Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) and her daughter, Sarah (Kristen Stewart), play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders—Burnham (Forest Whitaker), Raoul (Dwight Yoakam) and Junior (Jared Leto)—during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

4K BLU-RAY DISC:

• NEW 4K RESTORATION, supervised by Director David Fincher
• DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
• DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK English 5.1
• Optional English subtitles for the main feature

BLU-RAY DISC:

• NEW 4K RESTORATION, supervised by Director David Fincher
• Commentary One by David Fincher
• Commentary Two by Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker and Dwight Yoakam
• Commentary Three by writer David Koepp and special guest
• PRE-PRODUCTION
  • Six featurettes on the prep phase, from pre-visualization through testing
  • Interactive previsualization — Compare the pre-visualization, storyboards, dailies and final film in a multi-angle, multi-audio feature with optional commentary
• PRODUCTION
  • Shooting Panic Room – An hour-long documentary on the principal photography phase
  • Makeup effects featurette with Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr.
  • Sequence breakdowns – An interactive look at the creation of four separate scenes in the film
• POST-PRODUCTION
  • Twenty-one documentaries and featurettes on the visual effects
  • On Sound Design with Ren Klyce
  • Digital Intermediate and other featurettes dealing with the post-production phase
  • A multi-angle look at the scoring session conducted by Howard Shore Optional English subtitles for the main feature

Pre-orders are not live yet, will update when they become available.

Daybreakers gets a 4K and Blu-ray collector's edition release from Umbrella

Umbrella Home Entertainment is giving the Spierig Brothers' vampire movie Daybreakers a 4K and Blu-ray collector's edition release

By Cody Hamman

December 11th 2024, 10:35am

Back in 2009, the German-Australian sibling duo of Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig, a.k.a. The Spierig Brothers, brought us the sci-fi action horror vampire film Daybreakers -- and now, the Australia-based company Umbrella Home Entertainment is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the film by giving it a 4K and Blu-ray collector's edition release! Copies are available for purchase at THIS LINK.

The plot the Spierig Brothers crafted for Daybreakers has the following synopsis: Ten years after a plague turns most of the world's population into vampires, a critical blood shortage causes panic and gruesome mutations among the reanimated. Edward, a vampire hematologist, tries to develop a blood substitute when he meets Lionel and Audrey, two fugitive humans who claim to have a possible cure. Edward casts his lot with them in the hope of perfecting the cure before it's too late.

The film stars Ethan Hawke as Edward, Willem Dafoe as Lionel, and Claudia Karvan as Audrey. They're joined in the cast by Sam Neill, Michael Dorman, Isabel Lucas, Vince Colosimo, Jay Laga'aia, and Renai Caruso.

Only available from the Umbrella webstore, the Daybreakers Collector's Edition includes: -- Dolby Vision & Dolby Atmos 4K feature

-- A 100+ page hardback book with never before seen behind-the-scenes, experiences and art provided by director's Michael and Peter Speirig

-- Original poster artwork rigid case and slipcase

-- 8 artcards

-- A3 reversible poster

-- Limited Edition Numbered release

-- Audio Commentary with Co-Directors Peter and Michael Spierig and Creature Designer Steve Boyle

-- "Making of Daybreakers" Feature-Length Documentary

-- NEW! Daybreakers Gag Reel

-- NEW! Animatics

-- NEW! On The Set of Daybreakers Featurette

-- NEW! Art Department and Lighting Tests

-- NEW! Makeup, Costume and Hair Tests

-- NEW! Makeup and Effects Tests

-- NEW! Daybreakers Stunt Department Featurette

-- Trailer

In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel's greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie's last dance.

The film is produced by Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, Kelly Marcel, Tom Hardy and Hutch Parker.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
• DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK
• Deleted & Extended Scenes
• Venomous Laughs: Outtakes & Bloopers
• Bonded in Chaos: Tom Hardy
• Author of Mayhem: From Writer to Director
• Venom's Inner Circle
• Venom Unleashed: The Action & Stunts
• Select Scene PreVis
• One Last Dance – Tom Morello x Grandson Music Video
• Savor the Last Bite: The Venom Legacy
• Brock Bottom: Mrs. Chen Interview

Pre-order: Amazon · eBay

The company Kino Lorber previously announced that they will be releasing John Candy's 80s comedy, Summer Rental, on 4K Blu-ray in January. The boutique label has now announced that the following month another beloved John Candy movie will be having a new physical video remastering. Blu-ray.com has revealed that Uncle Buck will get its own Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray release on February 18. This film was a much bigger hit for Candy and is seen as one of his best movies. This is also the film that would give Hughes the idea to write Home Alone with Macaulay Culkin in mind.

The movie stars John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann and Macaulay Culkin. The Description reads, "When Cindy (Elaine Bromka) and her husband, Bob (Garrett M. Brown), have to leave town for a family emergency, there is only one person available to babysit for their three kids: Bob's lazy, carefree brother, Buck (John Candy). While he immediately gets along with the two younger children (Gaby Hoffman, Macaulay Culkin), Buck must change his bachelor lifestyle if he wants to be a responsible caregiver for the angst-filled teenager, Tia (Jean Louisa Kelly)."

Special Features and Technical Specs are set to include:

DISC ONE -- 4K BLU-RAY

• NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
• DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
• NEW Audio Commentary by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
• NEW Audio Commentary by critic Historian Joe Ramoni
• 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
• Optional English SDH Subtitles

DISC TWO -- BLU-RAY

• Optional English Subtitles
• NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
• NEW Audio Commentary by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
• NEW Audio Commentary by critic Historian Joe Ramoni
• Sixteen Going on Seventeen: NEW Interview with Actress Jean Louisa Kelly
• Theatrical Trailer
• 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio

Video
Codec: HEVC / H.265
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Audio
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)

Subtitles
English SDH

Discs
4K Ultra HD
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD-100, 1 BD-50)

Packaging
Slipcover in original pressing

Playback
4K Blu-ray: Region free
2K Blu-ray: Region A

Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs

1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2. Deadpool & Wolverine
3. Godzilal Minus One
4. Dune: Part Two
5. Despicable Me 4
6. Reagan
7. Twisters
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
9. The Batman
10. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
11. House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season
12. The Grinch
13. Top Gun: Maverick
14. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
15. Oppenheimer
16. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
17. Paper Moon
18. The Fall Guy
19. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
20. The Shape of Water

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 20 Selling 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs

1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2. Deadpool & Wolverine
3. Godzilla Minus One
4. Dune: Part Two
5. The Batman
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
7. The Shape of Water
8. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Colleciton
9. The Shining
10. Gladiator
11. The Thing
12. Paper Moon
13. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
14. Blade Runner: The Final Cut
15. The Grinch
16. Dune 2-Film Collection
17. Twisters
18. Hush
19. Edge of Tomorrow
20. A Nightmare on Elm Street

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 10 Home Media Sellers (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted)

1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (53%)
2. Deadpool & Wolverine
3. Godzilla Minus One (67%)
4. The Grinch (24%)
5. Despicable Me 4 (48%)
6. Twisters (49%)
7. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (29%)
8. Dune: Part Two (89%)
9. House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season (51%)
10. A Charlie Brown Christmas (11%)

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Further Reading:

• Top 20 Selling Blu-ray and 4K Discs for Week Ended 2024-11-30
• Top 20 Disc Sellers for Week Ended 2024-11-30
• Blu-ray Sales: November 24-30: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Still on Top in Second Week

Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs

1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2. Godzilla Minus One
3. Deadpool & Wolverine
4. The Terminator
5. House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season
6. Reagan
7. Twisters
8. Oppenheimer
9. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
10. Blazing Saddles
11. North by Northwest
12. Despicable Me 4
13. The Killer's Game
14. Speak No Evil
15. A Nightmare on Elm Street
16. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
17. Gladiator
18. Labyrinth
19. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
20. The Fall Guy

