Archive for the 'Amazon Pre-Orders' Category
August 30th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
After tracing a strange ailment to a remote gravesite, a team of supernatural experts soon discovers what happens when you mess with the wrong grave in the award-winning horror-thriller EXHUMA, debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD October 8 from Well Go USA Entertainment. The release includes an all-new English dub and French subtitles. Written and Directed by Jang Jae-Hyun (Svaha: The Sixth Finger), EXHUMA stars CHOI Min-Sik (Oldboy, I Saw the Devil), KIM Go-Eun (Hero, Little Women), YOO Hai-Jin (A Taxi Driver), and LEE Do-Hyun (Prison Playbook, Sweet Home).
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Continue reading ‘Get Thrilled by EXHUMA on Blu-ray & 4K UHD October 8’
August 15th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Coming in November to the Criterion Collection: Funny Girl, a musical screen debut for the ages, directed by William Wyler; Paper Moon, one of American cinema’s unlikeliest criminal double acts, directed by Peter Bogdanovich; Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, a swooning monster movie with a heart; Scarface, Howard Hawks’s gangster film that set the standard for the genre; and, now on 4K UHD, Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, one of the most thrilling warrior epics of all time, and Ishiro Honda’s Godzilla, a cult phenomenon that spawned over thirty sequels. Plus, our recently announced forty-film CC40 box set!
– Continue reading ‘4Ks For Seven Samurai, Godzilla, Paper Moon & More Coming to The Criterion Collection November 2024’
August 6th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Filled with unpredictability and intrigue, Searchlight Pictures’ Kinds of Kindness arrives on digital retailer platforms on August 27 and on Blu-ray and DVD on October 8. From the Oscar-nominated director of Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos, the “profoundly hilarious” (David Fear, Rolling Stone) dark comedy features a star-studded cast, led by Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe, that has been described as “laugh-out-loud funny” (David Ehrlich, Indiewire) and “bound to baffle and delight” (Peter Debruge, Variety). Fans can delve deeper into the film with exclusive behind-the-scenes bonus features and deleted scenes when the boundary-pushing twisted film arrives on digital retailer platforms, including Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home on August 27 and on Blu-ray and DVD on October 8. Continue reading ‘Searchlight Pictures’ KINDS OF KINDNESS Dances its Way To Blu-ray on Oct. 8’
July 30th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Celebrate the 20
th anniversary of director Michael Mann’s stylishly compelling noir thriller
COLLATERAL with a new Limited-Edition 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray™ SteelBook™, arriving August 6, 2024, from Paramount Home Entertainment.
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Tom Cruise is “convincingly wicked” (Toronto Star), and Jamie Foxx gives an Oscar®-nominated*performance in the exhilarating film that “crackles with energy and purpose” (Los Angeles Times). Originally released on August 6, 2004, COLLATERAL wowed critics and audiences alike and continues to be revered as a masterful blend of suspense and drama, combining intense action with captivating character exploration. Written by Stuart Beattie, the film also stars Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, and Javier Bardem.
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Continue reading ‘COLLATERAL Celebrates 20th Anniversary With New Limited-Edition 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray SteelBook Arriving August 6th’
July 10th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
You’ll definitely want to pick up The Hitcher as the seminal eighties’ slasher gets the full Limited Edition overhaul from experts in the field Second Sight Films. They present a brand-new restored 4K version from the original camera negative supervised and approved by director Robert Harmon, that’s set for release on 4K UHD Blu-ray September 30, 2024! Hit the road with The Hitcher for a ride from hell wrapped in a box set from heaven. Continue reading ‘‘The Hitcher’ on 4K UHD Blu-ray September 30!’
July 7th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
An early cinematic pioneer with an undeniably pervasive influence, Louis Feuillade made hundreds of films in a short career spanning only a few decades. Today, he is best remembered for his landmark serials Fantômas, Les Vampires, Judex and Tih Minh, four crime epics that have had an immeasurable impact on popular culture around the globe. The Masters of Cinema series is honoured to present these silent masterworks on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK from astonishing 4K restorations. Louis Feuillade: The Complete Crime Serials is released September 30, 2024!
Continue reading ‘Louis Feuillade: The Complete Crime Serials (1913-1918) on Blu-ray September 30, 2024!’
June 17th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Coming in September to the Criterion Collection: Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy, a trio of films from the New Queer Cinema renegade; All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh’s metaphysical exploration of queer love and loneliness; and Happiness, Todd Solondz’s disturbingly funny portrait of middle-class suburbia. Plus: The Long Good Friday, John Mackenzie’s landmark of British crime cinema, and Repo Man, Alex Cox’s quintessential 1980s cult comedy—now on 4K UHD.
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Continue reading ‘Araki, Cox, Solondz 4Ks & More Coming to The Criterion Collection September 2024’
June 7th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
What a time to be alive when it comes to kaiju cinema these days. Godzilla, in particular, can now be referred to as the Oscar-winning King of the Monsters after smash hit Godzilla Minus One managed to go the distance (one step closer to EGOT, I say!). With that in mind, the MonsterVerse has once again revved its gears to deliver Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. This entry not only capitalized on the success of 2021’s original savior of movie theaters, Godzilla vs. Kong, but has now become the biggest entry yet in Legendary’s gigantic franchise. With returning director Adam Wingard and some familiar cast members back on board, audiences, much like me, were largely happy to see the latest monster smash-up event. With a streamlined focus, psychedelic visuals, some cool kaiju creations, and the delivery of epic brawls, not only was it great for theaters, but it makes for a solid 4K UHD Blu-ray release as well.
Continue reading ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)’
June 3rd, 2024 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
Relive the epic action when MONKEY MAN becomes available to own with brand-new bonus content on Digital June 11, 2024 and on 4K UHD, Blu-ray™ and DVD June 25, 2024 from Monkeypaw Productions and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Full of “staggeringly impressive action” (Collider), MONKEY MAN cuts into the world of gritty and stylized hand-to-hand combat with a fresh take on the genre, bearing the birth of a new action star. Experience more excitement when you own the Collector’s Edition, which has over 55 minutes of all-new bonus features, including an alternate opening, alternate ending, deleted scenes, behind the scenes featurettes and more!
Continue reading ‘One Small Ember Can Burn Down Everything: MONKEY MAN Hits 4K UHD & Blu-ray on 6/25!’
May 15th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Coming in August: Brief Encounters / The Long Farewell: Two Films by Kira Muratova, two long-suppressed features by the fearless Ukrainian iconoclast; Not a Pretty Picture, a metacinematic experiment in recreating trauma from Martha Coolidge; Real Life, a satirical mockumentary about attempting to document the life of an ordinary American family, from Albert Brooks; and Mother, a comic portrait of a struggling novelist who decides to move back in with his mother, also from Brooks. Plus: The Last Emperor, Bernardo Bertolucci’s powerful Academy Award–winning epic set in Qing-dynasty China—now on 4K UHD.
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Continue reading ‘Bertolucci, Brooks, Coolidge & More Coming to The Criterion Collection August 2024’
May 7th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
The latest entry in the Monsterverse franchise, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs Kong with an all-new cinematic adventure, debuts for purchase and rental Digitally at home on May 14, 2024, and on 4K UHD and Blu-ray on June 11. From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own. The epic new film delves further into the histories of these Titans, their origins, and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humanity forever.
– Continue reading ‘Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, The Ultimate Team-Up, Hitting 4K UHD & Blu-ray on June 11’
April 15th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Coming to The Criterion Collection in July: Black God, White Devil, Glauber Rocha’s blistering existential western from Brazil; Perfect Days, a serene ode to everyday life in Tokyo directed by Wim Wenders; Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Sam Peckinpah’s blood- and dust-caked elegy for the American West; Farewell My Concubine, a breathtakingly intimate saga in twentieth-century China, directed by Chen Kaige; and Risky Business, Paul Brickman’s sly satire about a suburban Chicago prepster. Plus: Le samouraï, Jean-Pierre Melville’s masterpiece of cool about a contract killer with samurai instincts, now on 4K UHD.
– Continue reading ‘Peckinpah, Wenders, Melville 4K & More Coming to The Criterion Collection July 2024’
April 8th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
“Meanwhile, in another universe…” In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures…if they can all survive a deadly present. Madame Web is released on 4K UHD Blu-ray April 30, 2024! Continue reading ‘‘Madame Web’ on 4K UHD Blu-ray April 30!’
March 25th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse star in Focus Features’ 80’s inspired dark comedy, LISA FRANKENSTEIN, available to own as a Collector’s Edition with never-before-seen bonus content on Digital March 29, 2024, and on Blu-ray and DVD April 9, 2024, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The electrifying bonus material includes a hilarious gag reel, deleted scenes, and featurettes that give a behind-the-scenes look at Diablo Cody’s inspiration behind the film, Lisa’s relationship with Creature, plus a feature commentary by director Zelda Williams. Continue reading ‘‘Lisa Frankenstein’ on Blu-ray April 9!’
March 19th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
Directed by Matt Vesely (Overheater) and starring Lily Sullivan (Evil Dead Rise, I Met a Girl), the acclaimed sci-fi thriller MONOLITH debuts on Blu-ray April 23 from Well Go USA Entertainment. While trying to salvage her career, a disgraced journalist (Sullivan) begins investigating a strange conspiracy theory. But as the trail leads uncomfortably close to home, she is left to grapple with the lies at the heart of her own story. Bonus materials include a Behind-the-Scenes featurette and Writer, Producer and Director Audio Commentary. Continue reading ‘‘Monolith’ on Blu-ray April 23!’
March 15th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Coming in June from The Criterion Collection: Bound, Lana and Lilly Wachowski’s hyperstylish, sapphic heist thriller; Querelle, a delirious depiction of gay desire from Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Victims of Sin, a vibrant Mexican musical-melodrama-noir from Emilio Fernández; and The Underground Railroad, Barry Jenkins’s monumental reimagining of American history through the eyes of an enslaved woman. Plus: Blue Velvet, David Lynch’s unforgettable vision of innocence lost, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Terry Gilliam’s feverish psychedelic odyssey—now on 4K UHD.
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Continue reading ‘Underground Railroad, Bound, Blue Velvet 4K, and More Coming to The Criterion Collection June 2024’
March 6th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
Jason Statham stars in “The Beekeeper,” a heart-pounding action-thriller about a mysterious Beekeeper. Adam Clay (Statham), a former operative of a powerful organization known as Beekeepers, upends his covert life and embarks on a brutal revenge mission to dismantle corruption at the highest levels of our society. The stellar cast also includes Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Minnie Driver, Phylicia Rashad and Jeremy Iron, amongst others. The Beekeeper on 4K UHD Blu-ray is released April 23, 2024! Continue reading ‘‘The Beekeeper’ on 4K UHD Blu-ray April 23!’
March 6th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
In Abashiri Prison, Takakura stars as Shinichi Tachibana, a yakuza sent to Abashiri as punishment for an attack on a rival gangster. He intends to serve his time as a model prisoner until he is shackled to the bullish Gonzo Gonda (Kōji Nanbara), unwittingly roped into an escape attempt orchestrated by Heizo Yoda (Tōru Abe) and forced to face the frozen wilderness of Hokkaidō. In Another Abashiri Prison Story, Tachibana has just been released when he stumbles across a stash of diamonds recently stolen in a heist – and attracts unwanted attention from criminals and cops alike. Finally, in Abashiri Prison: Saga of Homesickness, Tachibana reunites with his former yakuza associates, who are trying to go straight. That is, at least, until old rivals come looking for trouble… Prison Walls – Abashiri Prison I-III is released on Blu-ray May 28, 2024!
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After tracing a strange ailment to a remote gravesite, a team of supernatural experts soon discovers what happens when you mess with the wrong grave in the award-winning horror-thriller EXHUMA, debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD October 8 from Well Go USA Entertainment. The release includes an all-new English dub and French subtitles. Written and Directed by Jang Jae-Hyun (Svaha: The Sixth Finger), EXHUMA stars CHOI Min-Sik (Oldboy, I Saw the Devil), KIM Go-Eun (Hero, Little Women), YOO Hai-Jin (A Taxi Driver), and LEE Do-Hyun (Prison Playbook, Sweet Home).
