Weekly New Releases – May 1, 2018

This is another light week, likely because studios expect the audience to still be in Avengers: Infinity War theaters on Tuesday. (That review will come later today.)

12 Strong
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
6 Degrees Collection – John Travolta
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Basic, Lonely Hearts, Love Song for Bobby Long, Look Who’s Talking Now, Perfect, and The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.
Atom the Beginning
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
Comments Prequel anime series to Astro Boy (originally titled “Tetsuwan Atom” in Japan).
Barnum
Amazon
  • DVD/Digital: US, CAN
Big Box of Kids Favorites
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Johnny Test, Paddington Bear, and Hey Vern, It’s Ernest.
Big Business
Amazon
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Blaze
Amazon
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Broken
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Burn ‘Em Up O’Connor
Amazon
  • MOD DVD: US
County Line
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Dark Film Mysteries II: Film Noir Collector’s Set
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes D.O.A., Impact, Club Paradise, The Hitch-Hiker, Pitfall, Hollow Triumph, Strange Illusion, Cause for Alarm, Suddenly, He Walked By Night, They Made Me a Criminal, and Port of New York.
Deadly Beyond – 11 Movie Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Dear Murderer: Series 1
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Dino Dan Trek’s Adventures: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Drama 4-in-1 Collection: John Travolta
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Includes Basic, Lonely Hearts, Love Song for Bobby Long, and Perfect.
Espionage Agent
Amazon
  • MOD DVD: US
Fair, then Partly Piggy
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Famous Ferguson Case
Amazon
  • MOD DVD: US
Fastest Guns of the West – 8 Film Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Fastlane
Amazon
  • Complete Series DVD: US, CAN
First We Take Brooklyn
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Game Night
Amazon
  • Digital: US
Comments Available on physical media May 22
Jerico
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Jesse James vs. The Black Train
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Kaleidoscope
Amazon
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  • DVD: US, CAN
Lady Musketeer
Amazon
  • DVD/Digital: US, CAN
Legend of the Mountain
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Lost Squadron
Amazon
  • MOD DVD: US
Mafia!
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Mamma Mia!
Amazon
  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
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  • DVD: US, CAN
Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Amazon
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  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
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  • DVD: US
Comments Film from Studio Ponoc – made up of a bunch of Ghibli alumni.
Mary Higgins Clark: 14 Movie Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Where Are the Children, The Cradle Will Fall, Lucky Day, Loves Music, Loves to Dance, All Around the Town, Pretend You Don’t See Her, You Belong to Me, We’ll Meet Again, I’ll Be Seeing You, Before I Say Goodbye, Haven’t We Met Before, Try to Remember, A Crime of Passion, and He Sees You WHen You’re Sleeping.
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: TV Series 1
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
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  • DVD: US
Comments Anime based on a Gundam video game, in its own timeline.
Naruto Shippuden Uncut: Set 34
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Nature: Sex, Lies and Butterflies
Amazon
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  • DVD: US, CAN
NOVA: First Face of America
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Once Upon a Time
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
Comments Wuxia film
Peter Rabbit
Amazon
  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
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Play It To the Bone
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Please Stand By
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Film about an Autistic woman (played by Dakota Fannig) who runs away from her caretaker to submit her 500 page Star Trek fanfic to a writing competition.
Space Warrior Baldios: The Movie
Amazon
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Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
Thank God It’s Friday
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell
Amazon
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  • DVD: US, CAN
Tremors: The Complete Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: Includes 6 movies. There are 6 Tremors movies. Huh.
Unwilling
Amazon
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  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: I’ve never heard of this, but it features Dina Meyer, and I don’t quite understand why her career never took off the way I expected it to, so I’ll just point more eyes at it.
Van Wilder
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Alex: My suspicion is this re-release is timed to come out a little before Deadpool 2.
Winchester
Amazon
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WWE: Twist of Fate: The Best of Hardy Boyz
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Alex: Somehow, WWE went to Impact Wrestling (formerly TNA), and got the rights to get footage of Matt & Jeff’s matches from Impact Wrestling for this set (though sadly not The Final Deletion)
WWII – Through the Battles
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Zatch Bell Movie 1 101st Devil
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “I’ve seen some good reviews of Mary and the Witch’s Flower, and I missed it during its limited theatrical run, so I’m planning to pick this up.” Blaine says, “the Dark Films collection includes D.O.A. and The Hitch-Hiker, two well made and very enjoyable film noir classics that are now in the public domain. Those titles are worth checking out, whether it be on DVD or one of the many legal streaming copies.”

2 replies on “Weekly New Releases – May 1, 2018”

  1. Looking forward to Please Stand By. As a parent to an autistic child and a Star Trek fan, this should be right up my alley.

    I never watched any of the Tremors sequels, but the first one was an absolute hoot. Maybe if I’m really bored…

    My wife’s a Mary Higgins Clark fan and mother’s day is just around the corner. Hmmm..

    • Please Stand By wasn’t bad, but I found it somewhat forgettable. Also, there’s less Trek than a fan could hope for, but Trek isn’t really the point. It’s more of a McGuffin.

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