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 20 Selling 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs

1. Godzilla Minus One
2. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
3. The Terminator
4. Deadpool & Wolverine
5. House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season
6. Blazing Saddles
7. North by Northwest
8. Oppenheimer
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street
10. Labyrinth
11. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
12. Gladiator
13. The Dark Crystal
14. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
15. A Simple Plan
16. The Fall Guy
17. Twisters
18. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
19. Despicable Me 4
20. The Killer's Game

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 10 Home Media Sellers (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted)

1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (62%)
2. Godzilla Minus One (79%)
3. Deadpool & Wolverine (59%)
4. House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season (59%)
5. Twisters (46%)
6. The Grinch (2018) (23%)
7. The Terminator (100%)
8. Reagan (100%)
9. Despicable Me 4 (49%)
10. Beetlejuice 2-Film Collection (N/A)

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Further Reading:

• Top 20 Selling Blu-ray and 4K Discs for Week Ended 2024-11-23
• Top 20 Disc Sellers for Week Ended 2024-11-23
• Blu-ray Sales: November 17-23: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Godzilla Minus One Topple Deadpool & Wolverine

Before developing his penchant for crime thrillers and high-octane films like Heat and Ferrari, director Michael Mann took an unexpected dive into the realm of horror and fantasy with his 1983 film The Keep. His second theatrical feature, after his 1981 project Thief, is widely known for being an unmitigated disaster in post-production, suffering from the death of its special effects supervisor and studio meddling that cut Mann's original 210 minutes of footage down to just 96. For a time, the director himself even disowned the film. Its problems haven't stopped it from becoming a cult classic though. Now, the war horror is finally coming home with a long-overdue upgrade thanks to a 4K Ultra HD release from Vinegar Syndrome which is now available for purchase.

At the time, Mann's cursed film was widely panned, and, to this day, it still holds a 39% score from critics and a 43% score from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. However, it has managed to generate a following in the years since, with plenty of fans calling for a release of a director's cut showing the over 100 minutes of lost content. Regardless of the final result, it benefitted from an excellent cast. Joining the Das Boot breakout Prochnow and Lord of the Rings star McKellen were Scott Glenn, Gabriel Byrne, Alberta Watson, Michael Carter, and Robert Prosky, among others. Adding to the ambiance was a soundtrack by the German electronic band Tangerine Dream, who also lent their talents to Mann's Thief, Risky Business, and Grand Theft Auto V.

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Vinegar Syndrome's 4K restoration of The Keep comes in either a standard release or a special edition limited to only 12,000 units that comes with a creepy new spot gloss hard slipcase and slipcover combo designed by Edward Kinsella highlighting the monstrous Molasar. In addition to the 4K/Blu-ray discs, it also comes packed with a 40-page bound book for collectors who want even more content from the film. Rounding out the collection is a wide array of special features delving into the creation of the film with the author Wilson, film historians, and others who worked on the project. One featurette also appears to honor the unfinished work of late special effects supervisor Wally Veevers​​​​​​.

Just beneath the streets of modern-day Los Angeles lies a world of demons ... and angels. Globetrotting misfit and renegade occultist John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), a man who has literally been to hell and back, enters this world to help a skeptical policewoman investigate the mysterious suicide of her twin sister in Constantine. Based on the long-running, adult DC Comics/Vertigo comic book series "John Constantine: Hellblazer."

I will update this post when more details are revealed.

