Paramount Home Media Sets May 29 For The 11-Disc DVD Collection Of Jackass: Complete Movie and TV Collection

Paramount Home Media salutes  Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O and Wee-Man (aka Jason Acuña) on May 29 with the release of the 11-disc DVD set titled Jackass: Complete Movie and TV Collection.   

All seven films in the series  — Jackass the Movie, Jackass Number Two, Jackass 2.5, Jackass 3, Jackass 3.5, Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa and Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa 2 — are included in the collection.  Plus all three seasons (25 injury-filled episodes) of the MTV cable hit, Jackass.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Prepares An April Shower On New Film Vault Releases For DVD

It’s April showers — figuratively speaking — on DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment as they go to the vaults for a deluge of 16 new film releases and a vintage theatrical cartoon collection that will have collector’s barking for joy! 

There are new releases for all four street-date Tuesdays during the month of April, which kickoff with five new vault treasures on Apr. 3.   Among these are the Kay Francis 1938 tearjerker, Comet Over Broadway (directed by Busby Berkeley and John Farrow), Carole Lombard and Chester Morris star in The Gay Bride (1934, direction by Jack Conway) and Ona Munson and “skyscraper riveter” Tom Dugan co-star in director Clarence G. Badger’s 1931 romantic comedy, The Hot Heiress.

Rounding-out the Apr. 3 selections are the 1932 baseball comedy starring Joe E. Brown, Fireman, Save My Child (directed by Lloyd Bacon, with Evalyn Knapp) and director Robert Youngson’s 1964 documentary The Big Parade of Comedy.

Apr. 10 brings us the double-disc DVD assembly of Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection, which will have collector’s lining up for their copy.  All 24 theatrical cartoons in the series — beginning with the 1943 release of Dumb-Hounded, the Oscar-nominated One Droopy Knight (1957) and the final entry, Droopy Leprechaun — are included here.

On the theatrical front on Apr. 10, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has director Thorold Dickinson’s historical drama, The Prime Minister, starring Sir John Gielgud as Benjamin Disraeli.  It was filmed in England just after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister and the pivotal Battle of Dunkirk had taken place.   Prints of the film did not arrive in the United States until after Pearl Harbor (released domestically in February of 1942).   Which begs the question, how did they get here?   

Also being released on Apr. 10 on DVD are Alexander Hamilton (1931, with George Arliss as Hamilton), director Alfred E. Green’s 1934 film adaptation of Willa Carter’s novel, A Lost Lady, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Frank Morgan, and director Irving Rapper’s 1941 drama, Shining Victory, teaming James Stephenson with Geraldine Fitzgerald.

The following week, Apr. 17, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is back with director Bryan Foy’s “first all talking picture,” Lights of New York (released during the summer of 1928 and filmed on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank — The Jazz Singer, released on Oct. 6, 1927 was roughly 75 percent silent, but it did mark the beginning of the sound era — and director Lloyd Bacon’s 1931 musical comedy, Manhattan Parade (also filmed in Burbank).

Also on Apr. 17 are director Lloyd Bacon’s 1930 romantic drama, A Notorious Affair, starring Billie Dove, Kay Francis and future Sherlock Holmes icon, Basil Rathbone and the pre-code MGM film, The Ship From Shanghai (filmed in Culver City on the MGM lot), starring Conrad Nagel and Kay Johnson.

Finishing off the month on Apr. 24 are the 1929 “talkie,” Condemned (with Ronald Colman and Ann Harding), The Devil to Pay (1930, again with Ronald Colman and co-starring Loretta Young and Myrna Loy) and the 1937 romantic comedy, Woman Chases Man, teaming Miriam Hopkins with Joel McCrea.

The Criterion Collection Prepares A 4K Restoration Of Filmmaker John Waters' Female Trouble For A June 26 DVD And Blu-ray Release

The Criterion Collection announced its June slate of DVD and Blu-ray film restorations this past week and without question, the number one selection for the month is cult filmmaker John Waters’ Female Trouble.   

You ask why?   Back in the early 1970s I was VP of Great Western Theatres, a Southern California operation that at its peak had something like 30 screens … it was fun, great fun.  

It was during this time that we obtained an option on the Las Palmas Theatre in Hollywood and had all sorts of sugar cane and lollipop visions of it becoming the West Coast arthouse of arthouses … it was a gay porn venue when we took it over, so we cleaned it up and readied it for the grand reopening and we had the very good fortune of landing the Hollywood premiere of John Waters newest film for the occasion, Female Trouble!  

That’s the reason why The Criterion Collection’s June 26 Blu-ray and DVD release of Female Trouble is the lead film selection for the month … it carries with it fond memories and a night in Hollywood like none other.    

The Cycle Sluts at the West Coast premiere of Female Trouble

We had Las Palmas Avenue closed for the evening from Selma Avenue to Hollywood Blvd., we had one of those giant Kleig lights out front, we had Divine arrive in a limo and we had an honor escort for the film’s star to make her grand entrance … the Cycle Sluts!   It was amazing, the film was amazing, Divine was amazing, but the whole idea of making the Las Palmas Theatre an arthouse just didn’t work out. 

 

As to the June 26 DVD and Blu-ray release of Female Trouble, The Criterion Collection has a new 4K restoration of the uncut 97-minute version of the film, which comes with bonus goodies that include a vintage commentary track by filmmaker John Waters and a 1975 interview session with Waters, Divine, Mink Stole and David Lochary.

Other bonus delights include a newly prepared video session with John Waters (one of the funniest men on the planet) and author/critic Michael Musto (“Downtown,” “Manhattan on the Rocks” and “Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back”), on-set footage, deleted scenes and alternate takes.   

Getting a new 2K restoration on June 26 is director Ingmar Bergman’s 1960 Best Foreign Language Oscar-winner, The Virgin Spring … DVD and Blu-ray editions will be available.

Bonus features include a vintage (circa 2005) commentary option with Ingmar Bergman and film scholar Birgitta Steene (author of “Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide”), filmmaker Ang Lee’s 2005 introduction to the film and newly found video sessions (also 2005) featuring actors Gunnel Lindblom and Birgitta Pettersson.

Rounding out the June selections from The Criterion Collection are Manila in the Claws of Light (June 12, 1975 … directed by Lino Brocka, presented in Tagalog), El Sur (June 19, 1983 … directed by Victor Erice, presented in Spanish) and Michael Moore’s 2002 film, Bowling for Columbine (June 19).

For the period ending March 16, 2018 ... New DVD and Blu-ray selections added to the DVD & Blu-ray Release Report's database.

For the period ending March 16, 2018 ... New DVD and Blu-ray selections added to the DVD & Blu-ray Release Report's database.

 

DVD Releases: 

 

AP International

03/13/18 — Released Akasha Mittayee (Malayalam)

Alexia Parks Institute (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Dr Joel's Anti-Aging for Seniors, Dr Joel's Easy Weight Loss and Control, Dr Joel's Favorite Super Foods, Dr Joel's Feeding Your Miracle Brain, Dr Joel's Help for Insomnia & Sleep Problems, Dr Joel's How to Buy and Use Supplements, Dr Joel's Secrets of Longevity, Dr Joel's Super High Energy, Dr Joel's The New Nutrition and Dr Joel's Tune Up Your Digestive System

Alpha Video (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Count of Monte Cristo, Volume 9 (4 episodes), Cowboy G-Men, Volume 7, Crimes of Stephen Hawke, Early Silent Classics of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Volume 6 (6 silent short films: The Battle Royal (1916), Hungry Hearts (1916), Just Rambling Along (1918), Noon Whistle (1923), Stick Around (1925), Crazy to Act (1927)), Forbidden Cinema, Volume 25, From Stage to Screen, Volume 1,  From Stage to Screen, Volume 2, Living Christ, Volume 2, Occultist, Pride of the Clan (silent-1917), Rare Shorts from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Volume 3 (6 short films: Henry the Ache, Strictly Fresh Yeggs, Pardon My Accident, Radio Rascals, Some Little Bug, Knight Duty), Riders of the West, She Devil (aka: Drums O' Voodoo) and Silent Adventure Classics (2 silent films: Return of Grey Wolf (1926), Tangled Trails (1921))

Bayview Entertainment

03/13/18 — Released Ancient Aliens and the Illuminati (2 disc set), Bedroom Eyes and Lust for a Witch

Brink

03/13/18 — Released Invincible Force

Championship Productions

03/13/18 — Released Defending Leg Riders and Winning Heavyweight Concepts: Mindset, Strategy & Techniques

Cheezy Flicks

03/13/18 — Released Hand That Feeds the Dead (Italian)

Cinedigm Entertainment

03/13/18 — Released Hellcat's Revenge, My Daddy is in Heaven and When the Starlight Ends

