Weekly New Releases – April 29, 2014

There aren’t many prominent recent titles this week, but we’ve got a lot of TCM content.

Amazing Nuts
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments A collection of anime shorts from Studio 4C
Bad Country
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD/Digital: US, CAN
Battle of the Bulge / Battle Cry: TCM Greatest Classic Films WWII Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection Vol. 3
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Big Sleep / Key Largo: TCM Greatest Classic Films: Bogart and Bacall Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Bob Hope 10 Movie Classic Comedy Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Give Me a Sailor, Thanks for the Memory, Never Say Die, The Cat and the Canary, The Ghost Breakers, Caught in the Draft, Nothing but the Truth, My Favorite Blonde, The Paleface and Sorrowful Jones.
Calamity Jane / Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: TCM Greatest Classic Films: Musicals Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Butterfield 8: TCM Greatest Classic Films: Elizabeth Taylor Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Cat Planet Cuties: S.A.V.E. Edition
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Harem romantic comedy anime
Cuticle Detective Inaba
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
  • DVD: US
Comments Anime series about an half-wolf detective with a hair fetish.
Dynasty: Season 8
Amazon
  • Volume 1 DVD: US, CAN
  • Volume 2 DVD: US, CAN
  • Complete Season DVD: US, CAN
Father Brown: The Complete Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Flash Gordon Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes the Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe serial from 1940 and 13 episodes of the 1954 TV series.
Fort Apache / She Wore a Yellow Ribbon: TCM: Greatest Classic Films: John Wayne Double Featuer
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Francis the Talking Mule: The Complete Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Gamera: Legacy Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Gamera: The Giant Monster, Gamera vs. Barugon, Gamera vs. Gyaos, Gamera vs. Viras, Gamera vs. Guiron, Gamera vs. Jiger, Gamera vs. Zigra, Gamera: Super Monster, Gamera: Guardian of hte Universe, Gamera 2: Attack of Legion and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris.
Gamera: The Ultimate Collection
Amazon
  • Volume 1 Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • Volume 2 Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Volume 1 includes Gamera: The Giant Monster, Gamera vs. Barugon, Gamera vs. Gyaos and Gamera vs. Viras. Volume 2 includes Gamera vs. Guiron, Gamera vs. Jiger, Gamera vs. Zigra and Gamera: Super Monster.
Godzilla: The Complete Animated Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Hill Street Blues: The Complete Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Il Sorpasso (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Jailhouse Rock / Viva Las Vegas: TCM Greatest Classic Films: Elvis Presley Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments Anime film based on the manga by Mamoru Oshii.
Labor Day
Amazon
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  • DVD: US, CAN
Lassie Come Home / National Velvet: TCM Greatest Classic Films: Elizabeth Taylor Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Legend of Hercules
Amazon
  • 3D Blu-Ray / Blu-Ray / Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD / Digital: US, CAN
Little Big Horn
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Mazinger Z TV Series Part 1
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments The first super robot anime to have piloted robots, created by Go Nagai. This has previously had a partial English language release under the title of Tranzor Z.
Mister Roberts / No Time for Sergeants: TCM Greatest Classic Films: Stars and Stripes Comedy Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
North by Northwest / Strangers on a Train: TCM Greatest Classic Films: Alfred Hitchcock Double Feature
Amazon
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Ocean’s 11 (original) / Robin and the 7 Hoods: TCM Greatest Classic Films: Frank Sinatra Double Feature
Amazon
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On Moonlight Bay / By the Light of the Silvery Moon: TCM Greatest Classic Films: Doris Day Double Feature
Amazon
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Please Don’t Eat the Daisies / The Glass Bottom Boat: TCM Greatest Classic Films: Doris Day Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Collection
Amazon
  • Amazon Exclusive Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Includes State Fair, Oklahoma, Carousel, King and I, South Pacific and Sound of Music.
Salem’s Lot
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Shangri-La: S.A.V.E. Edition
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments Recent anime series set in cyberpunk dystopian Japan.
Sophie’s Choice
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD Collector’s Edition: US, CAN
Space Battleship Yamato
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments A live-action feature film adaptation of the anime series Space Battleship Yamato (the original series being released in English as Star Blazers), done in the style of New Battlestar Galactica.
Star Trek: Enterprise: Season Four
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: I stopped watching after the season three premier, but by all accounts, the story elements I was waiting for were in place for this final season.
Unico Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments Two anime films directed by Osamu Tezuka for Sanrio.
The Wind and the Lion
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN

Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “the Alfred Hitchcock two pack of North by Northwest and Strangers on a Train is worth the sticker price for either movie, let alone both. Very easy to recommend.” Alex says, “Jin-Roh is my pick of the week this time. It’s one of the works that came out after Oshii sold his sense of humor to the devil for critical acclaim, but that doesn’t reduce it’s quality as a work of cinema.”