Home Market Releases for April 23rd, 2019
April 24, 2019
It is another slow week on the home market, but that gave me a chance to complete a couple of late reviews. The best release on this week’s list is A Face in the Crowd and it is the Pick of the Week. However, both of the late reviews, On the Basis of Sex and Willie Dynamite, are worth picking up.
Alien - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack
Captain America 4K Double-Shot
Destroyer - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
Escape Room - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
A Face in the Crowd: The Criterion Collection - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu - No Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Noir Archive: 9-Film Collection : Volume 1: 1944-1954 - No Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray Combo Pack
On the Basis of Sex - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
A Place to Call Home: Season Six - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Please Teacher! Complete Collection - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Shameless: Season Nine - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Tickled - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Willie Dynamite: Special Edition - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Blu-ray Releases - Buy from Amazon:
4K Ultra HD Releases - Buy from Amazon:
TV on DVD Megasets - Buy from Amazon:
Video on Demand - Buy from Amazon:
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One of the best movies ever made and it absolutely should be in everyone’s collection. On the other hand, it has been released on the home market more times that I can remember, meaning fans of the movie likely already own it several times. It is coming out on 4K this week, but even that’s not enough to lift it to a Pick of the Week contender. If you don’t own it yet and you have a 4K system, then now is the time to buy it.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack
Video on Demand
Captain America: Civil War - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack
Video on Demand
The two Russo Brothers Captain America movies are hitting 4K just in time for Endgame. Both films are Pick of the Week contenders; however, I’m betting there’s going to be a 4K box set coming out relatively soon, so I would wait for that.
Video on Demand
Busted Oscar-bait. It’s a good movie, but it wasn’t good enough to truly thrive in limited release and it certainly isn’t great enough to win many awards. That said, it is worth checking out and with two audio commentary tracks and a making of featurette, it is worth picking up.
Video on Demand
A low-budget horror film that earned mixed reviews but was a strong performer at the box office. It is worth checking out for fans of the genre. However, the extras are a little light for a wide release with some deleted / alternative scenes, as well as a trio of featurettes, so it is limited to a rental.
Andy Griffith stars as Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes, a singer plucked out of a jail cell and put on TV. His fame grows exponentially, but this is too fast for his ego to handle. It’s an absolutely amazing film and one that needs to be seen by more. Extras include a couple of new interviews, as well as archival extras including a documentary on the movie. It is easily worth picking up and a contender for Pick of the Week.
A sequel to the infamous rape-revenge flick from the late 1970s. It is selling surprisingly well, all things considered. Also coming out this week is the original on DVD, as well as a documentary about the film’s legacy.
9 lessor known entries in the Film Noir genre from 1944 through 1954. There are no extras, but that’s not surprising due to their age and lack of name recognition. The price-per-film is under $6, so it is still worth picking up.
Video on Demand
This film is busted Oscar-bait. It’s clear from its subject matter and its release date it was aiming to win major awards. That didn’t happen, but is it still worth checking out? Does it have more mainstream appeal? Read our review to find out.
The sixth and final season of this Australia TV drama. The price-per-minute is very high compared to most TV on DVD releases, but that’s common for imports like this. Also coming out today is the Complete Series Box Set, which is not a huge saving.
Kei is an 18-year old student who is just starting high school, because when he was younger, he lapsed into a coma and lost three years of his life. His teacher, Mizuho, is an alien and when Kei finds out, he’s forced to marry her, because Anime. The reviews on My Anime List are rather good, but that is a rather silly setup.
Video on Demand
The last season of this show with Emmy Rossum, which is too bad, as I always thought she was the best part of the show.
Video on Demand
A journalist stumbles upon the world of endurance tickling... that’s not the weirdest part of the story. When he decides to investigate, he uncovers something much stranger. Something that I’m not going to describe, because you need to encounter this movie for yourself.
Gordon from Sesame Street stars as a pimp in this 1970s Blaxploitation film. That should be enough to get your attention. However, is the film good enough to be worth picking up? Check out our review for my opinion.
Doreiku: Complete Collection - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Farinelli - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Hagazussa - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
The House of the Seven Gables - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
The Informer - No Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
The Land Unknown - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Maria the Virgin Witch: The Complete Series - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Mikagura School Suite: The Complete Series - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Paradise Alley - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Sankarea: The Complete Series - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Scared Stiff - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Scream and Scream Again - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Shooting Stars - No Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
The Strange Door - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Tito and the Birds - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray Combo Pack
Underground - No Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
The list of secondary Blu-ray releases includes some really old movies. I’m talking about films from the silent era or just after. Many of them are worth checking out.
The Witch - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
The only secondary 4K release this week is The Witch
A Place to Call Home - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD
The complete series Megaset is being released the same day as the final season.
Arctic - Reviews - Video on Demand
J.T. LeRoy - Reviews - Video on Demand
New England Patriots: 3 Games to Glory VI - No Reviews - Video on Demand
Serenity - Reviews - Video on Demand
This is North Preston - Reviews - Video on Demand
Under the Silver Lake - Reviews - Video on Demand
What Men Want - Reviews - Video on Demand
Arctic is the film I’m most interested in seeing. However, Serenity is deranged enough that it is worth a rental.
Filed under: DVD and Blu-ray Releases, Home Market Releases, Scream And Scream Again, Shooting Stars, Under The Silver Lake, Destroyer, What Men Want, Serenity, On the Basis of Sex, Escape Room, Arctic, Tito e os Pássaros, Hagazussa, A Face in the Crowd, I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu, Scared Stiff, This is North Preston, Captain America, Andy Griffith, Emmy Rossum, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo