4Ks For Seven Samurai, Godzilla, Paper Moon & More Coming to The Criterion Collection November 2024
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!
When we were first introduced to Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road, she gave our boy Max a run for his money. She could drive and fight and had so much to live for. She was an incredible hero in a world full of hoarders and crazies. She never gave up and she held her own running from Immortan Joe and his goons. But we didn’t know much about her, except that she came from The Green Place. Now, we have Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga to give us more insight into how she became the hero of the last film. Origin stories are either important building blocks to a cinematic universe, or they get things to crumbling. So where does Furiosa land in the Mad Max world? Find out below, and if you’re ready to ride on through Furiosa’s life after reading, please click the cover art below to buy your own copy of Furiosa!
I’ve always found decades and eras to be fascinating. Times change and sometimes things come back from bygone eras. Some things stay way back where they belong. Bikers and their clubs are often timeless and the stories they no doubt have are all probably vast in how their lives unfold together. The Bikeriders, based on the book by Danny Lyon is a story based off of one of those clubs, albeit a fictional one. So, read more on the story of The Vandals below, and if you feel like taking a ride for yourself, click the 4K Blu-ray cover art to get your own copy of The Bikeriders.
Did you ever have an imaginary friend? I admittedly was never that much of an imaginative kid. I was far too rooted in reality. I pretended to believe in those particular holiday symbols. I gave up the sham about age 10. I don’t remember having an imaginary friend, and it was OK with me. But those that had them… what were they like? What did they provide you when you needed them? Do you remember when you stopped needing them? These are all points that become relevant to this film – IF. John Krasinski has made some great films in the first Quiet Place installments and here he tries his hand at a family film. What’s the result you say? Read on for more below and if your imaginative curiosity gets the best of you, be sure to click the cover art at the bottom to get a copy of IF on 4K UHD Blu-ray!
Get ready for a kookier, spookier and altogether ookier experience when ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES arrives on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc™ for the first time ever on October 29, 2024 from Paramount Home Entertainment.
When you think about sports shows or films, how many of them do you recall being comedic? There are a few – White Men Can’t Jump or Bull Durham come to mind and not just because of the Ron Shelton connection. There aren’t a lot that go straight for the laugh though. When a show is serious about the sport it reflects on, there must not be room for laughs. That is, until we came to Ted Lasso. Jason Sudeikis and a game supporting cast have gone for the pitch and kicked an incredible goal. Now, after premiering and a series finale on AppleTV+, we get Ted Lasso on Blu-ray! Read on below to learn more about the show if you don’t know already and be sure to click the cover art at the end if you’re like me and you love to collect your favorite shows or films! It’s the Blu-ray way!
Make room for new emotions when Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 arrives to digital retailers (Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home) on August 20 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on September 10. The highly anticipated heartwarming sequel has already proven to be a blockbuster smash hit, becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time, the fastest animated film to reach $1 billion globally, and is currently the 10th highest grossing film in global box office history.
The reign of House Targaryen continues as Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is set to release the HBO Original drama seriesHOUSE OF THE DRAGON: The Complete Second Season. Following the unprecedented success of its first season, which captured hearts and imaginations worldwide, this latest installment promises even more drama, intrigue…and dragons! The physical release includes all eight heart-pounding episodes from the second season of the hit HBO series, with over an hour of bonus content, including two all-new, never-before-seen exclusive featurettes, plus extended “The House that Dragons Built – Inside the Episode” pieces for each of the (8) Season 2 episodes. HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: The Complete Second Season will be available for purchase on 4K Ultra HD™ Steelbook Edition, 4K Ultra HD™ Standard Edition, Blu-ray™, and DVD on November 19, online and in-store at major retailers. And for a limited time, while supplies last, collectible character cards are being developed for insertion into 4K UHD and Blu-ray sets making this release a must-have for fans. Pre-order your copy today. HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: The Complete Second Season is also available to own on Digital today.
Coming to 4K UHD Steelbook on October 15th…
Horror films have many tropes that get reused over time. We have seen slashers, ghosts and crazy mothers scaring audiences forever. We have also got the religious sect of horror. Classics like The Exorcist and The Omen have been a benchmark and a launch pad for franchises that pale in comparison to the original films. The Omen franchise has had some particularly bad entries since the 1976 film. The First Omen is a direct prequel to that film, and there’s been a very warm reception to the film despite not being a huge money maker this year. Read more on the newest Antichrist horror below. Don’t forget, to order yourself a copy of the film, please click the cover art at the end!
Everyone loves a sequel! PARAMOUNT SCARES is back with another limited-edition collection of terrifying films, all available for the first time in 4K Ultra HD. PARAMOUNT SCARES VOL. 2 arrives October 1, 2024 from Paramount Home Entertainment.
Experience the day the world went quiet in the thrilling and action-packed blockbuster hit A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, arriving to buy or rent on Digital July 30, 2024 from Paramount Home Entertainment.
Rocky movies mean the world to me. I know…I know. I sound like a broken record the number times I have said this now. The Rocky films are sacred to me and have personally got me through some tough times in life, which I’ll elaborate on in a moment. However, is the price of admission here to get these films on the 4K UHD Disc format worth it? I think that’s the more relevant question to be addressed here. Truth be told when these were announced I didn’t even get excited especially after how botched up The Rocky Knockout Collection was last year (see 
I have a funny story about Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt). I have seen this film in stills, in previews, in passing on TV and more for 25 years! Until now, I hadn’t seen the film. It’s strange how something can sit in your mind for so long, just for you to continuously miss the film. Originally released in the massive Sony Pictures Classics 4K UHD Blu-ray collection, Run Lola Run now appears in this standalone release. Taking the same release from the set and giving it a new cover, the film is still as excellent as it must have been in 1998! Read more on Run Lola Run below, and make sure you beat the 20-minute deadline!!
