Sunday, September 15, 2024

New DVD • Blu-ray • 4K Ultra HD Additions For The Period Ending August 30, 2024

New DVD Additions

 

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

Access Tuolumne (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - Love Alive

Acorn Media
08/27/2024 — Released Madame Blanc Mysteries: Series 3 (2 disc set)

Alpha Video (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released American Indian: Before White Man, Archives Of War: Rare World War II Documentaries, Volume 2 (4 short films: War on the Seas, The Case of the Tremendous Trifle, Know Your Ally: Britain, Two Down and One to Go), Die, Daisy, Die!, Get Your Man (silent-1927), Man In Space Documentary Double Feature (The Astronauts, The Mission of Apollo-Soyuz), Mr. Robinson Crusoe, Paris 1900, Submarine (silent-1928), Supernaturalz: Weird, Creepy and Random and Woman Of The World (silent-1925)

Angel Studios
08/27/2024 — Released Sight

Asian Cult Cinema (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Beast World (Italian), Goth (Japanese), Jurassic Revival (Cantonese), Nuns of Monza (Italian), Roper from Hell Double Feature (Japanese), S&M Clinic: Pervert Ward (Japanese) and Woman Possessed (Spanish)

BBC Home Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released Beyond Paradise: Season Two (3 disc set) and Sister Boniface Mysteries: Season 3 (3 disc set)

BCSN (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - Football: Blissfield vs. Whiteford and 2024 - Girls' Soccer: Port Clinton vs. Central Catholic

Blue Underground
08/27/2024 — Released High Crime (Italian)

Breaking Glass Pictures
08/27/2024 — Released Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout and Falls: Covenant Of Grace

Buck Cody (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Silks and Saddles and Smokescreen

CBS Home Entertainment (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Elsbeth: Season One (3 disc set)

Capital Community Media (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Salem Council Meeting, 2024 - Marion County Commissioners Meeting and 2024 - Salem-Keizer School Board Meeting

Championship Productions
08/27/2024 — Released Christy Johnson-Lynch: Essential Blocking Skills, Drills & Strategies for High School Volleyball, Christy Johnson-Lynch: Practicing Game Strategies and Sharpening Skills for Future Opponents, James Rice: Competitive Offense Drills for Mastering Strategic Scoring, James Rice: Creating an Explosive Transition Game, Pat Skerry: Competition, Effort and Energy - Passing, Closeouts, Transition D, Shell Defense … and More!, Seth Thibodeaux: Building Complete Corner Infielders and Seth Thibodeaux: Building Dominant Middle Infielders

Changing Your World (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Sunday Service, Wednesday Evening Service and Wednesday Morning Service

Christian Worship Hour (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Christian Worship Hour: Life Which Becomes the Gospel - Philippians 1:21-30

Cinema Libre
08/27/2024 — Released Beyond the Raging Sea and I Am Gitmo

City of Tacoma (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Meeting, 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Study Session and 2024 - Tacoma Public Utility Board Meeting

Creature Feature Video/CFV, LLC/Horror Haven 77 (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Baby Love (Italian), Erotic Adventures of Zorro, Keeper, Mistress of the Apes, Murder by the Clock, Red Headed Corpse (Italian), Superargo vs. Diabolikus (English dubbed), Throne of Fire and Time Machine

Dark Arts Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released Terror Firma

Dark Star Pictures
08/27/2024 — Released Chuck Chuck Baby and Scab Vendor

Dartmouth Community Media (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - Dartmouth School Committee Meeting and 2024 - Dartmouth Select Board Meeting

Decal Releasing, LLC
08/27/2024 — Released Treasure

Dee Jay DB Blu (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Midnight Mary

DVDLady (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Godmothers, Hairy Twatter: A DreamZone Parody, Hang On, Doggy! (Slovenian), Man with a Maid, Mask: Santa Mask, Men in White, Mushrooms (Bengali), Night Flight (Korean), Path of Destruction, Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge and Winds of Kitty Hawk

EBTV (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - East Brunswick Board of Education Meeting and 2024 - East Brunswick Township Council Meeting

ETV (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Eagan: Advisory Planning Commission

EWTN
08/27/2024 — Released EWTN Live: Dr. Jacob Imam, Women of Grace: Marge Fenelon and World Over with Raymond Arroyo: Dennis Quaid