Danacord Records

03/13/18 — Released Pianocrazy: Rarities of Piano Music Festival

EWTN

03/13/18 — Released @ Home with Jim & Joy: Chris Slattery - President, Expectant Mother Care, @ Home with Jim & Joy: DR. John Bruchalski - Divine Mercy Care, @ Home with Jim & Joy: Robert Avery - How a Verse from Sirach Guides Minstry in Restoring Dignity to Homeless Men, Best of Mother Angelica: Ann Carey - Sisters in Crisis, Called to Communion: Dr. David Anders, EWTN Live: Dr. Scott Sullivan - Learning How to Intellectually Defend Your Catholic Faith, Journey Home: Laura Richards - Revert, Life on the Rock: Justin Fatica - Hard as Nails, Sunday Night Prime: Fr. Benedict Groeschel  - Purgatory and Women of Grace: Parenting with God - Practicing the Beatitudes

03/20/18 — Sets Best of Mother Angelica: Jeff Cavins - Discussing a Variety of Topics on the Faith, Journey Home: John Carmichael - Revert and Life on the Rock: Jon and Andy Erwin - I Can Only Imagine

03/27/18 — Sets Best of Mother Angelica: Jim Farren and Brian Gail, Journey Home: Jaime & Jack McAleer - Former Lutheran (Jaime) & Revert (Jack) and Life on the Rock: Chris Stefanick - Host of Real Catholic Life

Eagle Rock Entertainment

03/13/18 — Released Robert Glasper Experiment: Live

Film Chest

05/01/18 — Sets Dark Film Mysteries II (12 film set: D.O.A., Impact, Club Paradise, Pitfall, Hollow Truimph, Strange Illusion, Cause for Alarm, Suddenly, He Walked by Night, They Made Me a Criminal, Port of New York) (3 disc set)

Fox Hollow Features, LLC

03/13/18 — Released Saint Nicholas

03/27/18 — Sets Wait (Italian)

FUNimation

03/13/18 — Released D. Gray-Man: Season Four, Part One (2 disc set)

Grasshopper Films

03/13/18 — Released Spettacolo (Italian)

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game, Art of the Game: Ukiyo-E Heroes, Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies, Drinksgiving, Feels, Let There be Light and Prodigy

Hallmark Channel

03/13/18 — Released Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told

I-Cine

03/13/18 — Released Nguoi Dep Lo Thi (12 disc set) and Thua Thang Xong Len (10 disc set)

Icarus Films

05/01/18 — Sets Marx Reloaded

Indican Pictures

04/10/18 — Sets Lucky Man (ARR of 109 days; box office: $25,015)       

IndiePix

03/13/18 — Released Pastor Paul

JB Magic

03/13/18 — Released Andy Davis: No Tear Newspaper #2

Jadat Sports

03/13/18 — Released Best of the IWA, Volume 2, Legends of the Square Circle: Hangman Bobby Jones, Volume 1 and Memphis Wrestling Video Yearbook: 1987, Volume 3

Kino Lorber

03/13/18 — Released Court (Marathi/Hindi), It's the Old Army Game (silent-1926), Revenge of the Cheerleaders and Running Wild (silent-1927)

Lionsgate Home Ent.

03/13/18 — Released Children of the Corn: Runaway, Fear the Walking Dead: Season 3 (4 disc set), Into the Badlands: The Complete Second Season (3 disc set), Knightfall: Season One (2 disc set) and Monsters at Large

04/24/18 — Adds Forever My Girl (ARR of 95 days; box office: $16,251,220)

05/01/18 — Sets Winchester (ARR of 88 days; box office: $24,871,652)

Lost Empire Pictures

05/22/18 — Sets Night Zero

MGM Home Entertainment

03/13/18 — Released Handmaid's Tale: Season One (3 disc set)

MPI Home Video

03/13/18 — Released Kendra On Top: The Complette Sixth Season (3 disc set)

Mill Creek Entertainment

05/01/18 — Sets Barnum (with Digital Copy) and William Castle Western Collection: The Fastest Guns of the West (8 film set: Klondike Kate, Conquest of Cochise, Masterson of Kansas, Jesse James vs. the Daltons, Battle of Rogue River, The Gun that Won the West, Duel on the Mississippi, Uranium Boom) (2 disc set)

Ocean Avenue Entertainment

03/13/18 — Released Heart of Man

PBS Direct

03/13/18 — Released Bible Hunters, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Best of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - Recipe for Fun Collection, NOVA: Great Escape at Dunkirk, Miffy's Adventures Big and Small: The Great Outdoors, Peg & Cat: The Big Dog Problem, Real Story: Apollo 13, Real Story: Star Trek and Regal Academy: The Grand Ball

PDSD, Inc./Shami Media

03/13/18 — Released Anarchist's Birthday, Heart Outright, Oscar, Permanent, Pitch and Twisted Minds

