New on Blu-ray Disc this week is Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 3 with six masterworks from around the world restored in 4k for this special Blu-ray edition. The 9-disc collection (3 Blu-rays & 6 DVDs) includes wors from from Brazil (Pixote), Cuba (Lucía), Indonesia (After the Curfew), Iran (Downpour), Mauritania (Soleil Ô), and Mexico (Dos monjes). Buy on Amazon
David Lynch’s The Elephant Man (1980) has been restored in 4k by Criterion Collection for this new Blu-ray edition that includes archival interviews, an audio recording with Lynch at the American Film Institute, a reading from “Room to Dream,” and more. Buy on Amazon
Focus Features 10-Movie Spotlight Collection on Blu-ray features a selection from the niche film distributor including Harriet, Pride & Prejudice, Brokeback Mountain, On the Basis of Sex, Moonrise Kingdom, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Theory of Everything, Burn After Reading, and Lost in Translation in a 10-disc edition from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Buy on Amazon
80’s comedy Gotcha! starring Anthony Edwards and Linda Fiorentino is releasing to a Region A Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics. The edition includes new audio commentary by Director Jeff Kanew along with other extras. Buy on Amazon
And, Season One of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels starring Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones) hits stores in a 4-disc edition from Showtime Networks with all all ten episodes from the 2020 season. Buy on Amazon
Those are our top picks of new releases for the week. See an extended list below and all of this week’s new home media releases at Amazon.
New Blu-ray Disc, Sept. 29, 2020
Ultra HD Blu-ray
- Evil Dead 1 & 2 Double Feature – Best Buy SteelBook
- Halloween (1978) – Best Buy SteelBook
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) – Best Buy SteelBook
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) – Titans Of Cult Steelbook
Blu-ray
- Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 3
- Focus Features 10-Movie Spotlight Collection
- Illumination Presents: 10-Movie Collection
- The Elephant Man (1980) – Criterion Collection
- Gotcha!
- Penny Dreadful: City of Angels – Season One
- Genesis II / Planet Earth 2-Film Collection – Warner Archive
- Ghost Ship – Collector’s Edition
- Bleach (TV) Set 8
- Five Graves to Cairo
- Cruel Jaws
- Wicked City
- Pandemonium
- The Legend Of Tomiris
- Galaxy Express 999 TV Series Collection 3
- Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile
- Memphis Belle
Anime on Blu-ray
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Part 1
- Fire Force: Season 1 – Part 2
- Kemono Michi: Rise Up – The Complete Series
Digital
- Hitting the Apex
- Inez & Doug & Kira
- Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche
