{"id":29189,"date":"2024-08-04T14:34:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T21:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=29189"},"modified":"2024-08-04T14:34:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T21:34:52","slug":"4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-dvd-roundup-for-august-6th-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=29189","title":{"rendered":"4K Ultra HD\/Blu-ray\/DVD Roundup for August 6th, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to the latest look at highlights arriving on 4K\nUltra HD, Blu-ray and DVD. This is a relatively quiet edition, but one that\ndoes feature a couple of well-regarded independent pictures and some impressive\nupgrades of classic titles. So, if you can\u2019t make it out to the movies this\nweek or need to stay indoors for a few days, be sure to give one of these\ntitles a try!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIG NEW RELEASES!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BABES \u2013 Two women who have been best friends since childhood\nfind themselves at different stages in life. One is married and has started a\nfamily, while the other still enjoys partying and doing recreational drugs.\nWhen the wild one learns that she is pregnant, no one, including her bestie, is\ncertain that she is ready to be a mother. The expectant mother decides to go\nahead anyway and become a single parent. This independent comedy was\nwell-received by the press. A very small contingent called the characters\ngrating and thought the broad humor fell flat. However, the majority\ncomplimented the writing and the performances. They enjoyed the interplay\nbetween the two and described it as a funny and truthful pregnancy story. It\nstars Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, Hasan Minhaj, John Carroll Lynch, Oliver\nPlatt, Sandra Bernhard and Stephan James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BANEL & ADAMA – This foreign-language drama from Senegal\nis about a couple deeply in love. In fact, the story states that they have been\ntogether since childhood. As adults still living in their village, one is still\npassionate about important causes. She is a female rights activist, while he\ntends to follow the usual customs. When there is a heat wave and locals suggest\nthat prayer might be the answer to everyone\u2019s troubles, the couple examine\ntheir relationship and whether their different views can coexist. Critics spoke\nvery highly of this feature. One or two commented that while beautiful to look\nat, the story didn\u2019t quite come together or make its point clearly. Everyone\nelse called it a gorgeously shot, tragic love story that has a few interesting\nthings to say about social norms and refusing to compromise. The cast includes\nKhady Mane, Mamadou Diallo and Binta Racine Sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HARD MILES \u2013 Inspired by a true story about the Ridgeview\nAcademy cycling team, this tale follows prison social worker Greg Townsend.\nWhile working with teenage convicts, he and his bosses come up with a plan to\nearn themselves funding and help the kids rebuild their lives. It involves a\nlong but transformative 760-plus-mile ride across three states and through the\nGrand Canyon. Write-ups for this inspiration drama were quite strong. A few\nstated that the film itself felt like a long haul and was loaded with cliches.\nStill, the majority thought the performances were strong, the photography was\npicturesque and that it was a nice, well-intentioned story about making a fresh\nstart. For the time being, this is a DVD only release. It features Matthew\nModine, Sean Astin, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Leslie David Baker, Jahking\nGuillory and Jackson Kelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JOHNNY PUFF: SECRET MISSION \u2013 A guitar-playing, retired\nrock-stat puffin called Johnny Puff lives with his best bird friends with other\nanimals in a snow-covered village. Deep under the ice, a nasty walrus living in\na submarine tries to invade town and do horrible things to the residents. Led\nby Johnny, the creatures must go on a secret mission and use all of their\nspecial abilities to help fend off the invader. This is a Spanish, Italian and\nAmerican independent co-production that appears to be debuting exclusively on\nDND. As a result, very little is known about it, but online trailers for the\nmovie don\u2019t look promising. Families may want to wait for a few reviews to roll\nin and get a better sense of the quality of the film before picking it up.