Paramount Home Media

05/22/18 — Sets

06/05/18 — Sets Invaders: The Complete Series (12 disc set), Jericho: The Complete Series (9 disc set) and South Park: The Complete Twenty-First Season (2 disc set)

Rarefilmsandmore.com (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Camp on Blood Island, Fifth Offense (Czech/Slovak) and Schlosser und Katen (German)

Reality Entertainment

03/13/18 — Released 666: New World Order, 2020 Nostradamus and Another Barrio

Rogue Video (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Crimes of the Black Cat (Italian) (2 disc set), Kiss Me Monster, Psychout For Murder (Italian) and Night Tide

SFM Entertainment (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Joey Bishop Show: Season 1 (3 disc set), Joey Bishop Show: Season 2 (4 disc set), Joey Bishop Show: Season 3 (4 disc set) and Joey Bishop Show: Season 4 (3 disc set)

SRS Cinema

03/13/18 — Released Penny Pinchers: The Kings Of No-Budget Horror

Saina Video Vision

03/13/18 — Released Richie (Malayalam)

Silent Hall of Fame (MOD)

03/06/18 — Released Endless Slapstick. Larry Semon: The Ultimate Collection, Volume 11 (5 silent short films: Skids And Scalawags (1918), His Home Sweet Home (1919), The Bakery (1921), The Fall Guy (1921), Oh, What a Man! (1927))

03/13/18 — Released Song of the Scarlet Flower (silent-1919)

Smart Mark Video (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Prince of the Death Matches, 2018

Summer Hill Films

03/13/18 — Released Legendary A.D.

Synapse Films

03/13/18 — Released Suspiria

Synergetic

03/13/18 — Released Soy Nero

Team Marketing

03/13/18 — Released 2018 Cotton Bowl, 2018 Fiesta Bowl, 2018 Peach Bowl, 2018 Rose Bowl and 2018 Sugar Bowl

The Video Beat (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Celebration at Big Sur

True Artist Studio (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released 3Ten Venture

Truthstream Media (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Obsolete

20^th Century-Fox Home Ent.

03/13/18 — Released Maze Runner: The Death Cure (ARR of 88 days; box office: $57,448,833)

Universal Pictures Home Ent.

03/13/18 — Released Channel Zero: No-End House - Season Two (2 disc set)

Vinegar Syndrome

03/13/18 — Released Flesh and Laces, Part 1/Flesh and Laces, Part 2 and Little Showoffs

Vision Films (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released To the Beat!

Warner Bros. Home Ent.

03/13/18 — Released Major Crimes: The Complete Sixth Season (3 disc set)

Warner Bros. Home Ent. (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Oblongs: The Complete Series (2 disc set)

Well Go U.S.A.

03/13/18 — Released Kickboxer: Retaliation

World Wide Multi Media

03/13/18 — Released Alien Swamp Beast

Blu-ray Releases: 

Arrow Video

05/12/18 — Sets Bloodthirsty Triology (3 film set: The Vampire Doll, Lake of Dracula, Evil of Dracula) (Japanese) (2 disc set)

Flicker Alley

03/13/18 — Released Trip to the Moon: In Its Original 1902 Colors (with The Extraordinary Voyage) (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack)

FUNimation

03/13/18 — Released Tales of Zestiria the X Season 2 (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack)

Grasshopper Films

03/13/18 — Released Spettacolo (Italian)

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game, Art of the Game: Ukiyo-E Heroes, Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies, Drinksgiving, Feels, Let There be Light and Prodigy

Indie Rights, Inc. (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Unfallen

Kino Lorber

03/13/18 — Released Court (Marathi/Hindi), It's the Old Army Game (silent-1926), Lion in Winter: 50th Anniversary Edition and Running Wild (silent-1927)

Kitty Media

03/13/18 — Released Hentai Heaven, Collection 2

Lionsgate Home Ent.

03/13/18 — Released Children of the Corn: Runaway (with UltraViolet Digital Copy), Fear the Walking Dead: Season 3 (4 disc set), Into the Badlands: The Complete Second Season (3 disc set) (with UltraViolet Digital Copy) and Knightfall: Season One (2 disc set) (with UltraViolet Digital Copy)

04/24/18 — Adds Forever My Girl (with UltraViolet Digital Copy)

05/01/18 — Sets Winchester (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (with UltraViolet Digital Copy)

MGM Home Entertainment

03/13/18 — Released Handmaid's Tale: Season One (3 disc set)

Paramount Home Media

06/05/18 — Sets Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Complete Series (9 disc set) and South Park: The Complete Twenty-First Season (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack)

Sentai FilmWorks

03/13/18 — Released Initial D Legend 2: Racer (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack)

Shout! Factory

03/13/18 — Released Ambulance and Downfall: Collector's Edition (German)

Smart Mark Video (MOD)

03/13/18 — Released Prince of the Death Matches, 2018

Synapse Films

03/13/18 — Released Path of Blood (Japanese), Suspiria and Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary

Synergetic

03/13/18 — Released Soy Nero

20^th Century-Fox Home Ent.

04/24/18 — Sets Maze Runner: The Death Cure (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (with UltraViolet Digital Copy)

Twilight Time

03/20/18 — Sets Don't Bother to Knock, New Centurions, Seven-Ups and Underworld U.S.A.

Vinegar  Syndrome

04/24/18 — Adds Blood Hook (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack), Blue Vengeance (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) and Terror (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack)

Well Go U.S.A.

03/13/18 — Released Kickboxer: Retaliation (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack)

 

Mill Creek Entertainment Selects May 1 For The Release Of The DVD Collection Titled The William Castle Western Collection: The Fastest Guns of the West

If you say William Castle, you immediately think of horror films.  But before he became a producer and showman extraordinaire with such horror classics as House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler, 13 Ghosts and Strait-Jacket, he learned the craft of movie-making at Columbia Pictures under the guidance of Harry Cohn and “Jungle Sam” Katzman.

Between 1943 and 1956 he directed 40 films … and not a single one of them was a horror film.  He did four films in The Whistler series (with Richard Dix), a trio of the Crime Doctor (Warner Baxter) movies and some gangster/crime films — Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949 with Howard Duff, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters and newcomer Tony Curtis) and Undertow (also 1949 with Scott Brady, Johnny Hart, John Russell and another newcomer Roc Hudson … soon to be Rock Hudson).

He also did Westerns, really good Westerns, during this period and Mill Creek Entertainment let it be known this past week that on May 1 they will be releasing as a double-disc DVD set The William Castle Western Collection: The Fastest Guns of the West … collectors, film buffs and Western fans are already salivating at the thought of picking up this beauty at the bargain price of just $19.98 (and that’s before discounts at retail).

Included in the mix is one of his first films at Columbia Pictures, the 1943 Western, Klondike Kate, starring Ann Savage and Tom Neal, who would make screen history together in 1945 with the film noir classic, Detour.

He then became very active in the genre during 1953 through 1955, delivering Conquest of Cochise (1953, in Technicolor with John Hodiak, Robert Stack and Joy Page), Masterson of Kansas (1954, in Technicolor with George Montgomery as Bat Masterson, James Griffith as Doc Holliday and Bruce Cowling as Wyatt Earp … with Nancy Gates and Jay Silverheels) and Jesse James vs The Daltons (1954, in Technicolor with Brett King as the “son” of Jesse James, Barbara Lawrence as woman he saves from the hangman and James Griffith, William Phipps, John Cliff and William Tannen as the Daltons … and Rory Mallinson as Bob Ford, the man who shot Jesse James).

Klondike Kate, Conquest of Cochise, Masterson of Kansas and Jesse James vs The Daltons make up half of the collection … you could quit right there and call this a “keeper,” but Mill Creek Entertainment has four more in The William Castle Western Collection: The Fastest Guns of the West set on May 1 to thrill fans.

These are: Battle of Rogue River (1954, in Technicolor and starring George Montgomery, Richard Denning and Martha Hyer) and The Gun That Won the West (1955, in Technicolor) starring Dennis Morgan as Jim Bridger with Paula Raymond and Richard Denning).

Rounding out the collection, which are not really Westerns (in the truest sense) are Duel On The Mississippi (1956, in Technicolor … the action takes place in 1820, starring Lex Baxter, Warren Stevens and Patricia Medina as Lili Scarlet) and Uranium Boom (1956, black and white with Dennis Morgan, William Talman and Patricia Medina).

WOW, just WOW, that’s all you can say about these William Castle films that Mill Creek Entertainment has assembled for the May 1 DVD debut of The William Castle Western Collection: The Fastest Guns of the West.

Also announced this past week is the May 1 DVD release of director Lee Philips’ 1986 biopic, Barnum, starring four-time Oscar nominee Burt Lancaster (with a win for Elmer Gantry) as the legendary showman Phineas Taylor “P.T.” Barnum (of note, 20^th Century-Fox Home Entertainment’s The Greatest Showman arrives in the home entertainment marketplace on Apr. 10).