2 disc set), Beatles - Live On TV And In Concert 1963, Beatles - Live On TV And In Concert 1964 - Volume 1, Beatles - Live On TV And In Concert 1964 - Volume 2, Beatles - Live On TV And In Concert 1964 - Volume 3, Beatles - The Ed Sullivan Show Complete Premium Master Collection (2 DVD/2 CD Combo PackP, Black Crowes - Pinkpop Festival, Bon Jovi - Rock In Rio, Brasil, Bon Jovi - Tokyo Dome 88-89, Bryan Adams - Front & Centre, Bryan Adams & Billy Joel - One Enchanted Evening, Bullet For My Valentine - Rock Am Ring, Bullet For My Valentine - Rock Am Ring Double Play, Chartbusters of the 50's (11 disc set), Cult - Dreamtime Live At The Lyceum, Culture Club - Video Collection / A Kiss Across The Ocean, Cure - Bestival, Cure - Live In Rome, Cure - Play Out, Daughtry - Ventura, California, Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces - Volume 1, Doro - Rockpalast Double Play, Eagles - Seattle, Elvis Costello - From Austin, Texas To Studio, Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Rockpalast, Germany, Elvis Presley - 75th Anniversary Documentary (2 disc set), Eminem - Purple Pills In White Camden, Eminem - Shady Side Of Eminem, Eric Clapton - To Save A Child Concert For Gaza Children, Evanescence - Bring Me To Cologne, Foo Fighters - The Town Festival, Forever Rivals - Montreal Canadiens Vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, Franz Ferdinand - KCRW Sessions, Garbage - The Media Collection 1996-2002 (2 disc set), Gary Moore - Live Compilation, Gene Pitney - It Hurts To Be In Love, George Harrison - Dark Horse Tour (2 disc set), Gladys Knight & The Pips - Forever Hits (3 disc set), Goo Goo Dolls - Corona Capital, Guadalajara, Mexico, Great Hockey Classics - Stanley Cup Playoffs 1967 plus 75 Years Of Hockey (2 disc set), Green Day - Canal Studios, Paris, France, Green Day - Kesselhause, Berlin, Germany, Guns 'N' Roses - Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, Guns 'N' Roses - Old Pictures That We'll Always See, Heart - The Road Home, Ian Dury & The Blockheads - BBC 1977-1980 + Paris, France, Imelda May - Bluescazorla Festival, James Taylor - Ohne Filter Musik Pur Extra, Jeff Lynne's ELO - BBC Radio 2 In Concert (DVD/CD Combo Pack), Jeff Lynne's ELO - Vets Aid, Jimi Hendrix - The Video Experience, Joe Cocker - Live In Dortmund, Germany, Joe Cocker - Live In Italy, John Lennon - The Last Session, Killers - Bonnaroo Festival, KISS - Sonic Boom Over Europe, Led Zeppelin & Neil Young - 1995 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Lenny Kravitz - Circus In Cologne, Germany, Lenny Kravitz - MTV Unplugged, New York, Lesley Gore - Forever Hits (2 disc set), Midnight Oil - Anthology 1980-2002 (2 disc set), Movie: Dateline Diamonds, Muse - Bonnaroo Festival, Neil Young - Farm Aid, Nirvana - The Last Concert, Palatrusssardi, Milano, Italy, Page And Plant - Shepherds Bush, Page And Plant - Shepherds Bush (DVD/2 CD Combo Pack), Paul McCartney - 48 Hours With, Paul McCartney - Going Home, From Rio To Liverpool, Paul McCartney - Movin' On, Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run 50th Anniversary Special Edition, Paul McCartney & Wings - Wings Over The World, Paul Simon - Montevideo, Uruguay, Paul Simon - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, Procol Harum - Pale, Procol Harum - Rockpalast, Queen - A Night of Summer Magic (DVD/2 CD Combo Pack), Queen - Anther Live Magic (2 disc set), Queen + Adam Lambert - Global Citizen Festival, Randy Newman - At The Odeon, Rollin' On The River - Volume 1, Rollin' On The River - Volume 2, Rollin' On The River - Volume 3, Rollin' On The River - Volume 4, Rollin' On The River - Volume 5, Rory Gallagher - All Around Man, Rory Gallagher - Behind The Blues, Rory Gallagher - Karussell Special, Live From Zurich TV 1980, Rory Gallagher - Live Jewels, Rory Gallagher - Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland (2 disc set), Rory Gallagher - Tattoo'd Lady, Live In Cork, Ireland, Rory Gallagher - Tattoo'd Lady, Live In Cork, Ireland, Rory Gallagher - Three Of Rory, Roxy Music - Musikladen, Germany, Saxon - Hellfest, Sheryl Crow - Bonnaroo Festival, Snow Patrol - Rock Am Ring, Stone Sour - Rock Am Ring, Testament - Hellfest Festival, France, Thirty Seconds To Mars - Rock Am Ring, Thompson Twins - Into The Gap Live, Three Days Grace - Nova Rock Festival, Van Morrison - Winterland, San Francisco, Various Artists - 60's Superstars Live (2 disc set), Various Artists - Antone's Home Of The Blues, Various Artists - California Comes To The Old Grey Whistle Test, Various Artists - If It Ain't Stiff, It Ain't Worth A F*!# - Live Stiffs Tour 1977, Various Artists - New York Rock At The BBC, Various Artists - Old Grey Whistle Test - Forgotten Tests - Volume 1, Various Artists - Old Grey Whistle Test - Forgotten Tests - Volume 2, Various Artists - Smokey Robinson Show, Various Artists - Stand By Me Aids Day Benefit, Various Artists - Super Rock '84 In Japan, Various Artists - Upbeat TV Show, Cleveland, Where The Action Is - Volume 01, Where The Action Is - Volume 02, Where The Action Is - Volume 03, Where The Action Is - Volume 04, Where The Action Is - Volume 05, Where The Action Is - Volume 06, Where The Action Is - Volume 07, Where The Action Is - Volume 08, Where The Action Is - Volume 09, Where The Action Is - Volume 10, Where The Action Is - Volume 11, Where The Action Is - Volume 12, Where the Action Is - Volumes 1-12 (12 disc set), Whitesnake - Rock In Rio, Wilco - Austin City Limits Music Festival and Wilco - Primavera Sound 10, Barcelona, Spain

