Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Lines Up A Full Spread Physical Media Launch Of Writer/Director Gil Kenan's Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire For Delivery On June 25

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will be serving up a full spread of writer/director Gil Kenan’s Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire in a tight announcement window on June 25. 

The ARR comes in at 95 days and the domestic box office haul currently stands at $112.7 million.

Planned for release are Combo Pack editions for both the 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray) and Blu-ray (with DVD) formats, plus a stand-alone DVD purchasing option.

The film opened Mar. 22, the VOD window appeared on May 7, 46 days after the theatrical launch … and, of course, “Helper” Blu-ray editions materialized within hours.   The pre-launch marketplace has had seven full weeks to deliver physical media products to unsuspecting consumers (or those who simply don’t know care about the source).

As to bonus features, director Gil Kenan provides commentary, there are deleted and extended scenes and seven featurettes — “Easter Eggs Unleashed,” “Manifesting Garraka,” “New York, New Gear,” “Welcome to the Paranormal Discovery Center,” “Knowing the Score,” “Return to the Firehouse: Making Ghostbusters Frozen Empire” and “Buster: Capturing the Ghosts of Frozen Empire.”

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment Will Celebrate The 30th Anniversary Of Friends With The Sept. 24 4K Ultra HD Release Of Friends: The Complete Series

It was a TV series announcement week for Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment with a long lead for Friends: The Complete Series as a 4K Ultra HD collection on Sept. 24 and a tight turn around for Welcome Back, Kotter: The Complete Collection on June 11.

First, Friends: The Complete Series, marking its 30th anniversary with this 4K Ultra HD launch, which will be a 25-disc set featuring all 236 episodes.

A Blu-ray collection (21 discs) was launch ten years ago to mark the 20th anniversary of the series and included among the “20 hours of bonus features” the likes of a gag reel, clips from the cast on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “The Tonight Show,” The Rembrandts’ music video “I’ll Be There for You” and featurettes … “Friends from the Start,” “Legacy of Friends,” etc.

These vintage bonuses are included here, plus two new hours of unspecified (at this time) bonus features.

As to Welcome Back, Kotter: The Complete Collection, this is a re-launch of the series on DVD by Warner Bros.    Shout! Factory, under a licensing deal, distributed the series on DVD ten years ago (Aug. 26, 2014) … welcome back, welcome back, welcome back!!

Altered Innocence Pick Aug. 13 For The Blu-ray And DVD As The Debut Date For Filmmaker Vera Drew's "Controversial" The People's Joker

When you put out superhero movies on an assembly line because it is easy — just throw production money at the latest incarnation — to recycle the same thing over and over again it is just a matter of time become someone comes along and mocks the entire process. 

The film satire hit home hard when the “powers that be” managed to get the film pulled from circulation after its debut in September of 2022 at the Toronto International Film Festival.

So what is the superhero film that hit the mark and drew (pun intended) all the legal huffing and puffing?   This would be none other than actor/director/writer/editor Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker, which will be available on Aug. 13 from Altered Innocence — with sales and distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group — as both DVD and Blu-ray product offerings.

The journey of The People’s Joker begins with the skill-set of Emmy-nominated film editor Vera Drew in 2019 with the personal re-editing of director Todd Phillips’ Joker.   This inspired Drew and co-writer Bri LeRose to take it one step further and make a film of their own — which is a wild blend of live-action and animation (various styles).

The film features Drew as “Joker the Harlequin,” a would-be comedian in a dystopian world where humor is outlawed.   She is a transgender woman who has struggled growing up with both sexual and identity issues, but once she hooks up with other like-minded “anti-comedians” — you can’t be a comedian, but if you bill yourself as an “anti-comedian” it is OK — to take on the abusive “Batman” (voiced by Phil Braun).

Don’t get into details as there is so, so, so, so, so much going on here, including a build-in soundtrack album (just dive right into Mima Zima’s “Back of the Truck” and you get the idea) that makes The People’s Joker a joy ride from start to finish!

Now you cannot mock a superhero franchise without repercussions.   Despite a long-winded opening explanation of what the film was about, Vera Drew nevertheless got the “word” after her film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival that “stuff” would happen if she continued screening it.

Die bitch if you mock us!   Corporate message delivered.

All future festival screenings were withdrawn.   And then along came Alternate Innocence and a distribution deal was set up.   Beginning in April of 2023, The People’s Joker resurfaced with screenings at the Wisconsin Film Festival and the Milwaukee Film Festival, followed by Outfest LA Film Festival in July, Fantastic Fest in September and more (Chicago International Film Festival, Seattle Queer Film Festival … etc.).

There was a pause and a limited (about 150 screens) theatrical launch took place on Apr. 5 of this year.   The ARR as a result comes in at 130 days and the box office receipts were reported as $213,555.

The physical media launch on Aug. 13 from Altered Innocence will be the first time that a wider audience will have access to enjoy and soak in this “controversial” work from filmmaker Vera Drew.

Bonus goodies include three separate commentary options.   The first with Drew, the second teams Drew with actor Nathan Faustyn (as The Penguin) and the third is a mixed-mash commentary with members of the cast and crew.

Other bonuses include a video session with Vera Drew and authors Willow Catelyn Maclay and Caden Mark Gardner (“Corpses, Fools and Monsters”) and a pair of featurettes — “Queebso TV” and “Behind-the-Scenes.”

 If you are looking for a visual feast and a wild cinematic ride, then look no further than Altered Innocence’s Aug. 13 DVD and Blu-ray rollout of filmmaker Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker!!

 

 

New DVD • Blu-ray • 4K Ultra HD Activity For The Period Ending May 17, 2024

 

New DVD HD Additions

 

 

4 Blue Catfish (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released X-Men '97: Season 1 (2 disc set)
Asian Cult Cinema (MOD)05/14/24 — Released Beach House (English dubbed), Eyes Without a Face (Italian), Hell Girl: The Complete Series (4 disc set) and Sins of a Nympho (Spanish)
BCSN (MOD)05/14/24 — Released 2024 - Baseball: Edison vs. Perkins, 2024 - Baseball: Findlay vs. St. Francis, 2024 - Softball: Anthony Wayne vs. Perrysburg, 2024 - Softball: Galion vs. Edison, 2024 - Softball: Galion vs. Margarita, 2024 - Softball: Lake vs. Maunee, 2024 - Softball: Whitmer vs. Springfield, 2024 - Track: District/Division Championships and Basketball League: Cincinnati Warriors vs. Glass City Wranglers BEC-TV (MOD)05/14/24 — Released 2024 - Baseball: Jefferson at Kennedy, 2024 - Boys' Lacrosse: Blake at Jefferson and 2024 - Softball: Armstrong at Kennedy

Baek3840 (MOD)05/14/24 — Released Battle of the Rails (French), Burning Bed, Cadaveri Exouis (French), Chess Players (Hindi), Girl Who Knew Too Much (Italian), Man Who Fell to Earth, Michael Flatley's Feet of Flames, Ronal the Barbarian (German) and Until the End of the World

Brainstorm Media (MOD)05/14/24 — Released T.1.M.

Burning Bulb Publishing (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Exhibitionist, Le 7eme Mensonge (French) and Shawn's Senior Year

CCX Media (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - Brooklyn Center: City Council Meeting, 2024 - Brooklyn Park: City Council Meeting, 2024 - City of Crystal: Planning Commission Meeting, 2024 - City of Maple Grove: Parks and Recreation Board, 2024 - City of Maple Grove: Planning Commission Meeting, 2024 - City of Plymouth: City Council Meeting, 2024 - City of Plymouth: Planning Commission Meeting, 2024 - Golden Valley City Planning Commission, 2024 - New Hope City Council Meeting, 2024 - New Hope Economic Development Authority and 2024 - Osseo: City Council Meeting

CMI Education/PESI Publishing
05/14/2024 — Released Ethical and Legal Challenges of Working with Minors: Tools to Navigate Mandatory Reporting, Documentation, Boundary Issues and More (2 disc set) and Phobias, Social Anxiety and Performance Anxiety: Go Beyond Talk Therapies with Evidence-Based Emotional Freedom Techniques, Tapping and More (2 disc set)

Changing Your World (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Sunday Service, Wednesday Evening Service and Wednesday Morning Service

Christian Worship Hour (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Christian Worship Hour: A Mother's Wages - Exodus 2: 1 – 10

Cinephobia Releasing
05/14/2024 — Released Queen Tut

City of Alhambra (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Alhambra Council Meeting

City of Boson (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - Boston City Council Meeting, 2024 - Boston City Ways & Means Meeting 5/13 – Afternoon, 2024 - Boston City Ways & Means Meeting 5/13 – Morning, 2024 - Boston City Ways & Means Meeting 5/14 Afternoon and 2024 - Boston City Ways & Means Meeting 5/14 Morning

City of Escondido (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released City Council Meeting

City of Tacoma (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Meeting and 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Study Session

DVD Treasures (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Beverly Hills Bordello (5 disc set) and Love Street: The Complete Series (4 disc set)

Dartmouth Community Media (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - Dartmouth Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 2024 - Dartmouth Conservation Commission Meeting, 2024 - Dartmouth Educational Foundation Spelling Bee and 2024 - Town of Dartmouth Select Board Meeting

Dennis Massachusetts (MOD)
04/30/2024 — Released 2024 - Conservation Commission and 2024 - Dennis Finance Committee
05/07/2024 — Released 2024 - Beach Committee, 2024 - Board of Health, 2024 - Community Preservation Committee, 2024 - Old Kings Highway and 2024 - Planning Board
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - Conservation Commission, 2024 - Shellfish Committee and 2024 - South Dennis Historic District

Deskpop Entertainment (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Luminous

DVDLady (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Bonnie & Clyde, Brigham Young, Bullet to Beijing, Charge of the Light Brigade, Chasing Cain, Cheers for Miss Bishop, Cheyenne Social Club, Christmas Hope, Cinder Path, Crowley (Spanish), Cutter's Trail, Dark Half, Dark Harbor, Day After Trinity, Days of Wine and Roses, Death Drums Along the River, Deep Cover, Forget Me Not, Katy's Love Affair, Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave, Lucky Trouble (Russian) and Tiger Cruise

DVDRParty (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Seven Minutes

EBTV (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - East Brunswick Township Council Meeting

ETV (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - Baseball: Eagan vs. Rosemount and 2024 - City of Eagan Special City Council Meeting  

EWTN
05/14/2024 — Released EWTN Live: Kenneth R. Craycraft, Jr., Journey Home: John Bacon - Former Anglican Priest, Women of Grace: Pilgrimage to Guadalupe and World Over with Raymond Arroyo: Bishop Thomas Paprock

Elvis DVD Collector & Movie Store (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Any Number Can Play, But Not For Me, Callaway Went Thataway, Christmas in July, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Sound of Fury, Split Second and Vampyres

Film Collector (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Florida Special, Little Accident, Riders of Pasco Basin, Rustlers' Roundup, Secret Service Investigator, South to Karanga and Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

Film Movement
05/14/2024 — Released Nothing's For Free: The History of Freeride Mountain Biking and Transition

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Istikhara, New York, Nothing's For Free: The History of Freeride Mountain Biking and Transition

Hallmark Entertainment
05/14/2024 — Released Hallmark Channel 2-Movie Collection (2 film set: Love in the Great Smoky Mountains, 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost)

Hope of the World (MOD)
05/07/2024 — Released Children of the Gods and Priest Who Wears the Crown
05/14/2024 — Released Shadow Love

Image Entertainment
05/14/2024 — Released Destroy All Neighbors

Indie Rights, Inc. (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Tableau

Jarrett Enterprises - Loving the Classics (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released ABC Afternoon Special: A Home Run for Love, ABC Afternoon Special: A Special Gift, ABC Afternoon Special: Cyrano, ABC Afternoon Special: Dear Lonely Hart - I Am Desperate, ABC Afternoon Special: Dinky Hocker, ABC Afternoon Special: Follow the North Star, ABC Afternoon Special: Francesca, Baby, ABC Afternoon Special: Gaucho, ABC Afternoon Special: It Must be Love 'Cause I Feel So Dumb, ABC Afternoon Special: It's a Mile from Here to Glory, ABC Afternoon Special: Make Believe Marriage, ABC Afternoon Special: Me and Dad's New Wife, ABC Afternoon Special: Michael's Mixed-up Musical Bird, ABC Afternoon Special: My Mom's Having a Baby, ABC Afternoon Special: P.J and the President's Son, ABC Afternoon Special: Pssst! Hammerman's After You, ABC Afternoon Special: Rookie of the Year, ABC Afternoon Special: Santiago's Ark, ABC Afternoon Special: Sara's Summer of Swans, ABC Afternoon Special: The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon, ABC Afternoon Special: The Incredible, Indelible, Magical Physical Mystery Trip, ABC Afternoon Special: The Last of the Curlews, ABC Afternoon Special: The Magical Trip Through Little Red's Head, ABC Afternoon Special: The Pinballs, ABC Afternoon Special: The Rag Tag Champs, ABC Afternoon Special: The Secret Life of T.K. Darling, ABC Afternoon Special: The Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid, ABC Afternoon Special: The Skating Rink, ABC Afternoon Special: Very Good Friends, ABC Afternoon Special: Which Mother is Mine?, General Electric Summer Original: The Joe E. Brown Show, Jungle Bungle, Part 1 & 2 , Mad About Opera (Italian) and Woman Hunter

Just for the Hell of It (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Hour of the Assassin and Losin' It: Sex and the America Teenager

Kaczmarek Digital Media Group, Inc. (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released #TrolledSOS

Media Outlet (MOD)
04/30/2024 — Released Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp and Voyager Rendezvous with Neptune
05/07/2024 — Released Rowan & Martin: Laugh In Blooper Reels (2 disc set) and Thomas A. Edison: The Wizard of Menlo Park
05/14/2024 — Released Meet George Washington: The Man Behind the Myth

Messixpulga (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Ordinary Angels

Mid-Century Media (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Abilene Town, Aerial Gunner, Africa Screams, After Mein Kampf, Airborne, Alpha Incident, Angel on My Soldier, Assignment: Outer Space, Astral Factor, Attack of the Monsters, Behind Green Lights, Belle Starr Story, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, Bird of Paradise, Black Raven, Bloody Friday, Boy and His Dog, Brain Machine, Bucket of Blood, Bushwhackers, Caesar the Conqueror, Calendar Girl, Capture, Carnival of Souls, Child Bride, China 9, Liberty 37, City Ninja, City of the Dead, Cold Room, Cold Sweat, Combat America, Cry Blood Apache, Curse of Demon Mountain, Damon and Pythias, Day the Sky Exploded, Dementia 13, Demons of Ludlow, Detour, Devil and Leroy Bassett, Devil Times Five, Devil's Cavaliers, Devil's Party, Driller Killer, Eagle in a Cage, Escape From Sobibor, Father's Little Dividend, Fear In The Night, Fiesta, Flying Deuces, Funeral Home, General (silent-1926), Giants of Thessaly, Gorilla, Great Battle of the Volga, Great Dan Patch, Great Gabbo, Green Glove, Gunfight At Red Sands, Half a Sinner, Hands of a Stranger, Haunts, Haxan (silent-1922), Hell in Normandy, Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon, House on Haunted Hill, Impact, Indestructible Man, Jigsaw, Kansan, Killer Shrews, King of Kong Island, Lion of Thebes, Little Shop of Horrors, Lost World (silent-1925), Metamorphosis, Mister Scarface, Naked Massacre, One Body too Many, Phantom from Space, Pied Piper of Hamelin, Planet Outlaws, Prehistoric Women, Prison Break, Rage at Dawn, Return Of The Kung Fu Dragon, Return of the Street Fighter, Scarlet Pimpernel, Scarlet Street, Scream Bloody Murder, Second Chorus, Seven Alone, Shadow Ninja, Snows of Kilimanjaro, Song for Miss Julie, Star is Born, Study in Scarlet, Sundowners, Swing High, Swing Low, Take Me Back to Oklahoma, Teenagers from Outer Space, They Came From Beyond Space, They Made Me a Criminal, They Raid by Night, Thor and the Amazon Women, To The Shores Of Iwo Jima, Trigger Pals, Trocadero, Tunisian Victory, Unknown World, Ursus In The Land Of Fire, Virus, Wildfire and Yellow Cargo (aka: Sinful Cargo)

Onesmedia (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Living Ghost, Magnetic Monster and Monster from the Ocean Floor

PBS Direct
05/14/2024 — Released Alice & Jack and Cancer Detectives

Paramount Home Entertainment
05/14/2024 — Released Land of Bad (ARR of 88 days; box office: $4,619,866) and Rubble and Crew: Construction Crew to the Rescue

Rising Sun Media (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 1917 - The Real Story, Borderline, Boycie In Belgrade, C.A.M., Frankenstein: Legacy, Home For The Holidays and Punch

SCV-TV (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - Santa Clarita City Council

SVN - Scottsdale Video Network (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Scottsdale: City Council Special Meeting and Work Session and 2024 - City of Scottsdale: City Council Regular Meeting

Shoreline Entertainment (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Fury of Hercules, Invasion From Inner Earth and Long Hair of Death

Shout! Studios
05/14/2024 — Released Battle Over Britain

Universal Pictures Home Ent.
05/14/2024 — Released American Society of Magical Negros (with Digital Copy)

Vermont Collective (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Brothers Rico, Capone, Color of Rain, Cossacks, Dingaka, Elevator Girl, Fort Dobbs, Gold of the Seven Saints, Human Desire, Kennedys (3 disc set) and Star for Christmas

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent.
05/14/2024 — Released My Adventures With Superman: Season One (2 disc set)

Well Go U.S.A.
05/14/2024 — Released Noryang: Deadly Sea (Korean)

Zeus DVDs (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Gladiators 7, Murder on a Honeymoon, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, Outrage, Side Street and Some Like It Hot

New Blu-ray HD Additions

 

4 Blue Catfish (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released X-Men '97: Season 1 (2 disc set)

Access Tuolumne (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - Local Area Formation Commission, 2024 - Love Alive and 2024 - Mother Lode Round-Up Parade

Asuka the Disc Dog (Fred the Blu-ray Dog) (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Animal Control: Season 2, Blood of Zeus: Season 2, Bosch Legacy: Season 2, Grimsburg: Season 1, Outer Range: Season 2 and X-Men '97: Season 1

Belmont Media Center (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - Tuolumne County Planning Commission, 2024 - Belmont Municipal Light Board Meeting, 2024 - Belmont Planning Board Meeting, 2024 - Belmont Select Board Meeting, 2024 - Belmont Zoning Board of Appeals, 2024 - Boys Lacrosse: Belmont vs. Bedford, 2024 - Boys Lacrosse: Belmont vs. Winchester, 2024 - Girls Lacrosse: Belmont vs. Bedford and 2024 - Girls Rugby: Belmont vs. Brookline

Burning Bulb Publishing (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Exhibitionist, Le 7eme Mensonge (French) and Shawn's Senior Year

Capital Community Media (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Salem Council Meeting, 2024 - Marion County Commissioners Meeting and 2024 - Salem-Keizer School Board Budget Committee Meeting

City of Tacoma (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Meeting and 2024 - City of Tacoma City Council Study Session

Dartmouth Community Media (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - Dartmouth Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 2024 - Dartmouth Conservation Commission Meeting, 2024 - Dartmouth Educational Foundation Spelling Bee and 2024 - Town of Dartmouth Select Board Meeting

Decal Releasing, LLC
05/14/2024 — Released One Life

EBTV (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - East Brunswick Township Council Meeting

ETV (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 2024 - Baseball: Eagan vs. Rosemount and 2024 - City of Eagan Special City Council Meeting  

Flicker Alley
05/14/2024 — Released Against the Storm: Herbert Kline in a Darkened Europe (2 film set: Crisis (aka: A Film of the Nazi Way), Lights Out in Europe)

FUNimation
05/14/2024 — Released Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague: The Complete Season (2 disc Set), KONOSUBA - An Explosion on This Wonderful World!: The Complete Season (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack), Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear - Punch!: Season 2 (2 disc set), Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!: Season 2 (2 disc set) and Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!: Season 2 - Premium Edition (2 Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack)

Gravitas Ventures (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Nothing's For Free: The History of Freeride Mountain Biking and Transition

Indie Rights, Inc. (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Tableau

Kino Lorber
05/14/2024 — Released Submarine Command, Thunder in the East and Vitagraph Comedies (39 silent short films) (3 disc set)

