Weekly New Releases – May 21, 2013

Sorry this is so much later than usual. It’s the biggest week we’ve had in a while, and it took time for us to go through all of the releases.

2 Days in the Valley
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Alien Encounters of the 4th Kind
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: $19.95 MSRP for 3 movies that go unnamed, in a collection deliberately titled to sound like a sequel to an unrelated hit? Yeah, those will be great.
Audrey Hepburn Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Roman Holiday and Sabrina.
Beautiful Creatures
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Best of Warner Bros. Cartoons – Hanna-Barbera
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes episodes of The Ruff and Reddy Show, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Hokey Wolf, Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks, The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Augie Doggi and Diggie Daddy, Snooper and Blabber, Loopy De Loop, The Flintstones, The Yogi Bear Show, Snagglepuss, Yakky Doodle, Top Cat, Wally Gator, Touche Turtle and Dum Dum, The Jetsons, The Magilla Gorilla Show, Punkin’ Puss and Mushmouse, Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-Long, Jonny Quest, Peter Potamus, Breezly and Sneezly, Yippe, Yappee and Yahooey, Atom Ant, Secret Squirrel, Squiddly Diddly, Precious Pupp, The Hillbilly Bears, Winsome Witch, Frankenstein Jr., The Impossibles, Space Ghost, Dino Boy, Space Kidettes, The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show, Birdman, The Galaxy Trio, The Herculoids, Cattanooga Cats, It’s the Wolf, Motormouse and Autocat, The Funky Phantom and Jabberjaw.
Black Orchid
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments NOTE: This is the Sophia Loren / Anthony Quinn version.
The Burning (Collector’s Edition)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Captain America (1990)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: Please note that this is the really, really bad 1990 version. Still, I must own it. Do I have a problem?
Catch-22
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Children of a Lesser God
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Disorderly Orderly
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Escape from Planet Earth
Amazon
  • Digital: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Fat Man and Little Boy
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Gaiking: The Movie Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Films related to the super robot anime from the 70’s.
The Gene Autry Show – The Final Season
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
A Good Day to Die Hard
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments DVD and Blu-Ray releases to follow on June 4. Sorry I missed this one; it’s been out since at least May 14.
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Gunbuster 2: Daibuster – The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
Amazon
  • Digital: US
Howl’s Moving Castle
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD combo: US, CAN
K-On! The Movie
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
  • Blu-Ray: US
Comments Anime film concluding the story from the K-On TV series about a group of Japanese High School girls who decide to start a band.
The Last Stand
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD/Digital: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Laverne and Shirley: Season Six
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
LEGO Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Little Caesar
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments The Edward G. Robinson / Douglas Fairbanks classic gangster film. Unrelated to pizza.
The Lone Ranger
Amazon
  • Hi-Yo Silver, Away! DVD: US, CAN
  • Kemo Sabe, Trusted Friend DVD: US, CAN
  • Who Was That Masked Man? DVD: US, CAN
Comments Starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels.
Lupin III: Green Vs. Red
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
Comments Lupin the Third and his crew have to go up against a green-jacketed imitator who just might be as good as the original. The title is derived from the TV show versions of Lupin III being divided by the fans between the more semi-serious “Green” era and the more slap-sticky “Red” Era.
Medium Cool (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
My Neighbor Totoro
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
National Lampoon’s Vacation: 30th Anniversary Edition
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Parker
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Perception: The Complete First Season
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Petrified Forest
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Public Enemy
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Saving Hope: The Complete First Season
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Side Effects
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Sommersby
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Stand Up Guys
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • Digital Rental: US
  • Digital Purchase: US
  • DVD/Digital: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Teen Wolf: Season Two
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar
Amazon
  • Part 1 – DVD/Blu-Ray Limited Edition: US, CAN
  • Part 1 – DVD/Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • Part 2 – DVD/Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Part 1 – DVD/Blu-Ray Limited Edition: US
  • Part 1 – DVD/Blu-Ray: US
  • Part 2 – DVD/Blu-Ray: US
Comments The translation of the title “Tenchi Muyo” as “No Need For Tenchi” could not be more apt with this series, as Tenchi is Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Show, with Tenchi’s half-brother, Kenshi (introduced in the GXP TV show), in the starring role. The Limited Edition release comes with a slipcase for parts one and two.
True Blood: Complete Fifth Season
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Ultimate Gangters Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Includes Little Caesar, The Petrified Forest, The Public Enemy and White Heat. Does not include Angels with Dirty Faces or The Roaring Twenties, both of which were packaged with the other four in the Warners Gangsters Collection, Vol. 1 DVD set released a few years ago. (US, CAN)
White Heat
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “There really isn’t much that’s caught my interest this week. If you haven’t already gotten the Miyazaki re-releases, I’d recommend going with those. Otherwise, on the anime front, I’m putting Daibuster on my to-rent list. On the everything-else front, I’d definitely recommend checking out Little Caesar.” Blaine says, “I’ll see you Alex’s Little Caesar and raise you the entire gangster box set.”