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April 1st, 2024 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
“Forget it Jake, It’s Chinatown…” So ends a film that is widely recognized as one of the greatest in cinema history. The haunting noir classic CHINATOWN celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and Paramount is marking the occasion with a Limited-Edition 4K Ultra HD release on June 18, 2024. Produced by the legendary Robert Evans, CHINATOWN was originally released on June 26, 1974 and received widespread critical acclaim along with 11 Oscar® nominations, including Best Picture. In 1991, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”
Continue reading ‘CHINATOWN Celebrates 50 Years on 4K UHD Blu-ray June 18th!’
March 28th, 2024 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
American Sniper, the 2014 biographical war drama directed by Academy Award Winning Director Clint Eastwood and starring Academy Award nominee Bradley Coopers as will be available for purchase on 4K Ultra HD Disc and Digital for the first time on May 14. American Sniper will be available to purchase on May 14 on Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc from online and in-store at major retailers and available for purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more.
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Continue reading ‘AMERICAN SNIPER Comes to 4K UHD Blu-ray May 14th!’
March 27th, 2024 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the coming-of-age classic — from Academy Award®-winning director John G. Avildsen (1976, Rocky) — that will leave you cheering! There is more to karate than fighting. This is the lesson that Daniel (Ralph Macchio), a San Fernando Valley teenager, is about to learn from a most unexpected teacher: Mr. Miyagi (Noriyuki “Pat” Morita in his Academy Award®-nominated performance, Best Supporting Actor, 1984), an elderly handyman who also happens to be a master of the martial arts. His training and these vital lessons will be called into play when an outmatched Daniel faces Johnny (William Zabka), the skilled leader of the Cobra Kai — a vicious gang of karate school bullies — in a no-holds-barred karate tournament for the championship of the Valley.
Continue reading ‘THE KARATE KID Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary In 4K UHD and Special Packaging on 6/19!’
March 25th, 2024 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
From director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) comes the must-see thriller about a vicious street punk turned sexy, sophisticated and lethally dangerous assassin. Starring Anne Parillaud, Jeanne Moreau and Jean Reno, La Femme Nikita is “slick, stylish and tremendously entertaining” (The New York Times)! Rescued from death row by a top-secret agency, Nikita (Anne Parillaud) is slowly transformed from a cop-killing junkie into a cold-blooded bombshell with a license to kill. But when she begins the deadliest mission of her career, only to fall for a man who knows nothing of her true identity, Nikita discovers that in the dark and ruthless world of espionage, the greatest casualty of all…is true love.
Continue reading ‘LA FEMME NIKITA AVAILABLE ON 4K ULTRA HD STEELBOOK 6/11!’
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 18th, 2024 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
Discover the story behind the icon whose music and message inspired millions when BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE arrives to buy or rent on Digital March 19,2024 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The film will debut on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™, and DVD on May 28.
“A triumphant, electrifying masterpiece” (Dave Morales, Fox TV) that “will make you stand up and cheer” (Shawn Edwards, Fox TV), BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE explores the music you know and the legend you don’t through the inspiring and powerful story of how Bob Marley went from humble beginnings to spread his message of love and unity throughout the world.
Continue reading ‘BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE Debuts on Digital 3/19/24 and 4K UHD Blu-Ray and Blu-ray May 28th!’
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 12th, 2024 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
The trilogy of beloved crime heist films – Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, and Ocean’s Thirteen – from Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Andy Garcia, will be available for purchase on 4K Ultra HD Disc and Digital for the first time on April 30.
Inspired by and based on the 1960 heist film Ocean’s 11, the three films are directed by Soderbergh from screenplays by Ted Griffin, George Nolfi, and Brian Koppelman & David Levien respectively, and produced by Jerry Weintraub.
Continue reading ‘The Ocean’s Trilogy Arrives on 4K Ultra HD April 30th!’
March 8th, 2024 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
In the edgy comedy Anyone But You, Bea (Sydney Sweeney) and Ben (Glen Powell) look like the perfect couple, but after an amazing first date something happens that turns their fiery hot attraction ice cold – until they find themselves unexpectedly thrust together at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.
Featuring the revitalized, phenomenon hit single “UNWRITTEN” by Natasha Bedingfield!
Continue reading ‘ANYONE BUT YOU Comes To Blu-ray March 12th!’
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!
Continue reading ‘‘Prison Walls – Abashiri Prison I-III’ on Blu-ray May 28!’