Kitty Media
05/14/2024 — Released Kitty's Twin Treats 3: Butlers and Maids Gone Wild (2 disc set) and Kitty's Twin Treats 4: Intimate Youthful Indiscretions (2 disc set)

Legend Hunters Films (MOD)
04/30/2024 — Released Inherited Scars

Movies R U.S.A. (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 5 Lbs of Pressure, Americans: Seasons 1 - 3 (4 disc set), Americans: Seasons 4 - 6 (4 disc set), Asphalt City, Badrinath (Telugu), Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin: Season 1, Darkgame,  Dead Boy Detectives: Season 1 (2 disc set), Greatest Hits, Grimm Variations: Season 1 (2 disc set), Jade, Model House and Them: Season 2 (2 disc set)
05/28/2024 — Sets Unsung Hero

Rising Sun Media (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 1917 - The Real Story, Borderline, Boycie In Belgrade, C.A.M., Frankenstein: Legacy, Home For The Holidays and Punch

Shoreline Entertainment (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Brother From Another Planet

Shout! Studios
05/14/2024 — Released Orphan

Sloppy Second Sales (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 36 Crazy Fists (Cantonese), Infinity Train: The Complete Series (2 disc set) and X-Men '97: Season 1

Universal Pictures Home Ent.
05/14/2024 — Released American Society of Magical Negros (with Digital Copy)

VIZ Media
05/14/2024 — Released Naruto Shippuden Set 3 (4 disc set)

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent. (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released Friendly Persuasion, Gravity, Nun's Story and You're A Big Boy Now

Well Go U.S.A.
05/14/2024 — Released Noryang: Deadly Sea (Korean)

Wood Dale Collective (MOD)
05/14/2024 — Released 8 Show: The Complete Series (2 disc set), Barry: The Complete Series (5 disc set), Deep State: The Complete Series (4 disc set), Franklin (2 disc set), Future Man: The Complete Series (4 disc set), Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, House of the Owl (2 disc set), Idea of You, Mammals, Maxton Hall: The World Between Us, Season 1 (2 disc set), Michael Haneke 13 Classic Movies Collection (13 film set: The Seventh Continent, Benny's Video, Fragments of a Chronoly of Chance, The Castle, Funny Games, Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys, The Piano Teacher, The Time of the Wolf, Hidden, Funny Games U.S., The White Ribbon, Love, Happy End) (13 disc set) (German), Orville: The Complete Series (6 disc set), Strain: The Complete Series (8 disc set) and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Complete Series (7 disc set)

New 4K Ultra HD Additions

Dark Force Entertainment
08/13/24 — Sets Mirror Mirror

Shout! Studios
05/14/24 — Released Killer Klowns From Outer Space: 35th Anniversary Edition (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack)

Sony Pictures Home Ent.
08/27/24 — Sets Drive (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

Warner Bros. Discover Home Ent.
05/14/24 — Released 12 Strong and Magic Mike
07/16/24 — Sets Rocky Balboa (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy), Rocky V (with Digital Copy), and Rocky: Ultimate Knockout Collection (6 film set: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Rocky Balboa) (6 4K Ultra HD/5 Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

 

Oscilloscope Laboratories Has Tabbed June 18 As The Street Date For The Domestic DVD And Blu-ray Launch For Writer/Director Ann Oren's Piaffe

Oscilloscope Laboratories wasted no time in acquiring the distribution rights to first-time writer/director Ann Oren’s Piaffe.   The film made its debut at the Locarno Film Festival in August of 2022 and before the screenings finished the deal was done.

Piaffe then began a year-long journey, working the international festival circuit, taking honors and awards at Locarno, the Chicago International Film Festival, the Achtung Berlin Film Festival (a sweep — Best Director, Best Production), Gérardmer Film Festival and more.   An impressive list to be sure!

Oscilloscope opened the film domestically in August of last year … an ever so brief arthouse run.   The ARR works out to a leisurely 298 days.

And now the wait is over with news this past week that both DVD and Blu-ray editions of filmmaker Ann Oren’s Piaffe will be available on June 18.

So what do we have here?   If we reference David Lynch as a starring point, perhaps throw in a mention of Fellini or David Cronenberg, then you might be prepared for what is to come.

The film opens with our protagonist, Eva (Simone Bucio — The Untamed, Anna’s Desires), receiving a phone call.   It is her sister Tara’s employer wanting to know where his sound effects are.   

