Arrow Video To Release Director Vincent Ward's Vigil On Blu-ray This Coming June 12

Arrow Video, with domestic sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, will be bringing auteur filmmaker Vincent Ward’s 1984 film release of Vigil to the home entertainment marketplace on June 12 as a newly minted Blu-ray release.

You can’t really talk about Vigil without referencing Vincent Ward as a writer and director — as a filmmaker — and the reason for that is that Vigil is probably an unknown quantity to most American audiences.   It opened at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where it was in competition for the Palme d'Or (losing out to Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas).   This was news in and of itself as Vigil was the first New Zealand film ever to be considered for the Palme d'Or.

It worked the festival circuit briefly and then dropped out sight.   The important thing for Ward was that the film opened doors to other opportunities.   The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey followed in 1988, then came Map of the Human Heart (1992) and the 1998 Robin Williams fantasy, What Dreams May Come (which won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects).

Along the way he got involved in the Alien 3 fiasco as one of the writers.

Vigil is a visual bit of storytelling that leaves the viewer wondering what much of the imagery represents.   It is the sort of film that one talks about with others afterwards … what was that about, this about … what does that represent?   That sort of thing.

The film takes place in a remote area of New Zealand (the western area of the North Island), where we are introduced to a coming-of-age girl — 12 years-old — named Lisa, but everyone simply calls her Toss (played by Fiona Kay).   She lives on a ranch with her mother (Penelope Stewart) and grandfather (Bill Kerr), and witnesses the tragic death of her father as he tried in vain to rescue a stray sheep in the rugged — picturesque — terrain that is much of their spread.   

A mysterious hunter named Ethan (Frank Whitten) carries her father’s body back to the farm and remains as a hired hand, at first, and then later as her mother’s lover.   In her grief; her loss, Toss begins to imagine all sorts things about the stranger.   Add to this basic narrative the visual cues of Ward’s direction and the spectacular beauty of the New Zealand countryside and you end up with a film and story that is both lyrical in nature and yet strangely foreboding … a tale of sexual awakenings.   

Bonus goodies include a newly prepared video session with film critic Nick Roddick, who examines the film in-depth, plus there is a vintage on-set New Zealand television piece and 1987 New Zealand TV program/documentary from “Kaleidoscope” that examines Vigil and filmmaker Vincent Ward.

 

MGM Home Entertainment Teams With 20th Century-Fox Home Entertainment For The June 5 Blu-ray And DVD Release Of Death Wish

MGM Home Entertainment, with sales and distribution support provided by 20^th Century-Fox Home Entertainment, has circled June 5 on their home entertainment release calendar for the delivery of DVD and Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack editions of director Eli Roth’s remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson urban vigilante thriller, Death Wish.

The ARR is 95 days and domestic box office revenues were a lackluster $33.9 million … despite an ending that leaves open a sequel, don’t expect Death Wish 2 anytime soon.

Bruce Willis stars as “Doctor” Paul Kersey, who lives and works in Chicago — Bronson was an architect (and in Brian Garfield’s 1972 novel, the New York City vigilante was an accountant).    Willis, like Bronson before him, becomes a self-appointed crime fighter when his wife (played by Elisabeth Shue) is murdered and his daughter, Jordan (Camila Morrone) ends up in the hospital.   

Dubbed the “Grim Reaper” by the media, he is stalked by Detective Kevin Raines (Dean Norris), who discovers the truth by film’s end, but lets Kersey skate free … a gang of vicious thugs found justice and so the books are closed.

Death Wish is a perfectly fine Bruce Willis action film.  The success of the first film in 1974 mirrored a public frustrated with the violence in New York City and the need for a gun-totting “social justice” warrior.   

If filmmaker Eli Roth wanted to mirror today’s violence of Chicago, Willis’ character would be black, a small business owner, terrorized on a daily basis by gang violence … the death of his wife and attack upon his daughter would be a last-straw, nothing-to-lose reaction.   But then, we’d have an entirely different movie.

Bonus features include commentary by director Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever, etc.), who is joined by producer Roger Birnbaum (who is into remakes … The Magnificent Seven, Footloose, RoboCop, etc.), deleted (with commentary) and extended scenes and the featurette titled, “Vengeance and Vision: Directing Death Wish.”

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Looks To June 5 For The Home Entertainment Launch Of A Wrinkle In Time

Interesting.   As Arte Johnson’s Laugh-In Wolfgang character was fond of saying, “Veeeery Interesting.”

No, not the news this past week that director Ava DuVernay’s film adaptation of the Madeleine L'Engle 1962 novel, A Wrinkle In Time, will be heading to the home entertainment marketplace on June 5, but that Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment went to an outside PR agency to make the announcement.

After the recent debacle with the launch of Black Panther, where both the online Disney Store and Marvel.com (and Target … and Best Buy with their special editions) were out ahead an official announcement release from Walt Disney Studios Entertainment, the studio appears to have recruited an outside PR agency to restore order.

Honestly, we can’t remember the last time — if ever — Disney has turned to outside professional help to get a press release for a new product launch.   It is always an in-house affair, so it is news in and of itself.

In any case, A Wrinkle in Time, arrives on June 5 with a swift-to-market ARR of 88 days and a disastrous domestic box office take of $93.7 million.   While the ink might run red at the studio film production, the home entertainment will have no problem release-wise at their level.   

Consumers don’t give a rat’s rip about studio accounting, they just know that A Wrinkle in Time is something they’ve heard about and will gravitate to on June 5 to snap up 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack and stand alone DVD product offerings (and Target and Best Buy special editions are also in the mix).

Walt Disney Studios usually get their theatrical hits right, especially when the production budget is in the stratosphere, but A Wrinkle in Time just was a flop … and that’s that.   The quick to market turn of just 88 days sort of signals that … move on.

As to bonus goodies, there is a tag-team commentary option that includes director Ava DuVernay (Selma, Middle of Nowhere and Oscar-nominated for her 2016 documentary titled 13^th), producer Jim Whitaker (The Finest Hours, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Friday Night Lights, etc.), writer Jennifer Lee (as a screenwriter, Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph … and, Oscar-winner for her direction of Frozen), film editor Spencer Averick (previously worked with DuVernay on both 13^th and Selma), production designer Naomi Shohan (The Lovely Bones, I Am Legend, American Beauty, etc.), first AD Michael J. Moore (AD credits include Battleship, Spider-Man, Iron Man and Friday Night Lights … among others) and VFX supervisior Rich McBride (Oscar-nominated for The Revenant … A Wrinkle in Time could very well earn McBride his second Oscar nomination).

Additionally, there are deleted scenes (with optional commentary by DuVernay), a blooper reel, a featurette titled “A Journey Through Time” and a pair of music videos — DJ Khaled and Demi Lovato team for “I Believe” and Chloe x Halle delivers “Warrior.”

Special Report: 100-Day Window Will Be Cracked On June 12

The 8 ½ by 11-inch format of The DVD & Blu-ray Release Report (published as a pdf file) doesn’t lend itself to graphs with long views.   You get to see the “trees” each week (two year snap-shots) and not the “forest.”   Hence this special edition, which presents a ten-year view of ARR trends … and it is enlightening. 

Forty-eight times per year, on a weekly basis, The DVD & Blu-ray Release Report is published, with this week’s up coming edition being No. 1,102.   So, we’ve been doing this for sometime now, but history is about to be made with the 52-week ARR average moving to under 100 days.   This will happen on June 12.

That sounds ominous … the Wolf-Biederman comet will strike the earth on June 12 and life as we know it will come to an end!   

OK, OK, maybe not serious, but certainly worth a discussion.

 

First, a little set-up (the methodology) as to exactly what “history” is about to be made on June 12 … and more importantly why it might just be a red line for some entertainment industry players.  

Each week in The DVD & Blu-ray Release Report there are charts and graphs covering release configurations (types of, count, by year, etc.), plus there is a weekly survey of what has just been announced and what has just hit the streets in terms of new theatrical releases.   This segment of the home entertainment packaged media arena, even though “New Theatrical” accounts for only five percent of all DVD and Blu-ray SKUs released, is important as these new theatrical arrivals, especially hit theatrical films, drive the market.  

Coverage of “New Theatrical” is lumped into two groups.  Those films with a box office take of $10 to $25 million and those with domestic box office grosses in excess of $25 million (the key to the industry).   There is a separate chart published each week for these two classes of film releases as to what is in the pipeline.

One other point, “New Theatrical” is defined as films released from 1997 on.   1997 wasn’t a random year picked out of a hat, it was the launch year of the DVD format, so the measurement of how quickly a film moves from its theatrical rollout to its subsequent release on DVD — the “window” — seemed like an important statistic to track.    

We even gave this measurement a fancy name, as “window” didn’t seem all that snazzy.   After thinking about it for a while, Asset — which is what new theatrical releases really are — and Rollover Rate (speed to market) were combined and shorthanded to simply ARR.

Each time there is an editorial write-up on a new theatrical release in the report, there is always a reference to this number … such as: “The ARR works out to 95 days … etc., etc.” 

It is a quick and easy way to measure the “window” between a film’s theatrical opening and its subsequent move to the home entertainment marketplace.  

Since 1997, a weekly file has been maintained and updated tracking all new theatrical releases.   Once a film — regardless of the box office gross — is announced for DVD, Blu-ray or 4K Ultra HD release, the street date is entered and the ARR is automatically calculated.

Plucked from this database are those films with a domestic box office take of $25 million or more.   To fall into that group and generate that level of ticket sales, a film must have three things going for it.   These include a national release with sufficent screens to generate traffic, a P&A campaign to create awareness and enough consumer acceptance (often word of mouth) to keep the film in theatres long enough to generate a critical mass.

If a film under-performs during the first weekend, exhibitors are quick to move it down the hall and into smaller multiplex screens during the second week … and then gone.

This is one reason why The DVD & Blu-ray Release Report monitors the next level down — $10 to $25 million performers — as they often have decent theatrical breaks with a campaign behind them, but fail to achieve consumer acceptance.

Each week there are two new up dated charts produced featuring the top tier of new theatrical releases.    One monitors studio performance (a ranking of how fast they are moving their hit films) and the second shows the overall ARR trend, which is presented as 13 week (quarterly) and 52 week (annual) moving averages.

This brings us to the potential “red line” news.   Sure, it sounds like we have done a terrific job of burying the lede, but without an understanding of the methodology employed, the news itself might not have any contextual meaning.

With two new home entertainment release announcements this week, one for Death Wish, by 20^th Century-Fox Home Entertainment, and the other from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, A Wrinkle in Time — with the same street date of June 5 (ARR of 95 and 88 days respectively) — the annual ARR moving average the following week (street date Tuesday, June 12) will pierce the 100-day mark for the first time in the history of home entertainment package media.

The larger graph of these two ARR trend lines — 13 weeks and 52 weeks — clearly shows the trends in a more visual way than can be accommodated in the weekly edition of the report.

In mid-December the annual average came right down to the line at an ARR of 100.1 days and then bounced off it.   It seemed that the studios — collectively — recognized that maybe, just maybe, that’s an equilibrium that should not be breeched and held the line for going on six months … until this week’s announcements, which, not in and of themselves individually, push the ARR average below the 100-day mark.

The first thing that you will notice is the wild 13-week moving average swings.   Summer theatrical hits opening in June, July and August have been traditionally held back until the retail Christmas-selling season.   There is no reason to rush a monster to market when unit sales can be maximized during the Thanksgiving to Christmas shopping window.   That is rational and reasoned economic behavior.

The other end of the spectrum are Thanksgiving and Christmas blockbusters, plus Q1 new theatrical releases, which are pushed as quickly to market as can be to have them available at retail before Memorial Day and the official kickoff of summer.  

These wild swings are clearly visible in the “forest” chart, but don’t have the same impact with the weekly “tree” chart.

The 52-week moving average shows a steady drop from the summer of 2010 until post-Labor Day period of 2016.   Roughly speaking, two weeks were shaved — systematically — off of the ARR moving average during this extended period.

A dramatic change occurred in the fall of 2016, which has resulted in another two weeks being cut from the ARR average in just 18 months — this is an obvious sea-change in the trend.

As mentioned, the ARR came right down to the 100-day mark in mid-December of 2017 and then held … that is, until June 12.   

It is not the purpose of The DVD & Blu-ray Release Report to make a judgment on whether this is a good thing or a bad thing … or perhaps, nothing at all.   But it does appear to be a trend that will likely have an effect on the marketplace, either now, or very soon.

How much heat can exhibitors stand before they crack?   And it is not just exhibitors who feel the flames of digital … the studios have a home entertainment packaged media business that is also being pressured by these ever-shortening release windows.   

100 days?   Is that the “red line?”  95, 88 … 81?  There is a tipping point.

Right now exhibitors are flush with the arrival of new pre-summer and summer blockbusters, so like the frog in the pot being slowly brought to a boil, they may not take notice of the potential peril that they are faced with.

Theatrical exhibition has been the traditional economic model for launching film productions.   A studio ponies up production and P&A funds, makes a big deal (or little deal) about the stars and the story and the director … or the significance of a film.   They find the PR hook and run with it.   And then everything flows out from there.  

As my distribution brethren were quick to point out when I was running home entertainment marketing at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, “home video is an ancillary market … without us, you have no business.”

Is there a number that is too quick?   Or, does the ARR annual trend line simply point to the way things are and exhibitors will have to adjust to each new reality?   Perhaps a day will come — and maybe sooner than anyone expects — when someone like, oh say, Adam Aron, the president and CEO of AMC Theatres, calls together MPAA studio members and utters the same words, “without us, you have no business.”   What will be their collective reply?   “Seen the trend lines, lately?”

For the period ending April 20, 2018 ... New DVD and Blu-ray selections added to the DVD & Blu-ray Release Report's database.

For the period ending April 20, 2018 ... New DVD and Blu-ray selections added to the DVD & Blu-ray Release Report's database.

 

 DVD New Additions:

 

Acorn Media

04/17/18 — Released Accident

Alpha Video (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Art Linkletter and the Kids, Broadway Highlights (6 short films), Classic Cars of the 1930s (6 short films: The Safest Place, Take it Easy!, New Roads to Roam, Sailing Along, Head On, Devil Drivers), Decade of Highway Death (5 short films: Safety or Slaughter, Interrupted Morning, Wheels of Tragedy, Before It's Too Late, Decade of Highway Death), Forbidden Cinema, Volume 26, Grindhouse Double Shock Show (2 film set: Deadly Culture, Evil Sister), Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans #8 (4 episodes), Living Christ, Volume 3, Lost Silent Double Feature: Leatrice Joy (2 silent films: The Clinging Vine (1926), Down Home (1920)), Rare Silent Comedies from the Vault of John K. Carpenter: Movie Man Matinee (7 silent short films: Stand Pat (1922), Sold at Auction (1923), Sailor Beware (1927), Scared Silly (1927), Goofy Ghosts (1928), Kids, Cats and Cops (1928), A Mandarin Mixup (1924)), Secrets of Latin America (6 short films: Brazil: People of the Plantations, Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Central America, Paraguay, Southern Chile: Tip of a Continent, Mexico: Land of Color and Contrast), Shoulder Arms (silent-1918), plus three short films: His Trysting Places (1914), Sunnyside (1919), A Day's Pleasure (1919)), Studio One Presents Suspense, Volume Two (2 episodes: The Man Who Had Influence, Flowers From a Stranger), Weird Wide World, Volume 3 (7 short films: Second Paradise, Cities of North Africa, India, Belles of the South, Inside India, Bushland Symphony, Burma: People of the River) and Wolves of Kultur (silent-1918)

Amazon Studios (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Only Living Boy in New York

Artiflix (MOD)

