{"id":29388,"date":"2024-09-02T16:29:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T23:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=29388"},"modified":"2024-09-02T16:29:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T23:29:36","slug":"4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-dvd-roundup-for-september-3rd-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=29388","title":{"rendered":"4K Ultra HD\/Blu-ray\/DVD Roundup for September 3rd, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to another look at some of the highlights arriving\non 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD. It appears that the Labor Day holiday has\ncaused a bit of a lull on the new release front, with a limited number of discs\nmaking their debuts (next week, however, will be a particularly busy edition).\nBut there are a few efforts to hold us over until then. So, if you can\u2019t make\nit out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors for a few days, be sure\nto give one of these titles a try!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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CHARLIE TANGO \u2013 After a plane goes down on her watch, an air\ntraffic controller is put under investigation and faces civil lawsuits. She and\nher policeman husband realize they may need money quickly. The wife asks her\nsecret lover, a lawyer who claims to be involved in the real estate market, to\nhelp them out.  He promises he can earn them a fortune by flipping houses,\nbut the spouses soon discover it\u2019s a scam. They decide to try and steal from\nthe criminal himself, leading to double and, presumably, triple crosses, as\nwell as revelations about the couple\u2019s relationship. This low-budget,\nindependent thriller has only been seen by a few online critics, but most have\nbeen positive. While they admit the movie would have benefitted from a larger\nbudget, they noted that it was well-acted, twisty and enjoyable. This is\ncurrently a DVD-only release. The cast includes Stacie Mistysyn, Bruce Dinsmore\nand David La Haye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE CLEAN UP CREW \u2013 This indie crime\/dark comedy feature is\nset in the UK. It involves an underworld figure who becomes furious after money\ndisappears during a deal gone wrong. Where exactly did the cash go? Well, as it\nturns out, a crime scene clean-up crew have found and taken it for themselves.\nThe mobster and corrupt government agents begin to crawl out of the woodwork to\npursue the leads, while they are determined to keep the funds using any means\nnecessary. This is another picture that is arriving only on DVD. Thus far,\nreaction to the film hasn\u2019t been very strong. One reviewer was amused by the\nevents, calling the picture campy fun that takes jabs at recent crime movie\ncliches. Everyone else complained that the screenplay was clumsy. They stated\nthat it wasted a good cast and delivered little in the way of thrills or\nlaughs. It stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Melissa Leo, Antonio Banderas, Swen\nTemmel and Ekaterina Baker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE IN BETWEEN \u2013 This teen drama follows an aspiring\nphotographer grieving the death of her perfect boyfriend after they are\ninvolved in a car wreck. She thinks about their time together, wanting nothing\nmore than one more minute with him to say goodbye and find some kind of\nclosure. When the lead begins experiencing supernatural phenomena, she begins\nto wonder if she might actually have a chance to see him again. This title was\nmade available exclusively on the Paramount+ streaming service in 2022 at the end\nof the pandemic, and is only now receiving a release on disc. The press gave it\nslightly more positive write-ups than negative ones. Those who disliked the\npicture stated that it was corny, melodramatic, silly and featured\nself-obsessed characters. Slightly more liked the protagonists, thought the\nfilm was sweet and that it tried to do something different with the \u201cYoung\nAdult\u201d genre. This is also a DVD-only release. Joey King, Kyle Allen, Kim\nDickens, Celeste O\u2019Connor and John Ortiz headline the movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD: NOT NOT JAZZ \u2013 Also known simply\nas Not Not Jazz<\/em>, this documentary may be of interest to music\nenthusiasts. It tells the story of the \u201cavant-groove\u201d jazz band Medeski Martin\n& Wood. For 25 years, they have been recording acclaimed improvisational\nalbums that are considered by some critics to be revolutionary. In this film, a\ncrew follows them as they begin to work on their newest project at Allaire\nStudios (which is considered one of the best recording sites in the world). A\nsmall number of write-ups for the feature have appeared and are generally\nupbeat. One did comment that the film was made strictly for fans and that no\none without prior knowledge of the musicians would know what they were watching\nor why it was important. Still, more called the movie interesting and thought\nit presented a wonderful look at the creative process and how these individuals\nmake music.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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If you\u2019re looking for something a bit older, you do have\nsome good options. Criterion is putting out a 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray combo of\nthe cult classic, Repo Man<\/em> (1984) Emilio Estevez plays an LA punk who\ngets a job working for a repo company. A veteran takes him under his wings and\nshows him the ropes. The pair end up searching for a wanted \u201964 Chevy that has\nconnections to the government, and maybe even outer space. The release includes\na stellar 4K restoration of the movie supervised by director Alex Cox (Sid\nand Nancy, Walker<\/em>), an archival commentary track with the director,\nexecutive producer Micheal Nesmith (from The Monkees), casting director\nVictoria Thomas, and cast members Sy Richardson, Zander Schloss and Del Zamora.\nYou\u2019ll also get deleted scenes, cast and crew interviews, a roundtable\ndiscussion with Cox and others about the picture, a conversation with co-star\nHarry Dean Stanton, an amusingly cleaned-up television version of the movie and\ntrailers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kino is presenting a Blu-ray of the drama, Chains of Gold<\/em>\n(1991). John Travolta plays a social worker trying to help a 13-year-old\ncrack-dealing gang member turn his life around. Joey Lawrence plays the kid.