Wham, Bam, Shazam! - 4K UHD & Blu-ray Shopping Guide May 21, 2023

 From the 'fury' of the gods to the latest Creed, or maybe even an import, I think this week has at least one movie for everyone.

 Welcome to Volume 3 Episode 51 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what's coming to disc the week of May 21st - May 27th, as well as a look at announcements from last week.

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases

 The week begins with Import Monday and Arrow Video's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Limited Edition). If I were to take one for the team and order it, it would most certainly be a guarantee that Criterion Collection would announce the domestic 4K of this within 5 minutes of my shipping notice. I just have that kind of effect on the home video market.

 Domestic Tuesday New Releases are dominated by Warner Bros and they start with Creed III, which is available as a standard edition and as a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook.

 The sequel,  Shazam! Fury of the Gods has three options to ponder, the standard edition, a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook with a pretty bad-ass cover art, and a Walmart Exclusive that has some pretty tight imagery as well. Still missing from the 4K exclusives field as you have probably noticed is Target, they apparently have decided to take a step backwards and support the previous format.

 Catalog titles: From Scream Factory, Brotherhood Of The Wolf.

 Double-dips of sort, Crank gets a new SteelBook @ Best Buy and The Running Man gets a standard case release.

 Next week looks like it's going to sting just a little bit, there are 16 skus domestically including the latest D&D movie, Adam Driver in '65,' some anime, and a few catalog titles get a 4K upgrade.

Blu-ray releases

 As we do every week, let's get the fresh blu-ray counterparts for any of the above titles listed first. Creed III gets a single release as well as a 3-film collection, almost an echo, Shazam! Fury of the Gods gets a single release, a Target Exclusive blu-ray edition that I would have considered if it was a 4K, and a 2-film collection is also an option.

 The rest of the category is a bit slow though. I guess it's to save a bit of dough in preparation for next week.

 From Vertical Entertainment, thriller Last Sentinel.

 Anime highlights include DATE A LIVE IV - The Complete Season, Majestic Prince: The Complete Series and Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs - Season 1.

 Criterion Collection has drama/fantasy Petite Maman this week.

 TV on disc this week has one title, Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Complete Series.

 Honorable mention: Fans of the original film should recognize it, V/H/S/99 comes out this week via RLJ/Shudder Originals.

Notable announcements from last week:

 Although there were a handful of announcements, they have been onesie twosie sort of announcements, and may not have a wide appeal, so we will keep this section brief this week.

 Criterion Collection's August Slate has been announced, do check it out.

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?