For the week of March 4th, Oscilloscope Laboratories has a Blu-ray release for Ryan Stevens Harris' Moon Garden, starring Augie Duke, Brionne Davis, Maria Olsen, Timothy Lee DePriest and Téa Mckay.
Description: When a little girl has a terrible accident and slips into a coma, she finds herself thrust into a darkly surreal industrial dreamworld. Haunted by a nightmarish spectre that feeds off her tears, she must follow her mother's radio-static voice to find her way back to consciousness.
Shot on expired 35mm film stock with vintage rehoused lenses, MOON GARDEN is a fantastical odyssey and a visionary, handcrafted, and fully practical work of art that shows how a child can shine light even in the darkest places.
Oscilloscope's Blu-ray of Moon Garden contains behind-the-scenes, the short film Every Dream is a Child with Teeth, deleted scenes and a theatrical trailer.
New from Crunchyroll is a Blu-ray for Yuki Ikeda's anime series RWBY: Ice Queendom - The Complete Season (RWBY 氷雪帝国) (2023), starring Saori Hayami, Yoko Hikasa, Yū Shimamura, Ami Koshimizu, Hiro Shimono and Aya Suzaki.
Description: Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang are the next generation of huntresses known as team RWBY. These would-be warriors are learning to defeat The Grimm, but a new nightmare halts their studies. Now to save a friend, team RWBY must dive into this deadly dream.
Crunchyroll's Blu-ray of RWBY: Ice Queendom - The Complete Season contains all 12 episodes with original Japanese or dubbed English: Dolby TrueHD 2.0 audio tracks and English subtitles. Extras include promo videos, commercials and textless opening and ending songs.
New from Sentai Filmworks is a Blu-ray for Yuki Ikeda's anime series Insomniacs After School: Complete Collection (君は放課後インソムニア) (2023), starring Gen Satô, Konomi Tamura, Seiichirou Yamashita, Lynn, Natsumi Fujiwara and Sumire Morohoshi.
Description: In the small city of Nanao, insomniac Ganta Nakami tries to catch a nap in his school's abandoned astronomical observatory. There he stumbles upon a sociable and carefree girl named Isaki Magari who has the same problem. The two form an awkward friendship and reestablish their school's defunct astronomy club.
Sentai's Blu-ray of Insomniacs After School: Complete Collection contains all 13 episodes with Japanese: DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio and English subtitles. Extras include clean opening and closing animations.
Finally for new releases this week, Magnolia Home Entertainment has dated its upcoming Blu-ray release of William Brent Bell's Lord of Misrule, starring Tuppence Middleton, Ralph Ineson, Matt Stokoe, Rosalind March, Evie Templeton and Robert Goodman.
Description: Directed by William Brent Bell (THE BOY, ORPHAN: FIRST KILL), LORD OF MISRULE follows Rebecca Holland (Tuppence Middleton), who has recently taken over as priest of a small town. When her young daughter Grace (Evie Templeton) goes missing at the local harvest festival, a desperate search begins. The closer they edge towards finding Grace, the more secrets emerge from the town's dark past. Soon, Rebecca must decide just how much she is willing to sacrifice to rescue her daughter from the grip of evil.
Turning to catalog titles, coming from Paramount Home Media Distribution is a 4K UHD reissue for John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), starring John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien and Andy Devine. The film was previously released in 2022 as part of the Paramount Presents line. That release was taken from a 4K master, with the film is presented in Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (as well as the original mono audio in lossy Dolby Digital) and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Archival extras have been ported over from previous releases, while there is also a Filmmaker Focus featurette with Leonard Maltin.
Also this week, Kino Lorber has several Blu-ray titles coming as special edition reissues. First is Giulio Petroni's Death Rides a Horse (Da uomo a uomo) (1967), starring Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, Mario Brega, Luigi Pistilli, Anthony Dawson and José Torres. Previously released by Kino in 2017, this reissue also carries both English and Italian audio with optional English subtitles. Extras include audio commentary by filmmaker Alex Cox and the film's theatrical trailer.
Next from Kino is Anthony Harvey's The Lion in Winter (1968), starring Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, Timothy Dalton, John Castle and Nigel Terry. Previously released by Kino in 2018, this reissue also includes audio commentary by Anthony Harvey, an interview with sound recordist Simon Kaye and the film's theatrical trailer.
Then from Kino is Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dynamite (AKA Duck, You Sucker!) (Giù la testa) (1971), starring Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli, Maria Monti, Rik Battaglia and Franco Graziosi. Previously released by Kino in 2018, this reissue also carries both English and Italian audio with optional English subtitles. Extras include audio commentaries by film historian Sir Christopher Frayling and filmmaker Alex Cox, six featurettes, an episode of Trailers From Hell with director Brian Trenchard-Smith, image galleries, radio spots and trailers.
Finally from Kino is Walter Hill's The Long Riders (1980), starring David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, James Keach, Stacy Keach and Dennis Quaid. Previously released by Kino in 2017, this reissue also carries audio commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson, seven interviews with cast and crew members, two featurettes, the documentary Outlaw Brothers: The Making of The Long Riders and the film's theatrical trailer.
Coming to Blu-ray from Shout Factory is Jonathan Kaplan's Over the Edge (1979), starring Matt Dillon, Vincent Spano, Harry Northup, Andy Romano, Ellen Geer and Lane Smith. Sourced from a new 2K scan of an interpositive, Shout presents Over the Edge with new interviews with Jonathan Kaplan and screenwriter Charlie Haas, as well as an additional interview with Kaplan about his father, composer Sol Kaplan. Legacy extras include two audio commentaries with cast and crew, the documentary Wide Streets + Narrow Minds, an isolated music and effects track, the full version of the Destruction: Fun or Dumb? video, trailers and TV spots.
Coming from Zeitgeist Films, in association with Kino Lorber, is a Blu-ray release for Guy Maddin's Archangel (1990), starring Kyle McCulloch, Kathy Marykuca, Sarah Neville and Ari Cohen. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents Archangel with a new audio commentary by Guy Maddin and a re-release trailer.
Coming from Samuel Goldwyn Films is a Blu-ray for Jan Kounen's Blueberry (AKA Renegade) (2004), starring Vincent Cassel, Michael Madsen, Juliette Lewis, Temuera Morrison, Ernest Borgnine and Djimon Hounsou. The film will be making its domestic premiere on the Blu-ray format.
Finally this week, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has two releases. First is a Blu-ray box set for Heroes: The Complete Collection (2006-2016). The twenty-one disc box set collects all four seasons of Heroes (2006-2010) along with the "event series" Heroes Reborn (2015-2016).
Also from Universal is a 4K UHD upgrade for Simon Kinberg's The 355 (2022), starring Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Bingbing Fan, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong'o and Edgar Ramírez. The film will be presented with its Dolby Atmos audio and HDR on the 4K UHD disc, while a Blu-ray copy of the film is also included, which contains deleted scenes, VFX breakdowns and four featurettes as extras.