Saturday, April 27, 2024

New DVD • Blu-ray • 4K Ultra HD Activity For The Period Ending April 19, 2024

New DVD Additions

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


 

ABMI TV (MOD)
04/02/24 — Released 2024 - Bellingham Board of Health Meeting, 2024 - Bellingham Select Board Meeting, 2024 - Bellingham Zoning Board Meeting, 2024 - Community Preservation Commission Meeting and 2024 - Mendon Select Board Meeting
04/09/24 — Released 2024 - Bellingham Finance Committee Meeting, 2024 - Bellingham Planning Board Meeting, 2024 - Conservation Commission Meeting, 2024 - Mendon Board of Health Meeting and 2024 - Mendon Select Board Meeting
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Bellingham Board of Health Meeting, 2024 - Bellingham Finance Committee Meeting and 2024 - Mendon Select Board Meeting

AC International (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Born To Race: Fast Track, Finding Love In Big Sky, Finding Love In San Antonio and  How To Love

ACTV (MOD)
04/02/24 — Released 2024 - House Ad Hoc Committee Meeting on Executive Oversight, 2024 - House Floor Session 4/1/24, 2024 - House Floor Session 4/2/24, 2024 - House Floor Session 4/3/24, 2024 - Senate Finance and Commerce Committee, 2024 - Senate Floor Session 4/1/24, 2024 - Senate Floor Session 4/2/24, 2024 - Senate Floor Session 4/3/24 and 2024 - Senate Health and Human Service Committee
04/09/24 — Released 2024 - Finance Advisory Committee, 2024 - House Floor Session 4/10/24, 2024 - Senate Floor Session 4/10/24 and 2024 - Senate Health and Human Service Committee  
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - House Ad Hoc Committee Meeting on Executive Oversight, 2024 - House Floor Session, 2024 - Senate Floor Session

AFTV (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Meeting Place Church

Access Tuolumne (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Sonora City Council Meeting and 2024 - Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors Meeting

Asian Cult Cinema (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Ghost Wife (Thai) and Hell Girl (Japanese)

BCSN (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Baseball: Anthony Wayne vs. St. Francis, 2024 - Baseball: Cardinal Stritch vs. Ottawa Hills, 2024 - Baseball: Huron vs. Edison, 2024 - Baseball: Northview vs. Perrysburg, 2024 - Boys' Lacrosse: St. Francis vs. Ottawa Hills, 2024 - Boys' Tennis: Anthony Wayne vs. Southview, 2024 - High School Track: Edison Invite, 2024 - NCAA Division II Softball: Alma vs. Adrian College, 2024 - NCAA Softball: Ohio University vs. University of Toledo, Game 1, 2024 - NCAA Softball: Ohio University vs. University of Toledo, Game 2, 2024 - Softball: Bowling Green vs. Clay, 2024 - Softball: Divine Child vs. St. Ursula, 2024 - Softball: Napoleon vs. Northview, 2024 - Softball: Perrysburg vs. Anthony Wayne and 2024 - Softball: Toledo Christian vs. Southview

BCTV (MOD)
04/02/24 — Released 2024 - All About Dogs: German Shepherds, 2024 - Berks County Board of Commissioners Meeting, 2024 - City of Reading City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting and 2024 - City of Reading Nominations & Appointments Committee Meeting
04/09/24 — Released 2024 - Berks County Board of Commissioners Meeting, 2024 - City of Reading City Council Committee and 2024 - City of Reading Zoning Hearing Board Meeting
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - City of Reading City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting and 2024 - City of Reading Nominations & Appointments Committee Meeting

BEC - TV (MOD)
04/02/24 — Released 2024 - Valley View Middle School: Valley View Voices Variety Show
04/09/24 — Released 2024 - Boys' Lacrosse: Rosemount at Jefferson, 2024 - Girls' Badminton: Edina at Kennedy and 2024 - Girls' Lacrosse: Rosemount at Jefferson
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Boys' Lacrosse: Jefferson at Kennedy, 2024 - Jefferson High School Drumline Club Final Showdown and 2024 - Kennedy High School Choir Concert

