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Feast On This! HDD's 4K UHD & Blu-ray Shopping Guide, Week of Nov. 26, 2024

Posted Nov 25, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST by D. LaFontaine

Welcome to another rather busy week of disc releases. Typically with the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, and the upcoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday 'holidays', we get a small batch of disc releases.

Welcome to Volume 5 Episode 26 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc the week of November 24th - November 30th, as well as a look at announcements from last week.

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4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases-

Even if you exclude Severin and Vinegar Syndrome that always have new titles to offer us on Black Friday, we still are greeted with quite a few discs just vying to be in your collections.

UK Import Monday might not exactly be reliable, but here is where we stand as of press time.

From BFI and previously postponed indefinitely, the animated release Watership Down might actually be on the way to our mailboxes?

Next up, frequently observed with having dates pushed back, 88 Films' release of Giallo horror Eyeball. This one also gets a web shop exclusive release as well.

Well known for their martial arts releases, 88 Films also is on track to release The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk Collection this week as well.

US Domestic Tuesday starts with the Criterion Collection and a pair of releases. First from director Guillermo del Toro and a title that has already been released several times by a different studio, the fantasy/romance The Shape of Water. And how about a little classic film crime action with Paper Moon?

There are three titles from Shout! Factory this week. The fantasy/romance Bones and All, Rob Cohen action film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, and the 2016 thriller Rush.

Kino Lorber is next with two releases that were originally slate for several weeks ago. The 2006 horror/thriller that was cancelled in 2022 but put back on again, Bug, and a William Friedkin crime/thriller with Tommy Lee Jones, The Hunted.

Alfred Hitchcock: The Iconic Film Collection comes to us via Universal Pictures. This set looks identical to the large format book Classic Movie Monsters Collection a while back.

The 2006 thriller Zyzzyx Road comes to us via Dark Arts Entertainment.

Severin Films releases 2020 Texas Gladiators.

From Media Blasters, the comedy crime film Fudoh: The New Generation. This one also includes an English dub.

Standard releases of Corpse Mania and The Tenant are available this week from Vinegar Syndrome via Amazon.

There is a mixture of releases on Black Friday. Between Vinegar Syndrome, Severin, Dark Force, and a random UK import, there are multiple ways to empty that wallet this week:

Blu-ray releases-

Blu-ray counterparts of the above 4K releases include the (liekly region B locked) The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk Collection (UK Deluxe Limited Edition), US region A/Region-All editions of Paper Moon, Bug, 2020 Texas Gladiators and Fudoh: The New Generation.

By volume, excluding Vinegar Syndrome's partner label releases, this week is still quite a doozie when you look at it. As always, here are the highlights...

Warner Archive3 Collection's November batch releases this week, titles include Humoresque, Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 4, Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volumes 1-4, Must Love Dogs, That's Entertainment! (1974) and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972-74): The Complete Series. The last title is likely on a delay, but maybe not.

From Arrow Video, the long awaited Shawscope Volume Three.

Kino Cult Collectors look out for 1,000 Convicts and a Woman! and No. 1 of the Secret Service, numbers 20 and 21 respectively.

If you ordered it (like I did) and wondering where it went, Las Vegas: The Complete Series apparently is rescheduled to this week. Thanks for the update Uni!

Anime highlights include Attack on Titan: The Final Season - THE FINAL CHAPTERS - Part 3, which also comes as a Limited Edition, and Parasyte - The Maxim Limited Edition SteelBook.

Notable announcements from last week:

Early in the week, the Criterion Collection has revealed their February slate of releases. Interesting is a word that describes the array.

Warner Bros. has officially announced that David Fincher's 'Se7en' Is Coming to 4K UHD & SteelBook January 7th. The standard edition appears to have a little bit of swag in it. No doubt there will be a deluxe deluxe UK edition out there somewhere.

Preorders are up for Gladiator 2 and Wicked. The movies barely got any screen time. Release date? No doubt not even close to a good guess, but if I had to, March,

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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?