\nThis disc arrives with a trailer.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also pick up Naughty Girl<\/em> (1956) on Blu-ray.\nIt\u2019s a French comedy about a lounge singer working at a nightclub. His boss\nasks him to take care of his \u201cbaby\u201d while he\u2019s out of town and the lead assumes\nshe is an infant, but the individual turns out to be a voluptuous dancer (played\nby Brigitte Bardot). The film has been restored in 4K for this disc and comes\nwith a film historian commentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paramount Pictures is delivering the Tim Burton film\nadaptation of the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street<\/em>\n(2007). This 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray set includes a sparkling new image of the\nJohnny Depp picture. No word yet on bonuses, but one hopes that previously\nreleased extras will be included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandpiper Pictures is a distributor that puts out bare-bones editions of out-of-print films. They may not come with commentary tracks, but at least you\u2019ll be able to own these pictures on Blu-ray. The first is the critically lambasted comedy, Blame It on Rio<\/em> (1984), which stars Michael Caine as a dad who goes on vacation with his daughter to Rio de Janeiro. When his best friend comes along with his 17-year-old daughter, the lead begins an affair with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em> (1959) is an excellent\nadaptation of the famous Sherlock Holmes with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee\nthat you can now pick up on Blu-ray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Blu-ray of the effective Lucas Haas, Alex Rocco thriller Lady\nin White<\/em> (1988) is also appearing from Sandpiper Pictures. A long\nout-of-print Shout! Factory version contained three cuts of the movie, but is\nimpossible to find for a decent price. Not sure if this edition contains the\ntheatrical version, director\u2019s cut or extended director\u2019s cut, so you\u2019ll have\nto find out for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Clive Barker horror picture Lord of Illusions<\/em>\n(1995) is also coming out on Blu-ray again. Like the previous film mentioned,\nthere is an out-of-print edition with multiple cuts. There\u2019s contradictory\ninformation listed on whether it is a longer cut or the theatrical edition, but\nat least it\u2019s available again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marat\/Sade<\/em> (1967) is a British biopic that tells the story of the Marquis de Sade. It stars Patrick Magee, Ian Richardson and Glenda Jackson and is now available on Blu-ray. You can also purchase Moby Dick<\/em> (1956) with Gregory Peck on the same format, as well as the Tom Conti comedy\/drama Saving Grace<\/em> (1986), which sees the Pope getting locked out of the Vatican and trying to get back in touch with the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shout! Factory is releasing the remake of The Amityville\nHorror<\/em> (2005) in a 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray pack. Ryan Reynolds stars in\nthis redo of the haunted house\/possession story. This \u201cCollector\u2019s Edition\u201d\nincludes a new 4K scan of the movie from the original camera negative, a new\ninterview with the director and the composer of the score, and archival\nfeatures like a commentary with the director and Reynolds, deleted scenes with\noptional commentary, a making-of and promotional materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The entertaining horror picture The Boy<\/em> (2016) is\nalso arriving in a 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray package. It\u2019s about an American\nnanny (The Walking Dead<\/em>\u2019s Lauren Cohan) who is asked by a wealthy\nEnglish couple to babysit a creepy child-sized doll while they are away. Things\nget even stranger from there. This release includes a newly recorded film\ncritic commentary, a half dozen new interviews with cast and crew and a\ntrailer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appears that the eccentric Jim Gaffigan\nsci-fi\/comedy\/drama Linoleum<\/em> (2022) is becoming something of a cult item\nsince its DVD only release last year. Now, it\u2019s getting a Blu-ray upgrade from\nthe distributor with a sharper image and the same bonuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Razzie Award-winning Winnie the Pooh: Blood &\nHoney <\/em>(2023) has also been picked up by Shout! for re-release. They are\nmaking \u201cLimited Edition\u201d Walmart-exclusive Steelbook Blu-ray of the title\navailable for purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And you can also pick up a Blu-ray of the Hong Kong\naction\/crime film A World Without Thieve<\/em>s (2004).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hit baseball comedy A League of Their Own<\/em> (1992)\nis coming to bat in a 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray combo pack from Sony Pictures.\nTom Hanks coaches a professional women\u2019s baseball team in this comedy\/drama\nthat also stars Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna, Rosie O\u2019Donnell, Megan\nCavanagh and Ann Cusack. The 4K image has been restored from the original\ncamera negative and you\u2019ll also get all previously released extras like a\ncommentary track, documentary, deleted scenes, episodes from a TV series based\non the movie, a music video and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, Warner Archive is making made-to-order Blu-rays\navailable of the Fred Astaire rom-com\/musical Three Little Worlds<\/em> (1950)\nand the Mickey Rooney musical Words and Music<\/em> (1948).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

This is a slow week for family-friendly entertainment, so\nlet\u2019s hope next week offers more choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

You\u2019ll find this week\u2019s TV-themed releases listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belgravia: The Next Chapter<\/em> (Miniseries) (Universal)\nBlu-ray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CSI: Vegas<\/em>: The Final Season (CBS) DVD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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