Baek3840 (MOD)
03/12/24 — Released Arrugas (Spanish), Biography - Bee Gees: This is Where I Came In, Good Bye, Lenin! (German) and Mr. Holland's Opus
04/16/24 — Released Little Buddha and Victim

Belmont Media Center (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Boys Lacrosse: Belmont vs. Newton North and 2024 - Girls Lacrosse: Belmont vs. Newton North

Big Time Ohio Sports (MOD)
04/02/24 — Released 2024 - Softball: New Philadelphia vs. Dover
04/09/24 — Released 2024 - Softball: Hoover vs. Jackson
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Baseball: Dover at New Philadelphia

Bridgestone Multimedia (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Ribbon

Buck Cody (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Golden Hands of Kurigal, Spaceship to the Beyond and Target: Sea of China

Burning Bulb Publishing (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Los Turistas: Una Temporada en el Infierno (Spanish)

CBS Home Entertainment (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 4 (2 disc set)

Capital Community Media (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - City of Salem Budget Meeting, 2024 - City of Salem Work Session, 2024 - Marion County Commissioners Meeting, 2024 - Salem-Keizer School Board Meeting 4/15/24 and 2024 - Salem-Keizer School Board Meeting 4/16/24

Championship Productions
04/16/24 — Released 30+ Drills & Footwork Progressions for Developing Productive Slappers and Functional Speed, Quickness & Power Training for Slappers

Changing Your World (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Sunday Service, Wednesday Evening Service and Wednesday Morning Service

Christian Worship Hour (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Christian Worship Hour: Our Divine Advocate - Matthew 28: 1-10

Cinephobia Releasing (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Coffee Table (Spanish)

City of Tacoma (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Meeting and 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Study Session

Dartmouth Community Media (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Girls Lacrosse: Dartmouth vs. Falmouth

Dee Jay DB Blu (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Devil's Wedding Night (Italian), Frustration (French), L'Attrazione (Italian) and Obscene Desire (Italian)

Deskpop Entertainment (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Hanky Panky

DVDLady (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Agony of Love, Aunt Peg Goes Hollywood, Blood of Dracula, Catwalk, Clubhouse Detectives in Big Trouble, Cold Lunch (Norwegian), Death in Small Doses, Deep Throat, Different, Double Jeopardy, El Clan de los Nazarenos (Spanish), Failing of Raymond, Firefly (Japanese), Jonestown: Paradise Lost , Killing Bottle (Japanese), Last to Go, Laura's Toys, Le Capitaine Fracasse (French), Lonely Voice of Man (Russian), Madame is Served (Italian), Mark of Zorro, Messidor (French/German), Modern Cinderella, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Russian), Narcotic Justice, Night of the Demons, Night of the Demons III, Non-Stop, Northern Elegy (Japanese), One Hunderd Days After Childhood (Russian), Playboy: Rising Star and Sexy Starlets, Provody Belykh Nochey (Russian), Return of Alex Kelly, Ricochet, Room at the Top, Semeynoe Schaste (Russian), Shogun, Theatre Night: Miss Julie, Thief Who Came to Dinner, Till Death Do We Scare (Cantonese), Time Lost and Time Remembered (aka: I was Happy Here), Tryst and Una Donna di Seconda Mano (Italian)

DVDRParty (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Black Lizard (Japanese)

EBTV (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - East Brunswick Board of Education Meeting

ETV (MOD)
04/09/24 — Released 2024 - Boys Volleyball: Eagan vs. Bloomington-Jefferson, 2024 - City of Eagan: Advisory Parks Commission, 2024 - City of Eagan: City Council Meeting, 2024 - Softball: Eagan vs. Rosemont, Game 1 and 2024 - Softball: Eagan vs. Rosemont, Game 2

EWTN
04/16/24 — Released EWTN Live: Father Elias Dorham, Journey Home: Greg & Jennifer Willits - Cradle Catholic and Former Worldwide Church of God, Women of Grace: Deacon Richard Eason - Up Close and Personal and World Over with Raymond Arroyo: Father John Paul Mary

Electric Entertainment (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Exile and Fear, Inc.

