Weekly New Releases: December 16th, 2016

The last few summer and fall blockbusters are coming out this week.

19-2: Season 3
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
99 Women
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
800 Words: Season 1
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
American Gothic: Season One
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: This is a new series I’ve never seen, not the 1995 series with Gary Cole that I’ve raved about time and again.
Angelic Layer
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
Comments Action anime series based on the manga by CLAMP.
The Asphalt Jungle (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Bad Girl
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Ben-Hur (2016)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Black Christmas
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Blaxploitation Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Brotherhood of Death and Jive Turkey.
Bridget Jones’s Baby
Amazon
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  • DVD: US, CAN
Cary Grant Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes His Girl Friday and Penny Serenade.
Creepshow 2
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Cruel Intentions 2
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Death in Paradise: Season Five
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Degrassi High: Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Driller Killer
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
  • DVD Steelbook: US, CAN
Duck Dynasty: Season 10
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Father Brown: Season Four
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Fear the Walking Dead: Season 2
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Film Noir Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Kansas City Confidential and Hollow Triumph
Florence Foster Jenkins
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Hakuoki Season 2: Record of the Jade Blood
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
Comments Blu-Ray release of the anime series based on a series of Otome (reverse harem dating simulator) games based around the Shinsengumi (the Shogunate’s Secret Police – think of them like the Japanese equivalent of Quantrill’s Raiders combined with the Gestapo).
Harley and the Davidsons
Amazon
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Jack Frost
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Comments This is the 1997 horror film with Shannon Elizabeth, not the 1998 family film with Michael Keaton.
Legend of the Legendary Heroes (SAVE Edition)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Fantasy anime series adapted from a light novel series. Not as comical as the title would imply, and also better than it has any right being. Also, yes, the Japanese title is just as repetative (Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu or Legend of the Heroes of Legend.)
Little Women
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
The Lodger
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments This is the remake directed by John Brahm, not the Hitchcock original.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Amazon
  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD/Digital: US, CAN
Newhart: Season Seven
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
No Pay, Nudity
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Petrocelli: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Plan 9
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments A remake of the Ed Wood original.
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace – The Complete Series
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Gritty anime series inspired by the work of Edogawa Ranpo.
Roger Corman Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes The Terror and Bucket of Blood
Roma (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Sherlock Holmes Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Dressed to Kill and Terror by Night, both starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
Slime City / Slime City Massacre
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Snowden
Amazon
  • Digital: US
Comments Available on physical media Dec. 27
Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Star Paws: Cats and Dogs on a Galactic Adventure
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: I have no idea why there’s a T. Rex on the cover.
Star Trek: The Original Series: The Roddenberry Vault
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Includes 12 original series episodes, and a bunch of other footage from the Roddenberry estate, such as deleted scenes.
Sudden Fear
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Suicide Squad
Amazon
  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Amazon Exclusive Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital/Harley Quinn figure: US, CAN
  • Amazon Exclusive Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital/Deadshot figure: US, CAN
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Earth’s Last Stand
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Twilight Zone (1959): The Complete Series
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Vincent Price Double Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes The Bat and House on Haunted Hill.
Yamibo: Darkness, The Hat, and Travelers of the Books
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
Comments Anime series adaptation of a visual novel that involves jumping from world to world through various books.

Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “if you don’t know why The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series is my pick of the week, go take a look at the standings in our current Greatest Fantasy TV Tournament.” Alex says, “Aside from The Twilight Zone, on the anime front I’m going with Legend of the Legendary Heroes.”