April Showers, Bring May Flowers, or at least, that's what we were taught. Hard to say what to expect each yer. April thus far is looking a little bit slower than March for disc releases, but it's still early.
Welcome to Volume 2 Episode 45 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc this week, as well as a look at announcements from last week.
Closing out the month, there's a short list of 4K releases for the week.
First, the new release this week is Sing 2 and it is brought to you via Universal. Unlike the first movie, there is no accompanying SteelBook at Best Buy, and the cool set from Target is NOT 4K. Speaking of animated -- what happened to the Hotel Transylvania: Transformania release from Sony?
On to catalog releases next. First from Arrow Video and not likely releasing this week, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. This one has a standard release that appears to be delayed to April 12th, but the Zavvi Exclusive USA SteelBook is still dated for this week. I suspect the SteelBook date will be changed to April 12 as well.
The Last Waltz gets a Criterion Collection 4K nod this week.
Getting the blu-ray counterparts of the above releases listed first, Sing 2 comes as a standard edition blu-ray as well as a 2-Movie (Sing / Sing 2) release, and the Target Exclusive that I would have bought if it were a 4K. What Gives Universal? The Last Waltz also comes to Criterion Collection blu-ray.
While still on the subject of Criterion Collection, the 1997 drama/romance Love Jones get a blu-ray release on Tuesday as well.
This week's blu-ray category has a bunch of standard edition releases from Vinegar Syndrome and Partner Labels, as well as Severin standard edition releases. These titles were released earlier on their respective sites, often times with exclusive slipcovers. Follow our provided links to their shops if you still wish to pursue those editions.
From Universal and Peacock TV comes a comedy/romance titled Marry Me. J Lo, Owen Wilson, that's all you need to know, probably decent for its genre. And also from Universal TV, Young Rock: Season One comes to disc as well.
The next Paramount Presents release is on track for Tuesday, look for Ordinary People then.
Warner Archive releases two titles this week, A Star Is Born (1937) and The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. The latter title has a 'Cinerama Smilebox' angle, which I cannot figure out how this will work for a home theater.
LionsGate's entry this week is an action film titled Pursuit. Not done there, a shark thriller titled The Requin.
Anime highlights include The Day I Became a God - The Complete Season, Haikyu!! To the Top (Season 4), Ingress the Animation, My Hero Academia: Season Five Part One, One Piece: Season Eleven - Voyage Seven and Otherside Picnic - The Complete Season.
After a delay and barring any more, Magnum P.I.: The Complete Series *might* be coming out this week via Mill Creek Entertainment.
Interesting title from Kino Lorber, Edgar G. Ulmer Sci-Fi Collection.
Honorable Mention: Every year Cinedigm releases the Super Bowl from that year on disc. This year is no exception. NFL Super Bowl LVI Champions: Los Angeles Rams is all yours! I cannot tell if the half-time show is included, if it is, it might be worth a gander.
FUNimation has announced their June releases, and they have also appeared to quasi-merge with Crunchyroll. Titles include Hetalia: World Stars Season 7, One Piece: Season Eleven - Voyage Eight, Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan - The Complete Season, BEM: Become Human - Movie and BACK ARROW - Part 1. As far as the merger, I cannot tell if there are no longer digital codes in the package.
Sentai Filmworks has also revealed their June titles, which by the way include BTOOOM! Complete Collection, Student Council's Discretion: Season 1 - Complete Collection, Student Council's Discretion: Season 2 - Complete Collection, IRODUKU : The World in Colors Complete Collection, Getter Robo Arc - Complete Collection and Place to Place: Complete Collection.
The next Vestron Video release will be Extreme Prejudice, with a street date of May 17th. This title comes via LionsGate. Also coming from LionsGate in June, a follow up to the 'hit' 2021 movie Fortress, Fortress: Sniper's Eye.
Kino Lorber has revealed they are working on a pair of Clive barker 4K editions, Rawhead Rex and Underworld (1985). The latter is also known as Transmutations.
Arrow Video has revealed that True Romance will be getting a U.S. release on June 28th. The available 4K options are a Limited Edition, Limited Edition SteelBook and a Deluxe Limited Edition SteelBook, as well as a Limited Edition blu-ray. It literally was a year before that the UK got their release, so hats off to Arrow for pursuing the rights. Arrow's other June domestic releases include Edge of Sanity and The Initiation of Sarah.
Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price?
Fans who picked up the Star Trek 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray set last year have a new reason to celebrate. Robert Wise's Director's Edition is coming to 4K after an exhaustive restoration effort. It was because of this restoration effort that this version of the film wasn't included with that 4K set. This 4K UHD with Dolby Vision HDR presentation will premier on Paramount+ April 5th - First Contact Day.
Not only that, fans will be able to experience the restored extended edition on the big screen for the first time when it arrives in theaters for an exclusive two-day event on May 22 and May 25 courtesy of Fathom Events and Paramount Pictures. Tickets will go on sale Friday, April 8 at FathomEvents.com.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture was originally released in 1979 and received three Oscar nominations: for Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, and Best Music, Original Score -- even though the movie was rushed to cineplexes with incomplete visual effects and poor editing.