Elvis DVD Collector & Movie Store (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Sea Hunt: Season One (7 disc set)

Film Movement
04/16/24 — Released Yuni (Indonesian)

Freestyle Digital Media (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Queen of Knives

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Comeback Kids: A Middle School Basketball Story, Killing Me Softly With His Songs (ARR of 501 days; box office estimate: $20,000), Mister Sleep, Star City Murders and Wes Is Dying

Greenwich Entertainment
04/16/24 — Released Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill

Grey Matter Movies - The Movie Shack (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released American Society of Magical Negroes, Arthur the King, Baghead, Bob Marley: One Love, Frieda (Spanish), Imaginary, Immaculate, Kung Fu Panda 4, Late Night with the Devil, Monkey Man, Road House and Sleeping Dogs

Hallmark Entertainment (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Cut, Color, Murder and Presence of Love

Indican Pictures (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Heart Stays and Mind, Body And Soul

Kino Lorber
04/16/24 — Released Invisible Fight (Estonian)

Las Vegas Video (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Betty's Bad Luck in Love, Blind Date Book Club, Brimming with Love, Castle for Christmas, Christmas at the Cheateau, Christmas by Candlelight, Christmas in Big Sky Country, Easter Bloom, Falling in Love in Niagara, Flowers & Honey, Holly's Holiday, Just in Time, Love Always, Santa, Love on the Vines, May the Best Wedding Win, Nutcracker Christmas, Reunited at Christmas, Romance in Hawaii, Santa Summit, Santa's Got Style, Secret Millionaire, Sense and Sensibility, Shifting Gears and To All a Good Night

Level 33 Entertainment (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Double Down South

Lex Media (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Lexington Board of Health Meeting, 2024 - Lexington Historical Commission Meeting, 2024 - Patriots' Day Parade and 2024 - Patriots' Day Reenactment of the Battle of Lexington

Media Outlet (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Iron Major

Ones Media (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Alfred Hitchcock Life Achievement Award (1979), Barbara Stanwyck Life Achievement Award (1987), Benson Murder Case, Bette Davis Life Achievement Award (1977), Billy Wilder Life Achievement Award (1986), Casablanca Express, Clint Eastwood Life Achievement Award (1996), Counter-Espionage, David Lean Life Achievement Award (1990), Day-Time Wife, Divorce His - Divorce Hers, Driver's Seat, Dustin Hoffman Life Achievement Award (1999), Elizabeth Taylor Life Achievement Award (1993), Ex-Mrs. Bradford, Fear, Frank Capra Life Achievement Award (1982), Fred Astaire Life Achievement Award (1981), Gene Kelly Life Achievement Award (1985), Great Ziegfeld, Gregory Peck Life Achievement Award (1989), Harrison Ford Life Achievement Award (2000), Henry Fonda Life Achievement Award (1978), Jack Lemmon Life Achievement Award (1988), Jack Nickolson Life Achievement Award (1994), James Cagney Life Achievement Award (1974), James Stewart Life Achievement Award (1980), John Ford Life Achievement Award (1973), John Huston Life Achievement Award (1983), Kirk Douglas Life Achievement Award (1991), Last Command (silent-1928), Last Woman on Earth, Lillian Gish Life Achievement Award (1984), Lillian Russell, Lone Wolf Keeps a Date, Lone Wolf Meets a Lady, Lone Wolf Strikes, Love in the Afternoon, Manhattan Melodrama, Martin Scorsese Life Achievement Award (1997), Nukie, One Dangerous Night, Orson Welles Life Achievement Award (1975), Passport to Suez, Plainsman, Rendezvous, Robert Wise Life Achievement Award (1998), Royal Wedding, Secrets of the Lone Wolf, Sidney Poitier Life Achievement Award (1992), Star of Midnight, Steven Spielberg Life Achievement Award (1995), Strange Illusion, Thief of Bagdad (silent-1924), Thin Man, Torture Ship, Uncle Was A Vampire, William Wyler Life Achievement Award (1976) and Wolf Man

Oscilloscope Laboratories
04/16/24 — Released Joyland (Punjabi/Urdu)

PCSD (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Normandy Jazz Concert

Paramount Home Entertainment (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Crocodile Dundee II, Downsizing, Kate & Leopold and North Dallas Forty

Play Me Movies (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Encounter with the Unknown, First Time and Restless Breed

