Weekly New Releases – May 5, 2015

It’s a good week for movies starring Frank Sinatra and movies directed by Steven Spielberg that we forgot were directed by Steven Spielberg.

1941
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
All the King’s Men
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Always
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Anchors Aweigh
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Astro Boy: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Described as “All 50 episodes from the 2003 reboot.”
Be Cool
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Get Shorty / Be Cool: The Big Hit Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Black or White
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Black Sea
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Bridesmaids
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
Broadchurch: Season 2
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Cheers: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Reduced cost repackaging.
City Slickers
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Clint Eastwood: The Universal Pictures 7 Movie Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Two Mules for Sister Sara, Joe Kidd, High Plains Drifter, Coogan’s Bluff, The Beguiled, Play Misty For Me and The Eiger Sanction.
Duel
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
The Equalizer: Double Feature Movie (TV incarnation)
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes the Edward Woodward made for TV movies Blood and Wine and Mission: McCall.
Femme Fatales: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Fifty Shades of Grey
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Frank Sinatra 5 Film Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Includes Anchors Aweigh, On the Town, Guys and Dolls, Ocean’s 11, and Robin and the 7 Hoods.
Free! Iwatobi Swim Club – Season 1
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Otherwise known as “The Swimming Anime”, with copious fanservice for female (and some male) viewers.
The Fugitive: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Get Shorty
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
GoodFellas
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
Halt and Catch Fire: The Complete First Season
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
John Wayne and the Western Trios: 50 Movie Round-Up
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments All 50 films are listed in the Amazon description.
Jupiter Ascending
Amazon
  • Digital: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments Coming to physical media on June 2.
Ladyhawke
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
The Last 5 Years
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Law and Order
Amazon
  • Season 18 DVD: US, CAN
  • Season 19 DVD: US, CAN
  • Season 20 DVD: US, CAN
Lost River
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Mad Max (Collector’s Edition)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Masters of Sex: Season Two
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Mel Brooks: 3 Film Favorites
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Spaceballs, Young Frankenstein and Robin Hood: Men In Tights.
Miss Julie
Amazon
  • DVD/Digital: US, CAN
Munich
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
On the Town
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Parenthood (TV Series)
Amazon
  • Season 6 DVD: US, CAN
  • Complete Series DVD: US, CAN
Patlabor: The Movie
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Alex: Appeared in the GSSFT tournament, though it didn’t advance past the qualifying round. I’ve previously reviewed it.
The Pink Panther: Fan Favorites Cartoon Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Pitch Perfect
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
The Pyramid
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Raging Bull
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
Red Dawn
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Road House
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Surf’s Up Scooby-Doo!
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Secret Invasion
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Selma
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Sergio Leone Anthology
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and Duck, You Sucker.
Shameless: Season 4
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Showgirls
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Solty Rei – S.A.V.E Edition
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Spare Parts
Amazon
  • DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • Digital: US
The Sugarland Express
Amazon
US, CAN
The Terminator
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
White Collar
Amazon
  • Complete Sixth Season DVD: US, CAN
  • Complete Series DVD: US, CAN
The World God Only Knows OVAs
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments One-off direct-to-video episodes from the rom-com anime.
WWE Presents Wrestlemania 31
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Yakitake!! Japan, Part 2
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN

Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “Cheers is probably the best of this set.” Alex says, “For fans of anime and animation, I would recommend getting Patlabor: The Movie. Otherwise, I’d recommend going with Ladyhawke or upgrading your DVD (or earlier Blu-Ray) copy of Mad Max, with the Shout Factory release.”