Rambo: The Complete Steelbook Collection (US/UK) – 10/27/20 – N4K, DV, DA (individual film specs vary) Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 2 (Anatomy of a Murder, Oliver!, Taxi Driver, Stripes, Sense and Sensibility, and The Social Network) ( US/ US via Zavvi/ UK/ UK via Zavvi) – 10/12/21 (delayed from 9/14) – N4K (some titles include DV and DA) Dracula (1931) (US/UK) – Coming in box set on 10/5, single film Steelbook is Best Buy exclusive – N4K

The Exorcist (1973) (includes Theatrical and Director's Extended Versions in 4K) ( US/ UK) – 9/19/23 (10/9 in the UK) – N4K Deep Red (Profondo Rosso – Arte Original Arrow Store Exclusive Limited Edition) (US/UK) – 10/25/21 – N4K It’s easy to see why it became a cult classic because although it didn’t really receive the best box office on original release, Europe took it on and loved it while the USA caught up later once it came out on VHS, that’s the old DVD’s kids. Certain elements have dated enormously but there is perfection here with utterly phenomenal scene transitions that effortlessly move us between scenes of the distant past and 1985 New York, I actually struggle to understand how they were achieved considering the changes in tech from then to now. Finally, the other star is Queen. Their EP’s worth of songs providing so much of that emotional heart of the film, it's difficult to see how the Highlander we know would work anywhere near as well without their contribution. And credit to all involved for allowing their songs to be an essential part of the narrative, the lyrics literally telling and selling the story in a way that feels part of the very fibre of the film and more effectively than any line of dialogue, not matter how expertly crafted. Years of Warner Bros. Classic Hollywood 5-Film 4K Collection (1930s–1960s) (includes The Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Singin' in the Rain & Rebel Without a Cause) (US/ UK) – TBA 4/4/23 (UK date 4/3) - N4K

Conclusion

The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher (includes The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone, Ride Lonesome, and Commanche Station) ( US) – 7/18/23 – N4K, DV And Tim has posted his thoughts on Jeffrey Obrow and Stephen Carpenter’s The Kindred (1987), now available in a new Special Edition Blu-ray release from Synapse Films. Looper** (US release has Dolby Vision & Atmos plus a new image master) ( US/ UK) – 2/15/22 (UK release on 7/12/21) – REVIEW – N4K, DV, DA First of all, this is a title we’ve known is coming for a few months now and while it’s not yet been officially announced by the studio, we do have the final cover artwork from retailers: Universal Studios Home Entertainment is expected to release their Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection – Volume 2 box set in 4K Ultra HD on 10/11. Strange World (regular Amaray is a Disney Movie Club exclusive in the US) (US/UK) – 2/14/23 – N4K, DA

Transformers: The Movie – 35th Anniversary Limited Edition* ( US/ UK) – 8/28/21 – REVIEW – N4K, DV, DA Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary 4K Studio Collection (30 Films) (US/ UK) – TBA 9/19/23 (UK date 9/18) - N4K Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (Steelbook) (US Steelbook is a Best Buy-exclusive/ UK) – 4/4/23 (previously 4/18) – N4K True Lies (1994) – TBA Q4 2023 (4K remaster finished and approved per James Cameron, 4K and remastered BD release coming per Cameron and producer Jon Landau in the second half of 2023 – film anniversary in 2024) – N4KAnd Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Gordon Hessler’s The Oblong Box (1969), an American International Pictures film on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Hope you’re all having a great week so far. I was buried in catch-up work yesterday after having a series of family visits here—our first in two years due to the pandemic—so suffice it to say that there was no news post yesterday.

Audio is fairly good with some subtle use of the rear speakers - nothing over the top. The sound is still a little thin though, but I prefer this to a bombastic remaster with all subtilty lost. Citizen Kane: 80th Anniversary Collector's Edition Box Set (UK only) ( US release from Criterion on 11/23/ UK box set) – 12/13/21 – N4K, DV All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) ( US/ UK) – 3/28/23 (UK date 4/24 via Altitude Film Distribution) – N4K, DV, DARussell Mulcahy’s music video writ large starring a Scot pretending to be a Spanish Egyptian and a Swiss Frenchman pretending to be a Scot transcends every part of its subjectively flawed DNA to become and remain an all-time classic. Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976) (Kino Cult) (US/UK) – Coming in 2024, confirmed by KLSC – N4K, DV The Naked Lunch: Limited Edition (Original Artwork Slipcase – UK only) (No current US release/UK) – 4/17/23 – N4K, DV Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (only available in Columbia Classics 4K: Vol. 1) ( US/UK) – 6/16/20 – N4K

Akira Kurosawa's Ran* ( US via Zavvi/ UK via Zavvi/ DE) – 7/19/21 (Studio Canal UK 4K disc) – REVIEW – N4K, DV Superman: The Movie* (2023 Version) ( This version is replacing the 2018 release at US retailers/ UK) – 5/9/23 (delayed from 4/18) – REVIEW – N4K, DV, DAThe Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) ( US/UK) – 11/28/23 (4K Digital already available) – N4K, DV All of which is sold brilliantly by his cast, not necessarily for their acting, but for their sheer embodiment of these characters – Lambert’s permanently befuddled look (possibly due to his inability to speak English at the time) gives Nash/Connor MacLeod a real sense of weariness, of the effects of being on his own for so long, of not being able to love or be loved; Clancy Brown is having a complete blast as The Kurgan, completely unhinged but still with a keen sense of purpose and his own honesty within what he’s doing; even the smaller roles of the three women in MacLeod’s life – Beattie Edney, Roxanne Hart and especially Sheila Gish – plug directly into that sense of loss and enduring love, enabling these strange romantic undertones in amongst all the swordfights and beheadings. But it’s Connery doing what Connery so often did that lodges in the memory – steal a film with a just a handful of moments, his Ramirez here having such a devilish twinkle in his eye that his energy, his charisma and his authority just seep into all those around him. Death Wish (2018 – via MGM) ( US/UK) – BD/DVD on 6/5/18, but no US physical 4K UHD release is currently planned – N4K