Weekly New Releases – May 16, 2017

With the fourth iteration/third reboot of The Mummy coming up soon, we’ve got a lot of Universal’s classic horror/action franchises getting releases. In fact, some of those collections have two seemingly identical listings with two different product identifications, so I listed both.

Africa’s Great Civilizations
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments
American Experience: The Great War
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
American Werewolf in London
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Army of Darkness: Screwhead Edition
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Battleship
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Ben
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Best of the Statler Brothers T.V. Shows: Flowers on the Wall
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Bourne Identity
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Bourne Supremacy
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Bourne Ultimatum
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Camping
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Children of Men
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Clint Eastwood Triple Feature
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, and Bronco Billy
Cowboys and Aliens
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Dante’s Peak
Amazon
  • Collector’s Edition DVD: US, CAN
Dawn of the Dead (Unrated Director’s Cut)
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Deep Cover
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Despicable Me 2 Movie Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Despicable Me, and Despicable Me 2
Digimon Adventure Tri.: Reunion
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US
  • DVD: US
Comments Film sequel to the original Digimon anime, set several years later.
Divine Gate: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Anime adaptation of a smartphone game.
Dracula Untold
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Includes Dracula, Dracula’s Daughter, Son of Dracula, House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Fist Fight
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Available on physical media May 30
Game of Death (Collector’s Edition)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Gangsta: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray/DVD Limited Edition: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
  • Blu-Ray/DVD Limited Edition: US
Comments Anime series based on a currently ongoing crime manga with some light speculative fiction elements. As a warning, the anime series ends on a cliffhanger, and the studio that released it has closed it’s doors, so it’s probably not getting a sequel. The series is fairly notable for having a promenant character who is deaf and primarily communicates through signing. The limited edition release comes in a chipboard box, with a metal mint tin similar to one used by one of the characters in the show, and a pair of corkboard coasters for a nightclub featured promenantly in the series.
Girls Und Panzer Der Film
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Sequel to Girls Und Panzer. It turned out the school administration lied when they said that Oorai High School could be saved if their Tankery team won regionals. Now they have to beat a team of college students.
Good Morning (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Haruchika: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Anime series about a high school’s wind instrument’s club. Subtitled only.
Highpoint
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Huntsman: Winter’s War – Extended Edition
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Ice – Season One
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Incredible Hulk
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Jason Bourne
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Jurassic Park
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Jurassic World
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
Kennedys: After Camelot
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
King Kong (2005)
Amazon
  • Ultimate Edition Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
Kung Fu Zombies – 7 Movie Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Kung Fu Zombie, Kung Fu From Beyond the Grave, Shaolin vs. Evil Dead, Shaolin vs. Evil Dead: Ultimate Power, Spirited Killer 2, Spirited Killer 3, and We Are Going to Eat You.
Last Plane Out
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Legend (1986) – Director’s Cut
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
LEGO Batman Movie
Amazon
  • Digital: US
Comments Available on physical media by June 13
Logan
Amazon
  • Digital: US
Comments Availalble on physical media May 23.
London Has Fallen
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Lost World: Jurassic Park
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Lucy
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Mermaid’s Tale
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Mummy (1999)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
The Mummy Returns
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
Mummy Ultimate Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital (listing A): US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray/Digital (listing B): US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments The Brendan Fraser iteration. Includes The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and The Scorpion King
Mummy Ultimate Trilogy
Amazon
  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray/DVD (listing A): US, CAN
  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray/DVD (listing B): US, CAN
Comments The Brendan Fraser franchise, including The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Mummy: Complete Legacy Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments All 6 movies from 1932-1955, launched with Boris Karloff in the title role, specifically The Mummy, The Mummy’s Hand, The Mummy’s Tomb, The Mummy’s Curse, The Mummy’s Ghost, and Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
Murder 101 Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes two made for TV movies starring Dick and Barry van Dyke, but not in their Diagnosis Murder characters. Includes If Wishes Were Horses and New Age.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume V
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes The Touch of Satan, The Chasers, Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders, and Boggy Creek II.
Oblivion
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Payback Time – Triple Feature
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Includes Blind Fury, Silent Rage, and White Line Fever
Resident Evil: The Complete Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Amazon
  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Return of the Dragon (Collector’s Edition)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Riddick
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rifleman: Season 4 – Vol. 1 (Episodes 111-126)
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Scorpion King
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Seven Deadly Sins: Season One, Part One
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Rightstuf.com lists this as a June 20 release, so don’t be surprised if Amazon changes their date.
Seventh Son
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Smallville: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Snow White and the Huntsman – Extended Edition
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Space Between Us
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Streets of Fire (Collector’s Edition)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Alex: Film by Walter Hill with music by Jim Steinman. This was fairly influental for several SF anime (including Bubblegum Crisis), and also has only previously received a HD release on HD-DVD.
Thunderbolt
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Van Helsing
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
Vision Quest
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Wandaba Style
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments Anime series about a 14 year old mad scientist who wants to launch the first mission to the moon (in spite of the fact that we’ve previously launched missions to the moon successfully) and without the use of fossel fuels (in spite of the fact that modern rocketry does not use fossel fuels). I have not seen the show, but I’m assuming the 14-year old’s ignorance of how rocketry works is, in fact, the joke, and isn’t the writer’s ignorance of how rocketry works.
Wanted
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Warcraft
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Waterworld
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Welcome to Happiness
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Willard
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Wolfman (2010) – Unrated Director’s Cut
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Amazon
  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • 3D Blu-Ray/Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “Streets of Fire holds a special place in my heart.” Blaine says, “the Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection with Dracula (1931) and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is great.”

2 replies on “Weekly New Releases – May 16, 2017”

  1. Streets of Fire

    I like this movie. It’s not great, but it’s better than it has a right to be. It is a dirty city, street level story. Rick Moranis shows up surprisingly, and plays a complete jagoff.

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