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Iiiiit's Shop Time! HDD's 4K UHD & Blu-ray Shopping Guide, Week of Nov. 19, 2024

Posted Nov 18, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST by D. LaFontaine

This week is a WHOPPER, and I am not talking about that large hamburger either. If you got any money left over for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, more power to you. There are FIVE (5) new releases on 4K and a bunch of everything else to break the bank for the rest of the year!

Welcome to Volume 5 Episode 25 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc the week of November 17th - November 23rd, as well as a look at announcements from last week.

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases-

UK Import Monday has one for sure title, Seven Samurai from BFI. What does this one offer that Criterion's does not? SWAG! It is hard to say if disc 2, the included Blu-ray is region locked. Did I mention it has SWAG, something Criterion tends to shy away from, or for that matter, slipcovers or cases. The second title has been in and out of stock so we will not list it here (see below in the first title in the catalog releases section).

What a tough week to crack. Which title do we lead in with? There are five choice to ponder for that honor.

I guess let's get started with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice from Warner Bros. This one is available as a Standard Release and as a Limited Edition SteelBook.

The other choice our my lead-in would have been for Godzilla: Minus One. This one took Netflix by storm and we have already seen a magnificent release from Japan, and a very similar US release by the Toho company itself. Moving on to a mass market distribution of the film, we get a Standard Edition and a Limited Edition SteelBook. The SteelBook sold out pretty fast, but we would expect more added and to see it at regular merchants like Walmart. Although this one is considered Toho, outlets that distribute SDS/Warner Bros. discs are the ones that are selling this too. The UPC sequence resembles a Universal release.

Sticking with the fantasy theme, dragons don't dominate the new release category quite enough. This week though it's time for House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season. In what seems like a big echo, this one is also available as a Standard Edition and as a Limited Edition SteelBook. This one too, although listed as HBO/Max, is also distributed by SDS/Warner Bros.

What week would not have another Standard Edition and an (Amazon Exclusive) SteelBook release? Yup, this time LionsGate has The Killer's Game.

The fifth new release this week is Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In from Well Go USA.

Catalog releases this week, got a few good ones there as well. Let's circle back around to Warner Bros. The Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles dons a Standard Edition release and a SteelBook as well. The UK of course gets their swaggy edition while the US does not. That cover art --- a saddle, on fire, blazing, saddle, how original!

And next, MGM (via Warner Bros.) releases The Terminator, with the same two options we have seen a lot of, a Standard Edition and a SteelBook Edition.

Continuing the trend, Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest gets a Standard Edition and a SteelBook Edition, while the UK gets a Swaggy Deluxe Edition. The latter has been in and out of stock, so keep trying.

Before moving to the next studio, Walmart has Exclusive SteelBooks of previously released titles, Dune: Part Two and Elvis. Maybe you prefer these covers?

Sony Pictures is next with Little Women (1994). When Columbia Classics Five came out last month, no doubt people were asking for the 1994 version of the film with the same name.

Well-known director Frank Capra gets a 2-film collection this week from Sony as well, Frank Capra At Columbia Collection.

Criterion Collection this week has the drama/musical Funny Girl, and it's currently half price at Amazon thanks to the B&N sale going on, which they are duly matching.

Not meaning to sound simple here, but Arrow Video has the Sam Raimi thriller A Simple Plan, starring Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda and Billy Bob Thornton. Click our link, click buy it now, wait for delivery. Such a SIMPLE Plan! Har Har.

New to 4K disc Formula One action from Shout! Factory with Rush.

Having recently been done by Sony, two double-dips from Shout! Factory that might get your attention here.

The Dark Crystal comes as a new Walmart Exclusive SteelBook, as well as a Limited Collector's Set.

Pressing repeat here, but with the title Labyrinth, a Walmart Exclusive SteelBook, as well as a Limited Collector's Set.

Fans of either of those two films, how can you NOT double-dip?

Previously delayed and on track for this week, Kino Lorber has a trio of titles and all three feature Clint Eastwood. The Eiger Sanction, Play Misty for Me and Two Mules For Sister Sara is where it's at.

Closing out domestic releases, Paramount offers (three comedy films) Zaz: The Collection, delayed from a couple of weeks ago, as well as Star Trek: The Motion Picture with a classic poster art SteelBook.

Turbine Medien Group Germany has a little bit of imported Texas Chainsaw action on Wednesday, titles include:

Blu-ray releases-

Blu-ray counterparts of the above 4K releases include (region B release) Seven Samurai, domestic titles Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Godzilla: Minus One, House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season, The Killer's Game, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, Funny Girl and A Simple Plan.

Dennis Quaid drama Reagan comes to us from LionsGate.

Severin Films' general release of All The Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror Volume 2 arrives on disc this week.

2024 horror/thriller Speak No Evil releases from Universal. Will there be a UK 4K in the near future? With Blumhouse, it's likely.

Anime highlights include The Dreaming Boy is a Realist - Complete Collection and Reincarnated as a Sword - Limited Edition SteelBook.

Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock - Season One comes to us via Sony.

The mega-set from Criterion, CC40 is also available this week.

Special Interest Ken Burns docoumentary Leonardo da Vinci comes to us via PBS.

Notable announcements from last week:

Disney has announced that the 1988 fantasy film Willow will be coming to 4K on December 10th. There is a SteelBook edition for sure, and a standard release that may or may not be a US release. Stay tuned.

Spotted on Gruv, Warner Bros. will be releasing Seven to 4K disc on January 7th. The What's In the Box? and other UK editions were canceled and different editions will no doubt be coming soon, along with the usual swag-filled release that they often get.

Lots more title reveals from boutique labels have landed, including Vinegar Syndrome and Severin Films' Black Friday plans.

4K Release Calendar

2K/BD Release Calendar

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?