Weekly Digital Disk Picks for November 17th, 2015

There are a few notable door crasher titles this week.

Ant-Man
Amazon
  • Digital Theatrical: US
  • Digital with Bonus Features: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments Available on physical media December 8.
The Apu Trilogy (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Avengers
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Black Lagoon Complete – Limited Edition
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Contains both seasons, along with the Roberta’s Blood Trail OVA. Comes in a chipboard box that looks like an ammunition case, a set of dog tags, an art book, and a Zippo lighter.
Buddy Complex – The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD/Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Mecha anime series.
A Bullet for Joey
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Chaplin’s Essanay Comedies
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
The City of Lost Children: 20th Anniversary Edition
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki
Amazon
  • Amazon Exclusive Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Includes Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo, and The Wind Rises.
Dangerous Game
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
ESPN 30 for 30: Season 2
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Farewell, My Lovely
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Faust
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Gatchaman: The Movie
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Gene Autry Collection 12
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Amazon
  • Extended Edition Amazon Exclusive Blu-Ray/Digital with Figurines: US, CAN
  • Extended Edition 3D Blu-Ray/Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • Extended Edition Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • Extended Edition DVD/Digital: US, CAN
The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy
Amazon
  • Extended Edition 3D Blu-Ray/Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • Extended Edition Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • Extended Edition DVD: US, CAN
  • Extended Edition Limited Edition 3D Blu-Ray/Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
A Horse Tale
Amazon
  • DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • Digital: US
The House on Carroll Street
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
In Cold Blood (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Invaders of the Rokujyoma
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Anime series about a young man who gets an apartment in a complex with a whole bunch of supernatural inhabitants (including ghosts and Magical Girls).
Iron Man 3
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
McHale’s Navy: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Amazon
  • Digital: US
Comments Available on physical media December 17.
Pitfall
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: This is a 1948 Dick Powell/Lizabeth Scott thriller costarring Raymond Burr. This is completely unrelated to the video game of the same name.
Sgt. Bilko / The Phil Silvers Show: The Fourth and Final Season
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Troll / Troll 2
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: After getting a lot of flack from angry fans about kids getting scared in Jurassic Park, as though filmmakers are obligated to make anything with dinosaurs family friendly, Steven Spielberg chose to produce this direct to video animated film.
WWE Presents The Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 – RIP Edition
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Expanded release of the earlier WWE DVD set, in a wooden box shaped like a Coffin, with the Undertaker’s logo on the box.

Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “Ant-Man is my pick, unless you want to wait a few weeks for the 3D version and/or physical editions.” Alex says, “I’m going with the Hayao Miyazaki set.”

One reply

  1. I’ve put the Extended Hobbit on my Christmas wish. I know people are (still) whining about the length, but dammit, I’m all in for even more.

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