Sony Pictures Home Ent. (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Peasants (Polish) (ARR of 81 days; box office: $154,003)

Syndicado (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Imperfect Spies (Hebrew)

TLA Releasing
04/16/24 — Released Drifter (German)

The TV Movie (MOD)
03/26/24 — Released Art of Love (Turkish), Artemis Fowl, Best Version of Love, Bridemaid in Love, Christmas Letter, Cowboy and the Movie Star, Fixing Pete, Godmothered, Happily Ever Emma, Happiness for Beginners, Heart of Stone, How to Fall in Love by Christmas, Irish Wish, Last Call for Istanbul (Turkish), Meet You in Scotland, Outsider, Platonic: The Complete First Season (2 disc set), Red Sea Diving Resort, Royal Makeover, Shepherd, Sitting in Bars with Cake and We're Scrooged
04/09/24 — Released After the Fall, Bookworm and the Beast, Date with Love, Easter Bloom, Father Christmas is Back, Holiday Calendar, Holly Star, Little Women, Love Gala, Matchmaker's Playbook, My Father's Dragon, Peace River, Royal Recipe for Love, Steal Your Heart, Upgraded and Valley of Light
04/16/24 — Released Appetite for Love, California Christmas, California Christmas: City Lights, Christmas in the Highlands, Christmas with a Crown, French Girl, From Italy with Amore, Legend of the Lost Locket, Love in Tahiti, Love on a Limb, One Bad Apple, Perfect Catch, Picture Perfect Romance, Planning for Joy, Secret Millionaire, Snapshot of Forever, Vote One for Love and Wedding Season

Town of Raymond (MOD)
04/02/24 — Released 2024 - Town of Raymond: Board of Selectmen, 2024 - Town of Raymond: Budget Committee Meeting and 2024 - Town of Raymond: School Board
04/09/24 — Released 2024 - Town of Raymond: Board of Selectmen, 2024 - Town of Raymond: Capital Improvements Committee Meeting, 2024 - Town of Raymond: Ethics Committee Meeting, 2024 - Town of Raymond: Planning Board and 2024 - Town of Raymond: Water Planning Committee Meeting
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Town of Raymond: Board of Selectmen, 2024 - Town of Raymond: Cemetery Trustees Meeting, 2024 - Town of Raymond: Library Trustees Meeting, 2024 - Town of Raymond: Planning Board and 2024 - Town of Raymond: School Board

Town Square Television (MOD)
04/02/24 — Released 2024 - Softball: South St. Paul @ Simley
04/09/24 — Released 2024 - Baseball: St. Paul Central @ Two Rivers and 2024 - Baseball: St. Thomas Academy @ Simley
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Baseball: St. Croix Lutheran Prep @ St. Croix Lutheran Academy

Township of Edison (MOD)
04/09/24 — Released 2024 - Township of Edison City Council Meeting, 2024 - Township of Edison City Council Work Session and 2024 - Township of Edison Library Board Meeting
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Township of Edison Planning Board Meeting

Uncork’d Entertainment (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Beyond The Grave and Breakout

Universal Pictures Home Ent. (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die

Vermont Collective (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Devil at 4 O'Clock

Vision Films (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Legend of Lake Hollow

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent. (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Devil's Peak: Year One (2 disc set)

Zeus DVDs (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion, Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones, Greed in the Sun (French/Arabic), Hercules, Samson and Ulysses, High Lonesome, Hysteria, Lady Luck, Lady of the Night (silent-1925), Leave Her to Heaven, Letter from Siberia (French), Lights of Old Santa Fe, Lisa (aka: The Passenger), Lola Montes (French/German), Mandalay, Match Your Mood with Westinghouse, Maya, Money Trap, Sea Around Us, Second Chorus, Sender, Shack, Shining, Signpost to Murder, Snowden, Some Voices, Song of the Loon, Sorcerer, Spare Parts and Sunset Edge




 

New Blu-ray Additions

 

 

Access Tuolumne (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Sonora City Council Meeting and 2024 - Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors Meeting

Asuka the Disc Dog (Fred the Blu-ray Dog) (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Damaged, Family Guy: Season 22, Family Guy: Seasons 16 - 21 (6 disc set), Hundreds of Beavers, Immaculate, Manhunt, Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Scargiver, Splatter Farm, Transformers: Galazy Force - The Complete Series and Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp

Belmont Media Center (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Boys Lacrosse: Belmont vs. Newton North and 2024 - Girls Lacrosse: Belmont vs. Newton North

Burning Bulb (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Los Turistas: Una Temporada en el Infierno (Spanish)

CBS Home Entertainment (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 4 (2 disc set)

Capital Community Media (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - City of Salem Budget Meeting, 2024 - City of Salem Work Session, 2024 - Marion County Commissioners Meeting, 2024 - Salem-Keizer School Board Meeting 4/15/24 and 2024 - Salem-Keizer School Board Meeting 4/16/24

City of Tacoma (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Meeting and 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Study Session

Dartmouth Community Media (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Girls Lacrosse: Dartmouth vs. Falmouth

EBTV (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - East Brunswick Board of Education Meeting

ETV (MOD)
04/09/24 — Released 2024 - Boys Volleyball: Eagan vs. Bloomington-Jefferson, 2024 - City of Eagan: Advisory Parks Commission, 2024 - City of Eagan: City Council Meeting, 2024 - Softball: Eagan vs. Rosemont, Game 1 and 2024 - Softball: Eagan vs. Rosemont, Game 2

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Killing Me Softly With His Songs, Mister Sleep and Star City Murders

Grey Matter Movies - The Movie Shack (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released American Society of Magical Negroes, Arthur the King, Baghead, Bob Marley: One Love, Frieda (Spanish), Imaginary, Immaculate, Kung Fu Panda 4, Late Night with the Devil, Monkey Man, Road House and Sleeping Dogs

Kino Lorber
04/16/24 — Released Invisible Fight (Estonian)

Lex Media (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Lexington Board of Health Meeting, 2024 - Lexington Historical Commission Meeting, 2024 - Patriots' Day Parade and 2024 - Patriots' Day Reenactment of the Battle of Lexington

Movies R U.S.A. (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Rebel Moon, Part 2: The Scargiver, Annika: Seasons 1 & 2, Bull Shark, Code 8, Immaculate, Jackass Anthology (3 disc set), Parasyte: The Grey, Ripley, Scoop, Spider-Man Unlimited: The Complete Series, Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp and Wrestlemania 40 (2 disc set)

Online Movie Shop (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Baghead

Oscilloscope Laboratories
04/16/24 — Released Joyland (Punjabi/Urdu)

PCSD (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released 2024 - Normandy Jazz Concert

Samuel Goldwyn Films
04/16/24 — Released Taxi (French)

Sentai Filmworks
04/16/24 — Released Rozen Maiden: Complete Collection (7 disc set)

Sharande-81 (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Dune: Part Two

Shout! Studios
04/16/24 — Released Affliction

Sony Pictures Home Ent. (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released City of Hope, Peasants (Polish) and You'll Never Get Rich

Sterling Entertainment (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Things 5: Strange Monsters

Stan Winston School of Character Arts
04/16/24 — Released Glow-in-the-Dark Makeup FX, Part 1: Casting Appliances

Syndicado (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Imperfect Spies (Hebrew)

Uncork’d Entertainment (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Walden

Universal Pictures Home Ent. (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Half Baked: Totally High and Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die

Wood Dale Collective (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Dune: Part Two, Exorcist: Believer, Imaginary, Luc Besson 18 Movie Collection (18 film set: Le Dernier Combat, Subway, Le Grand Bleu, Nikita, Atlantis, Leon, The Fifth Element, Joan of Arc, Angel-A, Arthur and the Minimoys. Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard, Arthur et la Guerre des Duex Mondes, The The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, Malavita, Lucy, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Anna, Dogman) (French) (18 disc set) and Woody Allen 26-Movie Collection (26 film set: Husbands and Wives, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Bullets Over Broadway, Mighty Aphrodite, Everyone Says I Love You, Celebrity, Small Time Crooks, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Hollywood Ending, Anything Else, Match Point, Scoop, Cassandra's Dream, Vicky Christina Barcelona, Whatever Works, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Midnight in Paris, To Rome with Love, Blue Jasmine, Magic in the Moonlight, Irrational Man, Cafe Society, Wonder Wheel, A Rainy Day in New York, Rifkin's Festival, Coup de Chance) (26 disc set)

