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Summer Is Still Scorching Hot - Keep Cool With HDD's August 2022 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Shopping GuideJust because it's hot outside doesn't mean you can't keep cool and comfortable inside adding some new releases and fan favorites to your 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Collection! Not that long ago August used to be a relatively slow month for new releases. Then the pandemic hit and completely upended the game. Now we're getting a wide swath of recent theatrical releases as well as a great selection of fan favorites coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. We used to need these few weeks at the end of summer to recharge and gear up for fall and the holidays, now there's no rest for the weary - and there's no respite for your wallet! From family-friendly flicks to creepy science fiction and horror flicks, there's something for every collector to close out summer. August 2022 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases August 2nd, 2022 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases Flatliners - 4K Ultra HD Tenebrae - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Retail Edition Tenebrae - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Exclusive Edition August 9th, 2022 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Best Buy SteelBook Event Horizon - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook Doom - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray The Green Planet - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Heat - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Heat - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Best Buy SteelBook August 16th, 2022 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases Child’s Play - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Child’s Play - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Best Buy SteelBook Child’s Play 2 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Child’s Play 3 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Red Dawn - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Red Dawn - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Best Buy SteelBook Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook Heavy Metal - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Standard Edition Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray August 23rd, 2022 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases Dirty Dancing - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Standard Edition Dog Soldiers - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Paths of Glory - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Dragons Forever - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Drive (1997) - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray August 30th, 2022 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases Cat People - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Faceless - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Warrior - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Best Buy SteelBook And that is everything that's getting released stateside on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for August 2022. Right now all of these dates are set and firm, but it's always possible for a last-minute schedule change. If/when that happens we'll update our listings as soon as we can. We're going to do our best to dig through all of these and crank out reviews ASAP. As always - thanks again for your pre-orders! They really do go a long way towards keeping our little operation up and running. Happy collecting!Posted Mon Aug 1, 2022 at 11:42 AM PDT by: -
More Michael Myers and The Return of the Living Dead on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in October from Scream FactoryWhile the kiddos are getting dressed up and out begging for candy from total strangers, you can hunker in your home theater and enjoy four more fan-favorite fright flicks on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray from Scream Factory! With the Halloween season coming in fast, we were waiting for Scream Factory to make a few announcements. THey already had a stacked September with Army of Darkness, Evil Dead (2013), John Carpenter's The Fog, and Tobe Hooper's The Funhouse all coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. After some rumors and early postings on various retailer websites, Scream Factory now has their October horror titles up for pre-order on the Shout! Store. Here's what's digging up out of its grave and into your collection... The Return of the Living Dead - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray This is actually the title we know the least about right now. Scream Factory already unleashed a pretty terrific Collector's Edition Blu-ray of Return of the Living Dead so we imagine most if not all of those features and extras will port over. Will there be Atmos? Will the original mono include all of the songs? We don't know yet. Their listing on their shop is pretty sparse. And because Shout/Scream hasn't yet thrown out a wide official announcement, we can only speculate HDR grade at this point but don't be surprised about Dolby Vision. Return of the Living Dead is slated to drop on October 18th - a Limited Edition with four enamel pins and a poster is up for Pre-order too. The Halloween 4K Collection (1995-2002)- 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Coming October 4th, 2022 - This is a large three-film, eight-disc set. Why a 4K Halloween box set, now but not for the first five films? you might ask. Well, consider the franchise entries in this set... Per the Shout! Store listing, we'll be getting Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (Theatrical and Producers Cut in 4K!), Halloween: H20 20 Years Later, and Halloween: Resurrection. Like Return of the Living Dead above, we know very little about this set in terms of specs and bonus features, but we do know from the packaging below, each film will come with its own case and slipcover in a similar design as the Halloween 1-5 sets last year so presumably there'll also be alternate cover art and we do expect bonus features not seen since the old 10-Film Deluxe franchise collection to make an appearance too. We also can see that The Curse of Michael Myers is going to be a 4-disc set, so probably a 4K UHD disc and a Blu-ray for each cut of the film instead of rolling with seamless branching. This set is now up for pre-order from Shout! Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers- 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS (1.85:1, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & Stereo, 88 min. (Theatrical Cut), 95 min. (Producer's Cut)) FEATURING BOTH THE THEATRICAL CUT AND PRODUCER'S CUT IN 4K ULTRA HIGH DEFINITION In a single horrifying night, Michael Myers' reign of terror changed Halloween forever! Now, six years after he was presumed dead in a fire, Michael has returned to kill again – and this time there's no escape! As his fury builds to a spine-tingling climax, the longhidden secrets of the screen's most maniacal murderer are shockingly revealed. Donald Pleasence (Halloween), Paul Rudd (Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy, Ant-Man), Marianne Hagan (Stake Land) and Mitchell Ryan (Lethal Weapon) star. Halloween: H20 20 Years Later - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray HALLOWEEN H20: TWENTY YEARS LATER (2.35:1, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & Stereo, 86 min.) Now the headmistress of a private school, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is still struggling with the horrifying, 20-year-old memories of the maniacal killer Michael Myers when he suddenly appears again with a vengeance! And this Halloween, Laurie's rebellious son (Josh Hartnett, 30 Days Of Night), his girlfriend (Michelle Williams, Venom), and their friends will become Michael's newest victims unless Laurie can conquer her fears and put evil in its place once and for all. LL Cool J (NCIS: Los Angeles), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Dark Knight Rises, Inception), Nancy Stephens (Halloween) and Janet Leigh (Psycho, The Fog) also star. Halloween: Resurrection - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION (2.35:1, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & Stereo, 94 min.) The reality programmers at DangerTainment have selected Rudy (Sean Patrick Thomas, Dracula 2000), Bill (Thomas Ian Nicholas, American Pie), and a group of thrill-seeking teenagers to spend one fun-filled night in the childhood home of serial killer Michael Myers. But the planned live broadcast turns deadly when their evening of excitement becomes a night of horror as Michael himself decides to crash the party. Halloween: Resurrection also stars Bianca Kajlich (Bring It On), Katee Sackhoff (Riddick, Battlestar Galactica), Busta Rhymes (Narc), and Tyra Banks, along with a special appearance by Jamie Lee Curtis. And for now, that's all the news that's fit to print! As Shout!/Scream Factory officially announces these and pumps out some more details, we'll update our listingsPosted Mon Aug 1, 2022 at 03:11 AM PDT by: -
The Godfather Trilogy 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBooks Arriving October 11 - Now Up For Pre-Order. Paramount just put up an offer SteelBook collectors can't refuse with all three films in The Godfather Trilogy getting individual 4K UHD SteelBook releases on October 11th. Full details aren't known yet but they appear to just be single discs possibly with no alternate cuts - simple repackages of The Godfather Trilogy set already on the market. Check out the designs below and pre-orders are now live. It's also worth mentioning that individual releases of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II (sans SteelBook) are available to pre-order as well. UPDATE: The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone was a bit lethargic but it's now up for grabs individually, too. The Godfather - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook The Godfather Part II - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone 4K - SteelBookPosted Tue Jul 19, 2022 at 06:44 PM PDT by: -
Criterion Reveals October Release Slate with David Lynch's Lost Highway & George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead on 4K Ultra HD Blu-rayThe Criterion Collection has just announced their October home video releases that includes Lost Highway and Night of the Living Dead on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. Starting things off is George A. Romero's 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead which will be getting a 4K/Blu-ray combo treatment on October 4th. Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combining gruesome gore with acute social commentary and quietly breaking ground by casting a Black actor (Duane Jones) in its lead role. NOTE: We just got confirmation from Criterion that this will be a 4K 2160p SDR release - no HDR grading. 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration, supervised by director George A. Romero, coscreenwriter John A. Russo, sound engineer Gary R. Streiner, and producer Russell W. Streiner, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film and two Blu-rays with the film and special features Night of Anubis, a work-print edit of the film Program featuring filmmakers Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, and Robert Rodriguez Sixteen-millimeter dailies reel Program featuring Russo on the commercial and industrial-film production company where key Night of the Living Dead participants got their starts Two audio commentaries from 1994 featuring Romero, Russo, producer Karl Hardman, actor Judith O’Dea, and others Archival interviews with Romero and actors Duane Jones and Judith Ridley Programs about the film’s style and score Interview program about the direction of the film’s ghouls, featuring members of the cast and crew Interviews with Gary Streiner and Russell Streiner Newsreels from 1967 Trailer, radio spots, and TV spots English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Stuart Klawans 1968 • 96 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • 1.37:1 aspect ratio On the 11th comes Frank Capra's 1944 horror-comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. Frank Capra adapted a hit stage play for this marvelous screwball meeting of the madcap and the macabre. On Halloween, newly married drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant, cutting loose in a hilariously harried performance) returns home to Brooklyn, where his adorably dotty aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair, who both starred in the Broadway production) greet him with love, sweetness . . . and a grisly surprise: the corpses buried in their cellar. A bugle-playing brother (John Alexander) who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, a crazed criminal (Raymond Massey) who’s a dead ringer for Boris Karloff, and a seriously slippery plastic surgeon (Peter Lorre) are among the outré oddballs populating Arsenic and Old Lace, a diabolical delight that only gets funnier as the body count rises. SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray New audio commentary featuring Charles Dennis, author of There’s a Body in the Window Seat!: The History of “Arsenic and Old Lace” Radio adaptation from 1952 starring Boris Karloff Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic David Cairns 1944 • 118 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • 1.37:1 aspect ratio On the same date, David Lynch's Lost Highway will be available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray as well as Blu-ray. “We’ve met before, haven’t we?” A mesmerizing meditation on the mysterious nature of identity, Lost Highway, David Lynch’s seventh feature film, is one of the filmmaker’s most potent cinematic dreamscapes. Starring Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman, the film expands the horizons of the medium, taking its audience on a journey through the unknown and the unknowable. As this postmodern noir detours into the realm of science fiction, it becomes apparent that the only certainty is uncertainty. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director David Lynch, with new 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack Alternate uncompressed stereo soundtrack For the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch, a feature-length 1997 documentary by Toby Keeler featuring Lynch and his collaborators Angelo Badalamenti, Peter Deming, Barry Gifford, Mary Sweeney, and others, along with on-set footage from Lost Highway Reading by Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna of excerpts from their 2018 book, Room to Dream Archival interviews with Lynch and actors Patricia Arquette, Bill Pullman, and Robert Loggia English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: Excerpts from an interview with Lynch from filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley’s book Lynch on Lynch 1997 • 134 minutes • Color • 5.1 surround • 2.39:1 aspect ratio Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure arrives on Blu-ray on the 18th. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s arresting international breakthrough established him as one of the leaders of an emerging new wave of Japanese horror while pushing the genre into uncharted realms of philosophical and existential exploration. A string of shocking, seemingly unmotivated murders—each committed by a different person yet all bearing the same grisly hallmarks—leads Detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho) into a labyrinthine investigation to discover what connects them, and into a disturbing game of cat and mouse with an enigmatic amnesiac (Masato Hagiwara) who may be evil incarnate. Awash in hushed, hypnotic dread, Cure is a tour de force of psychological tension and a hallucinatory journey into the darkest recesses of the human mind. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Tokusho Kikumura, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack New conversation between director Kiyoshi Kurosawa and filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi Interviews with actors Masato Hagiwara and Koji Yakusho Interview from 2003 with Kurosawa Trailers and teaser PLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara 1997 • 111 minutes • Color • Stereo • In Japanese with English subtitles • 1.85:1 aspect ratio Next comes Jayro Bustamante’s Cure also available on Blu-ray on the 18th. A country’s bloody history stains the present in the Guatemalan auteur Jayro Bustamante’s transfixing fusion of folk horror and searing political commentary, inspired by the real-life indictment of the authoritarian Efraín Ríos Montt for crimes against humanity. A notorious, now aging former military dictator stands trial for atrocities committed against Guatemala’s Mayan communities. While battling legal repercussions and the people’s demands for justice, he and his family are plagued by a series of increasingly strange and disturbing occurrences, seemingly brought on by an enigmatic new housekeeper (María Mercedes Coroy). With a restraint that renders the film’s shocks all the more potent, Bustamante crafts a chilling vision of a nation reckoning with collective harms and the restless ghosts of a past that refuses to die. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 2K digital master, approved by director Jayro Bustamante, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray New interview with Bustamante Documentary on the making of the film featuring interviews with cast and crew Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by journalist and novelist Francisco Goldman 2019 • 96 minutes • Color • 5.1 surround • In Spanish, Ixil, and Kaqchikel with English subtitles • 2.39:1 aspect ratio Finally on the 25th, Kasi Lemmons’s Eve’s Bayou starring Jurnee Smollett, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Diahann Carroll, and Samuel L. Jackson will arrive on Blu-ray format. “The summer I killed my father, I was ten years old . . .” So begins Kasi Lemmons’s spellbinding feature debut, an evocative journey into the maze of memory steeped in fragrant southern-gothic atmosphere. In 1960s Louisiana, a young girl (Jurnee Smollett) sees her well-to-do family unravel in the wake of the infidelities of her charming father (Samuel L. Jackson)—setting in motion a series of deceptions and betrayals that will upend her world and challenge her understanding of reality. Rooted in Creole history, folklore, and mysticism, Eve’s Bayou is a scintillating showcase for a powerhouse ensemble of Black actresses—including Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, and the legendary Diahann Carroll as a voodoo priestess—as well as a profoundly cathartic exploration of trauma, forgiveness, and the elusive nature of truth. DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, supervised by director Kasi Lemmons and cinematographer Amy Vincent, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack Original 108-minute theatrical-release version Audio commentary on the director’s cut featuring Lemmons, Vincent, producer Caldecot Chubb, and editor Terilyn A. Shropshire Dr. Hugo (1996), a short film Lemmons made as a proof of concept for Eve’s Bayou, in a new 4K digital transfer New interview with Lemmons Cast reunion footage Interview with composer Terence Blanchard New program showcasing black-and-white Polaroids that Vincent took during production Cast and crew photographs by William Eggleston Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film scholar Kara Keeling 1997 • 115 minutes • Black & White/Color • 5.1 surround • 1.85:1 aspect ratio We will update the website as soon as the preorders for these titles become available! Thanks again for all of your pre-orders. They really do go a long way towards keeping our little show up and running.Posted Mon Jul 18, 2022 at 11:29 AM PDT by: -
Tom Holland's 1985 Horror Comedy Classic "Fright Night" Spooks Up A 4k UHD SteelBook Release, Oct 4th, 2022Welcome to Fright...Night...FOR REAL!!! Writer/Director Tom (Not Spider-man) Holland's classic teenage horror-comedy spin on Hitchcock's Rear Window comes home to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for the first time from Sony in a terrifying new 3-Disc 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray + Blu-ray + Digital SteelBook set. Pre-orders aren't yet open for this release, but Tuesday, October 4th is the day and date to keep in mind! But this isn't just a simple new scan in 4K and a dump of old bonus features, Sony has pulled out the stops giving fans a genuinely exciting new release of this hilarious 80s horror gem. Let's take a look - Fright Night - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook While this isn't the first SteelBook release out there to use the classic poster art, I do have to tip my hat to Sony and also Paramount of late for their recent SteelBook releases using the classic vintage poster art instead of some Pop Art monstrosity or custom art that kinda looks nice but really isn't all that amazing. I've looked at that cover art image ever since I was a little kid at our Mom & Pop rental shop in Dexter, MI and it always terrified me and excited me. By the time I was old enough to slip it past my Mom, I was all up for it and it's remained a favorite ever since. But - a slick SteelBook case isn't all this set has going for it - lets check out the exciting specs and new and archival bonus features we're picking up! 4K ULTRA HD DISC Feature scanned from the original camera negative and presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision All-new Dolby Atmos audio + 5.1 + original Dolby Stereo BLU-RAY™ FEATURE DISC Feature presented in High Definition, sourced from the 4K master 5.1 + original Dolby Stereo Special Features: NEW: Deleted Scene Storyboards – Tom Holland guides us through the film’s only deleted scene, using his personal pre-production storyboards NEW: Holland/Beyda Spec Trailer with an Introduction by Tom Holland – the never-before-seen alternate trailer cut by Fright Night editor Kent Beyda with the guidance—and narration—of Tom Holland Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Tom Holland, Actors Chris Sarandon & Jonathan Stark, Moderated by Filmmaker Tim Sullivan Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Tom Holland, Actors William Ragsdale & Stephen Geoffreys, FX Artist Randall Cook, Moderated by Journalist Jeremy Smith and Filmmaker Tim Sullivan You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night What is Fright Night Tom Holland: Writing Horror Theatrical Trailers BLU-RAY™ SPECIAL FEATURES DISC Special Features: NEW: Fright Night 35th Anniversary Script Read – an anniversary cast reunion and script reading featuring writer/director Tom Holland and special guests including Rosario Dawson, Jason Patric, and many more! NEW: The Queer Lens: Bryan Fuller in Conversation with Amanda Bearse – a candid discussion between Fright Night aficionado Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror) and Fright Night star Amanda Bearse about the Gothic’s queer roots, the film’s queer subtext, and its metaphorical power NEW: A Novel Approach: The Splatterpunk Story of the Fright Night Novelization – Tom Holland, Fright Night novelization authors John Skipp and Craig Spector, and publisher Mark Alan Miller discuss how the progenitors of the splatterpunk genre came to work on the book, their writing process, and the novel’s enduring legacy NEW: SFX Storyboard Comparisons – a selection of original storyboards from key effects sequences, compared with their final filmed versions Roddy McDowall: From Apes to Bats Tom Holland and Amanda Bearse Talk Fright Night Round Table with Tom, Stephen and William Shock Till You Drop Presents Choice Cuts with Tom Holland and Ryan Turek First Ever Fright Night Reunion Panel - Fear Fest 2 (2008) Weekend of Hell Panel with Amanda and Stephen Vintage EPK with Behind-the-Scenes Raw Footage So yeah - that's a lot! As we said at the top of the post, this isn't yet up for pre-order but as soon as it is we'll update our listings. If you pre-order through our links to Amazon, Best Buy or Zavvi, it goes a long way towards keeping our little show up and running - thank you! Here's the full Press Release from Sony: THE FAN-FAVORITE 1980s HORROR CLASSIC DEBUTS ON4K ULTRA HD™ WITH OVER 14 HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES AVAILABLE AS A LIMITED EDITION STEELBOOKOCTOBER 4TH SYNOPSIS Meet Jerry Dandrige. He's sweet, sexy, and he likes to sleep in late. You might think he's the perfect neighbor. But before inviting Jerry in for a nightcap, there's just one thing you should know. Jerry prefers his drinks warm, red, and straight from the jugular! It's FRIGHT NIGHT, a horrific howl starring Chris Sarandon as the seductive vampire and William Ragsdale as the frantic teenager struggling to keep Jerry's deadly fangs out of his neck. Only 17-year-old Charley Brewster (Ragsdale) knows Jerry's bloodcurdling secret. When Charley can't get anybody to believe him, he turns to TV horror host Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), who used to be the "Great Vampire Killer" of the movies. Can these mortals save Charley and his sweetheart Amy (Amanda Bearse) from the wrathful bloodsucker's toothy embrace? If you love being scared, FRIGHT NIGHT...will give you the nightmare of your life. DISC DETAILS & BONUS MATERIALS 4K ULTRA HD DISC Feature scanned from the original camera negative and presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision All-new Dolby Atmos audio + 5.1 + original Dolby Stereo BLU-RAY™ FEATURE DISC Feature presented in High Definition, sourced from the 4K master 5.1 + original Dolby Stereo Special Features: NEW: Deleted Scene Storyboards – Tom Holland guides us through the film’s only deleted scene, using his personal pre-production storyboards NEW: Holland/Beyda Spec Trailer with an Introduction by Tom Holland – the never-before-seen alternate trailer cut by Fright Night editor Kent Beyda with the guidance—and narration—of Tom Holland Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Tom Holland, Actors Chris Sarandon & Jonathan Stark, Moderated by Filmmaker Tim Sullivan Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Tom Holland, Actors William Ragsdale & Stephen Geoffreys, FX Artist Randall Cook, Moderated by Journalist Jeremy Smith and Filmmaker Tim Sullivan You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night What is Fright Night Tom Holland: Writing Horror Theatrical Trailers BLU-RAY™ SPECIAL FEATURES DISC Special Features: NEW: Fright Night 35th Anniversary Script Read – an anniversary cast reunion and script reading featuring writer/director Tom Holland and special guests including Rosario Dawson, Jason Patric, and many more! NEW: The Queer Lens: Bryan Fuller in Conversation with Amanda Bearse – a candid discussion between Fright Night aficionado Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror) and Fright Night star Amanda Bearse about the Gothic’s queer roots, the film’s queer subtext, and its metaphorical power NEW: A Novel Approach: The Splatterpunk Story of the Fright Night Novelization – Tom Holland, Fright Night novelization authors John Skipp and Craig Spector, and publisher Mark Alan Miller discuss how the progenitors of the splatterpunk genre came to work on the book, their writing process, and the novel’s enduring legacy NEW: SFX Storyboard Comparisons – a selection of original storyboards from key effects sequences, compared with their final filmed versions Roddy McDowall: From Apes to Bats Tom Holland and Amanda Bearse Talk Fright Night Round Table with Tom, Stephen and William Shock Till You Drop Presents Choice Cuts with Tom Holland and Ryan Turek First Ever Fright Night Reunion Panel - Fear Fest 2 (2008) Weekend of Hell Panel with Amanda and Stephen Vintage EPK with Behind-the-Scenes Raw Footage CAST AND CREW Written and Directed By: Tom HollandProduced by: Herb JaffeCast: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys and Roddy McDowall SPECS Run Time: Approx. 106 minutesRating: R4K UHD Feature Picture: 2160p Ultra High Definition, 2.39:14K UHD Feature Audio: English Dolby Atmos (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Compatible) | English 5.1 DTS-HD MA | 2-Channel Surround DTS-HD MAPosted Mon Jul 11, 2022 at 06:56 AM PDT by: -
Prepare To Beam Up More Star Trek 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays - September 6th, 2022Boldly finishing what they've already started - Paramount Pictures brings Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Directors Edition, Star Trek V and Star Trek VI, and a 15-disc 6-Film Collection to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray There's a lot of material to dig through so let's not waste any time! Star Trek The Motion Picture: The Director's Edition After the success of their 4-Film collection, Paramount Home Entertainment completes the cinematic journey of the Original Crew on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. Kicking things off is the fully restored Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition - currently on Paramount+ and it's gorgeous! Then to finish off the series, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country make their 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray debuts. But wait there's more! Paramount is also pushing out an extra special Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition The Complete Adventure offering both versions of the film with tons of extras and swag and then there's going to be a 15-disc 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray & Blu-ray collection of all six films as well as single-title editions of all six films for those not interested in box sets and swag. Star Trek The Motion Picture The Director's Edition The Complete Adventure4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture 6-Movie Collection - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Here's the full press release with all the details and a breakdown of new bonus features: Fully Restored Director’s Edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture Arrives on 4K Ultra HD™ and in Six-Movie Collection Own the Definitive Vision of Director Robert Wise September 6, 2022with Extensive New Bonus Content HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Set a course for the final frontier as the newly restored Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition arrives September 6, 2022 on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray™ with a bonus Blu-ray Disc™ filled with new and legacy special features from Paramount Home Entertainment. The film will also be released in a Limited-Edition Collector’s Set entitled “The Complete Adventure,” which includes the new Director’s Edition, the theatrical cut, and a special longer cut all on 4K Ultra HD along with special features on Blu-ray. In addition, Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture Collection will arrive on September 6 with all six big-screen adventures featuring the original series crew on 4K Ultra HD. 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 post-production supervisor 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 visual effects experts, led by returning visual effects supervisor Daren R. 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. “The Director’s Edition on 4k Ultra HD delivers an experience that is far more intimate, engaging, and powerful thanks to the hard work of everyone involved,” said Fein. “In building The Complete Adventure, we appreciated that many people who were first introduced to the film through the full frame release of the ‘Special Longer Version’ have missed it. I’m excited that it will now be available for the first time in widescreen 4k Ultra HD. After so many years, it’s deeply rewarding to finally deliver Robert Wise’s definitive Director’s Edition for fans to enjoy at home.” Following is an overview of the new product offerings: Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition 4K Ultra HD The newly restored, definitive version of the first big-screen adventure is presented in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision™ and HDR-10, as well as Dolby Atmos®. Also includes access to a Digital copy of the film and the following new and legacy bonus content: Ultra HD Disc bonus features Audio Commentary with David C. Fein, Mike Matessino, and Daren R. Dochterman—NEW! Audio Commentary by Robert Wise, Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Jerry Goldsmith, and Stephen Collins Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda Blu-ray Disc™ bonus features The Human Adventure—An all-new 8-part documentary detailing how the Director’s Edition came to life—NEW! Preparing the Future – How the remastering began A Wise Choice – The storied history of Robert Wise Refitting the Enterprise – How the Enterprise design shaped future federation starships Sounding Off – Exploring new dimensions of sound in Dolby Atmos V’ger - The conception and restoration of an iconic alien antagonist Return to Tomorrow – Reaching an already high bar with new CGI effects A Grand Theme – Behind the iconic, influential music score that shaped the franchise’s future The Grand Vision – The legacy and evolving reputation of this classic movie Deleted Scenes—NEW! Effects Tests—NEW! Costume Tests—NEW! Computer Display Graphics—NEW! Additional legacy bonus content Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition—The Complete Adventure 4K Ultra HD This Limited-Edition Collector’s Set includes all of the above, plus an additional 4K Ultra HD disc containing: The Theatrical Cut The first-ever widescreen presentation of the Special Longer Version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, originally created for broadcast television in 1983 The set is presented in deluxe packaging along with exclusive collectibles, including reproductions of original promotional material, a booklet with behind-the-scenes images, stickers, and more. Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture Collection This comprehensive 15-disc collection includes the first six big-screen adventures featuring the original series crew in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision and HDR-10. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition also includes Dolby Atmos). Both Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country are making their 4K Ultra HD debuts. The set also includes access to Digital copies of each of the six films, as well as hours of new and legacy bonus content. Below is a breakdown of disc contents: Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition – Ultra HD & Blu-ray Additional Blu-ray with bonus content Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Theatrical Cut) – Ultra HD & Blu-ray Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – Ultra HD & Blu-ray Includes Director’s Cut Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – Ultra HD & Blu-ray Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Ultra HD & Blu-ray Star Trek V: The Final Frontier – Ultra HD & Blu-ray Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – Ultra HD & Blu-ray Includes Director’s Cut All six of the feature films listed above will also be available individually on 4K Ultra HD or Blu-ray. In addition, in celebration of its 40th anniversary, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan will return to select theaters on September 4th, 5th and 8th. Tickets for this special engagement presented by Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies, and Paramount Pictures can be purchased at www.fathomevents.com or at participating theater box offices. 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.Posted Wed Jul 6, 2022 at 08:25 AM PDT by: -
It's Not The Summer Heat Burning Up Your Wallet - High-Def Digest's July 2022 4K Ultra HD Shopping GuideJust when you thought it was safe to stop pre-ordering... Just because it's summer doesn't mean the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases are going to cool down any. If anything, the releases are ramping up. Past years we'd see major studios and boutiques more or less take a little bit of a break during the summer months because of the competition from theaters. Now with movie houses still working to get back on their feet after the pandemic, the number of new and exciting 4K releases just keeps building! July 2022 sees everything from the Multiverse of Madness to the latest adventure at Downton to some heavy hitters on Criterion. To say the least, this is an exciting slate of new and classic titles coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. High-Def Digest's July 2022 4K Ultra HD Shopping Guide July 5th, 2022 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases Edge of Tomorrow - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Edge of Tomorrow - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Steelbook Everything Everywher All At Once - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Okja - The Criterion Collection - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Downton Abbey: A New Era - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray The Virgin Suicides - The Criterion Collection 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray July 12th, 2022 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases Raging Bull - The Criterion Collection 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook Angel Heart - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook July 19th, 2022 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases Devil In A Blue Dress - The Criterion Collection 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Men In Black: 25th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook Lion of the Desert - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray God Told Me To - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray The Message - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Gamer - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray The Bob’s Burgers Movie - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook The Kid - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray July 26th, 2022 - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray The Killing - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray The Lost City - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Out of the Blue - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Tenebrae - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Green Lantern: Beware My Power - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Green Lantern: Beware My Power - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook Species: Collector’s Edition - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Primal - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Target Exclusive Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Walmart Exclusive Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook Notable Import 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases - Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Zavvi Exclusive - That pretty much does it. July 26th is clearly stacked to the gills leading into what's building into a pretty busy August. Normally this time of year is a little slow but in recent years summer is becoming just as loaded as the holiday season - which makes us wonder what the studios and boutiques are holding on that hasn't been announced yet! If there are any scheduling changes we'll update our listings and this article. Thanks again for all of your pre-orders. Following our links to Amazon, Best Buy, and Zavvi goes a long way towards keeping our little show up and running. Until August, happy collecting!Posted Tue Jul 5, 2022 at 10:08 AM PDT by: -
I Know What You Did Last Summer Will Hit and Run 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on September 27The 1997 horror flick starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, and Freddie Prinze Jr., is getting a 4K upgrade with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos for the film's 25th anniversary. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sarah Michelle Gellar star with Freddie Prinze, Jr., Ryan Phillippe, and Johnny Galecki in this terrifying tale of murder and revenge. After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim’s body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the four friends’ deadly secret resurfaces as they’re stalked by a hook-handed figure looking for more than just an apology… Besides having Dolby Vision/HDR with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack, this release will include some new content including 6 Deleted Scenes + Alternate Ending, My Own Summer: An Interview with Director Jim Gillespie, He Knows What You Did: An Interview with Muse Watson, plus all of the previously released supplements from the Blu-ray. I Know What You Did Last Summer - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Pre-Orders for this 4K title aren't available yet, however, it's worth noting that the film along with its sequels: I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and I’LL ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER will be available in 4K HDR on participating digital platforms on the same date. The full press release is included below. DEBUTING ON 4K ULTRA HD™ SEPTEMBER 27TH IN CELEBRATION OF ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY SYNOPSIS Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sarah Michelle Gellar star with Freddie Prinze, Jr., Ryan Phillippe and Johnny Galecki in this terrifying tale of teenage suspense. After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim’s body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the four friends’ deadly secret resurfaces as they’re stalked by a hook-handed figure looking for more than just an apology… DISC DETAILS & BONUS MATERIALS 4K ULTRA HD DISC Feature scanned from the original camera negative and presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision All-new Dolby Atmos audio + original 5.1 Special Features: NEW: 6 Deleted Scenes + Alternate Ending My Own Summer: An Interview with Director Jim Gillespie He Knows What You Did: An Interview with Muse Watson BLU-RAY DISC™ Feature presented in High Definition Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio Special Features: Filmmakers’ Commentary Director’s Short Film: “Joyride” with Optional Commentary “Now I Know What You Did Last Summer” Featurette Music Video: “Hush” Performed by Kula Shaker Theatrical Trailer Participating digital platforms will have I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER available in 4K HDR on this date, along with 4K HDR debuts of I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and I’LL ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. CAST AND CREW Directed By: Jim Gillespie Screenplay By: Kevin Williamson Based on the Novel By: Lois Duncan Produced by: Neal H. Moritz, Erik Feig and Stokely Chaffin Executive Producer: William S. Beasley Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze Jr., Johnny Galecki, Bridgette Wilson SPECS Run Time: Approx. 101 minutes Rating: R for strong horror violence and language 4K UHD Feature Picture: 2160p Ultra High Definition, 2.39:1 4K UHD Feature Audio: English Dolby Atmos (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Compatible) | English 5.1 DTS-HD MA FOR MORE INFORMATION Twitter: @SonyPicsHomeEnt Instagram: @SonyPicturesHomeEntertainment Facebook: facebook.com/SonyPicturesHomeEntertainment YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SonyPicturesHomeEntPosted Thu Jun 30, 2022 at 12:50 PM PDT by: -
Bram Stoker's Dracula Travels Oceans Of Time For A New 4K UHD SteelBook with Dolby Vision HDR, Oct. 4thCelebrating its 30th Anniversary, Sony brings a new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook of Francis Ford Coppola's infamous adaptation of Stoker's iconic vampire on October 4th, 2022. Bram Stoker's Dracula - 30th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook As has been the case with so many other recent Sony reissues, they are reauthoring the disc to now include Dolby Vision HDR. Previously you had to have the digital streaming copy on iTunes or Vudu to watch the film with Dolby Vision. To round out the A/V presentation, the film also comes with English Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD MA 5.1, and DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio tracks. If that wasn't enough Sony is also including a pair of new bonus features - the Annie Lenox "Love Song for a Vampire" music video and a new featurette "Blood Lines - Dracula, the Man, the Myth, the Movies" This one isn't yet up for pre-order but as soon as it is, we'll update our listings. Here's the full PR for all the gory details: SYNOPSIS From Academy Award®-winning director Francis Ford Coppola (1974 Best Director, The Godfather: Part II) comes the classic and chilling tale about the devastatingly seductive Transylvanian prince (Gary Oldman) who travels from Eastern Europe to 19th-century London in search of human love. When the charismatic Dracula meets Mina (Winona Ryder), a young woman who appears as the reincarnation of his lost love, the two embark on a journey of romantic passion and horror. DISC DETAILS & BONUS MATERIALS 4K ULTRA HD DISC Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, including the original theatrical English subtitle font for texted instances Dolby Atmos audio + 5.1 + Dolby Stereo Special Features: NEWLY ADDED: “Love Song For A Vampire” Music Video by Annie Lennox NEWLY ADDED: Blood Lines – Dracula: The Man, The Myth, The Movies Featurette BLU-RAY DISC™ Feature presented in High Definition, sourced from the 4K master Dolby Atmos audio Special Features: Audio Commentary featuring Director Francis Ford Coppola Audio Commentary featuring Director Francis Ford Coppola, Visual Effects Director Roman Coppola and Makeup Supervisor Greg Cannom Introduction by Francis Ford Coppola Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker's Dracula Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son The Blood Is the Life: The Making of Bram Stoker's Dracula The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka In-Camera: Naïve Visual Effects Method and Madness: Visualizing Dracula Deleted & Extended Scenes Theatrical Teaser & Trailer CAST AND CREW Directed By: Francis Ford CoppolaScreenplay By: James V. HartProduced by: Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs and Charles MulvehillExecutive Producers: Michael Apted and Robert O’ConnorCast: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves SPECS Run Time: Approx. 127 minutesRating: R for sexuality and horror violence4K UHD Feature Picture: 2160p Ultra High Definition, 1.85:1 4K UHD Feature Audio: English Dolby Atmos (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Compatible) | English 5.1 DTS-HD MA | English Stereo Surround DTS-HD MAPosted Mon Jun 27, 2022 at 08:09 AM PDT by: -
Criterion Announces September 2022 Titles Including Blow Out & Sound of Metal on 4K Ultra HD Blu-rayThe Criterion Collection's September release slate also features a Blu-ray box set of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 4. First with the 4K UHD news, we have Darius Marder's Sound of Metal which also will be getting a Blu-ray release on September 27. In Sound of Metal, a tale of sound, fury, and self-discovery, Riz Ahmed delivers an intensely committed performance as the volatile Ruben, who has found new purpose as a drummer in a noise-metal duo, playing blistering live shows with his singer girlfriend, Lou (Olivia Cooke). When Ruben suddenly loses much of his hearing, he is launched on a profound odyssey—through denial, anger, grief, and, gradually, acceptance—as he comes to understand what it means to live as a deaf person and to discover deafness as not a disability but a rich culture and community. Through stunningly immersive, Academy Award–winning sound design, director Darius Marder invites us to experience the world as Ruben does, capturing a sonic spectrum in which silence comes in a thousand shades. 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • 4K digital master, supervised by director Darius Marder and cinematographer Daniël Bouquet, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray and 4K UHD editions • For the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features • New conversation between Marder and filmmaker Derek Cianfrance, who share a story credit on the film • New program about the film’s sound, featuring Marder and sound designer Nicolas Becker • Music video for Abraham Marder’s song “Green,” featuring outtakes from the film • Featurettes • Trailer • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • PLUS: An essay by critic Roxana Hadadi 2019 • 120 minutes • Color • 5.1 surround • 2.39:1 aspect ratio Brian De Palma's Blow Out starring John Travolta and Olivia Cooke will also be getting the 4K treatment on September 13. Th In the enthralling Blow Out, brilliantly crafted by Brian De Palma, John Travolta gives one of his greatest performances, as a film sound-effects man who believes he has accidentally recorded a political assassination. To uncover the truth, he enlists the help of a possible eyewitness to the crime (Nancy Allen), who may be in danger herself. With its jolting stylistic flourishes, intricate plot, profoundly felt characterizations, and gritty evocation of early-1980s Philadelphia, Blow Out is an American paranoia thriller unlike any other, as well as a devilish reflection on moviemaking. DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features • Interview with director Brian De Palma, conducted by filmmaker Noah Baumbach • Interview with actor Nancy Allen • Murder à la Mod, a 1967 feature by De Palma • Interview with cameraman Garrett Brown on the Steadicam shots featured in the film within Blow Out • On-set photographs by Louis Goldman • Trailer • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Sragow and Pauline Kael’s original New Yorker review of the film 1981 • 108 minutes • Color • 2.0 surround • 2.40:1 aspect ratio Available on September 13th comes Take Out from Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou on Blu-ray. The American dream has rarely seemed so far away as in the raw, vérité Take Out, by Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou, an immersion in the life of an undocumented Chinese immigrant struggling to get by on the margins of post-9/11 New York City. Facing violent retaliation from a loan shark, restaurant deliveryman Ming Ding (Charles Jang) has until nightfall to pay back the money he owes, and he encounters both crushing setbacks and moments of unexpected humanity as he races against time to earn enough in tips over the course of a frantic day. From this simple setup, Baker and Tsou fashion a kind of neorealist survival thriller of the everyday, shedding compassionate light on the too often overlooked lives and labor that keep New York running. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack • Audio commentary featuring Baker, Tsou, and actor Charles Jang • New interviews with Baker, Tsou, Jang, and actors Wang-Thye Lee and Jeng-Hua Yu • Program about the making of the film • Deleted scenes • Screen test • Trailer • New English subtitle translation • PLUS: An essay by filmmaker and author J. J. Murphy 2004 • 88 minutes • Color • Stereo • In Mandarin and English with English subtitles • 1.85:1 aspect ratio On the 20th, Henri-Georges Clouzot's controversial Le Corbeau will be available in stores. A mysterious writer of poison-pen letters, known only as Le Corbeau (the Raven), plagues a provincial French town, exposing the collective suspicion and rancor seething beneath the community’s calm surface. Made during the Nazi occupation of France, this film by Henri-Georges Clouzot was attacked by the right-wing Vichy regime, the left-wing Resistance press, and the Catholic Church, and was banned after the country’s liberation. But some—including Jean Cocteau and Jean-Paul Sartre—recognized the powerful subtext to Clouzot’s anti-informant, anti-Gestapo fable and worked to rehabilitate his directorial reputation after the war. Le Corbeau brilliantly captures the spirit of paranoid pettiness and self-loathing that turns an occupied French town into a twentieth-century Salem. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack • Interview with filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier • Excerpts from The Story of French Cinema by Those Who Made It: Grand Illusions 1939–1942, a 1975 documentary featuring director Henri-Georges Clouzot • Trailer • PLUS: An essay by film scholar Alan Williams 1943 • 91 minutes • Black & White • monaural • In French with English subtitles • 1.37:1 aspect ratio Also on the 20th expect to see Atom Egoyan’s Exotica hitting Blu-ray shelves. One of the defining independent films of the 1990s, Atom Egoyan’s mesmerizing international breakthrough Exotica takes the conventions of the psychological thriller into bold new territory—unsettling, dreamlike, and empathetic. At the neon-drenched Toronto strip club of the film’s title, a coterie of lost and damaged souls—including a man haunted by grief (Bruce Greenwood), a young woman with whom he shares an enigmatic bond (Mia Kirshner), an obsessive emcee (Elias Koteas), and a smuggler of rare bird eggs (Don McKellar)—search for redemption as they work through the traumas of their mysteriously interconnected histories in an obsessive cycle of sex, pain, jealousy, and catharsis. Masterfully weaving together past and present, Egoyan constructs a spellbinding narrative puzzle, the full emotional impact of which doesn’t hit until the last piece is in place.. BLU-RAY EDITION FEATURES • New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Atom Egoyan and director of photography Paul Sarossy, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray • Audio commentary featuring Egoyan and composer Mychael Danna • New conversation between Egoyan and filmmaker and actor Sarah Polley • Calendar, a 1993 feature film by Egoyan, with a new introduction • Peep Show, a 1981 short film by Egoyan • En passant, a 1991 short film by Egoyan featuring Maury Chaykin and Arsinée Khanjian Artaud Double Bill, a 2007 short film by Egoyan, commissioned for the sixtieth anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival • Audio from the film’s 1994 Cannes Film Festival press conference, featuring Egoyan, Khanjian, actor Bruce Greenwood, and producer Camelia Frieberg • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • PLUS: An essay by author and filmmaker Jason Wood 1994 • 103 minutes • Color • 2.0 surround • 1.85:1 aspect ratio And finally available on the 27th is Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 4 featuring several films in a Blu-ray boxed set. Established by Martin Scorsese in 2007, The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project has maintained a fierce commitment