KimStim
05/07/24 — Released Remembering Every Night (Japanese)

Kino Lorber
05/07/24 — Released One Hand Don't Clap

Leomark Studios (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released Godless Children, House On Rockingham, Sacrifice (Spanish) and Wolves

Lex Media (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released 2024 - Lexington Conservation Commission Meeting, 2024 - Lexington Historical Commission Meeting, 2024 - Lexington School Committee Meeting 5/6, 2024 - Lexington School Committee Meeting 5/7, 2024 - Lexington Select Board Meeting and 2024 - Met Winds: May 2024 Concert

Onesmedia (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released Black Orpheus (Portuguese), Bride of the Monster, Danger Lights, Dark Places, Dark Victory, Date with the Falcon, Dracula and Son, Ex-Lady, Extra Girl (silent-1923), Gay Falcon, Glen or Glenda, Haunted World Of Edward D Wood, Jr., Her Mad Night, It Happened on 5th Avenue, It Happened Tomorrow, Italian Connection, Jail Bait, La Strada (Italian), Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Life Of Vergie Winters, Madame Bovary, Massacre, Midnight Mary, Murder on a Blackboard, Murder on a Honeymoon, Murder Story, Nancy Drew ... Trouble Shooter, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, Nancy Drew Reporter, Night of Adventure, Night of the Ghouls, Now, Voyager, Penquin Pool Murder, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Pleasure Garden (silent-1925), Pygmalion, Secret Of The Red Orchid, Shadow Man, Son of Frankenstein, State's Attorney, Student Prince, These Three, Three Broadway Girls and Transgression

PBS Direct
05/07/24 — Released NOVA: Building The Eiffel Tower and PBS KIDS: 15 Sibling Stories

Ruthless Films, LLC (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released From Power To Prison: The Trump Story Part 1

SRS Cinema
05/07/24 — Released Amityville Bigfoot, Red Light District Shark Attack and Teddiscare

SVN - Scottsdale Video Network (MOD)
05/07/24 — Released 2024 - City of Scottsdale: City Council Regular Meeting

The Teaching Company, LLC
05/07/24 — Released 12 More of the World's Greatest Places (2 disc set) and Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio (2 disc set)

VCI Entertainment
05/07/24 — Released Talisman (aka American Savage) and When Cowboys Were King: Collection 2 (4 film set: Spirit of the West, Rogue of the Range, Silver Spurs, The Stranger from Arizona)

Via Vision Entertainment
05/07/24 — Released Clint Eastwood: Film Collection (5 film set: A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Beguiled, The Eiger Sanction, In the Line of Fire) (5 disc set), Lost in the Stars (Mandarin), May December, One Life, Royal Hotel and Sea Is Watching (Japanese)

Wild Eye Releasing
05/07/24 — Released Pandasaurus

Zeus DVDs (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Day and the Hour (French), Flipper's New Adventures, Girl Happy, Miss Grant Takes Richmond, Murder in the Clouds, Secrets of the Wastelands, Silencers, Society Lawyer, Supermarket (German) and Viva Las Vegas
 

New Blu-ray Additions

 

4 Blue Catfish (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Let It Be and Unfrosted

Access Tuolumne (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Sonora City Council Meeting, 2024 - Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors Meeting and 2024 - Tuolumne County Transportation Council Meeting

Ariztical Entertainment (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Altered Perceptions

Asuka the Disc Dog (Fred the Blu-ray Dog) (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Abigail, Monsters at Work: Season 2 and Star Wars: The Bad Batch - Season 3

Belmont Media Center (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Belmont Municipal Skating Rink Building Committee, 2024 - Belmont Planning Board Meeting, 2024 - Belmont School Committee Meeting, 2024 - Boys Rugby: Belmont vs. Lincoln-Sudbury, 2024 - Boys Volleyball: Belmont vs. Wakefield and 2024 - Girls Lacrosse: Belmont vs. Woburn

Bill Zebub Productions
05/07/2024 — Released Breaking Her Will

Burning Bulb Publishing (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Legend of El Chupacabra

Capital Community Media (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Salem Budget Meeting and 2024 - Salem-Keizer School Board Meeting

Cauldron Films
05/07/2024 — Released Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (Japanese)

City of Tacoma (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Meeting, 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Meeting - Special Meeting, 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Study Session and 2024 - Tacoma Public Utility Board Meeting

Criterion Collection
05/07/2024 — Released Pickpocket (French), Three Colors: Blue (French), Three Colors: Red (French), Three Colors: White (French) and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Spanish)
08/13/2024 — Sets Two Films by Kira Muratova (2 film set: Brief Encounters, The Long Farewell) (Russian) (2 disc set)
08/20/2024 — Sets Not a Pretty Picture/Old Fashioned Woman
08/27/2024 — Sets Mother and Real Life

Cult Epics
05/07/2024 — Released Frivolous Lola (Italian)

Dartmouth Community Media (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Dartmouth Board of Public Works Meeting, 2024 - Dartmouth Historical Commission Meeting, 2024 - Dartmouth Planning Board Meeting and 2024 - Town of Dartmouth Select Board Meeting

Drafthouse Media (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Kim's Video

EBTV (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Boys' Volleyball: East Brunswick vs. JFK and 2024 - East Brunswick Board of Education Meeting

ETV (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Boys Lacrosse: Eagan vs. Burnsville, 2024 - City of Eagan: City Council Meeting, 2024 - Softball: Eagan Tournament, Game 1 and 2024 - Softball: Eagan Tournament, Game 2

Film Masters
07/23/2024 — Sets Crippled Masters

Full Moon Features
05/07/2024 — Released Bad CGI Gator and Shadowzone: Remastered

Fun City Editions
05/07/2024 — Released Seeing Red: 3 French Vigilante Thrillers (3 film set: Shot Pattern, Street of the Damned, Black List) (3 disc set)

FUNimation
05/07/2024 — Released KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World: The Complete Season (2 disc set), Mob Psycho 100 III: Season 3 (2 disc set), Mob Psycho 100 III: Season 3: Premium Edition (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack), One Piece: Collection 34 (4 Blu-ray/4 DVD Combo Pack) and One Piece: Season 13 Voyage 7 (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack)

Giant Interactive (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Most Atrocious Thing

Kaleidoscope Video (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Bangles - Kaaboo Del Mar Festival, Beatles - Live On TV And In Concert 1963,  Beatles - Live On TV And In Concert 1964 - Volume 1, Beatles - Live On TV And In Concert 1964 - Volume 2,  Beatles - Live On TV And In Concert 1964 - Volume 3,  Bon Jovi - Rock In Rio, Brazil,  George Harrison - Dark Horse Tour,  Neil Young - Farm Aid,  Paul McCartney - Going Home, From Rio To Liverpool,  Paul McCartney - Movin' On,  Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run 50th Anniversary Special Edition,  Paul McCartney & Wings - Wings Over The World, Queen - Anther Live Magic,  Queen + Adam Lambert - Global Citizen Festival and Whitesnake - Rock In Rio

Kino Lorber
05/07/2024 — Released Fletch, Fletch Lives, High Noon: 4K Restoration, Monk: Season Six (4 disc set) and Secret Beyond the Door: 4K Restoration

Leomark Studios (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Wolves

Movies R U.S.A. (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released American Horror Story: Season 12, Chucky: The Complete Third Season, City Hunter, Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (Japanese), Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Ghosts: Season 3, Godzilla: The Complete Series, How I Met Your Mother: The Complete Series (6 disc set), Intruder: Director's Cut, Late Night with the Devil, Marmalade, Mill, Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Monsters at Work: Season 2, New Life, Sexy Beast: Season One, Star Wars: Bad Batch - Season 3, Star Wars: Tales of the Empire, Season 1, Unfrosted and Whitest Kids U'Know

PCSD (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Parma City School District Board of Education Meeting

Via Vision Entertainment
05/07/2024 — Released Clint Eastwood: Film Collection (5 film set: A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Beguiled, The Eiger Sanction, In the Line of Fire) (5 disc set), May December, One Life, Road House (Special Edition), Royal Hotel and Scent of a Woman (Special Edition)

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent. (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Devil's Doorway, Mask of Fu Manchu, Rain People and Scooby-Doo Double Feature (2 film set: Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island)

Whole Grain Pictures
05/07/2024 — Released Too Much Sleep

Wine Country Media (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Disenchantment: The Complete Series (2 disc set), Dragon Tales: The Complete Series (2 disc set) and Knuckles

Wood Dale Collective (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released 2 Broke Girls: The Complete Series (12 disc set), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Series (12 disc set), American Horror Story: Season 12 (2 disc set), Billions: The Complete Series (14 disc set), Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Series (12 disc set), David Lean 17 Classic Movies (17 film set: In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed, Blithe Spirit, Brief Encounter, Oliver Twist, The Passionate Friends, Madeleine, The Sound Barrier, Hobson's Choice, Summertime, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Doctor Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, A Passage to India) (17 disc set), Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials, Genius: The Complete Series (6 disc set), Monkey Man, Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire, Sherlock: The Complete Series (4 disc set), Shogun: The Complete First Season (2 disc set) and Them: Seasons 1 & 2 (4 disc set)



New 4K Ultra HD Additions

 

Blue Underground
08/27/24 — Sets High Crime (Italian) (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack, with Bonus CD)

Criterion Collection
08/20/24 — Sets Last Emperor (4K Ultra HD/2 Blu-ray Combo Pack)
08/27/24 — Sets Mother (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) and Real Life (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack)

Cult Epics
05/07/24 — Released Frivolous Lola (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (Italian)

Kino Lorber
05/07/24 — Released High Noon (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack)

Sony Pictures Home Ent.
07/23/24 — Sets Lady From Shanghai (with Digital Copy)

Universal Pictures Home Ent.
05/28/24 — Sets Kung Fu Panda 4 (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent.
06/25/24 — Sets Purple Rain: 40th Anniversary Edition (with Digital Copy)
07/09/24 — Sets Twister (with Digital Copy)


Thursday, May 23, 2024

Film Masters Restores The Cripple Masters For Release As DVD And Blu-ray Product Offerings On July 23

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Martial arts films, also called chop-socky, had a Golden Age in the 1970s that lasted well into the mid-80s.   It was roughly a fifteen-year run (cycle) for this action sub-genre. 

Some might argue that the cycle began with Tom Laughlin’s Billy Jack in 1971.  Others would point to Bruce Lee’s Fists of Fury and/or The Chinese Connection as the launch points of the genre domestically.   But certainly Enter the Dragon in 1973 made it official.

After that, it was anything goes.  Bring it on.  The wilder, more action-packed and the crazier the stunts the better … audiences flocked to theatres during this Golden Age (I speak from experience having been the VP of operations for a 30-theatre chain during the period).

News arrived from Film Masters this past week that a new 2K restoration from original 35mm archival film elements has been completed for one of the oddest entries during this Golden Age of martial arts films.   

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This would be director Joe Law’s (aka: Chi Lo) 1979 (1982 domestic) entry, The Crippled Masters, which has maimed martial arts fighters, Jackie Conn (aka Thomas Hong Chiu-Ming) and Frankie Shum (aka Sam Chung-Chuen) — one missing his arms and the other missing his legs — teaming up to get revenge on their enemies.  How wild is that!!

Both Blu-ray and DVD editions will be available from Film Masters on July 23.  And, as a bonus, The Crippled Masters can be enjoyed with the original Mandarin language track (with English subtitles) or as the English-dubbed theatrical export version.

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Bonus features include commentary from The Important Cinema Club’s Will Sloan and Justin Decloux, Ballyhoo Motion Pictures’ documentary titled Kings of Kung Fu: Releasing the Legends and a vintage collection of chop-socky trailers from the period, including a fully restored The Crippled Masters trailer.

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Blue Underground Tabs Aug. 27 As The Street Date For The 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack Launch Of Franco Nero's High Crime

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Blue Underground, with sales and distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has tabbed Aug. 27 as the street date for the full spread physical media release of director Enzo G. Castellari’s 1973 poliziottesco thriller, High Crime, starring Franco Nero.

Planned for distribution are a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack (with a bonus CD of the film’s soundtrack), plus stand-alone DVD and Blu-ray editions of the film.

Once Franco Nero became a star with Django, followed by his role as Lancelot in Camelot, he was an unstoppable force.   One film after another, but not all found their way to these shores.   High Crime, with Nero as a police commissioner trying to sort out who is behind a series of violent drug-related murders, is one of those films.  

It opened theatrically in Italy and subsequently had an English-language track produced for a theatrical run in the UK, but that was it.   

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Blue Underground has the 4K Ultra HD world premiere lined up for Franco Nero fans to enjoy, which comes loaded with extras.   For starters, there are three separate commentary options — one with filmmaker Castellari, a second featuring Franco Nero, who is joined by filmmaker Mike Malloy and a third with film historians Troy Howarth, Nathaniel Thompson and Eugenio Ercolani.

Also counted among the extra features are an alternate ending and five featurettes — “The Genoa Connection,” “From Dust to Asphalt,” “Framing Crime,” “The Sound of Onions” and “The Connection Connection.”

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport




Mill Creek Entertainment Selects June 11 As The DVD Debut Date For The Dove Award-Winning Forty-Seven Days With Jesus

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Mill Creek Entertainment has selected June 11 for the DVD debut of the writing and directing team of David M. Gutel and Emilio Palame’s Dove Award-winning film, Forty-Seven Days with Jesus.

This was a limited Fathom Event release with a reported one-night box office gross of $348,317 … the ARR works out 88 days.  However, Pinnacle Peak Pictures in association with the Faith Content Network, have also held numerous church-hosted screenings of the film (box office revenues unknown) … all generated by word of mouth.

Forty-Seven Days with Jesus is a different faith-based film than one might expect.   The opening framework is not atypical in that Joseph and Juliana Burdon are parents struggling with family tensions.  

Joseph and Juliana are played by two stars of the very popular theatrical and broadcast series, The Chosen.  Audiences drawn to this film are likely familiar with, and fans of, both Yoshi Barrigas, who plays Philip in series and recording artist Catherine Lidstone as Mary (plus such films — Dead in the Water, Guardian Angel, Proof Sheet, Salvation Street, etc.).  

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This is a major selling point for Mill Creek Entertainment’s DVD release of Forty-Seven Days with Jesus on June 11.

As the film begins, they feel that a family visit to Joseph’s parents, Poppa (Emilio Palame) and Noona (Norma Maldonado) is in order, so off they go with their two children, Daniel (Adam Perez Courtney) and Emma (Aliyah Camacho) in tow.   

Once there, the conversation eventually gets around to family problems and Poppa, who is having health issues of his own.  He begins to tell his heartfelt story about the final days of Jesus.  It is here that the film opens up to be more than just a faith-based family drama.   

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Through Poppa’s words we, as the audience, are transported back in time to the very events that he is talking about.  Among the cast members introduced at this point are recording Jonathan Byram as Jesus, Erin Etoroma in her film debut as Mary Magdalene, Stephen Hailo as Judas, Cameron Arnett as Pontius Pilate and Cassie Byram as Mary.

As Poppa’s story unfolds, the parallels become clear.   Mill Creek Entertainment’s June 11 DVD debut of Forty-Seven Days with Jesus has a built-in audience, and perhaps, with the Dove Award, solid reviews and its faith-based message a wider following for the film might be in the offing.

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport




Film Chest Announces The Release Of The Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Series Grand Star On Blu-ray This Coming June 25

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Just when you think that there is nothing new under the sun, or at least in the world of physical media, up pops the Film Chest with something totally unexpected.

This would be the 2007 Canadian-produced sci-fi series Grand Star, based on French writer Georges-Jean Arnaud’s comic book series, “La Compagnie des Glaces.”  

This super-rare apocalyptic series has been restored, complete with all 26 episodes and will be released as a double-disc Blu-ray set on June 25.

A devastating nuclear disaster on the Moon has plunged the Earth into an Ice Age.  It is world run by tyrants, plus strange creatures roam the planet that seem to be immune to the cold.   There are few survivors, and even fewer who have any concept of the past (knowledge of such things is forbidden).

Cal (played by Tyler Johnston — Pressed, The Odds, Christmas Icetastrophe), has known nothing but a frozen planet, but he lives in relative comfort in one of the protected “railway” stations, run by his father, a geothermal scientist.   However, one day he has a strange “light” vision and, with some friends, he feels compelled to go on a quest of discovery … will it be his doom, or the beginning of a new era on Earth?  

June 25 to discover the answer(s) with Film Chest’s Blu-ray debut of Grand Star.

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport




Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Cauldron Films Prepares The Definitive Blu-ray Edition Of Director Ruggero Deodato's Off Balance For Release On July 09

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What a wonderful surprise in the Blu-ray arena past week.   That would be the July 9 Blu-ray release news from Cauldron Films — with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group.

Cauldron has a new 2K film restoration (from the original camera negative — uncut) of director Ruggero Deodato’s 1987 mixed giallo and horror entry, Off Balance, which is also known widely as Phantom of Death.

You could also label Deodato’s bloody tale a “slasher” film — four stunning beauties meet gruesome — and very bloody — ends.   Off Balance could also be a “creature feature” as our villain, Robert (played by Michael York), is suffering from a rare disease that is causing him to rapidly age physically (special effects by Dino Galiano — Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Dune, Red Sonja), which also affects his sanity.

Regardless, the race is on.   Can Inspector Datti, played by Donald Pleasence no less, catch Robert (whose description keeps changing), before he can slaughter the fifth beauty Helene, played by the incredible Edwige Fenech.

The film ended up going direct to VHS back in 1987, but here Cauldron Films as what genre fans have home for … a Blu-ray restoration loaded with extras!!

For starters, Off Balance can be viewed with the original Italian language track or the English-dubbed export track.

There is also a July of 2022 33-minute video session with Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust, House on the Edge of the Park) recorded shortly before his passing.   This session is titled “An Uncommon Director.”

Italian film experts/historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth provide commentary.

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DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport




Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment Targets July 9 For The 4K Ultra HD Debut Of Director Jan de Bont's Twister

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In long overdue — but nonetheless very welcomed — 4K Ultra HD release news, the Ken Paxton and Helen Hunt tornado chasing thriller, Twister, will be touching down on July 9.

Directed by Jan de Bont (Speed, The Haunting), the film was released in May of 1996 and was among the first batch of DVD releases that were rollout in March of 1997.

As to bonus selections, there is a newly prepared featurette titled “The Legacy of Twister: Taken by the Wind.”   Also included are vintage elements, including commentary by director Jan de Bont and visual effects supervisor Stefan Fangmeier, three featurettes — “Chasing the Storm: Twister Revisited,” “Anatomy of a Twister” and “The Making of Twister” — and the Van Halen music video titled “Humans Being.”

In other 4K Ultra HD release news from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment this past week, director Albert Magnoli’s 1984 film release of Purple Rain: 40th Anniversary Edition, starring Prince, will be available on June 25.

Bonus goodies include archived commentary by Magnoli, who is joined by producer Robert Cavallo and cinematographer Donald E. Thorin, the featurette titled “First Avenue: The Road to Pop Royalty” and no less than eight music videos, including “Purple Rain.”

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DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport




Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Announces The 4K Ultra HD Release Of Director Orson Welles' The Lady From Shanghai For Delivery On July 23

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It’s film noir time!   

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on July 23 will be delivering a 4K restoration (from the original camera negative) of auteur filmmaker Orson Welles’ April of 1948 film release of The Lady From Shanghai (based on Sherwood King’s 1938 novel “If I Die Before I Wake”), starring Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles and a number of his Mercury Theatre players.

The production of the film is perhaps as interesting as the movie itself.   Filmed after the war in 1946 in Acapulco, Mexico, San Francisco and Sausalito (as well as Columbia’s domestic studio sets), the assistant cameraman died on location in Mexico of a heart attack (Donald “Ray” Cory) and Welles and Hayworth would end up going through a messy divorce during the film’s post production (she was not his first choice for the lead, but she was the studio’s darling at the time … so Rita Hayworth it was).

And to add to the tensions, Welles and then studio head, Harry Cohn, were on the outs with Cohn taking over the editing decisions for the film’s theatrical release (which was delayed for well over a year).

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Also of note, the yacht used in the film, Zaca, was owned by Errol Flynn, who actually skippered it during the film’s production.

In the end, The Lady From Shanghai is pure film noir, with an illicit love affair with a femme fatale, murder, double-dealing, a frame job (with the lawyer doing the framing) and the amazing “Hall of Mirrors” climatic ending.   With new the 4K film restoration the glorious black and white cinematography should absolutely pop.

Bonus features include an archived commentary featuring fellow auteur filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and the vintage featurette titled “A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich.”

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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's Full Spread Of Physical Media Selections Of Kung Fu Panda 4 Available On May 28 • Helper Community Given Seven Weeks To Exploit Title With VOD WIndow

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's Full Spread Of Physical Media Selections Of Kung Fu Panda 4 Available On May 28 • Helper Community Give Seven Weeks To Exploit Title With VOD WIndow
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has tagged May 28 as street date for a full spread of physical media product offerings for the animated hit, Kung Fu Panda 4.

The ARR works out to 81 days and the domestic box office haul was a solid $188.5 million.   

A premium VOD window was launch 32 days into the film’s theatrical run, which meant that the “Helper” community was presented with a pristine master of the film and, of course, responded with slickly packed Blu-ray product offerings on the same day.   

If you are doing the math, it means that seven full weeks were provided to these “Helpers” to garner sales.   Most consumers can’t tell the difference between real and pirated product (or don’t care), especially those who have made pre-street purchases in the past and have found the quality acceptable.

As to the full spread of physical media selections, both the 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray) and Blu-ray (with DVD) purchasing options will be Combo Packs.   

Bonus features are led by commentary teaming director Mike Mitchell with co-director Stephanie Ma Stine, production designer Paul Duncan, “head of story” Calvin Tsang and animator Sean Sexton, deleted scenes, the short film titled Dueling Dumplings, and seven featurettes — “Mastering the Dumpling,” “Bad Bunny Review,” “Kung Fu Talking,” “Meet the Cast,” “Kung Fu Panda 4 All,” “How to Draw” and “Shadow Puppet Theatre.”




    


The Criterion Collection Reveals Its August Slate Of New Film Restoration Toplined By Filmmaker Matha Coolidge's Not A Pretty Picture Blu-ray and DVD Debut On Aug. 20

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The Criterion Collection announced its August slate of new film restorations, which includes three new 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack selections — Albert Brooks’ Mother and Real Life (Aug. 27) and director Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1987 Best Picture winner, The Last Emperor (Aug. 13) — however (and this always a subjective thing), the film that caught our eye among the August new arrivals is writer/director (and producer) Martha Coolidge’s 1976 experimental film, Not a Pretty Picture.

The film is what might be called a docu-drama, which purports to detail the events surrounding Coolidge’s date rape at the age of sixteen while attending a private boarding school.   

Coolidge (played by Michele Manenti) and her roommate (actually played by her real roommate at the time of the event, Ann Mundstuk) go out on a night on town with fellow students in Greenwich Village, which ends badly when her date, Curly (played by James Carrington), sexually assaults her.

The film was screened in 1976 and then vanished.   It remained something of a mystery until being restored by the Academy Film Archive and Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation in 2022.   Thus, the Aug. 20 DVD and Blu-ray release from Criterion will be the first opportunity for the general public to view this early work from Coolidge (Valley Girl, Real Genius, Lost in Yonkers, Rambling Rose, Material Girls, etc.).

As a bonus, Criterion is also including her 1974 documentary film, Old-Fashioned Woman (screened at the New York Film Festival and Whitney Museum of American Art in 1975), so this is something of a double-feature debut.   

Also included is a video session with Coolidge and fellow filmmaker Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging, Grace of My Heart, Border Radio).

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