03/20/18 — Released Cartier Affair and Dressed to Kill

03/27/18 — Released Glory Boys, Go for Broke, Good News, Gorgo, Gothic, Great Expectations, Green Promise, Gun and the Pulpit, Gung Ho, Hallelujah I'm a Bum, Hawk of Powder River, Hazard of Hearts, Head Hunter (Cantonese), Hercules Against the Moonmen, Hercules Unchained, Hey! Hey! USA, Hillbillys in a Haunted House, His Girl Friday, Hitch-Hiker, Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil, Hittin' the Trail, Holcroft Covenant, Hollywood Man, Home Movies, Home of the Brave, Homework, Honeymoon in Bali, Horace Takes Over (aka: One Thrilling Night), Horrors of Burke and Hare, Horse Crazy, Horse's Mouth, House of Secrets, House of Seven Corpses, House on Haunted Hill, I Behold His Glory, I Thank You, Identity Unknown, If Tomorrow Comes, Image of Bruce Lee, Immortal Battalion (aka: The Way Ahead), In Old Caliente, Incredible Petrified World, Indiscretion of an American Wife, Inspector Hornleigh, International Crime, Invisible Avenger, Invisible Strangler (aka: The Astral Factor), Iron Eagle II, It Happened Tomorrow, It Rained All Night the Day I Left and Jack Frost

Bayview Entertainment

04/17/18 — Released Inside Sportfishing: 377 Pounds of Fury - The Battle of a Lifetime, Inside Sportfishing: Black Marlin Boulevard with Ted Williams, Inside Sportfishing: Forbidden Zone - Midway Island, Inside Sportfishing: In Your Face! Giant Squid, Marlin, and Yellowfin Tuna and Inside Sportfishing: Monsters of the Deep

Breaking Glass Pictures

04/17/18 — Released Rave Party Massacre (aka: Dead Thirsty)

Central Home Entertainment

04/17/18 — Released Chunkzz (Malayalam) and Ramaleela (Malayalam)

Chesslecture.com

04/17/18 — Released Dzindzi Indian Repertoire

Cinedigm Entertainment

04/17/18 — Released American Folk

Comedy Dynamics

04/17/18 — Released D.L. Hughley: Reset, Gina Yashere Collection, Jasper Redd: Jazz Talk, Jim Breuer: And Laugher for All, Michael Ian Black: Very Famous and Morgan Murphy: Irish Goodbye

Criterion Collection

07/03/18 — Sets Dietrich & Von Stenberg in Hollywood (6 film set: Morocco, Dishonored, Shanghai Express, Blonde Venus, The Scarlet Empress, The Devil is a Woman) (6 disc set)

07/10/18 — Sets Bull Durham and Dragon Inn (Mandarin)

07/17/18 — Sets sex, lies, and videotape (2 disc set)

07/24/18 — Sets Matter of Life and Death (2 disc set)

DreamScape Media, LLC

04/17/18 — Released Adieu Marx, Minding Our Manors and Scrum

Dynamic

04/17/18 — Released Donizetti: IL Borgomastro di Saardam

Films Around the World, Inc. (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Appointment with Murder and Stigma (Spanish)

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Big Brother Volcano and New Chefs on the Block

Hallmark Channel (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released All For Love

I-Cine

04/17/18 — Released Ba Trum (10 disc set), Giac Mo Thien Duong, Part 9 (16 disc set) and Giac Mo Thien Duong, Part 10 (16 disc set)

Kino Lorber

04/17/18 — Released Camp Nowhere, My Friend Victoria (French), Singing Guns, Straight Talk and Trigger Jr.

Kitty Media

04/17/18 — Released Hentai Heaven 2.5

Leomark Studios, LLC (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Fear, Love and Agoraphobia

Let’s Make This Happen

04/17/18 — Released Late Blossom Blues

MPI Home Video

04/17/18 — Released Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey and Killing for Love

MTI Home Video

04/17/18 — Released Chasing Gold

Manorama Music Home Ent.

