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June lineup:

Robocop 2 4K
Robocop 2014 4K
Matinee 4K (yes!)
Species 2 4K
The First Slam Dunk BD

Rare day 1 Shout! purchase of Matinee for me.

Wow, the Dante upgrade is huge, hopefully Arrow follows suit

Yeah especially since a lot of the Shout discs are still arriving scratched. I've got Darkman on order with two other titles from Orbit and am fully anticipating to have to ask Orbit for a replacement copy. They and Amazon are the only retailers I am willing to order Shout discs from since reading on BR that Shout's customer service gives two flying fucks.

EDIT: 4/21/24: Orbit checked my Darkman 4K and BD for me and it was not scratched.

Recently ran into that with Disney - Aliens came scratched and playback was affected during three moments. No dice on a replacement despite proof of purchase, just the same message of 'sorry not sorry' all the way up the chain(/plateau). Not that it's surprising

therewillbeblus wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:38 pm Wow, the Dante upgrade is huge, hopefully Arrow follows suit

Why, do they have the UK rights?

yes, Arrow released Matinee (and The 'Burbs) in the UK.

Specs for Matinee.

DISC ONE (4K UHD):

NEW 4K Restoration From The Original Camera Negative Supervised And Approved By Director Joe Dante
Presented In Dolby Vision (HDR-10 Compatible)
Audio: Dolby Atmos, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0
NEW Audio Commentary With Film Critics Drew McWeeny And Eric Vespe
DISC TWO (BLU-RAY):

NEW Restoration From The Original Camera Negative Supervised And Approved By Director Joe Dante
Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0
NEW Audio Commentary With Film Critics Drew McWeeny And Eric Vespe
NEW Interview With Actress Kellie Martin
NEW Interview With Actor David Clennon
Master Of The Matinee – An Interview With Director Joe Dante
The Leading Lady – An Interview With Actress Cathy Moriarty
MANTastic: The Making Of A Mant
Out Of the Bunker: An Interview With Actress Lisa Jakub
Making A Monster Theater – An Interview With Production Designer Steven Legler
The Monster Mix – An Interview With Editor Marshall Harvey
Lights! Camera! Reunion! – An Interview With Director Of Photography John Hora
Paranoia In Ant Vision – Joe Dante Discusses The Making Of The Film
Vintage Making Of Featurette
Behind The Scenes Footage
Deleted And Extended Scenes
Still Gallery

There's a martial arts sale on Shout's website. Shaw Bros. Classics Vol. 1-3 are each between $100 and $110

Some Paramount tiles were added to Shout's Going OOP list:
Graveyard Shift
Orca
The Tenant
Danger: Diabolik

Timmy Williams just announced that The Whitest Kids You Know is getting a Blu-Ray from Shout.

Two new site exclusives:

Death and the Maiden
The Getaway (1994)

Shout really thinks a barebones release of Affliction is going to sell more copies than The Getaway remake? (Make no mistake, I am happy that they did a wide, non-limited edition of Affliction, but this is just another bizarre choice by the brainiacs at Shout.)

Assuming many of these old interviews are the ones from Arrow's blu, it looks like the only big extra missing from Shout!'s release is the full version of Mant. A strange exclusion, since there can't be any rights issues around it.. right?

July Releases:

Phantoms 4K UHD
Dark Angel 4K UHD
The Boy and the Heron 4K UHD
UHF 4K UHD
House of Gucci 4K UHD
Ali G Indahouse: The Movie

Storytelling too

House of Gucci brings us one step closer to Licorice Pizza and hopefully Bones and All in 4K. The Boy and the Heron 4K is another very welcome announcement.

Who's That Girl and Red Sonja Blu-rays are also coming (but Red Sonja looks to be an early leak with out a release date.)

therewillbeblus wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:57 pm Storytelling too

very glad to see another Solondz release from any label

Sad to see it doesn't have the excised storyline with James Van Der Beek

Does that footage survive?

swo17 wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:15 pm Does that footage survive?

I remember how coy Solondz and Van Der Beek were at the time regarding exactly what transpired, and whether or not New Line had pressured Solondz to excise it

I wonder if Storytelling will be the US cut (with a black box covering part of a sex scene) or the international version with no black box.

One of the features is listed as "Alternate Censored Scene From The Theatrical Cut Of The Film" so I would guess the international cut, no?

It's been a while since I've seen this, but isn't the box red?