Pre-order: Amazon · GRUV

Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs

1. Deadpool & Wolverine
2. Twisters
3. Gladiator
4. The Crow (2024)
5. The Seven Samurai
6. Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
7. The Grinch
8. Star Trek: Prodigy - Season One
9. Despicable Me 4
10. Borderlands
11. Trap
12. It Ends With Us
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
14. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
15. Afro Samurai: The Complete Series + Movie
16. Inside Out 2
17. The Santa Clause: The Complete 3-Movie Collection
18. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
19. Scarface (1932)
20. Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 20 Selling 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs

1. Deadpool & Wolverine
2. Gladiator
3. The Seven Samurai
4. Twisters
5. Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
6. The Grinch
7. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
8. The Crow (2024)
9. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
10. Zodiac
11. Scarface (1932)
12. Born on the Fourth of July
13. The Sugarland Express
14. Godzilla (1954)
15. White Christmas
16. The Invasion
17. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
18. John Wick
19. Dune: Part Two
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 10 Home Media Sellers (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted)

1. Deadpool & Wolverine (61%0
2. Twisters (48%)
3. Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (24%)
4. The Crow (2024) (58%)
5. Gladiator (2000) (77%)
6. It Ends With Us (30%)
7. Despicable Me 4 (37%)
8. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (25%)
9. Trap (40%)
10. A Charlie Brown Christmas (8%)

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Further Reading:

• Top 20 Selling Blu-ray and 4K Discs for Week Ended 2024-11-16
• Top 20 Disc Sellers for Week Ended 2024-11-16
• Blu-ray Sales: November 10-16: Deadpool & Wolverine Still on Top in Fourth Week

"Juror #2" follows family man Justin Kemp (Hoult) who, while serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer.

Academy Award winner Eastwood directs from a screenplay by Jonathan Abrams ("Escape Plan"). The film is produced by Eastwood, Tim Moore, Jessica Meier, Adam Goodman and Matt Skiena, and executive produced by David M. Bernstein, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell.

Eastwood's creative team includes such frequent collaborators as director of photography Yves Bélanger, production designer Ron Reiss, Oscar-winning editor Joel Cox ("Unforgiven") and editor David Cox, BAFTA-nominated costume designer Deborah Hopper ("Changeling"); Mark Mancina created the original score.

Pre-orders are not live yet, as WB only announced this less than an hour ago. But it's good to see that this is getting a physical release!

People still continue to buy the Bose TV Speaker even after we made a dedicated video on it…. To get you to stop, we took to facebook marketplace and gave ourselves the SAME budget and managed to buy a 5.1 surround sound setup with dedicated receivers!

Considering this is the home video section, I thought this would apply to this community. Reminds me of when I had my tiny dirt cheap 5.1 system, which sounded great to me. Especially when playing Bad Company 2 on my Xbox360.

Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs

1. Deadpool & Wolverine
2. Twisters
3. The Crow (2024)
4. Trap
5. It Ends With Us
6. The 4:30 Movie
7. Borderlands
8. White Christmas
9. Despicable Me 4
10. John Wick
11. We Were Soldiers
12. Zodiac
13. Escape From New York
14. I Love Lucy: The Complete Series
15. Arcane: League of Legends - Season One (tie)
16. Inside Out 2 (tie)
17. The Grinch
18. Krampus
19. Godzilla (1954)
20. The Wizard of Oz

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 20 Selling 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs

1. Deadpool & Wolverine
2. The Crow
3. Twisters
4. White Christmas
5. The 4:30 Movie (Amazon Exclusive 4K)
6. John Wick
7. We Were Soldiers
8. Zodiac
9. Escape From New York
10. Trap
11. Godzilla (1954)
12. Krampus
13. The Wizard of Oz
14. Gladiator
15. Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
16. Rules of Engagement
17. The Grinch
18. Happiness
19. Borderlands
20. Death Becomes Her

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 10 Home Media Sellers (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted)

1. Deadpool & Wolverine (63%)
2. Twisters (48%)
3. The Crow (68%)
4. It Ends With Us (34%)
5. Trap (52%)
6. Despicable Me 4 (36%)
7. The Grinch (23%)
8. The Wizard of Oz (29%)
9. Borderlands (60%)
10. Inside Out 2 (39%)

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Further Reading:

• Top 20 Selling Blu-ray and 4K Discs for Week Ended 2024-11-09
• Top 20 Disc Sellers for Week Ended 2024-11-09
• Blu-ray Sales: November 3-9: Deadpool & Wolverine Set a Trap for The Crow

Just in time for the holidays, we can enjoy Ron Howard and George Lucas' family-friendly fantasy adventure film Willow finally arrives on 4K UHD Blu-ray with deluxe SteelBook packaging.