Director Robert Wise refined both the editing and special effects in 2001 and the updated The Director's Edition was only released in standard definition on DVD. And now, after being painstakingly restored and remastered for over six months by Wise's original collaborators -- producer David C. Fein with preservationist Mike Matessino and a team of SFX experts including visual effects supervisor Daren Dochterman -- the film hops over HD into full-fledged Ultra HD.
"I couldn’t be prouder and more thrilled to have completed the film in 4K,” said Fein. “Paramount offered unprecedented access to the original elements and exceptional support and the results are stunning. Utilizing the latest discoveries and innovations of modern film production, The Director’s Edition delivers so much more today than was previously possible. It’s an adventure you’ll never forget!”
Star Trek: The Motion Picture -- The Director's Edition Synopsis: The U.S.S. Enterprise boldly debuted on the big screen with the cast of the original Star Trek series, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, and James Doohan. Meticulously restored and remastered, with enhanced visual effects and state-of-the-art sound, this definitive vision of director Robert Wise has been optimized for a new generation of fans. When an unidentified alien intruder destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Admiral James T. Kirk (Shatner) returns to the helm of a newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command and confront an alien spacecraft of enormous power heading toward Earth.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture -- The Director's Edition - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray 
Star Trek The Motion Picture Director's Edition will first appear on Paramount+ before coming to disc. Plans for Paramount+ Start at $4.99 per month with ads, or 9.99 per month without ads (except for live television) and additional perks including downloading content to a smartphone or portable device. Pick Your Plan Here. The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray will be available for sale in September and the physical and digital releases will include HDR10 and Dolby Vision with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. Bonus materials will be detailed at a later date. Here is the full press release:
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – March 24, 2022 – Eagerly anticipated by Star Trek fans for over two decades, Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition will make its long-awaited debut exclusively on Paramount+ on April 5, 2022, in celebration of First Contact Day. The film will be available to stream on Paramount+ in 4K Ultra HD on supported devices and platforms. The newly restored film will subsequently arrive on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in September from Paramount Home Entertainment. In addition, fans will have the opportunity to see the restored version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition on the big screen for the first time when Fathom Events and Paramount Pictures bring it to theaters for an exclusive two-day event on May 22 and May 25. Tickets will go on sale Friday, April 8 at FathomEvents.com.
Originally released in 1979, Star Trek: The Motion Picture became the fourth highest-grossing movie of the year and earned three Academy Award® nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, and Best Music, Original Score. The film successfully launched the Star Trek franchise beyond the original television series, despite having been rushed to theaters with incomplete special effects and forced editing choices.
In 2001, director Robert Wise revisited the film to refine the edit and enhance the visual effects. His updated vision was released on DVD in standard definition and embraced by fans but has never been available in higher definition until now. Meticulously assembled and restored by producer David C. Fein with preservationist Mike Matessino, both of whom originally collaborated with Wise, the film has been prepared for presentation in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision™ high dynamic range (HDR) and a new powerful and immersive Dolby Atmos® soundtrack.* Fein and Matessino assembled a team of special effects experts, led by returning visual effects supervisor Daren Dochterman, and utilized the extensive resources in the Paramount Archives to recreate the effects not just in HD, but in Ultra HD. After more than six months of painstaking work, the updated movie looks and sounds better than ever while staying true to Wise’s original intention.
“I couldn’t be prouder and more thrilled to have completed the film in 4K,” said Fein. “Paramount offered unprecedented access to the original elements and exceptional support and the results are stunning. Utilizing the latest discoveries and innovations of modern film production, The Director’s Edition delivers so much more today than was previously possible. It’s an adventure you’ll never forget!”
Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition Synopsis
The U.S.S. Enterprise boldly debuted on the big screen with the cast of the original Star Trek series, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, and James Doohan. Meticulously restored and remastered, with enhanced visual effects and state-of-the-art sound, this definitive vision of director Robert Wise has been optimized for a new generation of fans. When an unidentified alien intruder destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Admiral James T. Kirk (Shatner) returns to the helm of a newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command and confront an alien spacecraft of enormous power heading toward Earth.
The Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition 4K Ultra HD Disc and Digital releases will include HDR-10 and Dolby Vision,™ as well as Dolby Atmos®, accompanied by extensive new and legacy bonus content, which will be detailed at a later date.
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About Paramount+
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For more information about Paramount+, please visit www.paramountplus.com and follow @ParamountPlus on social platforms.
About Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Paramount (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA), a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. The PHE division oversees PPC’s home entertainment and transactional digital distribution activities worldwide. The division is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Television Studios, Paramount Players, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and CBS and applicable licensing and servicing of certain DreamWorks Animation titles. PHE additionally manages global licensing of studio content and transactional distribution across worldwide digital distribution platforms including online, mobile and portable devices and emerging technologies.
About Fathom Events
Fathom is a recognized leader in the entertainment industry as one of the top distributors of content to movie theaters in North America. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L), Fathom operates the largest cinema distribution network, delivering a wide variety of programming and experiences to cinema audiences in all the top U.S. markets and to more than 45 countries.
STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE—The Director’s Edition U.S. Rating: PG for sci-fi action and mild language
Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition 4K Ultra HD Disc and Digital releases will include HDR-10 and Dolby Vision,™ as well as Dolby Atmos®, accompanied by extensive new and legacy bonus content, which will be detailed at a later date.
