Weekly Digital Disk Picks for July 28th, 2015

This week is really abysmal. We’ve got a few good anime series and films this week (and a rare VHS release), but otherwise, it’s a weak week.

009 – Re:Cyborg
Amazon
  • DVD/Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Anime film from Kenji Kamiyama (director of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), based on Shotoro Ishinomori’s Cyborg 009
50 Film Family Adventure Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments The list of titles was provided in the product reviews.
50 Shades of Irresistible
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments 6 movie set, but only five are listed in the product description: At the Midnight Hour, The Awakening, Diamond Girl, Loving Evangeline, and Another Woman.
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Barnacle Bill
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Big Jack
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Cherry 2000
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Believe it or not, this made our first round list in the Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament.
Descendants
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Family Classics Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments At the time of this writing, there is no list of titles available.
Galilei Donna
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Anime series from Fuji TV’s Noitamina block, set in 2061. The show follows three sisters, decendants of Galileo Galilei, searching for a treasure (of some sort) left behind by the astronomer.
Ghost Town
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Home
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Inari Kon Kon: Complete Series + OVAs
Amazon
  • DVD/Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Romantic comedy urban fantasy anime.
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Kill, Granny, Kill
Amazon
  • VHS: US, CAN
  • Amazon Instant: US, CAN
Comments That is not a misprint. We have a new VHS release in 2015. This is a horror film about a woman who gets a job as a caretaker for an elderly woman – except the elderly woman is also a cannibal.
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
No Game, No Life
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • DVD/Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments This is, I believe, Sentai Filmworks first hybrid release. The DVD/Blu-Ray release comes with a chipboard case, a separate box for the extras, reversable covers for the amaray cases, a three-disk soundtrack, deck of playing cards, art prints, a poster, and stickers.
Mama’s Family: Mama’s Favorites – Season 6
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Miracle Mile
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Monte Walsh
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXIII
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Daddy-O, Earth vs. the Spider, Teenage Crime Wave, Agent for H.A.R.M.
Prime Cut
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Strangler of the Tower / Monster of London City
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Windy Tales
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Anime drama (with a very interesting art style) about a group of people who have the power to manipulate the wind.

Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “I haven’t seen anything terribly compelling this week, but the Lost Soul documentary about the 1995 Island of Dr. Moreau definitely has my attention.” Alex says, “The Lost Soul documentary also has my interest along with the MST3K collection.”

3 replies on “Weekly Digital Disk Picks for July 28th, 2015”

  2. I’m having trouble again with the Canadian links!

    On another note: Kill, Granny, Kill. Yeah. I haven’t seen it, but there is an entire subgenre from the 1960s/early 70s, variously known as “Psycho Biddy” and “Grand Dame Guignol,” gothic tales about crazy old ladies. Could a revival be brewing? Because I, for one, would love to see a Psycho Biddy retrospect run somewhere.

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