The George Lucas / Ron Howard team-up Willowmight have been something of a box office misfire at release, but the film has grown into a fan-favorite fantasy adventure classic. Now we can enjoy the exploits of Warwick Davis' Willow and his pal Madmartigan and the beautiful Sorsha in full 2160p with HDR. The press release wasn't specific about HDR grade, remember Disney is punching Dolby Vision onto their 4K discs on a case-by-case basis - so this one might not have made the cut. We'll see if any clarification comes out on that. But we can at least expect HDR10 on the BD66 disc with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. We also don't have a breakdown of extra features yet, but it's a safe bet those will be on the included Blu-ray. Hopefully, if this sells well, maybe we'll get the abandoned series' first season on disc too. 

***Willow - 4K UHD SteelBook ***

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Here's all of the specs as we know them: 

Cast
**Val Kilmer **as Madmartigan
**Joanne Whalley **as Sorsha
Warwick Davis as Willow
Billy Barty as High Aldwin
Jean Marsh as Queen Bavmorda

Produced by
Nigel Wooll

Executive Producers
George Lucas

Written by
George Lucas
Bob Dolman

Directed by
Ron Howard

Product Specifications
Release Date
Digital: December 10, 2024
Physical: December 10, 2024

Product SKUs
Digital: 4K UHD
Physical: 4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Code SteelBook®

Feature Run Time
Approx. 126 minutes

Rating
U.S.: Rated PG

Disc Size
4K UHD Blu-ray: 66GB
Blu-ray: 50GB

Aspect Ratio
Digital: 2.39:1
Physical: 2.39:1

Audio
4K: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA and 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 DTS-HDHR Language Tracks
Blu-ray: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and French 5.1 DTS Digital Surround Language Tracks
Digital: English 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio, Spanish 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital and French 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital

Subtitles
4K: English SDH, Spanish and French Subtitles
Blu-ray: English SDH, Spanish and French Subtitles (Specifications Apply To Film Content Only)
Digital: English SDH, Spanish and French Subtitles

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/19813184

A quarter of a century ago, it seemed like nobody wanted Dogma. Kevin Smith’s subversive comedy about a pair of disgraced angels (played by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) was met with fierce protests soon after it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. Writer-director Smith, riding high off his 1997 romcom Chasing Amy, received 300,000 pieces of hate mail, including several “bona fide death threats”. Religious campaign group the Catholic League picketed outside cinemas. Critics also sharpened their knives, with The Independent’s Gilbert Adair among those who crucified the film. “Nothing, absolutely nothing, not a single idea, not a shot, not a camera movement, not a performance, not a gesture, not a gag, nothing at all, I repeat, works in this movie,” he sneered.

Some of us, though, couldn’t get enough of the film, which celebrates its 25th anniversary on 12 November. I was a Sunday School-attending teenager when I first stumbled across Dogma on late-night television, and I was hooked from the moment Linda Fiorentino’s beleaguered abortion counsellor Bethany set upon Alan Rickman’s Metatron, the flaming voice of God, with a fire extinguisher. He had appeared in her bedroom to recruit her on a quest to stop Bartleby and Loki, Affleck and Damon’s fallen angels, from making it to a church in New Jersey. There they intend to use a doctrinal loophole known as a “plenary indulgence” to wash away all their sins and sneak back into heaven. What they don’t realise is that in doing so they’ll disprove the fundamental concept of God’s omnipotence and immediately wipe out all of existence.