\nJohnny Depp provides the voice for the lead character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NUDE TUESDAY \u2013 A married, suburban, middle-aged couple going\nthrough a serious slump in their relationship consider divorce. But before they\nseparate, they decide to leave the kids behind and visit a new-age retreat. The\nguru in charge of the place is an oddball and the two are asked to take part in\nhumiliating and hilarious activities in order to reconnect. This includes\nliterally speaking to one another in gibberish. In the process, the leads\nactually begin to rediscover each other. This comedy\/drama is an Australian\/New\nZealand co-production and reviews were very upbeat. A small group couldn\u2019t\nappreciate its deadpan humor and found the film cute but unmemorable. Still,\nall others thought it was funny and unique. They enjoyed the nonsensical\ngibberish being spoken and thought it offered plenty of memorably strange\nmoments. Jackie van Beek, Damon Herriman and Jemaine Clement headline the\npicture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PICTURES OF GHOSTS \u2013 The city of Recife, Brazil is the\nsetting for this unique documentary. The filmmaker, who is from the city,\nreturns home to see what happened to the old cinemas that he once attended as a\nchild. Most are now gone, and so he uses his own personal footage and other\nimages of the theaters themselves to show the evolution of the area and the\npart that movies played in the history of the region. This picture did very\nwell at film festivals and was nominated for several awards. It also fared well\nwith critics, earning unanimous praise. Everyone wrote that the archival\nmaterial used was incredible and that it presented a fascinating picture of the\nold city. They thought it showed the power of cinema as a way of immortalizing\ndifferent times and places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\n BLASTS FROM THE PAST!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you appreciate older films, you can also pick up some\nnotable titles. Fun City Editions is releasing a Blu-ray of the well-regarded\nperiod western, Bad Company<\/em> (1972). It stars Barry Brown and Jeff\nBridges as Civil War deserters who try to find their fortune in the west. The\nmovie is noted for its attempts to demythologize old westerns, presenting a\ngritty and nasty life for its characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This \u201cStandard Edition\u201d contains a 4K picture restoration\nfrom the original camera negative. The disc includes a film historian\ncommentary, radio spots, an image gallery and a trailer for the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paramount Pictures is delivering a 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray\nSteelbook of the popular thriller, Collateral <\/em>(2004). Jamie Foxx and Tom\nCruise star in this story of an LA cab driver who picks up a fare. He soon\ndiscovers that his passenger is a contract killer who forces the man to take\nhim to five different locations in the city as the villain carries out hits.\nMichael Mann (The Last of the Mohicans, Heat<\/em>) directs this exciting\nthriller. It looks like the packaging is the only difference here from the\nprevious 4K Ultra HD release of the movie,  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shout! Factory is proud to present the 4K Ultra HD and\nBlu-ray box set Bill & Ted\u2019s Most Triumphant Trilogy<\/em> containing the\nKeanu Reeves and Alex Winter comedies Bill & Ted\u2019s Excellent Adventure<\/em>\n(1989), Bill & Ted\u2019s Bogus Journey<\/em> (1991) and Bill & Ted Face\nthe Music<\/em> (2020) with the sharpest possible picture quality. Bill and Ted\nare well-meaning youngsters with thick California accents who are destined to\nsave the planet with music. The first movie involves the pair trying to pass a\nhistory presentation by traveling through time. The second picture, my personal\nfavorite, finds an evil figure from the future murdering them so that they can\u2019t\nfulfill their destiny. They have to break out of Hell in order to win a battle\nof the bands contest. The most recent chapter sees the middle-aged dads still\nsearching for musical greatness with their daughters and traveling to alternate\nrealities in order to find the answer.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first movie arrives with a commentary track featuring\nthe writers and a second track with co-star Winter and the film\u2019s producer.\nYou\u2019ll also get a look back at the film featuring cast and crew interviews\n(including Reeves) and much more. Bonuses on the second look pretty similar,\nwith a few extra making-of featurettes and an air guitar tutorial. Extras on\nthe third movie include the stars and filmmaker\u2019s panel at Comic-Con,\nbehind-the-scenes material and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last two titles in the series will also be available\nseparately in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The distributor is also putting out a 4K Ultra HD and\nBlu-ray Steelbook of the Dennis Quaid fantasy film Dragonheart<\/em> (1996).\nExtras should be exactly the same as the previous Shout! edition. The same goes\nfor the 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray of the techno-thriller Hackers <\/em>(1995),\nstarring Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU KNOW, FOR KIDS!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looks like the aforementioned animated feature about Puffins\nis the sole choice for families this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnny Puff: Secret Mission<\/em> (WowNow) DND<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ON THE TUBE!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a very quiet week on the tube, with no releases, but it\nlooks like next week will be much busier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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