Elvis DVD Collector & Movie Store (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 13 Ghosts, 27th Day, Andy Hardy Meets Debutante, Assignment Paris, Baby Face, Dark Horse, Don Camillo in Moscow (Italian), Don Camillo: Monsignor (Italian), Don Camillo: The Little World of Don Camillo (Italian), Don Camillo: The Return of Don Camillo (Italian), Don Camillo's Last Round (Italian), Edison, the Man, Frankenstein 1970, Green Pastures, Invasion of the Saucer-Men, It Conquered the World, Lord of the Flies, Model Murder Case (aka: Girl in the Headlines), Nothing but Trouble, Party Wire, Rhythm on the River, Teenage Caveman, Visit to a Small Planet, Young Tom Edison and Your Cheatin' Heart

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Concussed: The American Dream and Don't Turn Your Back On Friday Night

Hallmark Entertainment (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Firelight, Harvest of Fire,  Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Murder in G ..., Have a Little Faith, In My Dreams,  Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again and True Justice: Family Ties

Hope of the World (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Night Sower

IFC Films
08/27/2024 — Released Force of Nature: The Dry 2

Kitty Media
08/27/2024 — Released Kitty's Salacious Sensations

Lex Media (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - Lexington Select Board

MVD Entertainment Group
08/27/2024 — Released Beastmaster and Double Feature (2 film set: Angel, Avenging Angel)

Magnolia Home Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released What You Wish For

Media Outlet (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Faces of the Enemy and Nikita Khrushchev

Movies Buff Forever (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Lost World and Raw Edge

Movie Time Video - GCMT
08/27/2024 — Released Blood of Youth (7 disc set), Jade's Fateful Love (4 disc set), Legend of Heroes: Hot Blood (5 disc set), Lost in the Shadows (3 disc set), My Special Girl (4 disc set), Reblooming Blue (6 disc set), Tale of Rose (7 disc set), What If (4 disc set) and Will Love in Spring (4 disc set)

Pre-Code Classics (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Genevieve Tobin Double Feature (2 film set: Golden Harvest, The Great Gambini), Helen Twelvetrees Double Feature (2 film set: Disgraced, My Woman and Helen Twelvetrees Double Feature (2 film set: Hollywood Round-Up, Unmarried)

RCN Telecom Services, LLC - ATVN (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - Football: Bethlehim Catholic @ Emmaus, 2024 - Football: Nazareth @ Whitnall and 2024 - Football: North Lehigh @ Northwestern Lehigh

Rare Film Vault (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 20 Million Miles to Earth, Astounding She-Monster, Day the World Ended, Invisible Agent, Invisible Invaders, Money Masters and Stranger from Venus

Seaview Square Cinema (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Find Me Falling, Girl in the Video, Heiress and the Handyman, I Can, Jackpot!, Magic of Lemon Drop and Nelly Knows Mysteries: A Fatal Engagement

Shout! Studios
08/27/2024 — Released Dragonkeeper

Sony Pictures Home Ent. (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Daddio

The TV Movie (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Christmas in Montana, Love and Sunshine, Mistletoe Promise, Rocky Mountain Christmas, Wedding Every Weekend, Wedding March, Wedding March 2: Resorting to Love, Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride and Wedding March 4: Something Old, Something New

Universal Pictures Home Ent. (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Chicago Fire: Season Twelve (3 disc set), Chicago Med: Season Nine (3 disc set) and Resident Alien: Season Three (2 disc set)

VAC-TV (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - Oak Park Heights City Council Meeting, 2024 - Stillwater Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting, 2024 - Stillwater Planning Commission Meeting and 2024 - Stillwater School Board Meeting

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent. (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Alexander: The Ultimate Cut, Bad Education, Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales - Surfs Up Scooby-Doo! (2 disc set), Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness and Tom and Jerry: The Gene Deitch Collection

Well Go U.S.A.
08/27/2024 — Released Ride

Wonderscape Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released History Kids: Major Battles of the Civil War and History Kids: The Founding Fathers

Zeus DVDs (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Find a Place to Die, Main Attraction, Savage Guns, Sleep, My Love, Something for a Lonely Man, Something in the Air (French), Song of the Thin Man and White Comanche


New Blu-ray Additions

 

4 Blue Catfish (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Killer

AGFA
08/27/2024 — Released Amanda and the Alien

Access Tuolumne (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - Love Alive

Angel Studios
08/27/2024 — Released Sight (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack)

BBC Home Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released Mammals (2 disc set)

Bleeding Skull
08/27/2024 — Released Way Bad Stone

Blue Underground
08/27/2024 — Released High Crime (Italian)

Breaking Glass Pictures
08/27/2024 — Released Scalene

Canadian International Pictures
08/27/2024 — Released Bitter Ash

Capital Community Media (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Salem Council Meeting, 2024 - Marion County Commissioners Meeting and 2024 - Salem-Keizer School Board Meeting

Cartuna
08/27/2024 — Released Nuts!

