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For the week of March 3rd, we have some incredible releases making their way to our shelves. Read on to get a brief overview of what you should have on your wishlist, then be sure to dive into the full rundown in the video below.
In the world of new studio films, we have the Oscar-nominated drama Hamnet on 4K UHD Blu-Ray courtesy of Universal, which follows the life of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes, as portrayed by Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley. The release arrives with Dolby Vision and a Dolby Atmos audio track, along with featurettes and a commentary track. Over at 20th Century Studios, we have the James L. Brooks dramedy Ella McCay starring Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kumail Nanjiani, Ayo Edebiri, Albert Brooks, and Woody Harrelson on Blu-Ray. The release comes with featurettes, bloopers, and deleted scenes.
It is a huge month for Warner Archive releases as we dive into a quartet of Blu-Ray releases. First up, we dive into another Hanna-Barbera release with Loopy de Loop: The Complete Collection, which includes all 48 shorts scanned in 4K from the Original Camera Negative. Lovers of film noir will not want to miss Stranger on the Third Floor featuring Peter Lorre. The release comes from a 4K restoration of the Original Camera Negative and includes three radio programs featuring Lorre.
Fans of the King of the Jungle get the long-awaited Pre-Code sequel Tarzan and His Mate on Blu-Ray from a 4K scan of the Best Preservation Elements. The film starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan comes with two shorts and a trailer. Staying in the jungle, we head over to John Ford’s Mogambo starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Grace Kelly. This remake of Red Dust comes from a 4K scan of the Technicolor Negative and includes a cartoon, a short, and a trailer.
The fine folks at Vinegar Syndrome and OCN Distribution have an exciting slate of mainline and Partner Label titles on 4K UHD and Blu-Ray this month that offer a little something for everyone. First up, Vinegar Syndrome brings us sleazy erotic thriller Body of Evidence starring Madonna, Willem Dafoe, and Julianne Moore in both its unrated and theatrical form on 4K UHD Blu-Ray from a 4K scan of the Original Camera Negative. The release includes Dolby Vision and the original stereo track, plus new interviews and a visual essay. Cinematographe has the early Martin Scorsese crime drama Boxcar Bertha starring Barbara Hershey and David Carradine on 4K UHD Blu-Ray in Dolby Vision from a 4K restoration of the Original Camera Negative. The release includes a commentary track, interviews, a visual essay, and more.
Willa joins the partner label family with the culinary drama La Cocina starring Rooney Mara on Blu-Ray. Several Futures also delivers heightened emotions with the divorce drama Petite Solange, which views the dissolution of a marriage through the eyes of a young girl. The docufiction journey Teddy Out of Tune finds heartbreak in the form of the death of a parent, and the subsequent road trip searching for catharsis. It is not all sad this month, as Umbrella Entertainment gives us the romantic college comedy Love and Other Catastrophes starring Frances O’Connor and Radha Mitchell on Blu-Ray.
As always, it’s a big month for horror, including a double dose of eye-opening titles from Wild Eye Releasing. First up, we have the unsettling Cat Sick Blues, which finds a grief-stricken man taking out his pain through violent means—all while wearing a cat head mask. And, while not traditionally scary, we have the “Thriller” porn parody Driller featuring imagery that may give you nightmares! Brainstorm Media brings us The Banished, a nonlinear tale about a young woman searching for her lost brother, which, of course, leads to some horrific truths. Solvent comes to Blu-Ray courtesy of Film Movement, and it mixes the found footage horror genre with the atrocities of the Holocaust.
Film Movement Classics offers some newly restored international cinema on Blu-Ray, including Bye Bye Brazil and Suo Duo: Two Films By Masayuki Suo, which includes Fancy Dance and Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t. All three of these titles have received 4K restorations with additional supplements. They also have the 4K UHD Blu-Ray debut of Shanghai Blues from director Tsui Hark in HDR10 with a remixed new soundtrack and additional special features.
This is only a taste of what you can discover on No Streaming Required this week, so be sure to check out the full video below.
If you want to support GVN while picking up some great releases, please use the links below:
Purchase Loopy de Loop: The Complete Collection (Blu-Ray)
Purchase Tarzan and His Mate (Blu-Ray)
Purchase Stranger on the Third Floor (Blu-Ray)
Purchase the Tennessee Williams Collection (Blu-Ray)
Purchase the Humphrey Bogart Collection (Blu-Ray)
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