Weekly New Releases – April 18, 2017

Another week, another set of releases.

24×36: A Movie About Movie Posters
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: If it’s a movie about movie posters, why call it 24×36? An official movie poster measures 27″ x 40″. The 24″ x 36″ are reduced reproductions designed to satisfy fans while still gives studios the opportunity to determine who is reselling the posters in an illegal aftermarket.
Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Alex: Season Two of “Aria The Scarlet Ammo”.
Bigger Fatter Liar
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: Because the world needs a sequel to Big Fat Liar with none of the original cast or creators made 15 years later.
Broken Arrow (1950)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Buena Vista Social Club (The Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Alex: One of my favorite concert films.
Chrisley Knows Best: Season One
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Dagashi Kashi: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Alex: Fanservice anime about a candy shop. Got some notoriety because the rightsholders for the show got very DMCA happy over anyone who was talking about the show on YouTube while it was airing, even when they weren’t using footage of the show.
Amazon
  • 4 Disc Limited Edition Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: I didn’t realize this was about to come out when Make Me Watch It was recorded this month.
Farewell to Arms (1957)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Forget Paris
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Founder
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: Note that this is a biopic about the founder of McDonald’s restaurants, not a film about a changeling from the gamma quadrant.
Gatchaman II
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: Sequel to Gatchaman (which you may know as Battle of the Planets or G-Force).
Handmaid’s Tale
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Hawaii Five-O (1968): The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
Comments Alex: Either a new printing of this anime, or Amazon is only getting the Blu-Ray release just now.
Killjoys: Season Two
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
League of Their Own
Amazon
  • 25th Anniversary Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Masterpiece: Home Fires Season 2
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Mephisto Waltz
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
My Hero Academia: Season One
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
  • Limited Edition Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
  • Limited Edition Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Alex: Superhero Anime series. I’ve reviewed the first volume of the manga. The limited edition comes with a Deku keychain, chipboard box, 88 page artbook, and a 44 page version of Deku’s notebook that was signed by All Might.
Ocean Waves
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: Anime by Studio Ghibli, and directed by Tomomi Mochizuki,
Punching Henry
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rings
Amazon
  • Digital: US/li>
Comments Available on physical media May 2.
Rounders
Amazon
  • MOD Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Sailor Moon R: The Movie
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: This got a roadshow theatrical release earlier in the year. For some reason Amazon doesn’t have it available for order yet.
Scar aka Hollow Triumph (1948)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Sleepless
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Spencer’s Mountain
Amazon
  • MOD Blu-Ray: US
Split
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Sunset in the West (1950)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Tales From the Hood
Amazon
  • Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Undefeated Bahamut Chronicles
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: Fantasy mecha anime.
Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Alex: Fanservice anime.
When Calls the Heart: Heart of Truth
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Woman of the Year (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: George Stevens directs Spencer Tracy and Katharine Kepburn.
Years of Living Dangerously: Season Two
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “My Hero Academia is absolutely on my to-watch list, and I’m making this my anime/animation pick for the week. For everyone else, Buena Vista Social Club is my pick of the week.” Blaine says, “I can’t strongly recommend anything out this week that I’ve already seen, but Woman of the Year has been on my ‘must-see’ list for a few years now.”