New Theatrical Releases on Blu-Ray for the Period Ending August 06, 2021
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DVD & Blu-ray Release Report Revised: August 06, 2021 For the latest release news or to download past editions Week Number: 1,273 dvdandblurayreleasereport.com Year 25: Week: 23 Format Release Activity Rewind Status For MVD's Final Justice Release Activity They did it! MVD Entertain- ment Group announced this past Standard Replication & MOD week that the newest addition to their popular “Rewind Collection” promo- Total Net Change tional banner will be none other than writer/director Greydon Clark’s 1984 Standard Replication Title Activity: W/E 08/06/21 211,777 + 48 action tale, Final Justice, starring Joe Don Baker. MOD Replication Title Activity: W/E 08/06/21 38,772 + 124 The street date for the Blu-ray Combined DVD: W/E 08/06/21 debut (there 250,549 + 172 will also be a DVD buying option) has a Release Activity long-lead of Nov. 23, which Standard Replication & MOD gives MVD Total Net Change See MVD Page 12 Standard Replication Title Activity: W/E 08/06/21 24,874 + 22 MOD Replication Title Activity: W/E 08/06/21 5,040 +148 Sept. 14 For Mill Combined Blu-ray: W/E 08/06/21 29,914 +170 Creek's Ultraman Mill Creek Entertainment has been releasing entire live-action Ul- traman series from the vast Tsuburaya Release Activity Productions Co., Ltd library (five-de- cades worth of programming) since Standard Replication October of 2019. On Sept. 14, they take Total Net Change a break from the live-action feature films and multi-episode live-action 4K Ultra HD Title Release Activity: W/E 08/06/21 821 + 8 collections to introduce one of Tsubu- raya’s animated adventures inspired by Ultraman characters. Titled The Ultraman: The Com- Combined Format Release Activity plete Series, it will be available as six-disc DVD For The Period Ending: 08/06/2021 collection and features all 50 Total Net Change episodes from Standard Replication the show’s 237,466 + 72 1979/80 broad- MOD Replication 43,818 + 278 See Ultra Page 16 Combined Packaged Media 281,254 + 350 Page 1 Number 1,273 DVD & Blu-ray Release Report Page 02 Arrow's Deep Red Vinegar Syndrome's Forgotten Gialli 2 Goes 4K On Oct. 26 For years it was the Spaghetti Westerns from Italy and Spain that got the attention of genre-fans and film buffs. But of late, another uniquely Arrow Video, with domestic Italian group films have bubbled to the forefront of the home entertain- sales and distribution support pro- ment packaged media collector’s world … and that vided by MVD Entertainment Group, would be Giallo, those thrillers and mysteries with a has a new double-disc 4K Ultra HD blood-red edge to them. edition of Dario Argento’s 1975 (1976 The latest news from Vinegar Syndrome will for the domestic market) giallo/horror certainly get the attention of giallo fans as Aug. 31 has tale, Deep Red, ready for delivery to been designated the street date for the three-film col- genre fans on Oct. 26. lection on Blu-ray titled Forgotten Gialli, Volume Two. Arrow So without further ado, let’s get to the golden has gone the treasures that await fans at the end of August. extra mile with this package. There will be a new 2K film restoration from the See Gialli Page 21 Not only is original 35mm camera negative for director William the original 127-minute Ital- ian language 4K Ultra HD For A Clockwork Orange version getting a new 4K film Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced restoration (from the film’s origi- this past week that director Stanley Kubrick’s Christ- nal camera negative), but the En- mas-season of 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Bur- glish-dubbed “export” edition (US gess’ 1962 dystopian novel, A Clockwork Orange, will theatrical release) is also getting the be released as a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack same 4K treatment. edition on Sept. 21. David Hemmings (Blow-Up, The film made Malcolm McDowell a star — up Some People, Camelot, Barbarella, until that point he had done some nice “arthouse” etc.) stars as Marcus Daly, a musician, films, director Lindsay Anderson’s If …, Joseph who is a witness to a murder that takes Losey’s Figures in a Landscape and Bryan Forbes’ Long place in a nearby apartment … he is Ago, Tomorrow — but his performance as Alex, the leader of his “droogs” too late to help the victim. band of robbers and rapists took him to the next level. What is interesting in the way But it almost didn’t happen. Burgess sold the film rights to his book that Argento structured the lead up for a pittance, which became a vehicle for the Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, to this pivotal point, is that he has with Ken Russell set to direct. It didn’t happen … it would have certainly an extended sequence to open the been a very different film. film where the murder victim, Helga When the film hit theatres during the Christ- See Clockwork Page 16 Ulmann (Macha Méril — Belle de mas season of 1971 the film critics were mixed and Jour, Last Stop on the Night Train), is introduced during a symposium on parapsychology. She is a psychic, Sony's Guns Of Navarone 4K, Oct. 12 who suddenly has a very disturbing “vision” and can’t continue. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just added an anniversary celebration to its 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack release calendar with See Arrow Page 16 news this past week that director J. Lee Thompson’s 1961 film adaptation of Alistair MacLean’s 1957 World War II thriller, The Guns of Navarone, will be DVD & Blu-ray Release Report celebrating its 60th Anniversary on Oct. 12. Press materials, DVD and Blu-ray West announcements, product screeners and This Best Picture nominee (losing out to other changes relating to DVD and Blu- Side Story) is getting a new 4K film restoration from ray releases should be sent to: the original camera negative. Ralph Tribbey, Editor The release will be a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Com- DVD & Blu-ray Release Report bo Pack, with the vintage bonus features included 1687 South Citrus Ave on the Blu-ray disc. Counted among these goodies are commentary by J. Escondido, CA 92027 Lee Thompson, a second commentary option by film historian Stephen J. Rubin and a collection of vintage featurettes. Email: [email protected] Number 1,273 DVD & Blu-ray Release Report Page 04 New Announcements Sponsor DVD Release Calendar 08/10/21 - Borderland Acid Bath (MOD) 08/10/21 - Charming Men: Part 1 - Julie (Norwegian) 08/03/21 — Released It Wants Blood 08/10/21 - Last Ones (Finnish) 08/10/21 - Tomorrow I Quit Alpha Video (MOD) 08/10/21 - Vortex: The Dawn of Sovereignty (French) 08/03/21 — Released Antony and 08/24/21 - Acid Love (Italian) Cleopatra (silent-1913), Daisy Derkins, 08/24/21 - Bad Provincial Stories (Italian) 08/24/21 - Chongqing Hot Pot (Mandarin) Dogsitter of the Damned, Keep My Grave 08/24/21 - Duckweed (Mandarin) Open , Legacy of Blood (aka: Will to Die), 08/24/21 - Fool: Director's Cut (Mandarin) Mr. Lobo’s Cinema Insomnia: American 08/24/21 - Sure Shot Dombrowski Werewolf in the Philippines, Ready for 08/24/21 - Wasted Times (Mandarin) Action, Sisters of Death and Winning the 09/14/21 - American Visa (Spanish) Futurity (silent-1926) 09/14/21 - Gentle Seated Chair Yoga For Beginners With Sarah Starr 09/14/21 - Gentle Yoga For Beginners With Sarah Starr Archstone 09/14/21 - Gold Dust 08/03/21 — Released Righteous Blood 09/14/21 - Joe & Joe 09/14/21 - Max and Me BMG Rights Management 09/14/21 - Stinger 09/28/21 - Behind The Random Denominator 08/03/21 — Released Staind: Live - It’s 09/28/21 - Eerie Fairy Tales Been Awhile (DVD/CD Combo Pack) 09/28/21 - Trinity 09/28/21 - Typo Breaking Glass Pictures 09/28/21 - Upper Floors (Turkish) 08/03/21 — Released Babysitter Must 09/28/21 - Zapas (Farsi) Die 08/27/21 - Engelbert Humperdinck: Totally Amazing Bridgestone Multimedia (MOD) (with bonus CD) 09/07/21 - Escape from Area 51 08/03/21 — Released Being Trump, Child of the King, Coronavirus: Patient Zero, Promise to Astrid,Tiny House Christmas and Win by Fall 09/07/21 - Life at Stake CMI Education/PESI Publishing 07/27/21 — Released Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial and Histrionic 08/10/21 - Jess Franco's Angel of Death Personality Disorders; Effective 09/07/21 - Crazy Nights Treatments for Challenging Clients (2 disc set) and Disordered Eating: Somatic, Self-Compassion, and Mindfulness 08/10/21 - Perfumes (French) Interventions for Lasting Recovery (2 08/24/21 - Lost Course (Mandarin) disc set) 09/21/21 - Downstream to Kinshasa (Swahili) Championship Productions 08/10/21 - Superstars: The Documentary - Extended Version 07/27/21 — Released Beth Launiere: 08/24/21 - The Dark Blocking/Dynamic Footwork, Adjusting 08/24/21 - One Dark Night Drills from In-System to Out-of-System 10/05/21 - Dirty Laundry + Situational Drills, Dave Shondell: 11/23/21 - Final Justice Running Commentary, Preparing for an Opponent, Cue Words + Fast Paced, 08/10/21 – Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows (2 Competitive Drills, Defining Expectations disc set) & Building Team Culture, Keeping Drills 08/10/21 – Misfits (with Digital Copy) Competitive, Serving Accuracy + Keeping 08/17/21 – Blue Bloods: The Eleventh Season (4 disc set) Focused and Jennifer Petrie: Fast-Paced, 08/17/21 – NCIS: The Eighteenth Season (4 disc set) Competitive Drills, Push Attack + 10/12/21 - Haunting of Bly Manor (3 disc set) Passing, Serving & Footwork for Your 08/24/21 – Cannibal Man 08/24/21 – Overboard New Announcements Page 6 09/28/21 – Midnight Number 1,273 DVD & Blu-ray Release Report Page 06 New Announcements Continued Sponsor DVD Release Calendar 08/10/21 – Chariots of the Gods: 50th Anniversary Edition Hitters/Hitting Placement 08/10/21 – Pirate Treasure (12 chapter serial) 08/03/21