 

New 4K Ultra HD Additions

 

Movies R U.S.A. (MOD)
04/16/24 — Released Princess Bride and True Lies

Paramount Home Entertainment
06/25/24 — Sets South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy) and Team America: World Police (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

Shout! Studios
06/25/24 — Sets Matinee: Collector’s Edition (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack)


Fun City Editions Unearths Writer/Director Matthew Chapman's Stunning Strangers Kiss For Release As Both Blu-ray And DVD Editions On June 25

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
Fun City Editions, with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has tabbed June 25 as the street date for both Blu-ray and DVD editions of writer/director Matthew Chapman’s Strangers Kiss.

This is a 4K film restoration from the original 35mm internagtive.

Strangers Kiss is one of those “forgotten” little films that came and went with a whisper.   With the exceptions of the Thorn EMI Video VHS release, some UK PAL DVD product offerings and an August of 2019 “Helper” DVD edition, Chapman’s Strangers Kiss has for all intents and purposes has been MIA in the physical media world.   Fun City Editions fixes that on June 25. 

As the story goes — as with any Hollywood film story, it is partly truth, partly fiction — Blaine Novak, the co-writer, came up with the idea for Strangers Kiss and shared it with Chapman. 

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
The production is often compared to that of Stanley Kubrick’s 1955 film Killer’s Kiss, but it also touches upon Novak’s own real-world experiences having appeared in and having also received a co-scripting credit for Peter Bogdanovich’s 1981 film, They All Laughed

The key to it — and why it mirrors Strangers Kiss — is that Bogdanovich, while filming They All Laughed, was having a torrid relationship with Dorothy Stratten, who played Dolores in the film.  While making the film, her husband, Paul Snider (who had something of a checkered background), got wind of the affair and murdered her.    

This “Hollywood” affair played out in three separate films over the years and was well-documented in Bogdanovich’s controversial 1984 book, “The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten 1960 – 1980.”

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
Which brings us back to Chapman’s film.  It is a film-within-a-film where the director “Stanley” (played by Peter Coyote) and the film’s producer, Farris (Dan Shor) are trying to cast their film about a boxer, who falls in love with a “dancer,” who is fixated upon by the owner of the club where she works.   That’s where Kubrick’s Killer’s Kiss comes in (boxer, dancer, club owner/gangster). 

The real-world part of the film has Coyote encouraging the film’s boxer, Billy (played by Blaine Novak as Stevie Blake), to have something of a romantic relationship with the untested female lead, Betty (Victoria Tennant as Carol Redding) so that it would translate to the screen as being authentic.   The problem is that Carol (Betty) has a jealous “boyfriend” by the name of Frank Silva (Richard Romanus), who is providing the funding for the production.

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
One branch of Strangers Kiss follows the plot line of Kubrick’s film (including the train station ending), while the other “branch” (the real world) follows the events that transpired between Bogdanvich, Stratten and Snider (although the fate of Betty/Carol Redding is left somewhat up in the air as Strangers Kiss ends).

This is a fascinating movie that Fun City Editions has rescued and it should be high up on every film fan’s “must see” list on June 25.

Bonus goodies include commentary by film critic Walter Chaw and newly prepared video sessions with members of the cast and crew (unspecified at this time). 

 

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

 



Paramount Home Entertainment Readies 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack Anniversary Editions Of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut And Team America: World Police For Release On June 25

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
It is party time!   The release news from Paramount Home Entertainment this past week is news that we can all celebrate … news that we can have some fun with!   Yup, it’s party time!! 

There are two new 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack releases heading home on June 25 featuring the creative talents of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the “genius” force behind the long-running South Park animated series.

First up is their 1999 animated feature directed by Parker, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut: 25th Anniversary Edition.   Starring the clan from South Park, the film — besides being incredibly funny — made history on two fronts.   

First, it was the highest grossing “R-rated” animated film in history (at the time) and second, it was nominated for an Oscar (Best Song — “Blame Canada”).

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
Bonus features include commentary by Stone and Parker, the “What Would Brian Boitano Do?” music video and the option of viewing the film in “Sing-A-Long” mode.