04/17/18 — Released Ore Cinemakara (Malayalam)

Maverick Home Entertainment

04/17/18 — Released True Colors

Messenger International

04/17/18 — Released Lisa Bevere: Adament (2 disc set)

Mill Creek Entertainment

06/05/18 — Sets 10th Kingdom (2 disc set) (with Digital Copy), Awesomes: The Complete Series (3 disc set) (with Digital Copy), Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (with Digital Copy) and Merlin Collection (3 film set: Merlin, Merlin's Apprentice, Merlin: The Return) (3 disc set) (with Digital Copy)

Naxos

04/17/18 — Released Nijinsky: A Ballet by John Neumeier (2 disc set)

PBS Direct

04/17/18 — Released Exodus: The Journey Continues

Paramount Home Media

05/29/18 — Sets Annihilation (ARR of 95 days; box office: $32,685,385)

06/12/18 — Sets Jerry Lewis: 10 Films Collection (10 film set: The Stooge, The Delicate Delinquent, The Bellboy, Cinderfella, The Errand Boy, The Ladies Man, The Nutty Professor, The Disorderly Orderly, The Patsy, The Family Jewels) (10 disc set)

Passion River Films

04/17/18 — Released Mimi & Dora and Real Boy

Rarefilmsandmore.com (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Der Schwarze Husar (German), Die Lummel von der Ersten Bank III: Tiel (German), Occupation in 26 Pictures (Serbo-Croatian), Phantom Carriage (French), There's Always a Price Tag (French) and Three Pilots (Italian)

S’More Entertainment

04/17/18 — Released Elvis Presley: The Beginning

Scott Alexander Magic

04/17/18 — Released Standing Up on Stage Volume 6: Encore

Sentai FilmWorks

04/17/18 — Released Haikyu!! 2nd Season - The Complete Series (5 disc set)

Seventh Art Productions

04/17/18 — Released Exhibition on Screen: David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts

Silent Hall of Fame (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Man from Home (silent-1922)

Smark Mark Video (MOD)

04/10/18 — Released CZW: Welcome to the Combat Zone - New Orleans, LA and Rise 7: Sensation

TMW Media Group (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released D-Day: The Price of Freedom, Learn English as a Second Language Soft Sounds, Vowel Teams, Sight Words, Maggie’s War, Navy Heroes of Normandy, World War II: Saving the Reality, Yoga For Busy Moms: Glam Gams – Vinyasa Flow Lower Body, Hips & Legs, Yoga For Busy Moms: Mind Massage – How to Release Emotional & Physical Tension, Yoga For Busy Moms: NamaSlay – Key Yoga Poses, Yoga For Busy Moms: Spread Your Wings – Upper Body, Arms & Shoulders and Yoga For Busy Moms: Time Out – Total Body Workout

Tempe Video

04/17/18 — Released Creature in the Woods

Tomeraz Entertainment, LLC (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Eat Me

20^th Century-Fox Home Ent.

04/17/18 — Released National Geographic: Genius (4 disc set)

05/22/18 — Sets Red Sparrow (ARR of 81 days; box office: $46,515,233)

Universal Pictures Home Ent.

04/17/18 — Released Killjoys: Season Three (2 disc set) and Shopkins: Wild

06/19/18 — Sets Pacific Rim: Uprising (ARR of 88 days; box office: $57,607,675)

Universal - TCM (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Douglas Sirk: Filmmaker Collection (4 film set: Thunder on the Hill, Taza: Son of Cochise, Captain Lightfoot, The Tarnished Angels) (4 disc set)

Vertical Entertainment

04/17/18 — Released Sheep and Wolves

Virgil Films & Entertainment

04/17/18 — Released Fatima: The Ultimate Mystery (Spanish)

WWE

04/17/18 — Released WWE: Elimination Chamber 2018 / Fastlane 2018 (2 disc set)

Warner Bros. Home Ent.