Cinema Libre
08/27/2024 — Released I Am Gitmo

City of Tacoma (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Meeting, 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Study Session and 2024 - Tacoma Public Utility Board Meeting

Dark Arts Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released June Zero (Hebrew)

Dartmouth Community Media (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - Dartmouth School Committee Meeting,
2024 - Dartmouth Select Board Meeting and 2024 - Dartmouth Select Board Meeting

Deepedia
08/27/2024 — Released Allied, Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,  Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Batman Caped Crusader Series 1 (2 disc set), Becoming Karl Lagerfeld Series 1  (2 disc set), Boy and the Heron (Japanese), Clipped Series 1 (2 disc set), Dark City The Cleaner Series 1 (2 disc set), Dark Matter Series 1 (2 disc set), Darkwing Duck Series 1-3 (4 disc set), Deadpool & Wolverine, Den of Thieves, Descendants: The Rise of Red, Despicable Me 4, Doctor Who Series 14 (2 disc set), Duchess, Evil Series 1-4 (4 disc set), Exploding Kittens Series 1 (2 disc set), Fake Series 1 (2 disc set), Family Affair, Find Me Falling, Firebrand, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (with Digital Copy), Garfield Movie, Godfather, Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Series 1 (2 disc set), Hamlet, Hell Hole, Hit Monkey Series 2 (2 disc set), Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1, Hotel Cocaine Series 1 (2 disc set), House of the Dragon Series 2 (2 disc set), Incoming, Inside Out 2, Interview with the Vampire Series 2  (2 disc set), Kalki 2898 AD (Telugu), Kardashians Series 4-5 (4 disc set), Killer, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Lady in the Lake Series 1 (4 disc set), Last Deal, Latency, Lord of Misrule, Man vs. Bee Series 1 (2 disc set), Masters of the Air (2 disc set), Maxxxine, Mayor of Kingstown Series 3 (2 disc set), Mr. Monk’s Last Case, My Lady Jane Series 1 (2 disc set), Nice Girls (French), OceanXplorers Series 1 (2 disc set), Presumed Innocent Series 1 (2 disc set), Secret Lives of Orangutans, Serpent Queen Series 1 (2 disc set), Shameless Series 1-4 (4 disc set), Shameless Series 5-8 (4 disc set), Shameless Series 9-11 (4 disc set), Something in the Water, Star Wars: The Acolyte Series 1 (2 disc set), Supacell Series 1 (2 disc set), Bear Series 3 (2 disc set), Boys Series 4 (2 disc set), Dragon Prince Series 1-3 (3 disc set), Dragon Prince Series 4-6 (3 disc set), Jetty Series 1 (2 disc set), Umbrella Academy Series 4 (2 disc set), The Young Offenders Series 1-4 (4 disc set), Those About To Die Series 1 (2 disc set), Three Musketeers, Part II: Milady (French), Time Bandits Series 1 (2 disc set), Trigger Warning, Vera Series 13 (2 disc set),  Vienna Blood Series 4 (2 disc set),  Vikings Valhalla Series 3 (2 disc set), Watchers, Watchmen: Chapter I, Worst Roommate Ever Series 1-2 (2 disc set) and Young Woman and the Sea

EBTV (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - East Brunswick Board of Education Meeting and 2024 - East Brunswick Township Council Meeting

ETR Media
08/27/2024 — Released Nintendo Quest: The Most Unofficial and Unauthorized Nintendo Documentary Ever!

ETV (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Eagan: Advisory Planning Commission

Eureka Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released Man Called Tiger (Mandarin)

Factory 25
08/27/2024 — Released Go Down Death

FUNimation
08/27/2024 — Released Am I Actually The Strongest? (2 disc set), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition (2 disc set), Hell's Paradise: Season 1 (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack) and My Hero Academia: Season 6 Part 2 (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack)

IFC Films
08/27/2024 — Released Bastards

Kino Lorber
08/27/2024 — Released Aces High, Kingdom of the Spiders, Squirm and White Dawn: 50th Anniversary Edition

Kitty Media
08/27/2024 — Released Kitty's Salacious Sensations    

Leomark Studios (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Dedh Ishqiya (Hindi) and Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (Hindi)

Lex Media
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - Lexington Select Board

MGM Home Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released Vikings: Valhalla: Season One (2 disc set)

Magnolia Home Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released What You Wish For

Media Blasters
08/27/2024 — Released Horror Noire Nightmares Collection (2 film set: Shadow: Dead Riot, Voodoo Virus) (2 disc set)

Movies R USA (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Are You Alone in This House?, Borderlands, Detained, Hitchhiker: Season 5, Hitchhiker: Season 6, Instigators, Invitation to Hell, Leather Jackets, Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire, Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Scargiver, Simple Life: Season 1, Simple Life: Season 2, Simple Life: Season 3, Simple Life: Season 4, Simple Life: Season 5, Those About to Die: Season 1, Tracy Fragments, Trap, Umbrella Academy: Season 4, World's Top Ten Forbidden Films, Set 1 (2 film set: Irreversable (French), Saloo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Italian) (2 disc set), World's Top Ten Forbidden Films, Set 2 (2 film set: Caligula, In the Realm of the Senses) (2 disc set), World's Top Ten Forbidden Films, Set 3 (2 film set: The Last House on the Left, The Baby of Macron) (2 disc set), World's Top Ten Forbidden Films, Set 4 (2 film set: Baise-Moi (German), Audition (Japanese)) (2 disc set) and World's Top Ten Forbidden Films, Set 5 (2 film set: Requiem of a Dream, I Spit on Your Grave) (2 disc set)

NCircle Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released Sonic Prime: Season 2

Nostalgia Family
08/27/2024 — Released Proud Rebel

Paramount Home Ent.
08/27/2024 — Released Star Trek: Discovery - The Final Season (4 disc set)

RCN Telecom Services, LLC - ATVN (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - Football: Bethlehim Catholic @ Emmaus, 2024 - Football: Nazareth @ Whitnall and 2024 - Football: North Lehigh @ Northwestern Lehigh

Radiance Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza (Japanese) and Viva La Muerte (French)

Saturn’s Core Audio & Video
08/27/2024 — Released Todd Reynolds Double Feature (2 film set: Living a Zombie Dream, Kitty Killers)

Sentai Filmworks
08/27/2024 — Released Feast of Amrita (Japanese)

Shout! Studios
08/27/2024 — Released Pee-Wee's Playhouse: The Complete Series (8 disc set)

Showtown Apparel (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 9 1/2 Weeks, Animals (aka: 5 Savage Men), Arena and Bad Influence

Tricoast Film Partners
08/27/2024 — Released Heavenly Sword

Sony Pictures Home Ent.
08/13/2024 — Released Three Stooges Collection (8 film set: Time Out for Rhythm, Rockin' in the Rockies, Have Rocket, Will Travel, The Three Stooges Meet Hercules, The Three Stooges in Orbit, The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze, The Outlaws is Coming, The Three Stooges, plus 100 theatrical short films)

Universal Pictures Home Ent. (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Resident Alien: Season Three (2 disc set)

Umbrella Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released Femme

VAC-TV (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released 2024 - Oak Park Heights City Council Meeting, 2024 - Stillwater Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting, 2024 - Stillwater Planning Commission Meeting and 2024 - Stillwater School Board Meeting

VHShitfest
08/27/2024 — Released Lost Prophet

Vinegar Syndrome
08/27/2024 — Released Chinese Torture Chamber Story 1 & 2 (Cantonese) (2 disc set), Double Featire (2 film set: Intrepidos Punks, Vengeance of the Punks (Spanish), Eight Eyes,  Interrogation (Polish), MisBehavin' and Peekarama (2 film set: Spirit of Seventy Sex, Teeny Buns)

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent. (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Lethal Weapon: The Complete First Season (3 disc set), Succession: The Complete Series (12 disc set),  Three Little Words, Watchers (with Digital Copy), Watchmen: Chapter I (with Digital Copy), Words And Music and Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2 disc set)

Well Go U.S.A.
08/27/2024 — Released Ride

Winnatakall (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Ozzy Osbourne: The Ultimate Ozzy

Yellow Veil Pictures
08/27/2024 — Released She's Allergic to Cats


New 4K Ultra HD Additions

 

Arrow Video
08/27/2024 — Released Double Feature (2 film set: Woman, Offspring) (2 disc set) and Mexico Trilogy (3 film set: El Mariachi, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico) (4K Ultra HD/3 Blu-ray Combo Pack)
11/19/2024 — Sets Simple Plan: Limited Edition

Blue Underground
08/27/2024 — Released High Crime (Italian) (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack, with Bonus CD)

Kino Lorber
08/27/2024 — Released Alphaville (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (French), Last Year at Marienbad (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (French) and Sudden Death (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack)

Movies R USA (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Turbulence

Paramount Home Entertainment
08/27/2024 — Released Double Jeopardy (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

Shout! Studios
08/27/2024 — Released Poltergeist II: The Other Side (Collector's Edition) (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack)

Sony Pictures Home Ent.
08/27/2024 — Released Drive (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

Vinegar Syndrome
08/27/2024 — Released Goin' South (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) and Reptilicus (4K Ultra HD/2 Blu-ray Combo Pack)  

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent.
08/27/2024 — Released Watchmen: Chapter I (with Digital Copy)
11/05/2024 — Sets Blazing Saddles (with Digital Copy)

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent. (MOD)
08/27/2024 — Released Focus

Cleopatra Entertainment Has Tabbed Nov. 12 For The Release Of Both Blu-ray And DVD Editions Of Director Taylor Martin's Silent Bite

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
Cleopatra Entertainment, with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has tabbed Nov. 12 as the street date for both Blu-ray and DVD editions of actor-turned-director Taylor Martin’s Silent Bite.

Father Christmas, played by Simon Phillips (as “Mickey” in director Jamie Bailey’s The Mouse Trap; as Luke in filmmaker Jesse Palangio’s Blood and Snow) who also provided the script, is the leader of an eccentric band of bank robbers (all dressed as Santa Claus … or Santa’s helpers) who are fresh from their latest job and looking for an out-the-way place to hideout.

Filmed on location in and around Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, the quartet settle on the Jolly Roger Inn & Resort (an actual place) to spend some down time on over the Christmas holiday.   

It’s a great plan, except for one little detail (or two … or three).  Another group has also checked in and they’ve been busy.   More on that in a bit (or is that “bite”).

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
Blake (Luke Avoledo), the kid robber in the group, soon discovers Genie (Camille Blott) tied to a chair in the bar area.  She has one word for him, “Run!” 

Question: is Genie bait?   Is she tied to that chair for a purpose (not giving plot elements away here)?

In any case, Father Christmas, Snowman (Michael Swatton) and Grinch (Nick Biskupek) soon discover — with some back details filled in by Genie — that the Jolly Roger is home to a clan of female vampires led by Selene (Sienna Star — What Lurks Beneath), along with Lucia (Louisa Capulet) and Victoria (Kelly Schwartz), who are hunting humans … welcome to the “Hunt” Father Christmas!!

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
Silent Bite is a nifty twist on a familiar theme.  The bank robbers — Father Christmas and his merry band — are actually the well-known “victim pool,” although they don’t see themselves in any way, shape or form as victims.   The Jolly Roger Inn & Resort stands in nicely for the “haunted house” … and a trio of sexy vampires (with a hunger for blood) are the killing force that must be dealt with!   

Is there a final girl?  To discover the answer, be sure to check out Silent Bite on either DVD or Blu-ray from Cleopatra Entertainment on Nov. 12.



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

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



Arrow Video Looks To Nov. 19 For The 4K Ultra HD Rollout Of Director Sam Raimi's 1998 Film Adaptation Of Writer Scott B. Smith's 1993 Novel Titled A Simple Plan

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
Arrow Video, with domestic sales and distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has newly minted 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray editions of director Sam Raimi’s 1998 film adaptation of Scott B. Smith’s 1993 novel, A Simple Plan (Smith also provided the screenplay adaptation and received an Oscar-nomination for his efforts), ready for release on Nov. 19.

What can possibly go wrong if you find $4.4 million in a downed plane in the remote woods of Minnesota?   Especially if it is a family affair!!

Well, in a word, plenty! 

As the story goes Hank Mitchell (Bill Paxton), his brother Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton — nominated for Best Actor) and their close friend, Lou Chambers (Brent Briscoe), stumble upon the aforementioned plane wreckage in the woods.   Upon investigation they discover that the dead pilot had a bag onboard containing $4.4 million in hundred dollar bills.    