The other party time celebration happening on June 25 from Paramount Home Entertainment is the 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack debut of Team American: World Police – 20th Anniversary Edition.   Uncensored!   Unrated!!

Bonus delights include deleted and extended scenes, outtakes and nine vintage featurettes — “Team America: An Introduction,” “Building the World,” “Crafting the Puppets,” “Pulling the Strings,” “Capturing the Action,” “Miniature Pyrotechnics,” “Up Close with Kim Jong-Il,” “Dressing Room Test” and “Puppet Test.”



VCI Entertainment Brings The Entire Dick Tracy Film Series To Blu-ray On Aug. 13 With The Release Of Dick Tracy: RKO Pictures Collection

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
VCI Entertainment made a long-lead announcement this past week that will have film buffs and series collections whistling a happy tune on Aug. 13.

This will be the double-disc Blu-ray series of four films titled Dick Tracy: RKO Pictures Collection.

Patterned after the exploits of “Untouchable” Eliot Ness, Chester Gould launched a comic strip series in October of 1931 about Dick Tracy, a detective crime-busting hero.   The comic strip quickly became a national sensation.

Within three years it was radio program and by 1937 the first Republic Pictures serial arrived, Dick Tracy (15 chapters of non-stop crime-fighting and cliffhanging thrills), starring Ralph Byrd as Tracy.

Dick Tracy Returns followed in 1938, Dick Tracy’s G-Men hit theatres in 1939 and the fourth serial in the series, Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. concluded the serial adventures in 1941.

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
Nothing during the war, so the hunger for more Dick Tracy adventures built and built until Morgan Conway, an RKO “contract player,” was cast as Tracy in the 1945 theatrical release of Dick Tracy (aka: Dick Tracy, Detective).   This is the first of the four films included in VCI Entertainment’s Blu-ray collection on Aug. 13.

The second in the series, Dick Tracy vs. Cueball, arrived in 1946 … the pressure by this time was building for Conway to be replaced by Ralph Byrd, who had become synonymous with the character.  

 So RKO did just that, they replaced Conway and brought Byrd back for the summer of 1947 film release of director John Rawlins’ Dick Tracy’s Dilemma.

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey, @dvdblurayreport
The fourth film in the series, Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (with Boris Karloff as “Gruesome”), hit theatres just two months later and series appeared to be off and running … and then the battle over the studio took place, with Howard Hughes gaining control (further Tracy movies were shelved).

While there were two different Dick Tracy actors in the short-run series — Tim Conway and Ralph Byrd — there were three different actors cast as Tess Trueheart … Anne Jeffreys in the two Conway entries, Kay Christopher as Trueheart in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma, and Anne Gwynne taking over in Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome.

One final note, Ralph Byrd returned one more time as Dick Tracy in the 1950/52 television series of the same name (48 episodes for ABC).



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Friday, April 26, 2024

MVD Entertainment Group Bestows "Marquee Collection" Status On The July 23 Blu-ray Debut Of Writer/Director Richard Shephard's The Linguini Incident

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MVD Entertainment Group was out with the news this week that there will be a new inductee into the company’s popular “Marquee Collection” library on July 23 with the 4K film restoration (from the film’s interpostive) of director Richard Shephard’s 1991 film release of The Linguini Incident.

Both Blu-ray and DVD editions will be available for purchase, which includes not only the original theatrical of the film, but the unseen (until now) “Director’s Cut” … two viewing options!

This is one of those cinematic treasures that sort of slipped through the cracks.   Money was the issue, or should we say, the lack of it that put this caper comedy, starring David Bowie, Rosanna Arquette, Marlee Matlin, Viveca Lindfors and Buck Henry, into distribution limbo.

The movie had a limited run in 1992, with the Los Angeles bookings taking place during the period of the Rodney King riots, which pretty much spelled doom at the box office.  It then went straight to VHS on an indie label the same year.  

The film resurfaced in January of 2000 on DVD as Shag-O-Rama (long since out of print), had some UK (PAL DVD) action and was given a “Helper” domestic release DVD in 2019.   Never on Blu-ray!

So when you had it all up, MVD’s “Marquee Collection” release of The Linguini Incident on July 23 will be the first time that most film fans will have an opportunity to actually see the film … literally for the first time!!

Bonus features include two commentary options.   

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The first is moderated by Cereal at Midnight’s Heath Holland and features writer/director Richard Shepard (The Matador, Mercy, The Hunting Party), actors Rosanna Arquette and Eszter Balint, co-writer Tamar Brott and co-producer Sarah Jackson, while the second is a solo of Shepard.

Also included as a bonus is documentary filmmaker Richard Schenkman’s feature-length film titled The Making of the Linguini Incident.

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Producer/Actor Sydney Sweeney's Immaculate Blu-ray And DVD Release On June 11 Underminded By Decal Releasing's Shunning Of Nolan's "Oppenheimer Model"

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Decal Releasing, LLC shuns Nolan’s “Oppenheimer Model” to undermine producer/actor Sydney Sweeney’s Immaculate.   Like it or not, Sweeney got patted on the head and shown how the movie marketplace actually works these days … art and hard work are secondary to “other” things.

First, let’s get the business of the physical media releases out of the way.   Decal has tabbed June 11 as the street date for both DVD and Blu-ray editions of her film (with direction by Michael Mohan).   The ARR works out to 81 days and the domestic box office came in at $15.3 million.

Back in 2014, long before Euphoria, Anyone But You and Madame Web — even before her role as “Snake” in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood — Sweeney auditioned for Immaculate.   Andrew Lobel had written the script and she loved it … great, but nothing happened.   

In 2021 Sweeney did writer/director Michael Mohan’s The Voyeurs and the subject of Lobel’s script came up.   She looked into it, found Immaculate unproduced and available, so she acquired the rights … and did the one thing that actors who realize that beauty fades and that there are ten more waiting in the wings.   She produced it (among other partners) … she also did the same for her breakout theatrical hit, Anyone But You

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As both producer and star, Sweeney made suggestions for changes in the script, which were incorporated into the film.   Mohan would direct.  Just before its debut at South by Southwest in March it was announced that Neon had acquired the film distribution rights (which are handled by Decal Releasing, LLC).

The mistake that Sweeney, Mohan and the rest of the interested parties made in signing over the distribution rights was not insisting that Nolan’s “Oppenheimer Model” be part of the deal.   Live and learn.

25 days into the film’s run, Decal Releasing/Neon abruptly announced the premium VOD window, effectively killing any future box office run.   This VOD window was immediately cashed in on by the “Helper” community with the distribution of both DVD and Blu-ray editions of Immaculate.

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 Eight full weeks (until the “real” versions arrive on June 11) of piracy courtesy of Decal’s ignorance of just how successful Nolan’s distribution model is.    Producer/actor Sydney Sweeney take note of this for future distribution deals.

 As to bonus features, director Michael Mohan provides commentary.



Director Joe Dante's Matinee Gets A 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack Launch From Shout! Studios On June 25

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Shout! Studios announced this past week that director Joe Dante’s winter of 1993 film release of Matinee, starring John Goodman, will be getting a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack release on June 25.

This is a new 4K film restoration (supervised by Dante) from the film’s original camera negative.

Set against the backdrop of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, this comedy plays out at an afternoon screening of film producer Lawrence Woolsey’s (John Goodman) latest creature feature, Mant (a forerunner to Ant-Man).  

The theatre (the interior was actually built on a sound stage), in Key West, Florida, is falling apart and the audience, while screaming at the jolts and chills of the mutant ant/man movie, begin to suspect that World War III has broken out!!

Shout! Studios has loaded this 4K launch of Matinee with a ton of bonus goodies, including a newly prepared commentary with film critics Drew McWeeny and Eric Vepe.  

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The companion Blu-ray disc (which also includes the movie) has new video session with actors Kellie Martin (as Sherry) and David Clennon (Jack).

There are also deleted scenes, extended scenes, behind-the-scenes footage and nine vintage featurettes — “Master of the Matinee,” “The Leading Lady,” “MANTastic: The Making of a Mant,” “Out of the Bunker,” “Making a Monster Theatre,” “The Monster Mix,” “Lights! Camera! Reunion!,” “Paranoia in Ant Vision” and “The Making of Matinee.”

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