to preserving and presenting masterpieces from around the globe, with a growing roster of dozens of restorations that have introduced moviegoers to often overlooked areas of cinema history. This collector’s set gathers six important works, from Angola (Sambizanga), Argentina (Prisioneros de la tierra), Iran (Chess of the Wind), Cameroon (Muna moto), Hungary (Two Girls on the Street), and India (Kalpana). Each title is an essential contribution to the art form and a window onto a filmmaking tradition that international audiences previously had limited opportunities to experience. DUAL-FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restorations of Sambizanga, Prisioneros de la tierra, Chess of the Wind, and Muna moto, and 2K digital restorations of Two Girls on the Street and Kalpana, all overseen by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays • New introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese • New and archival interviews featuring Indian film historian Suresh Chabria and filmmaker Kumar Shahani (on Kalpana); Argentine film historians Paula Félix-Didier and Andrés Levinson (on Prisioneros de la tierra); Two Girls on the Street director André de Toth; and Sambizanga director Sarah Maldoror and Annouchka de Andrade, Maldoror’s daughter • New program by filmmaker Mohamed Challouf featuring interviews with Muna moto director Dikongué-Pipa and African film historian Férid Boughedir • The Majnoun and the Wind (2022), a documentary by Gita Aslani Shahrestani, daughter of Chess of the Wind director Mohammad Reza Aslani, featuring Aslani, members of the film’s cast and crew, and others • New and updated English subtitle translations • PLUS: A foreword and essays on the films by critics and scholars Yasmina Price, Matthew Karush, Ehsan Khoshbakht, Aboubakar Sanogo, Chris Fujiwara, and Shai Heredia SAMBIZANGA A bombshell by the first woman to direct a film in Africa, Sarah Maldoror’s chronicle of the awakening of Angola’s independence movement is a stirring hymn to those who risk everything in the fight for freedom. Based on a true story, Sambizanga follows a young woman (Elisa Andrade) as she makes her way from the outskirts of Luanda toward the city’s center looking for her husband (Domingos Oliveira) after his arrest by the Portuguese authorities—an incident that ultimately helps to ignite an uprising. Scored by the language of revolution and the spiritual songs of the colonized Angolan people, and featuring a cast of nonprofessional actors—many of whom were themselves involved in anticolonial resistance—this landmark work of political cinema honors the essential roles of women, as well as the hardships they endure, in the global struggle for liberation. 1972 • 97 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Portuguese, Kimbundu, and Lingala with English subtitles • 1.37:1 aspect ratio PRISIONEROS DE LA TIERRA The most acclaimed film by one of classic Argentine cinema’s foremost directors, Mario Soffici’s gut-punching work of social realism, shot on location in the dense, sweltering jungle of the Misiones region, simmers with rage against the oppression of workers. A group of desperate men are conscripted into indentured labor on a treacherous, disease-ridden yerba maté plantation under the control of the brutal foreman Köhner (Francisco Petrone)—a situation that boils over in an explosive act of rebellion led by the defiant Podeley (Ángel Magaña), and made all the more tense by the fact that Köhner and Podeley love the same woman: Andrea (Elisa Galvé), the sweet-spirited daughter of the camp’s doctor. The expressionistic, shadow-sculpted cinematography of Pablo Tabernero evokes the feverish dread of a place where suffocating heat, economic exploitation, and unremitting cruelty lead inexorably to madness and violence. 1939 • 86 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In Spanish and GuaranÍ with English subtitles • 1.37:1 aspect ratio CHESS OF THE WIND Lost for decades after screening at the 1976 Tehran International Film Festival, this rediscovered jewel of Iranian cinema reemerges to take its place as one of the most singular and astonishing works of the country’s prerevolutionary New Wave. A hypnotically stylized murder mystery awash in shivery period atmosphere, Chess of the Wind unfolds inside an ornate, candlelit mansion where a web of greed, violence, and betrayal ensnares the potential heirs to a family fortune as they vie for control of their recently deceased matriarch’s estate. Melding the influences of European modernism, gothic horror, and classical Persian art, director Mohammad Reza Aslani crafts an exquisitely restrained mood piece that erupts into a subversive final act in which class conventions, gender roles, and even time itself are upended with shocking ferocity. 1976 • 99 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Farsi with English subtitles • 1.85:1 aspect ratio MUNA MOTO Director Dikongué-Pipa forged a new African cinematic language with Muna moto, a delicate love story with profound emotional resonance. In a close-knit village in Cameroon, the rigid customs governing courtship and marriage mean that a deeply in love betrothed couple (David Endéné and Arlette Din Belle) can be torn apart by the lack of a dowry and by another man’s claiming of the young woman as his own wife—a rupture that sets the stage for a clash between a patriarchal society and a modern generation’s determination to chart its own course. Luminous black-and-white cinematography and stylistic flourishes yield images of haunting power in this potent depiction, told via flashback, of the challenges of postcolonialism and the devastating consequences of a community’s refusal to deviate from tradition. 1975 • 89 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In French with English subtitles • 1.37:1 aspect ratio TWO GIRLS ON THE STREET The maverick Hollywood stylist André de Toth sharpened his craft in his native Hungary, where he directed five films, including this chic, dynamically paced melodrama studded with deco decor and jazzy musical interludes. Mária Tasnádi Fekete and Bella Bordy sparkle as upwardly mobile working women—one a musician in an all-girl band, the other a bricklayer—who join forces as they both try to make it in Budapest, supporting each other through changing economic fortunes, the advances of lecherous men, and the highs and heartbreaks of love. Kinetic camera work, brisk editing, and avant-garde imagery abound in Two Girls on the Street, an often strikingly modern ode to the power of working-class female solidarity. 1939 • 79 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In Hungarian with English subtitles • 1.37:1 aspect ratio KALPANA A riot of ecstatic imagery, performance, and set design, the only film by the visionary dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar is a revolutionary celebration of Indian dance in its myriad varieties and a utopian vision of cultural renewal. Unfolding as an epic film within a film, Kalpana tells the story of an ambitious dancer (Shankar) determined to open a cultural center devoted to breathing new life into India’s traditional artistic forms; meanwhile, the obvious adoration between him and his lead dancer (Shankar’s wife and collaborator, Amala Uday Shankar) arouses the jealousy of his enterprising companion (Lakshmi Kanta). Swirling surrealist dance spectacles—featuring dance masters and young performers, many of whom would become stars in their own right—are interwoven with anticolonial, anticapitalist commentary for a radical, proto-Bollywood milestone that is one of the most influential works in Indian cinema. 1948 • 152 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In Hindi with English subtitles • 1.37:1 aspect ratio That's all the information that we have at the moment and hopefully, preorders will be available shortly.Posted Wed Jun 15, 2022 at 02:01 PM PDT by:
