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The entire Ultraman catalog has been licensed by Mill Creek. Blu-rays of the complete season sets of Ultra Q (1966) and Ultraman (1966-1967) are coming in October.

Marie Antoinette is getting a real pressed Blu-ray from Mill Creek, as part of a double feature with the similarly relegated to BD-R Little Women

Marie Antoinette is one of my favorite films of the century (no, really) but I've got serious misgivings about this weird package. In audio/video terms, if it shares a disc with another film, is it really likely to be an upgrade even though it's pressed? And I know Mill Creek's reputation isn't the best. But I suppose it won't be very expensive to find out.

I'm happy it'll be in an affordable package at least. I don't have the current release because the price + poor review on BR soured me.

1/14/20 Blu-rays

Air Bud (1997) (Rights have apparently reverted to Buddy Films, with Disney's rights lapsing)
The Color of Magic (2008) / Hogfather (2006) TV Double Feature (via RHI Entertainment)
Dad (1989) / I'm Not Rappaport (1996) Double Feature (via Universal)
Heroes (1977) / Eddie Macon's Run (1983) Double Feature (via Universal)
Maid in Manhattan (2002) (BD/DVD Combo) (via Sony)
The Mindy Project - The Complete Series (2012-2017) (via Universal)
Reservation Road (2007) / Return to Paradise (1998) Double Feature (via Universal)

2/11/20 Blu-rays

Sony licensed:

Hudson Hawk (1991) (Previous double feature release w/ Hollywood Homicide (2003) is OOP)
No Mercy (1986)
Vibes (1988)
When a Stranger Calls (1979) (Previous double feature release w/ Happy Birthday to Me (1981) is OOP)

Universal licensed:

Rosewood Lane (2011) / White Noise 2: The Light (2007) (Rosewood Lane was previously released by Universal itself; White Noise 2 is one of a handful of HD-DVD releases that had yet to get a Blu-ray release)
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - The Complete Series (2015-2019)
Wild Child (2008) / L!fe Happens (2011) (L!fe Happens was previously released by Universal itself)

captveg wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:52 pm 1/14/20 Blu-rays

Heroes (1977) / Eddie Macon's Run (1983) Double Feature (via Universal)

This release has gone MIA at retailers and on Mill Creek's website; likely one of the movies ran into a licensing issue.

Turns out they changed Heroes and Eddie Macon's Run to separate releases coming out 4/7/20.

Also coming out 4/7/20 are:

All the Pretty Horses (2000)
Trapped (2002) (Previously released as a DF and in a 6-film set)

Was All the Pretty Horses licensed from Sony or Miramax?

Should be Sony. Columbia handed U.S. theatrical distribution over to Miramax (who had a piece of the film due to Thornton's Sling Blade contract), officially because their schedule was too crowded but possibly just because they were tired of fighting with Thornton over the final cut. They held on to the home video rights.

May 2020 releases, which for the first time have a couple double feature releases that combine films licensed from Universal and Sony:

Hollywood Story (1951) (Universal) / New Orleans Uncensored (1955) (Sony) - New Orleans Uncensored was also released on Kit Parker's Noir Archive Vol. 2
The Man from the Alamo (1953) (Universal) / They Came to Cordura (1959) (Sony)

Some Universal horror:

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Complete Film Series (1943-1945) (Inclusive of Calling Dr. Death (1943), Weird Woman (1944), Dead Man's Eyes (1944), Frozen Ghost, The (1945), Strange Confession (1945), and Pillow of Death (1945))

And more Andy Sidaris:

The Dallas Connection (1994)
Enemy Gold (1993)

Cordura was rereleased on DVD in a cropped version when Sony did away with their flippers, so that’s nice at least

I'm sick of waiting, and Newsradio's Mill Creek DVD set is $22 on Amazon, but I've read some pretty rough reviews of this "complete" box set. Does anyone have it who can attest to the warnings, or encourage what seems like the greatest deal of all time?

My understanding is that the prior set only included a censored version of the "penis" episode whereas this one omits that episode entirely. That alone would be a dealbreaker for me

Yeah, I feel like I could find a copy of that episode online though (or buy the third season separately for like five bucks, which has it tacked on the end) and paying roughly $2/season seems like a no-brainer unless the set itself is prone to defective discs or horrendous image quality.

Supposedly the image quality is worse than the previous set, though I don't own it to confirm

The Sony discs all have that rosé wine/creamsicle haze that was de rigueur in the '90s. Otherwise, they're more affordable on a season-by-season basis than the Mill Creek collection as a whole. Besides, who in their right mind would want Season 5?

swo17 wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:57 pm Supposedly the image quality is worse than the previous set, though I don't own it to confirm

Thanks for the feedback, I decided to just buy them individually since it wound up costing the same, and yeah not having The Injury is a cause worth protesting

The Mill Creek set crams more episodes per disc, the quality is def going to be worse. And I don’t think they include the commentaries

Yeah it seems like an all around awful set the more I look into it

To be fair, the original Sony complete series was packaged in a spindle! I’d buy only individual seasons released by Sony. All four (seasons one and two are one set) came with slipboxes encasing slimpacks, if you’re visually trying to confirm you’re picking up the right sets

Thanks, I actually just did exactly that from various eBay sellers! Glad to know it’s the right call

Still, if a blu ray set is announced Monday I’ll preorder immediately

therewillbeblus wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:36 am Still, if a blu ray set is announced Monday I’ll preorder immediately

Yeah, of all the 90's networks sitcoms, Newsradio is a definite favorite, so if it ever comes to Blu, I'd buy it in a heartbeat (although I'd keep the DVDs if a potential Blu set omitted the fantastic commentary tracks).

Mill Creek is releasing a The H-Man / Battle in Outer Space Blu-ray double feature on June 9th. This is a 2-disc set, with both the Japanese and English versions.

captveg wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 7:05 pm Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Complete Film Series (1943-1945) (Inclusive of Calling Dr. Death (1943), Weird Woman (1944), Dead Man's Eyes (1944), Frozen Ghost, The (1945), Strange Confession (1945), and Pillow of Death (1945))

This release has been delayed to 7/21/20