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About Paramount+
Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, combines live sports, breaking news and a mountain of entertainment. The premium streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel. The service is also the streaming home to unmatched sports programming, including every CBS Sports event, from golf to football to basketball and more, plus exclusive streaming rights for major sports properties, including some of the world’s biggest and most popular soccer leagues. Paramount+ also enables subscribers to stream local CBS stations live across the U.S. in addition to the ability to stream CBSN for 24/7 news, CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis, and ET Live for entertainment coverage.
For more information about Paramount+, please visit www.paramountplus.com and follow @ParamountPlus on social platforms.
About Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Paramount (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA), a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. The PHE division oversees PPC’s home entertainment and transactional digital distribution activities worldwide. The division is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Television Studios, Paramount Players, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and CBS and applicable licensing and servicing of certain DreamWorks Animation titles. PHE additionally manages global licensing of studio content and transactional distribution across worldwide digital distribution platforms including online, mobile and portable devices and emerging technologies.
About Fathom Events
Fathom is a recognized leader in the entertainment industry as one of the top distributors of content to movie theaters in North America. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L), Fathom operates the largest cinema distribution network, delivering a wide variety of programming and experiences to cinema audiences in all the top U.S. markets and to more than 45 countries.
STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE—The Director’s Edition U.S. Rating: PG for sci-fi action and mild language
The acclaimed Western crime-adventure Hell or High Water will be available in a 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + SteelBook on May 17.
Oscar® winner Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, and Ben Foster lead this acclaimed action-drama from the writer of Sicario. When a desperate father learns the bank is going to take his family’s land, he and his ex-con brother decide to rob the bank, putting themselves in the crosshairs of an aging Texas Ranger in a riveting story of crime, punishment, and brotherly love.
The 4K SteelBook will include a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack and a handful of supplements. The SRP for this release is $27.99.
Hell or High Water - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook
This SteelBook release will be available on May 17th and here is the full press release:
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From disaster flick maestro Roland Emmerich (Midway, Independence Day franchise) and writers Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser & Spenser Cohen, Moonfall stars Academy Award® winner Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Kelly Yu, Eme Ikwuakor, Carolina Bartczak, and Donald Sutherland.
In Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit and sent it hurtling on a collision course with Earth, threatening all life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler (Academy Award® winner Halle Berry) is convinced she has the key to saving us all – but she'll need help from a disgraced astronaut from her past, Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson, “Midway”) and the conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman (John Bradley, “Game of Thrones”). These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love, only to find out that our Moon is not what we think it is.
Lionsgate's Moonfall on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray will both feature a Dolby Atmos soundtrack and several bonus features including an audio commentary and multiple featurettes. There will also be a 4K SteelBook exclusively at Best Buy.
Moonfall - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray six to 
Moonfall - 4K Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook
Here's the full press release:
SANTA MONICA, CA (March 21, 2022) – Legendary action-adventure director Roland Emmerich returns when Moonfall arrives on Digital April 1 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand April 26 from Lionsgate. From director Roland Emmerich (Midway, Independence Day franchise) and writers Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser & Spenser Cohen, the film stars Academy Award® winner Halle Berry (Monsters Ball, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum) , Patrick Wilson (Midway, The Conjuring franchise) , John Bradley (TV’s “Game of Thrones,” “Marry Me”), Michael Peña (TV’s “Narcos,” Fantasy Island), Charlie Plummer (Lean on Pete, Spontaneous), Kelly Yu (TV’s “Lost Promise”), Eme Ikwuakor (TV’s “On My Block,” “Inhumans”), Carolina Bartczak (TV’s upcoming “Painkiller”), and Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games franchise, TV’s “The Undoing”).
In Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler (Academy Award® winner Halle Berry) is convinced she has the key to saving us all – but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson, “Midway”) and a conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman (John Bradley, “Game of Thrones”) believes her. These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love, only to find out that our Moon is not what we think it is.
Moonfall 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $42.99, $39.99, and $29.96, respectively.
4K ULTRA HD / BLU-RAY / DVD / DIGITAL SPECIAL FEATURES
Year of Production: 2021
Title Copyright: Moonfall © 2022 UK Moonfall LLP. Artwork & Supplementary Materials ®, ™ & © 2022 Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Type: Theatrical Release
Rating: PG-13 for violence, disaster action, strong language, and some drug use
Genre: Sci-Fi
Feature Run Time: 124 Minutes
Closed-Captioned: N/A
Subtitles: Spanish, French, English SDH
4K Ultra HD™ Format: 2160p Ultra High Definition, 16x9 (2.39:1) Presentation
Blu-ray Format: 1080p High Definition, 16x9 (2.39:1) Presentation
DVD Format: 16x9 (2.39:1) Presentation
4K Audio Status: English Dolby Atmos, English Descriptive Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Blu-ray Audio: English Dolby Atmos, English Descriptive Audio, , French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
DVD Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital, English Descriptive Audio, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital
The Certified Fresh® film Jackass Forever on Rotten Tomatoes® will hit Blu-ray on April 19 and on Digital March 29. The Jackass Collection will also be available as part of a 4-movie digital bundle (Jackass: The Movie, Jackass: Number Two, Jackass 3, jackass forever) for a special bundle price.
The home video release of the outrageous comedy starring Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, and more includes nearly 40 minutes of additional footage not shown in theatres. Read our theatrical review here.
Older and grayer but not wiser, Johnny Knoxville and the gang are back for another outrageous round of stunts and bad ideas. with new friends and loads of celebrity guest stars, the crew take pranks to ridiculous lengths where absolutely no one is safe and all senses are frayed. from exploding port-a-potties to hockey pucks to the nuts and performing magic for an unamused bull, Jackass Forever is a hilarious roller coaster ride like you’ve never experienced before.
Pre-Orders for the Blu-ray are now available and here is the full press release:
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Embraced by critics and audiences alike, the sublimely inspired and seriously messed up jackass forever arrives for purchase on Digital* March 29, 2022 with exclusive footage of more ill-advised and outrageous stunts not seen in theatres. In addition, a 4-movie Jackass Collection (Jackass: The Movie, Jackass: Number Two, Jackass 3, jackass forever) will be available on Digital for a special bundle price and jackass forever will debut on Blu-ray and DVD April 19 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The film will also be available to watch on Paramount+ beginning March 22.
Certified Fresh® on Rotten Tomatoes®, jackass forever brings the crew together with new friends and celebrity guests for a whole lot of stunts, pranks, and bad ideas. The Digital* and Blu-ray releases are loaded with nearly 40 minutes of outrageous and hilarious stunt footage not seen in theaters:
The jackass forever DVD includes the feature film in standard definition.
jackass forever synopsis
Older and grayer but not wiser, Johnny Knoxville and the gang are back for another outrageous round of stunts and bad ideas. with new friends and loads of celebrity guest stars, the crew take pranks to ridiculous lengths where absolutely no one is safe and all senses are frayed. from exploding port-a-potties to hockey pucks to the nuts and performing magic for an unamused bull, jackass forever is a hilarious roller coaster ride like you’ve never experienced before.
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PARAMOUNT PICTURES and MTV ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS Present A DICKHOUSE Production
“JACKASS FOREVER” JOHNNY KNOXVILLE STEVE-O CHRIS PONTIUS
DAVE ENGLAND WEE MAN DANGER EHREN PRESTON LACY
Co-Producers STEVE-O CHRIS PONTIUS Costume Designer EMILY TING
Edited by MATTHEW KOSINSKI MATTHEW PROBST SASCHA STANTON-CRAVEN
Production Designer JxPx BLACKMON Director of Photography DIMITRY ELYASHKEVICH
Executive Producers SHANNA ZABLOW NEWTON GREG IGUCHI
Produced by JEFF TREMAINE SPIKE JONZE JOHNNY KNOXVILLE
Directed by JEFF TREMAINE
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jackass forever
Street Dates: March 29, 2022 (Digital)
April 19, 2022 (Blu-ray, DVD)
U.S. Rating: R for strong crude material and dangerous stunts, graphic nudity and language throughout
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Bring on Spring! In the Northern Hemisphere, that moment begins this week. What it means for movie watching at home? Probably no heater or cooler noise during the feature. I love to watch a great film with no distractions from outside the movie environment!
Welcome to Volume 2 Episode 44 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc this week, as well as a look at announcements from last week.
If you thought you would have a reprieve in spending this week after last week, ha ha ha, think again.
New release first, Nightmare Alley directed by Guillermo del Toro. Surprisingly this one only has two skus, a standard release and a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook.
Now on to catalog titles. First, from Kino Lorber, David Cronenberg crime/thriller Eastern Promises.
From LionsGate, literally a year after the blu-ray release, a 4K release for Fatale. Was I dreaming when I thought I had seen a reboot of Femme Fatale coming? And how about a double-dip next? The Hunger Games comes in a handsome Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook set, with cover art that is certainly a little more original than the repetitive picture of the bird inside the emblem.
I purposely saved this one for last because no doubt, it's going to be absolutely huge! I am referring to The Godfather Trilogy. Available as a standard edition box set and as a Limited Collector's Edition. Either set you can't go wrong with!
This Friday Turbine Media is releasing new special editions of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. You will have to import them, which is not an issue when dealing directly with them.
The blu-ray category is quite a bit busier than it was last week. Counterparts first, Nightmare Alley gets a single sku release, Eastern Promises gets a new edition, The Godfather gets a new trilogy release, and new single movie releases for The Godfather and The Godfather II.
From Warner Archive Collection, Captains of the Clouds starring James Cagney.
Paramount brings us a Showtime TV event, Dexter: New Blood, available as a standard release and a SteelBook release.
More TV on disc, but from Universal, Dr. Death: Season One.
LionsGate's For the Love of Money comes to disc this week.
From Arrow Video comes Come Drink With Me, just think Shaw Brothers type film, but before the actual Shaw Brothers. Also slated this week, Japanese fantasy To Sleep So As To Dream.
Shout Select's version of The Core debuts this week, donning a new 4K scan.
The monthly batch of Indicator Series releases falls on this week. Titles include La Llorona, Mad Dog Morgan, The Phantom of the Monastery and A Time for Dying.
88 Films next batch of Kung Fu Film releases include Monkey Kung Fu and Shaolin Mantis.
Criterion Collection's release this week is The Flight of the Phoenix (1965).
In the honorable mention category, when you group Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield in a musical, you get Blue Skies, released by Kino Lorber. Shirley Temple fans can see her in Now and Forever which also releases this week from Kino Lorber.
Criterion Collection's June titles have been announced. The titles are Farewell Amor, Pink Flamingos, Rogue, Shaft (1971)(as a standard blu-ray and a 4K edition with Dolby Vision HDR), The Tales of Hoffmann and The Worst Person in the World. See our news story here.
20th Century Studios has officially announced the release of Death on the Nile (2022) and will be coming to disc on April 5th, as a blu-ray edition and a 4K combo edition. There will likely be a SteelBook release at Best Buy, but that has not been confirmed yet. See our news story here.
Universal has announced The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Vol. 2 for a May 10th release, this is a box set of Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, The Trouble with Harry, Marnie and Family Plot. This time around though, each film will be available individually, but the entire box set is currently listed for the price of just two of the individual titles combined. Also from Universal, The Last Kingdom: The Complete Series and The Last Kingdom: Season 5 will be available May 17th.
Discotek's May 31 title highlights include Mon Colle Knights (dubbed), Double Dragon The Complete Series, Astro Boy 1980 Series and Darkstalkers: The Complete OVA Collection.
Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price?
The Criterion Collection has announced their June release slate that includes Gordon Parks blaxploitation classic starring Richard Roundtree on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.
Leading the way is Shaft, which will be getting a 4K UHD and Blu-ray release on June 21.
While the Black Power movement was reshaping America, trailblazing director Gordon Parks made this groundbreaking blockbuster, which helped launch the blaxploitation era and gave the screen a new kind of badder-than-bad action hero in John Shaft (Richard Roundtree, in a career-defining role), a streetwise New York City private eye who is as tough with criminals as he is tender with his lovers. After Shaft is recruited to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Harlem mob boss (Moses Gunn) from Italian gangsters, he finds himself in the middle of a rapidly escalating uptown vs. downtown turf war. A vivid time capsule of seventies Manhattan in all its gritty glory that has inspired sequels and multimedia reboots galore, the original Shaft is studded with indelible elements—from Roundtree’s sleek leather fashions to the iconic funk and soul score by Isaac Hayes.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Alternate uncompressed stereo soundtrack remastered with creative input from Isaac Hayes III
• In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
• Shaft’s Big Score!, the 1972 follow-up to Shaft by director Gordon Parks
• New documentary on the making of Shaft featuring curator Rhea L. Combs, film scholar Racquel J. Gates, filmmaker Nelson George, and music scholar Shana L. Redmond
• Behind-the-scenes program featuring Parks, actor Richard Roundtree, and musician Isaac Hayes
• Archival interviews with Hayes, Parks, and Roundtree
• New interview with costume designer Joseph G. Aulisi
• New program on the Black detective and the legacy of John Shaft, featuring scholar Kinohi Nishikawa and novelist Walter Mosley
• A Complicated Man: The “Shaft” Legacy (2019)
• Behind-the-scenes footage from Shaft’s Big Score!
• Trailers
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by film scholar Amy Abugo Ongiri
1971 • 100 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.85:1 aspect ratio
Arriving on June 7 on Blu-ray is The Tales of Hoffmann, the fantasy opera by Jacques Offenbach.
Michael Powell And Emeric Pressburger create a phantasmagoric marriage of cinema and opera in this one-of-a-kind take on a classic story. In Jacques Offenbach’s fantasy opera The Tales of Hoffmann, a poet dreams of three women—a mechanical performing doll, a bejeweled siren, and the consumptive daughter of a famous composer—all of whom break his heart in different ways. Powell and Pressburger’s feverishly romantic adaptation is a feast of music, dance, and visual effects, and one of the most exhilarating opera films ever produced.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
Michael Powell And Emeric Pressburger create a phantasmagoric marriage of cinema and opera in this one-of-a-kind take on a classic story. In Jacques Offenbach’s fantasy opera The Tales of Hoffmann, a poet dreams of three women—a mechanical performing doll, a bejeweled siren, and the consumptive daughter of a famous composer—all of whom break his heart in different ways. Powell and Pressburger’s feverishly romantic adaptation is a feast of music, dance, and visual effects, and one of the most exhilarating opera films ever produced.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• 4K digital restoration by The Film Foundation and the BFI National Archive, in association with STUDIOCANAL, featuring newly rediscovered footage and with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Audio commentary from 1992 by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and critic Bruce Eder, newly updated by Eder
• Interview with filmmaker George A. Romero from 2005
• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1956), a short musical film based on the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe story and directed by Michael Powell
• Collection of production designer Hein Heckroth’s design sketches and paintings
• Gallery of production and publicity photographs
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Plus: An essay by film historian Ian Christie
1951 • 133 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.37:1 aspect ratio
Available on June 14th Farewell Amor from Alain Delon.
In her luminous feature debut, filmmaker Ekwa Msangi chronicles a broken family’s journey to wholeness with empathy and insight. Seventeen years after his family was separated by the civil war in Angola, a New York taxi driver (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine) is reunited with his now devoutly religious wife (Zainab Jah) and teenage daughter (Jayme Lawson) when they are finally able to follow him to America. But after living thousands of miles apart for so long, the three find they must discover one another’s strengths, forgive one another’s weaknesses, and bridge cultural and generational divides in order to build a life together. Told in three perspective-shifting chapters that honor the multitude of struggles and emotions that make up the immigrant experience, Farewell Amor is a bittersweet, compassionate evocation of how it feels when your heart and your home are in different places.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 2K master, approved by director Ekwa Msangi, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New audio commentary featuring Msangi and cinematographer Bruce Francis Cole
• Three short films by Msangi: Suspense (2011); The Market King (2014); and Farewell Meu Amor (2016), a prequel to Farewell Amor
• New interviews with actors Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, and Jayme Lawson
• Deleted scenes
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by scholar Tiana Reid
2020 • 102 minutes • Color • 5.1 surround • 2.39:1 aspect ratio
On the 21st comes Stanley Kwan's Rouge on Blu-ray.
Cantopop superstars Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung display the androgynous magnetism that made them icons as doomed lovers in this emblematic film of Hong Kong’s Second New Wave, directed by pioneering queer melodrama master Stanley Kwan. Rouge bridges past and present in its tragic romance between a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family, who embrace death by suicide pact amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong. Fifty years later, she returns to the city-state to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple (Alex Man and Emily Chu) into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself. With its lush mise-en-scène and transcendently melancholy mood, this sensuous ghost story is an exquisite, enduringly resonant elegy for both lost love and vanishing history.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Stanley Kwan, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
• New conversation between Kwan and filmmaker Sasha Chuk
• Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema, a 1997 documentary by Kwan exploring the representation of queerness and LGBT identity in Chinese film
• Still Love You After All These, a 1997 memoir film by Kwan about his Hong Kong identity
• Trailer
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim
1987 • 96 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Cantonese with English subtitles • 1.85:1 aspect ratio
John Waters' totally outlandish Pink Flamingos starring Divine, Mink Stole, and David Lochary will arrive on Blu-ray on June 28.
John Waters made bad taste perversely transcendent with the forever shocking counterculture sensation Pink Flamingos, his most infamous and daring cinematic transgression. Outré diva Divine is iconic as the wanted criminal hiding out with her family of degenerates in a trailer outside Baltimore while reveling in her tabloid notoriety as the “Filthiest Person Alive.” When a pair of sociopaths (Mink Stole And David Lochary) with a habit of kidnapping women in order to impregnate them attempt to challenge her title, Divine resolves to show them and the world the true meaning of the word filthy. Incest, cannibalism, shrimping, and film history’s most legendary gross-out ending—Waters and his merry band of Dreamlanders leave no taboo unsmashed in this gleefully subversive ode to outsiderhood, in which camp spectacle and pitch-black satire are wielded in an all-out assault on respectability.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY FEATURES
• New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director John Waters, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Two audio commentaries featuring Waters, from the 1997 Criterion laserdisc and the 2001 DVD release
• New conversation between Waters and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch
• Tour of the film’s Baltimore locations, led by Waters
• Deleted scenes, alternate takes, and on-set footage
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• And more!
• PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton and a piece by actor and author Cookie Mueller about the making of the film, from her 1990 book Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black
1972 • 92 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.66:1 aspect ratio
Finally and also on the 28th comes Joachim Trier Academy Award-nominated romantic comedy The Worst Person in the World on Blu-ray.
Renate Reinsve won the Best Actress prize at Cannes for the revelatory, complex performance that anchors this sprawlingly novelistic film by Norwegian auteur Joachim Trier, an emotionally intricate and exhilarating character study of a woman entering her thirties. Amid the seemingly endless possibilities of the modern world, Julie (Reinsve) vacillates between artistic passions and professions, the question of motherhood, and relationships with two very different men: a successful comic-book artist (Trier regular Anders Danielsen Lie) and a charismatic barista (Herbert Nordrum). Working with a team of longtime collaborators, Trier and his perennial cowriter Eskil Vogt construct in The Worst Person in the World, the Oscar-nominated third entry in their unofficial Oslo Trilogy, a liberating portrait of self-discovery and a bracingly contemporary spin on the romantic comedy.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 2K digital master, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New interviews with director Joachim Trier; coscreenwriter Eskil Vogt; actors Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Herbert Nordrum; cinematographer Kasper Tuxen; and sound designer Gisle Tveito
• On-set footage from the creation of the film’s time-freezing sequence
• Deleted scenes
• PLUS: An essay by critic Sheila O’Malley
2021 • 127 minutes • Color • 5.1 surround • In Norwegian with English subtitles • 1.85:1 aspect ratio
All of these titles will likely be up for pre-order shortly and the website will be updated when they are available.
Kenneth Branagh's mustache must solve a Death on the Nile in Agatha Christie's beloved murder mystery bound for a Digital release on March 29 with Blu-ray and 4K on April 5.
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s (Kenneth Branagh) spectacular Egyptian vacation aboard a riverboat becomes a terrifying search for a murderer after a picture-perfect couple’s honeymoon is cut tragically short. Based on Agatha Christie’s novel, this tale of passion and jealousy is filled with wicked twists and turns until its shocking finale.
Death on the Nile - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Death on the Nile will also be available on Blu-ray and both editions will present the film in 2.39:1 aspect ratio and will include several featurettes and deleted scenes. However, only the 4K UHD includes a Dolby Atmos soundtrack trading in for a DTS-HD MA 7.1 track for Blu-ray.
Zavvi currently is taking pre-orders for a SteelBook we assume (or hope at least) comes to the states, but so far, neither Best Buy, Amazon, or any other retailer has punched those up on their release slate. We'll keep you posted if that changes.
Pre-Orders are only up on Best Buy, but we expect more retailers to get their listings up soon. Here's the full press release:
Embark on The Must-See Murder Mystery When Death on the Nile Arrives on Digital March 29 and 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™ and DVD on April 5
LOS ANGELES, CA (March 17, 2022) – Based on Agatha Christie’s beloved 1937 novel, director Kenneth Branagh and an all-star cast bring new life to one of the most popular murder mysteries of all time. Critics and audiences alike have praised the exquisite Death on the Nile for its stunning cinematography, rich storytelling and outstanding ensemble cast. Available on Digital March 29 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on April 5.
Film Synopsis
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s (Kenneth Branagh) spectacular Egyptian vacation aboard a river boat becomes a terrifying search for a murderer after a picture-perfect couple’s honeymoon is cut tragically short. Based on Agatha Christie’s novel, this tale of passion and jealousy is filled with wicked twists and turns until its shocking finale.
Bonus Features*
Featurettes
Deleted Scenes
*bonus features vary by product and retailer
Cast
Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot
Tom Bateman as Bouc
Annette Bening as Euphemia Bouc
Russell Brand as Dr. Bessner
Ali Fazal as Andrew Katchadourian
Dawn French as Bowers
Gal Gadot as Linnet Ridgeway Doyle
Armie Hammer as Simon Doyle
Rose Leslie as Louise Bourget
Emma Mackey as Jacqueline de Bellefort
Sophie Okonedo as Salome Otterbourne
Jennifer Saunders as Marie Van Schuyler
& Letitia Wright as Rosalie Otterbourne
Directed by
Kenneth Branagh
Executive Produced by
Mark Gordon
Simon Kinberg
Matthew Jenkins
James Prichard
& Mathew Prichard
Produced by
Ridley Scott
Kevin J. Walsh
Kenneth Branagh, p.g.a.,
& Judy Hofflund, p.g.a.
Screenplay by
Michael Green
Based on a novel by
Agatha Christie
Product Specifications
U.S. Street Date
Digital: March 29, 2022
Physical: April 5, 2022
Canada Street Date
Digital: March 30, 2022
Physical: April 5, 2022
Product SKUs
Digital: 4K UHD, HD, SD
Physical: 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Code), Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + Digital Code) & DVD
Feature Run Time
Approx. 127 minutes
Rating
U.S. Rated PG-13
* Rated R for violence, some bloody images, and sexual material.
Canada Rated PG (Parental Guidance Advised)
Aspect Ratio
Digital: 2.39:1 (16x9)
Physical: 2.39:1 (16x9)
U.S. Audio
4K Ultra HD: English 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos and DVS 2.0 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 7.1 Dolby Digital Plus
Blu-ray: English 7.1 DTS-HDMA and DVS 2.0 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital
DVD: English 5.1 Dolby and DVS 2.0 Dolby, Spanish 5.1 Dolby, French 5.1 Dolby
Digital: English ATMOS (UHD only, some platforms), 2.0 AD Dolby (some platforms), French & Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
U.S. Subtitles
4K Ultra HD: English SDH, Spanish, French
Blu-ray: English SDH, Spanish, French
DVD: English SDH, Spanish, French
Digital: English SDH, Spanish, French (some platforms)
Celebrate the 35th anniversary of Brian De Palma's critically-acclaimed 1987 crime drama The Untouchables starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro in 4K on May 31.
The film co-starring Patricia Clarkson, Andy Garcia, and Charles Martin Smith was nominated for four Oscars and features a Grammy Award-winning score by Ennio Morricone.
Originally released on June 3, 1987, The Untouchables celebrates its 35th anniversary this year and remains a must-see masterpiece featuring visionary filmmaking and exceptional performances from an outstanding cast. Robert De Niro as mob warlord Al Capone and Kevin Costner as law enforcer Eliot Ness are unforgettable in a glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of good versus evil on the streets of Prohibition-era Chicago.
The 4K releases will be presented in Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos and will include several featurettes as well as the theatrical trailer.
The Untouchables - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
The Untouchables - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook
Both editions will hit store shelves on May 31 and here is the full press release:
Kevin Costner, Sean Connery and Robert De Niro Star in the Must-See Crime-Drama,
Debuting on 4K Ultra HD May 31, 2022
Directed by Brian De Palma and nominated* for four Academy Awards®, the acclaimed drama THE UNTOUCHABLES makes its 4K Ultra HD debut on May 31, 2022 from Paramount Home Entertainment.
Originally released on June 3, 1987, THE UNTOUCHABLES celebrates its 35th anniversary this year and remains a must-see masterpiece featuring visionary filmmaking and exceptional performances from an outstanding cast. Robert De Niro as mob warlord Al Capone and Kevin Costner as law enforcer Eliot Ness are unforgettable in a glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of good versus evil on the streets of Prohibition-era Chicago.
Sean Connery won his only Oscar® for his portrayal of veteran officer Jimmy Malone in the blockbuster hit that was the fourth highest grossing film of 1987. Written by David Mamet, THE UNTOUCHABLES also boasts a Grammy Award-winning score by the legendary Ennio Morricone and an excellent supporting cast including Patricia Clarkson, Andy Garcia, and Charles Martin Smith.
THE UNTOUCHABLES will be available on 4K Ultra HD and in a 4K Ultra HD 35th Anniversary SteelBook® with a Dolby Atmos® soundtrack** and access to a Digital copy of the film. The discs also include over an hour of legacy bonus content in high definition as detailed below:
About Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Paramount (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA), a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. The PHE division oversees PPC’s home entertainment and transactional digital distribution activities worldwide. The division is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Television Studios, Paramount Players, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and CBS and applicable licensing and servicing of certain DreamWorks Animation titles. PHE additionally manages global licensing of studio content and transactional distribution across worldwide digital distribution platforms including online, mobile and portable devices and emerging technologies.
THE UNTOUCHABLES
Street Date: May 31, 2022
U.S. Rating: R
HDR: HDR-10 & Dolby Vision®
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Sound: Dolby Atmos®
*1988, Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sean Connery); Nominations: Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Music, Original Score
** To experience Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos at home, compatible devices are required; 4K Ultra HD and Dolby Vision are available at select digital retailers.
About Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Paramount (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA), a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. The PHE division oversees PPC’s home entertainment and transactional digital distribution activities worldwide. The division is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Television Studios, Paramount Players, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and CBS and applicable licensing and servicing of certain DreamWorks Animation titles. PHE additionally manages global licensing of studio content and transactional distribution across worldwide digital distribution platforms including online, mobile and portable devices and emerging technologies.
UGH, ZzZzZzZz. Did we lose an hour of sleep Saturday night thanks to springing our clocks forward? I don't know about you, but I do not know anyone that likes changing their clocks twice a year. Can we please stop this ritual? It's been proven to do more harm than good.
Anyway, welcome to Volume 2 Episode 43 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc this week, as well as a look at announcements from last week.
This category qualifies as a wallet buster this week, there's no other way to say it. There is something here for everyone.
Let us begin with the new release first. I am referring to the 2021 version of West Side Story, which comes in four options. A standard edition, a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook, a Target Exclusive "Art Edition" and a Walmart Exclusive that includes a fabric poster.
Alrighty then, catalog titles next, in semi-alphabetical, but grouped by release house order.
From Arrow Video, An American Werewolf in London gets a 'fat-pack' release. There were some gorgeous overseas releases of this one movie already, glad that Arrow decided to go all out on this one here.
Maybe delayed a week, maybe we had the incorrect info initially, but Kino Lorber is bringing us the classic 1960 comedy/romance The Apartment.
Criterion Collection's release this week is the French crime/thriller Le Cercle Rouge.
Moving on to Paramount, the 2007 thriller Shooter comes to 4K disc for the first time, as a SteelBook to boot! And, somewhat of a double-dip, but as a deluxe edition release, the 2020 action/comedy Sonic the Hedgehog.
A movie that never made it to blu-ray and was stuck on Anchor Bay DVD for quite a few years, The Sword and the Sorcerer gets a 4K disc from Shout! Factory.
Lastly, Sony double dips on The Amazing Spider-Man Collection, this time as a standard cased release.
Just like we do every week, let's get the blu-ray counterparts out of the way first. West Side Story got enough retailer exclusives above, leaving only enough room for a standard edition. Next, Kino Lorber also releases The Apartment. And lastly, the standard-case edition of The Amazing Spider-Man Collection gets a blu-ray edition too.
Paramount catalog titles are becoming a normal thing each week, which is exciting for physical media. Look for The Accused (1988), as well as a pair of Charlie Brown releases, Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown and Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown.
LionsGate's next Vestron Video entry, Dream A Little Dream debuts this week on disc. Under their standard label, a highly recommended comedy of sort, Red Rocket.
Anime highlights include Dr. Stone: Season 2, available as a standard release and as a Limited Edition release, Monster Girl Doctor - Complete Collection, Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1 and Warlords of Sigrdrifa - The Complete Season.
Scream Factory has got a Collector's Edition of Nightmare (1964) for you this week.
The TV show Vikings comes to a close, and Warner Bros. is bringing us both Season 6: Volume 2 as well as a Complete Series set.
Honorable Mention: If you're following Woody Allen, his directed comedy/romance Rifkin's Festival is available this week.
The Disney Movie Club has added two more exclusives to their catalog, The Little People and The Gnome-Mobile. We mentioned these exclusives as one of the club benefits in a previous article.
More Paramount catalog titles are in the works for April, some of them include King David, The Beautician and the Beast, He Said, She Said and Thief of Hearts. More no doubt being added this week.
A Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook edition has been added to the choices for Moonfall by LionsGate.
Supply chain and labor issue no doubt, multiple title delays are coming. For 4K, both Happy Death Day releases have been moved from April 26 to May 31. Several anime titles have been pushed as well, no doubt the big picture isn't quite known.
Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price?