04/17/18 — Released Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (2 disc set)

05/22/18 — Adds Game Night (ARR of 88 days; box office: $67,887,388)

Warner Bros. Home Ent. (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Mighty Orbots: The Complete Series (2 disc set) and Perfect Strangers: The Complete Third Season (3 disc set)

04/24/18 — Adds Static Shock: The Complete Fourth Season (2 disc set)

05/01/18 — Adds Burn'em Up O'Connor, Espionage Agent, Fast Lane: The Complete Series (6 disc set) and Lost Squadron

05/08/18  — Adds Across the Pacific, Action in the North Atlantic, Man Called Shenandoah (4 disc set) and Passage to Marseille

05/15/18 — Adds Absolute Quiet, All American Chump and Great Meadow

05/22/18 — Adds Famous in Love: The Complete First Season (2 disc set)

Wild Eye Releasing

06/12/18 — Sets Jurassic Dead

Wolfe

06/19/18 — Sets Hurricane Bianca: From Russia With Hate

Blu-ray New Additions:

Amazon Studios (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Only Living Boy in New York

Arrow Video

04/17/18 — Released Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years, Volume 2 (5 film set: Eight Hours of Terror, The Sleeping Beast Within), Smashing the 0-Line, Tokyo Knights, The Man with a Shotgun) (Japanese) (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack)

06/26/18 — Sets Complete Sartana (5 film set: If You Meet Sartana ... Pray for Your Death, I Am Sartana ... Your Angel of Death, Sartana's Here ... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, Have a Good Funeral My Friend ... Sartana Will Pay,  Light the Fuse ... Sartana is Coming) (Italian) (5 disc set)

Criterion Collection

07/03/18 — Sets Dietrich & Von Stenberg in Hollywood (6 film set: Morocco, Dishonored, Shanghai Express, Blonde Venus, The Scarlet Empress, The Devil is a Woman) (6 disc set)

07/10/18 — Sets Bull Durham and Dragon Inn (Mandarin)

07/17/18 — Sets sex, lies, and videotape

07/24/18 — Sets Matter of Life and Death

Dynamic

04/17/18 — Released Donizetti: IL Borgomastro di Saardam

First Run Features (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Born in Flames

Frontiers Records

04/17/18 — Released Dokken: Return to the East

FUNimation

04/17/18 — Released Interviews with Monster Girls: The Complete Series (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack) and Monster Hunter Stories Ride On, Season 1 Part 2 (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack)

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)

04/17/18 — Released Big Brother Volcano, New Chefs on the Block and Rough Stuff

Kino Lorber

04/17/18 — Released Camp Nowhere, Maximillian & Marie De Bourgogne (German) (2 disc set), Ruby Gentry Singing Guns, Straight Talk and Trigger Jr.

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

04/17/18 — Released Honor Up (with UltraViolet Digital Copy)

Mill Creek Entertainment

06/05/18 — Sets 10th Kingdom (2 disc set) (with Digital Copy), Awesomes: The Complete Series (3 disc set) (with Digital Copy) and Gridiron Gang: Special Edition (with Digital Copy)

Naxos

04/17/18 — Released Nijinsky: A Ballet by John Neumeier

Oscilloscope Laboratories

05/29/18 — Sets November (Estonian/German) and Road Movie (Russian)

Paramount Home Media

05/29/18 — Sets Annihilation (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (with UltraViolet Digital Copy)

Sentai Filmworks

04/17/18 — Released Haikyu!! 2nd Season - The Complete Series (3 disc set) and Urara Meirochou: The Complete Series (2 disc set)

Shout! Factory

04/17/18 — Released Humor Me

20^th Century-Fox Home Ent.

05/22/18 — Sets Red Sparrow (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (with UltraViolet Digital Copy)

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

04/17/18 — Released Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Deliver Us From Eva, Egg and I: 70th Anniversary Restored Edition, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Killjoys: Season Three (2 disc set), List of Adrian Messenger, Perfect Man, Skulls and Wedding Date

06/19/18 — Sets Pacific Rim: Uprising (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (with UltraViolet Digital Copy) and Pacific Rim: Uprising 3D/2D (2 disc set) (with UltraViolet Digital Copy)

VCI Entertainment

08/14/18 — Sets Grindhouse Double Feature From Cult Director S. F. Brownrigg (2 film set: Don't Look in the Basement, Don't Open the Door) (2 disc set)

Warner Bros. Home Ent.

05/22/18 — Sets Game Night (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (with UltraViolet Digital Copy)