Weekly New Releases for September 26th, 2017

This is a decent week for complete 1980s TV box sets.

3 Days of the Condor
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
47 Meters Down
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Beauty for the Asking
Amazon
  • MOD DVD: US, CAN
Beguiled
Amazon
  • Digital: US
Comments Available on physical media October 10.
Black Snake Moan
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Boomerang
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Bride of Re-Animator
Amazon
  • Limited Edition Steelbook Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Brigadoon
Amazon
  • MOD Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Catch-22
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Chuck Norris: Triple Threat
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Missing in Action, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, and Braddock: Missing in Action 3.
Coach
Amazon
  • Complete Series DVD: US, CAN
Crusher Joe: The OVAs
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: I reviewed the earlier release.
Cyborg 2087
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Dance with Devils: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Alex: Shojo (girls) paranormal romance anime.
David Lynch: The Art Life (The Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Death of Louis XIV
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Death Wish
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Diagnosis Murder: Season 6
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Drillbit Taylor: Extended Survival Edition
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Escape from L.A.
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Eurotrip
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Fatal Attraction
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Five Card Stud
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Flatliners
Amazon
  • Special Edition Steelbook Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Freedom Writers
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Friday Night Lights: Complete Series
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Friday the 13th franchise
Amazon
  • Part 2 Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • Part 3 Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Full Confession
Amazon
  • MOD DVD: US
Fun in Alcupulco
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
G.I. Blues
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Gallipoli
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Golden Child
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Greatest American Hero
Amazon
  • Complete Series DVD: US, CAN
Hardball
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Heartbreak Kid
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Hyouka: Part Two
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Continuation of the mystery anime following a high school’s Classic Literature club.
Indecent Proposal
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Amazon
  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
John Grisham’s The Rainmaker
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Joker Game: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Comments Alex: Anime series about Japanese spies before World War II.
K-19: The Widowmaker
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Legend of Bagger Vance
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Line of Duty: Series 4
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Long Riders
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Longmire: The Complete Fifth Season
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD/Digital: US, CAN
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Ned and Stacey
Amazon
  • Complete Series DVD: US, CAN
The Nutty Professor
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: I honestly don’t know which version this is. The cover art and runtime match the Jerry Lewis version from 1963, but the only listed star is Eddie Murphy and the copyright year is listed as 1996, so I’m confused.
OSS 117: Five Film Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes OSS 117 is Unleashed, OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok, OSS 117: Mission For a Killer, OSS 117: Mission to Tokyo, and OSS 117: Double Agent. Alex: This appears to be the original films, not the parodies.
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Paper Chase: Season Three
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Paper Moon
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Payback
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Peacemaker
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Piano Teacher (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Princess Bride
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Project A-Ko Sequels
Amazon
  • II – Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group (DVD): US, CAN
  • III – Cinderella Rhapsody (DVD): US, CAN
  • IV – Final (DVD): US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • II – Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group (DVD): US
  • III – Cinderella Rhapsody (DVD): US
  • IV – Final (DVD): US
Comments Alex: These had been released by Central Park Media in the Love & Robots collection, which I have previously reviewed.
Prometheus
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
Puzzle & Dragons X: Part One
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US
Queen of the Desert
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Sahara
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Saint (1996)
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: This really entertained me when I first saw it, but that was before I’d seen the TV series or heard the radio show. I understand the criticisms of this, since they essentailly turned a detective character into James Bond. To check out a more faithful adaptation, you can listen to radio plays starring Vincent Price as Simon Templar over at Archive.org.
The Score
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Shameless: The Complete Seventh Season
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Sleepy Hollow
Amazon
  • Season 1-4 DVD: US, CAN
  • Season 4 DVD: US, CAN
Some Kind of Wonderful
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
SpaceCamp
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Amazon
  • Digital with Bonus Content: US, CAN
  • Digital theatrical release: US, CAN
Comments Available on physical media October 17
Stalag 17
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Sumer School
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Summer Rental
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Taken: Season 1
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Talented Mr. Ripley
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Teen Titans: Judas Contract
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Transformers: 5 Movie Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
Comments Includes Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and Transformers: The Last Knight.
Transformers: The Last Knight
Amazon
  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • 3D Blu-Ray/Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD/Digital: US, CAN
Waiting for Guffman
Amazon
  • MOD Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Wayne’s World 2
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
We’re No Angels (1955)
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
We’re No Angels (1989)
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN

Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “I have to go with The Greatest American Hero. It’s first two seasons were generally very good, and some of the satire elements were brilliant. Also, we both know the theme song has been running through your head since you read the name of the show.” Alex says, “I really like the Crusher Joe OVAs.

10 replies on “Weekly New Releases for September 26th, 2017”

    • Yeah, not the greatest of them all, maybe, but Liberty Valance is good, as old westerns go.

      Waiting for Guffman: it’s the community theatre version of Spinal Tap, and pretty funny.

      I’d recommend The Talented Mr. Ripley, but it won’t appeal to everyone.

      I’ve never watched the movie of Catch-22. I cannot imagine an adaptation of that book working. Anyone?

      And, if you don’t already know, the Sgt Pepper movie has little to do with the Beatles; it’s a bizarre and really quite bad musical from the late 70s. A couple of the song covers are okay, and I suppose for some viewers it falls under “has to be seen to be believed.”

      • I’ve watched Catch 22. No, not a fantastic adaptation but really (as you say) how could it be? Then again, it does star Alan Arkin.

        I think the movie works better if you’ve tried to read the book, couldn’t hack it because you’re 16, and 5 years later went “Hey there’s a movie? Let’s give that a shot!” and then another 5 years later and you go “Hey I should try that book again. Hey this is pretty good.”

        Random example.

    • I’d grown up with the song The man who shot Liberty Valance and it was only a couple of years ago that I finally saw the movie. While John Wayne and James Stewart were often given one dimensional characters, as was the norm of the time, this was one of the better character based westerns of the era.

  1. I haven’t drank my coffee yet, and my first glance at this swapped the first two letters of the last two words:

    This is a decent week for complete 1980s TV sex bots.

    For a moment, I was thinking there were some very different offerings in this weeks list. Or at least a lot more anime.

  2. Blaine: Thanks for the suggestion, I loved The Saint, so the idea of listening to an original with Vincent Price (Inspiration for Doctor Strange) sounds great! Once Dimension X is done, you should post those. :)

    Spider-Man is out! Yeah!!!

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