March 6th, 2024 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
The iconic crime thriller film The Departed from Academy Award® winning director Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull, Goodfellas) will be available for purchase on 4K Ultra HD Disc and Digital for the first time on April 23.
The Departed’s prestigious ensemble cast stars Academy Award winner Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant, The Wolf of Wall Street) , Academy Award winner Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, The Martian), three time Academy Award Winner Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Terms of Endearment, As Good as it Gets), and Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter, Boogie Nights), with Emmy Award winner Martin Sheen (television’s “The West Wing,” Apocalypse Now), BAFTA nominee Ray Winstone (That Summer, Nil by Mouth), Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air), Academy Award nominee Alec Baldwin (The Cooler), Emmy nominee Anthony Anderson (television’s “Black-ish,” Hustle & Flow), and James Badge Dale in supporting roles.
Continue reading ‘The Departed Arrives on 4K Ultra HD April 23!’
March 5th, 2024 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
The Walt Disney Company today announced four new Collector’s Editions of popular Disney+ Original series from Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm will be available on 4K UHD and Blu-ray for fans to add to their collections. These special releases feature Steelbook packaging, concept art cards and some never-before-seen bonus features.
The titles, all to be released on April 30, 2024 are:
- Marvel Studios’ The Falcon and The Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season
- Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight: The Complete First Season
- Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi – The Complete Series
- Star Wars: Andor – The Complete First Season
Continue reading ‘Coming April 20th for the First Time on 4K UHD and Blu-ray: 4 Disney+ Originals!’
March 5th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
When Major Charles Rane (William Devane, Marathon Man, Interstellar) returns home to San Antonio, Texas, he is given a hero’s welcome. He and his friend John Vohden (Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive) had endured eight years of physical and mental torture in a POW camp. Adjusting to his old life isn’t going to be easy for Rane. His wife Janet has fallen in love with another man, and his son doesn’t remember him. The publicity he receives as a returning hero has attracted the attention of a group of hoodlums. When the group kills Rane’s wife and son and leaves him for dead, he and Vohden team up to hunt them down. Rolling Thunder is released on 4K UHD Blu-ray April 23, 2024! Continue reading ‘‘Rolling Thunder’ on 4K UHD Blu-ray April 23!’
March 5th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
During the reign of the Jiajing Emperor (Chao Lei), China’s coastal regions have come under attack by wokou – Japanese pirates under the leadership of the infamous Hakatatsu (Sammo Hung). To combat this threat, the Emperor tasks a trusted general, Zhu Wan (Tu Kuang-chi), with assembling a group of skilled warriors to find and eliminate the pirates. Under the command of General Yu Dayou (Roy Chiao), the band of soldiers – including husband-and-wife sword-fighters Wu Ji-yuan (Wing Bai) and Wu Ruo-shi (Feng Hsu) – set out to draw Hakatatsu, his ally Xu Dong (Han Ying-chieh) and their pirate clan into a series of spectacular showdowns. Inspired by historical events and featuring several storied figures drawn from Chinese history, The Valiant Ones is a standout wuxia film produced during the dying days of the genre, as audience tastes were shifting towards more grounded kung fu cinema. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present The Valiant Ones on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray from a 4K restoration. Continue reading ‘‘The Valiant Ones’ on 4K UHD Blu-ray May 28!’
March 5th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
The producers of M3GAN high dive into the deep end of horror with the supernatural thriller, Night Swim. Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) stars as a former major league baseball player, forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his wife (Oscar nominee Kerry Condon) and their two children. The new home comes complete with a backyard swimming pool, but a deep secret surfaces and unleashes a malevolent force that will drag the family into the inescapable depths of terror. Night Swim is released on Blu-ray & DVD April 9, 2024! Continue reading ‘‘Night Swim’ on Blu-ray April 9!’
March 4th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
Bursting with imagination and having seen her share of tragedy and fantasy, Amélie is not like the other girls. When she grows up, she becomes a waitress in a Montmartre bar run by a former dancer. Amélie enjoys simple pleasures until she discovers that her goal in life is to help others. To that end, she invents all sorts of tricks that allow her to intervene incognito into other people’s lives, including an imbibing concierge and her hypochondriac neighbor. But Amélie’s most difficult case turns out to be Nino Quicampoix, a lonely sex shop employee who collects photos abandoned at coin-operated photo-booths. Amélie is released on Blu-ray + Steelbook March 26, 2024! Continue reading ‘‘Amelie’ on Blu-ray + Steelbook March 26!’