A plan is hatched to wait out the winter and divide the loot up in the spring … easy money.  Hank’s wife, Sarah (Bridget Fonda), is included in the inner circle.  Now all they have to do is wait.  

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
Long before spring arrives there will be a half-dozen murders … who lives, who dies and what happens to the cash will all be revealed on Nov. 19 when Arrow Video dispatches 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray editions (a new 4K restoration from the original camera negative) into the domestic physical media marketplace.

Bonus goodies include two new commentary options — the first features film critics Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme, while the second teams production designer Patrizia von Brandenstein with prolific special features producer Justin Beahm.

Additionally, there is behind-the-scenes footage, video sessions with actors Paxton, Thornton and Fonda, director Sam Raimi and producer Jim Jacks and three featurettes — “Of Ice and Men,” “Standing Her Ground” and “Dead of Winter.”



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

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




Shout! Studios Selects Nov. 12 As The Street Date For The 4K Ultra HD Debut Of Auteur Filmmaker Oliver Stone's Born On The Fourth Of July

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
Shout! Studios has locked into Nov. 12 as the street date for a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack “Limited Edition” of director Oliver Stone’s 1989 film adaptation of Ron Kovic’s 1976 biographical novel, Born on the Fourth of July, starring Tom Cruise as Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic.

This is a new 4K film restoration from the original camera negative (supervised by Stone himself).

The 4K Ultra HD presentation of Born on the Fourth of July has two separate commentary options.  The first is a vintage Oliver Stone commentary, while the second is a newly-prepared one featuring film critic Matt Zoller Seitz.

The companion Blu-ray disc contains the same commentary options, plus the Edie Brickell and New Bohemians’ music video, “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall,” and three new video sessions featuring filmmaker Oliver Stone, associate producer Clayton Townsend and Special Makeup Effects Artist Gordon J. Smith.

 

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

 



Filmmaker Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles — An Insightful And Tender Look At Life On The Western Frontier In The 19th Century — Makes Its 4K Ultra HD Debut From Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent. On Nov. 19

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
Put another candle on the birthday cake … one, two, ten, thirty, wow fifty in all.   That’s what Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment will be celebrating on Nov. 19 with the 4K Ultra HD debut of director Mel Brooks’ Western masterpiece, Blazing Saddles, starring Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Slim Pickins and Mel Brooks as Governor Lepetomane (“I didn’t get a harrumph out of that guy!”).

Not only is this classic film one of the greatest screen comedies ever made, but Blazing Saddles is also considered to be one of the finest, most historically accurate Westerns ever produced.   

The raw west; the grandeur of the frontier … from land-grabbing, cattle-rustling, saloon brawling and the story of a lone lawman and his struggle against impossible odds all plays out against the backdrop of the winning of west (indeed, the source of the first “Candy Gram” is revealed and much, much more).  It is all here in auteur filmmaker Mel Brooks’ insightful Blazing Saddles as a glorious 4K Ultra HD release on Nov. 19.

Bonus features include selected scene commentary by Brooks, additional scenes and a trio of featurettes — “Inappropriate Inspiration: The Blazing Saddles Effect,” “Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks’ Wild, Wild West” and “Back in the Saddle.”



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


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

Toho International Makes It Official For The Domestic Marketplace • Writer/Director Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One Arrives On Nov. 19

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
It seemed like forever, but on Nov. 19 writer/director Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One will be available in the domestic marketplace from Toho International as a full-spread physical media selection of products.

The ARR works out to 354 days (just under one year to make the cycle from theatrical venues to the home entertainment arena) and the domestic box office take came in at an impressive $55.1 million.

Toho International has already released the film in Japan and eager fans have taken advantage by importing 4K Ultra HD copies (in various configurations).

At least Godzilla Minus One is getting a formal release as a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack, a double-disc Blu-ray selection or as a stand-alone DVD edition.   This has not been the case for other major films from 2023 — Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour all remain MIA as physical media product offerings. 

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
As to bonus features, Godzilla Minus One will have two viewing options — one featuring the original Japanese language track (with optional English subtitles) and an alternative English-language track.

There’s a behind the scenes featurette titled “Godzilla Minus One: No. 30,” plus three additional featurettes — “A Ray of Hope,” “Worldwide Praise” and “Live and Hope.”