We quickly learn a couple of important story points.   First, Zara is a foley artist (sound effects) and she has been working on a project for a big pharmaceutical company.   Second, Zara (played by actor/director Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau — The Whisper of the Jaguar) has had a nervous breakdown and is now institutionalized.   

And lastly, and perhaps of the most importance with respect to how the story unfolds, Eva is a mousy doormat with no foley artist skills … but she’s willing to give it a go for her sister.
The apartment is all set up with sound recording equipment and the expected sound-creating set, which in this case (that pesky commercial) is a sandbox and the props necessary to created the sound of a horse’s hoofs prancing (the film’s title, “Piaffe,” is a dressage term for trotting in place).

That phone call sets everything in motion and takes us down a “Lynchian” rabbit hole that includes such bizarre stopping points as the nut house where Zara resides — a surreal establishment run by what can be described as a neo-Nazi — and Eva learning the ins and outs of foley work.

This leads us to her obsession with a horse (the focal point of the drug commercial), where she begins to grow a horse’s tail, a trip to the doctor to confirm the new appendage (complete with X-Rays), which leads to an erotic sexual encounter with a botanist (or is he a pteridologist?) named Novak (Sebastian Rudolph — A Voluntary Year).  He takes delight in stroking Eva’s tail.  

If you are having a difficult time with these plot points, might we suggest a look-see at either the DVD or Blu-ray editions from Oscilloscope on June 18.   Filmmaker Ann Oren’s Piaffe is certainly a visual delight (on so many levels) … you will not be disappointed.

Bonus features include a video session with Oren and “video journals” of the film’s production.

Piaffe is presented in German with English subtitles.

Dark Force Entertainment Has A New 4K Ultra HD Edition Of Writer/Director Marina Sagenti's Mirror Mirror Set For Distribution On Aug. 13

Dark Force Entertainment, with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has a new 4K Ultra HD edition of writer/director Marina Sagenti’s 1990 supernatural thriller, Mirror Mirror — starring Karen Black and Rainbow Harvest — set for release on Aug. 13.

This is a new 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative.

When Susan (Karen Black), and her daughter, Megan (Rainbow Harvest) settle into their new digs in Los Angeles they soon discover that the place is possessed.   Not the house itself, but they mirror that Megan finds in the corner of her room.

We know from the film’s opening that one sister murdered the other (played by Traci Lee and Michelle Gold) in a ritual sacrifice in front of the very same mirror some 40 years earlier that Megan — a “goth girl” outcast — has found in her room.   What can possibly go wrong with this bit of good fortune?

Meanwhile, Enelin (played by none other than Yvonne De Carlo), the woman who was in charge of selling off the contents of the house, discovers some dusty documents that detail the power of the mirror.

Megan, however, needs no such documents as she too learns of the wish-granting powers that the mirror possesses.   She gets GOTH for real and anyone who gets in her way meets a gruesome end.   Let me repeat that, get in Megan’s way and you are dead.

Megan’s only friend at school, Nikki (Kristin Dattilo), also learns of the mirror’s secret (from Enelin) and tries desperately to help Megan free herself from the spell.  A satisfying twist ending makes filmmaker Marina Sagenti’s Mirror Mirror a keeper!

Demon Dave and Joe’s “Savage Tracks” provide commentary.

 

 

Battle Kaiju Series 03: Ultraman Vs. Gomora Arrives On Blu-ray This Coming June 11 From Mill Creek Entertainment

The next Blu-ray collection in Mill Creek Entertainment’s popular Ultraman franchise series (launched on DVD and Blu-ray in October of 2019) will arrive on June 11 in the form of the double-disc release of Battle Kaiju Series 03: Ultraman vs. Gomora.  

This series includes 16 episodes featuring encounters with the fearsome kaiju Gomora — an “ancient” monster discovered by Prof. Nakaya in the Johnson Islands (more like a dinosaur in appearance) — that holds the distinction of being the first kaiju to actually defeat Ultraman in battle.

In addition to the 16 hand-picked episodes, there is a bonus movie, the directing team of Koichi Sakamoto and William Winckler’s 2009 release titled Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends. 

Presented in Japanese with English subtitles.