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The real star, though, was Smith’s script, which plays out like a pop-culture-infused catechism. It uses a technicolour version of the Catholic belief system to bring to life a vigorous moral debate, as when Bartleby and Loki hand out righteous vengeance to the board of a clearly Disney-inspired cartoon company they accuse of raising up a false idol, Mooby the Golden Calf. Last year, Affleck recalled reading the screenplay in an interview with Vanity Fair, saying: “Kevin’s very focused on the written word. He’s got a cadence that he likes, but I thought it was a really creative, interesting script. It was a sort of imagining of Catholicism in a very literal sense, and also in a comic sense. I was thinking my kids would actually like that; they have that sense of humour… Kevin’s always had the sense of humour of an adolescent!”

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The controversy that surrounded the film’s release didn’t actually do anything to harm its box-office performance, and may well have helped it to rake in $31m (£24m) worldwide, easily recouping its $10m (£7m) budget. Yet 25 years on, Dogma is not available on any streaming service and last received a physical release when it came out on Blu-ray in 2008. DVDs and VHS copies now change hands for inflated sums online. The reason the film is so hard to find is a direct result of all those Catholic League protests years ago. They kicked up such a fuss that Disney, which at the time owned Miramax, decided they wanted no part of its release. To solve the problem, Weinstein and his brother Bob personally bought the rights to Dogma and set up a distribution deal with Lionsgate. The Weinsteins continued to hold the rights for years but refused to do anything with them, which led Smith to joke of Weinstein in 2022: “He’s holding it hostage. My movie about angels is owned by the devil himself.”

But there is reason to be optimistic. A few weeks ago, Smith revealed during an appearance on podcast That Hashtag Show that the movie rights have been bought by a new distribution company, and plans are afoot to re-release the film in 2025. He went on to say that Dogma could finally get a streaming release, too, as well as new physical versions to accompany a cinema run in the new year. Most excitingly for fans, though, was his suggestion that he could – now that his film is out of Weinstein’s clutches – return to the world of Dogma to tell new tales on a Biblical scale.

Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs

1. Deadpool & Wolverine
2. Twisters
3. Borderlands
4. Trick 'r Treat
5. Zodiac
6. Despicable Me 4
7. Addams Family Values
8. A Quiet Place: Day One
9. Inside Out 2
10. Longlegs
11. Bad Boys: Ride or Die
12. MaXXXine
13. Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
14. Drag Me to Hell
15. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
16. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
17. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
18. Talk to Me
19. J Horror Rising
20. The Classic Ghosts: 1970s Gothic Television

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 20 Selling 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs

1. Deadpool & Wolverine
2. Twisters
3. Zodiac
4. Trick 'r Treat
5. Addams Family Values
6. Borderlands
7. Drag Me to Hell
8. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
9. Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
10. Longlegs
11. The Ring
12. Talk to Me
13. Shocker
14. Bad Boys: Ride or Die
15. Five Nights at Freddy's
16. Dune: Part Two
17. Happiness (tie)
18. Despicable Me 4 (tie)
19. Signs
20. MaXXXine

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 10 Home Media Sellers (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted)

1. Deadpool & Wolverine (63%)
2. Twisters (49%)
3. Borderlands (55%)
4. Despicable Me 4 (37%)
5. Twisters Double Feature (1996-2024) (4%)
6. A Quiet Place: Day One (40%)
7. Inside Out 2 (41%)
8. The Wizard of Oz (15%)
9. Bad Boys: Ride or Die (39%)
10. Trick 'r Treat (93%)

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Further Reading:

• Top 20 Selling Blu-ray and 4K Discs for Week Ended 2024-11-02
• Top 20 Disc Sellers for Week Ended 2024-11-02
• Blu-ray Sales: October 27-November 2: Deadpool & Wolverine Go Trick 'r Treating in Second Week

Over the years, the original Star Wars films have been subject to many changes and additions. According to Lucas, the original cuts have been lost to time. Well, sorry George. We the fans cannot let that happen. This is the story of how the fans saved Star Wars.

This is Part I in a new series I'm creating documenting the fan preservation of the Theatrical Cuts of Star Wars. This episode focuses on Laserdisc Bootlegs.

This bought back some memories. I remember downloading the TR47 bootlegs which were really good copies for the time.