Posted January 15, 2024 09:49 AM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of January 15th, Shout Factory has a Blu-ray for Julien Chheng and Jean-Christophe Roger's Ernest & Célestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (Ernest et Célestine: Le voyage en Charabie), starring Lambert Wilson, Pauline Brunner, Michel Lerousseau, Céline Ronté, Lévanah Solomon and Jean-Marc Pannetier.
Description: Ernest and Celestine return in this delightful and joyous follow-up to their first Academy Award®-nominated* adventure, where the bear and mouse became the unlikeliest of friends. When Celestine accidentally breaks the beloved violin of her grouchy companion, they embark on a journey to Ernest's homeland of Gibberitia to have it repaired. But when the duo arrives, they are shocked to discover that all forms of music have been banned for many years and the land once known for its incredible musicians has fallen silent. It is up to Ernest and Celestine and their new friends, including a mysterious masked outlaw, to bring music and happiness back to the land of bears.
Shout's Blu-ray of Ernest & Célestine: A Trip to Gibberitia contains a making of, cast and crew interviews, a how-to-draw featurette and English and French trailers for the film. For a full disc breakdown, read Brian Orndorf's Blu-ray review.
Also coming to Blu-ray from Shout is Andrew Dominik's Chopper (2000), starring Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Dan Wyllie, David Field, Simon Lyndon and Bill Young. Shout's Blu-ray of Chopper contains audio commentary with Mark "Chopper" Read, audio commentary with Andrew Dominik, deleted scenes with optional commentary, the featurette Weekend with Chopper and a theatrical trailer.
New on Blu-ray from Well Go USA is Park Hoon-Jung's The Childe (귀공자), starring Kim Seon-Ho, Kang Tae-Ju, Go Ara, Hyuk-Hyun Kwon and Kang-woo Kim.
Description: "The Childe" follows a man born to a Korean father and a Filipino mother who aspires to be a boxer. He travels to the Philippines in the hopes of tracking down his father, and in the process, he gets mixed up with some bad people. From the director of I Saw the Devil and New World.
Well Go USA's Blu-ray of The Childe contains a trailer. For a full disc breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
New on Blu-ray from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is Adam Anders' Journey to Bethlehem, starring Fiona Palomo, Milo Manheim, Lecrae, Joel Smallbone and Antonio Banderas.
Description: A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. This live-action Christmas musical celebration for the entire family, weaves classic Christmas melodies into new pop songs in a music-infused retelling of the timeless story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. A unique new entry into the collection of holiday classic movies, this epic Christmas musical is unlike any before it.
Sony's Blu-ray of Journey to Bethlehem contains three deleted and extended scenes and four featurettes.
Also coming from Sony is a 4K UHD upgrade for Gareth Evans' The Raid: Redemption (Serbuan Maut) (2011), starring Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno and Ray Sahetapy. Presented from a new 4K master, with a new color grade supervised by Gareth Evans, Sony presents The Raid: Redemption with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix.in the original Indonesian, as well as DTS-HD MA 5.1 tracks in Indonesian and dubbed English. Both the original Indonesian score and the international score (by Mike Shinoda and Joe Trapanese) are also included. An included Blu-ray disc features previously-released extras, such as the unrated cut of the film, commentary with Gareth Evans, behind-the-scenes video blogs, featurettes and more.
Coming to Blu-ray from ClassicFlix is Tay Garnett's Cause for Alarm! (1951), starring Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling, Margalo Gillmore, Brad Morrow and Irving Bacon. Newly remastered, ClassicFlix presents Cause for Alarm! with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include a theatrical trailer. For a full disc breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
Coming to Blu-ray from Film Masters is Charles R. Rondeau's The Devil's Partner (1961), starring Ed Nelson, Edgar Buchanan, Jean Allison, Richard Crane, Spencer Carlisle and Byron Foulger. Sourced from a new 4K master, Film Masters presents The Devil's Partner with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include the bonus film Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961), along with audio commentaries and multiple cuts for each film, a new interview with Roger Corman, the featurette Hollywood Intruders: The Filmgroup Story: Part 3 and trailers.
Coming this week from Arrow Video is Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe (1964-2008) a six-disc Blu-ray box set with twelve Coffin Joe films, all of which are sourced from new 4K masters struck from the best available elements and presented with original lossless mono audio (DTS-HD MA 2.0 and 5.1 for Embodiment of Evil) and optional English subtitles. Extras include filmmaker audio commentaries, new and archival interviews, featurettes, trailers and more. Packaging includes a collector's book, poster and 12 art cards, For a full set breakdown, please see our news article here.
Coming to Blu-ray from MGM is Tony Richardson's Mademoiselle (1966), starring Jeanne Moreau, Ettore Manni, Umberto Orsini, Keith Skinner, Georges Aubert and Jane Beretta. The film is making its domestic debut on Blu-ray.
Coming to Blu-ray and 4K UHD from the Criterion Collection is John Sayles' Lone Star (1966), starring Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey, Stephen Mendillo, Elizabeth Peña and Oni Faida Lampley. Sourced from a new 4K master (supervised by John Sayles and director of photography Stuart Dryburgh), Criterion presents Lone Star with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Surround audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new conversation between Sayles and filmmaker Gregory Nava, a new interview with Stuart Dryburgh and a trailer. Also included is an essay by scholar Domino Renee Perez.
Finally this week, Synapse Films has a Blu-ray and 4K UHD upgrade for Marcel Walz's Blood Feast (2016), starring Robert Rusler, Caroline Williams, Sophie Monk, Sadie Katz, and Roland Freitag. Synapse will release the uncut version of the film for the first time in the USA. Extras include a promotional teaser, trailer, making of featurette, music video and more.