Home Market Releases for July 16th, 2019
July 18, 2019
It’s the middle of summer, at least according to the movie industry, which explains why there are so few prime releases this weekend. In fact, after Shazam!, there’s almost nothing here that can be considered a real box office hit. As for the competition for Pick of the Week, well, that list is just as short with only one contender from this week, Klute: Criterion Collection. Although both late reviews, Bachman (DVD or Blu-ray) and Furie (DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack), are worth picking up as well.
Bachman - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Breakthrough - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD, Blu-ray Combo Pack, or 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack
Criminal Minds: The Fourteenth Season - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD
From the Earth to the Moon - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Furie - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
Hallmark Chanel Original Movie Double-Shot
Klute: Criterion Collection - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Little Woods - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Shazam! - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD, Blu-ray Combo Pack, 3D Combo Pack, or 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best 200 Episodes Ever! - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Star Trek: Kelvin Timeline - No Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray Combo Pack or 4K Combo Pack
Titans: Season One - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
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3D Releases - Buy from Amazon:
4K Ultra HD Releases - Buy from Amazon:
TV on DVD Megasets - Buy from Amazon:
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A rockumentury about Randy Bachman, who founded both The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Is the film worth watching for fans of the musician? Does it have wider appeal? Read our review to find out.
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations: Set 2 - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Not as good as the original generation.
Video on Demand
The reviews are not as bad as most faith-based films earn, but it still has limited crossover appeal. The extras are good with an audio commentary track, featurettes, deleted scenes, and more. If you are part of the target audience, then it is worth picking up.
I grew tired of this show. It became too predictable, which is a death sentence for a police procedural show.
A 20-year old HBO mini-series coming out to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing. It would be filler on most weeks, but there’s so little competition this week that the sales numbers look better by comparison.
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Video on Demand
A Vietnamese action film about a single mother, Hai, whose daughter, Mai, is kidnapped by human traffickers. The film earned amazing reviews and broke the box office record for a Vietnamese film. Did it deserve this success? Or am I in the minority here? Check out our review for my opinion.
The Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For - No Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Video on Demand
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar - No Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Video on Demand
They are Hallmark Channel original movies. These films never have any reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, but this release is part of a series, so it clearly has a lot of fans who will want to pick up the DVD.
A neo-Noir crime thriller about a missing company executive who may or may not be connected with a series of prostitute suicides. The reviews are over 90% positive and this is a Criterion Collection release, so you know the DVD / Blu-ray is great with a good mix of old and new extras. It is worth picking up and even a contender for Pick of the Week.
This is one of the more disappointing box office results of the year. This film opened in limited release with a Tomatometer Score that was in the high 90s range, but still opened below the Mendoza Line. This explains why it isn’t even getting a Blu-ray release and why the DVD has no special features. It is still worth picking up, because the movie is good, but it is not a contender for Pick of the Week.
Video on Demand
This film is widely considered one of the best wide releases of the year and the best installment in the DCEU. I’m in the minority here, but I think Wonder Woman is better. I still think this movie is great, but I found the kids a little too annoying a little too often to be the best film in the franchise. Also, the extras are a little on the light side. That said, it is still absolutely worth picking up.
I can’t believe this show has lasted 200 episodes. It is very rare for a show to last 200 episodes, so I can see why they would want to celebrate. Normally I tell people to not buy box sets like this and to wait for the complete collection, but I have no idea when that will happen with this show.
The three films in the Kelvin Timeline hit 4K this week in a box set. I only really liked Beyond, so this isn’t worth a purchase for me.
Video on Demand
This show is better than the trailer made it look, but even a lot of the positive reviews are not that enthusiastic about the show’s overall quality.
Ash is Purest White - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
The Baker’s Wife: The Criterion Collection - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray Combo Pack
The Chill Factor: Special Edition - No Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray Combo Pack
Fast Color - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Footlight Parade - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Fuuka: The Complete Series - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Hentai Heaven: Volume 8 - No Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Hold Back the Dawn - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Inglourious Basterds: 10th Anniversary Gift Set - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Noir Archive Volume 2: 1954-1956 - No Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
The Psychic - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Shortcut to Happiness - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Satanis: The Devil's Mass + Satan’s Children - No Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Teen Spirit - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Witchblade: The Complete Series - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
There are some absolute classics on this week’s list of secondary Blu-ray releases. And I’m not just talking about films with stellar reviews, but films that also came out many decades ago.
Shazam! - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: 3D Combo Pack
There’s a 3D release on this week’s list. That’s incredibly rare. It is also the biggest release of the week.
Moon - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack
I don’t know if this film needs to be seen in 4K, but more people need to see it.
Space: 1999 - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
A Sci-fi series from the 1970s. It’s cheesy, but in a good way.
The Curse of La Llorona - Reviews - Video on Demand
The Intruder - Reviews - Video on Demand
Long Shot - Reviews - Video on Demand
Long Shot - Reviews - Video on Demand (4K Ultra HD)
Miss Arizona - Reviews - Video on Demand
UglyDolls - Reviews - Video on Demand
UglyDolls - Reviews - Video on Demand (4K Ultra HD)
Long Shot is the only secondary VOD title I’m interested in, which is good news, because the Blu-ray screener has already arrived. I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, because I have one more late screener to get to.
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