For the week of August 19th, RLJE Films will release Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell's You'll Never Find Me, starring Brendan Rock and Jordan Cowan.
Description: A thunderstorm brings a mysterious woman to Patrick's isolated mobile home. As the night unfolds, secrets and realities blur. Will she be able to leave? Or is something darker keeping her there?
RLJE Films' Blu-ray of You'll Never Find Me contains filmmaker commentary, behind the scenes and a photo gallery.
New on Blu-ray from Crunchyroll is the anime series Bungo Stray Dogs - Season Five (文豪ストレイドッグス) (2023), starring Mamoru Miyano, Yûto Uemura, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Kenshô Ono, Toshiyuki Toyonaga and Hiroshi Kamiya.
Description: Framed as terrorists and driven into a corner by the brutal Hunting Dogs, the agency uncovers the Decay of Angels' plot to destroy the state. Now Atsushi and the gang are chased down by the Angels' leader, Kamui, who commands an army of vampires.
Crunchyroll's Blu-ray of Bungo Stray Dogs - Season Five is a two-disc set with all 12 episodes. It contains both original Japanese: Dolby TrueHD 2.0 (with English or French subtitles) and dubbed English (or French) Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio tracks. Extras include episode previews, promo videos and commercials and textless opening and ending songs.
Also on Blu-ray from Crunchyroll is the anime series The Ancient Magus' Bride - Season Two, Part One (魔法使いの嫁) (2023), starring Atsumi Tanezaki, Ryôta Takeuchi, Kôki Uchiyama, Aya Endô, Yûko Kaida and Daisuke Namikawa.
Description: Seeking answers about her curse, Chise joins the College—a school of bright young sorcerers with dark family secrets. When a powerful book disappears, mysterious forces drain magic from those around Chise and her only way to help puts her deeper in peril.
Crunchyroll's Blu-ray of The Ancient Magus' Bride - Season Two, Part One is a two-disc set with all 12 episodes. It contains both original Japanese: Dolby TrueHD 2.0 (with English subtitles) and dubbed English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio tracks. Extras include an Anime Japan special event video, interviews with the Japanese cast, director and character designer, textless songs and promo videos.
Also, new on Blu-ray from Sentai Filmworks is the anime series Helck: Complete Collection (ヘルク) (2023), starring Katsuyuki Konishi, Takuya Nakashima, Hiroki Nanami, Mikako Komatsu, Sora Tokui and Syuta Morishima.
Description: The tournament to replace the recently vanquished Demon Lord has begun, but overseer Vermilio suspects that one of the contestants, Helck, is not what he seems. Why? Because he's human, just like the Hero who killed the last Demon Lord. Yes, the big brute claims to hate his own kind, but is he telling the truth? Or is this a sinister plot against demon kind? And even when Vermilio manipulates the games against him, Helck keeps winning, forcing her to become more personally involved in both the games and the mysteries surrounding its frontrunner. She must know. She must find out. What secrets lurk in the past of HELCK?
Sentai Filmworks' Blu-ray of Helck: Complete Collection is a three-disc set with all 24 episodes. It contains both original Japanese: or dubbed English: DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio tracks. Extras include clean opening and closing animations. For a full release breakdown, read Neil Lumbard's Blu-ray review.
New on Blu-ray from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is a Blu-ray for La Brea: Season Three (2024). On the same day, Universal will also release La Brea: The Complete Series (2021-2024), a six-disc set with all three seasons.
And coming to 4K UHD from Universal is Thomas Bezucha's Let Him Go (2020), starring Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Kayli Carter, Jeffrey Donovan, Lesley Manville and Booboo Stewart. Universal presents Let Him Go with HDR and Dolby Atmos audio. Extras include three featurettes.
New on Blu-ray from Cinedigm is Creepypasta, starring Angelic Zambrana, Silvia Casanova, Griffin Robert Faulkner and Eva Isanta.
Description: A horror anthology based on the viral stories known as "creepypasta." Trapped in an abandoned house, a young man desperately searches for clues to how he got there. The answer is hidden within a series of disturbing viral videos - each of which begins to infect his mind.
New on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber is Agnieszka Holland's Green Border (Zielona granica), starring Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai and Tomasz Wlosok.
Description: Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, Green Border immediately drew controversy from the Polish government for its depiction of the European migrant crisis on the Poland-Belarus border. Shot in stark black-and-white, this riveting thriller explores the intractable conflict from multiple perspectives: a Syrian family fleeing ISIS caught between cruel border guards in both countries; young guards instructed to brutally reject the migrants; and activists who, at great risk, aid the refugees. Director Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa) brings an unflinching eye and deep compassion to this blistering critique of a humanitarian calamity that continues to unfold.
Kino's Blu-ray of Green Border contains a Q&A with Agnieszka Holland, cinematographer Tomasz Naumiuk and stars Behi Djanati Atai & Joely Mbundu, as well as a theatrical trailer.
Also coming from Kino is the 4K UHD double feature Peril & Distress: Two Terrifying 1970s Thrillers by Robert Fuest and John Hough (1970), which contains both And Soon the Darkness (1970) (starring Pamela Franklin, Sandor Elès, Michele Dotrice, John Nettleton, Clare Kelly and Hana Maria Pravda) and Sudden Terror (1970) (starring Mark Lester, Lionel Jeffries, Susan George, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Vaughan and Tony Bonner). Kino presents Peril & Distress with audio commentary by director Robert Fuest and co-writer / co-producer Brian Clemens (on And Soon the Darkness) and by director John Hough and uncredited-writer / producer Bryan Forbes (on Sudden Terror), with both tracks moderated by journalist Jonathan Sothcott. Also included is audio commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson, theatrical trailers for both films and a radio spot for And Soon the Darkness.
Then from Kino is a 4K UHD upgrade for Michael Ritchie's Prime Cut (1972), starring Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Angel Tompkins and Janit Baldwin. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents Prime Cut with Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include two new audio commentaries: One by Lee Marvin biographer Dwayne Epstein and another by film historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson, along with a theatrical trailer.
Finally from Kino is a Blu-ray for Gilles Mimouni's The Apartment (L'Appartement) (1996), starring Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Romane Bohringer, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Sandrine Kiberlain and Olivier Granier. Kino presents The Apartment with an audio commentary by film historian Adrian Martin and a trailer.
Staying with catalog titles, Fun City Editions has a Blu-ray for Robert Benton's Bad Company (1972), starring Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston, John Savage and Jerry Houser. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Fun City Editions presents Bad Company with audio commentary by Walter Chaw, radio spots, an image gallery and a theatrical trailer.
Coming to 4K UHD and Blu-ray from Shout Factory is Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.'s The Last Unicorn (1982), starring Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Tammy Grimes, Robert Klein and Angela Lansbury. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the 35mm interpositive, Shout presents The Last Unicorn with DTS-HD MA 2.0 and 5.1 audio options and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new interview with writer Peter S. Beagle, True Magic (Redux): The Story of The Last Unicorn, a Q&A with Peter S. Beagle, animated storyboards and a theatrical trailer. In addition to standard packaging, a Walmart Exclusive SteelBook will also be available. For full release breakdowns, read Neil Lumbard's 4K UHD review and 4K UHD SteelBook review.
Also coming from Shout is a Blu-ray for Danny DeVito's Death to Smoochy (2001), starring Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito, Jon Stewart and Pam Ferris. Sourced from a new 2K scan of the interpositive, Shout presents Death to Smoochy with DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 audio options. Extras include new interviews with actor Danny Woodburn, composer David Newman and costume designer Jane Ruhm, as well as audio commentary with Danny DeVito and cinematographer Anastas Michos, a behind the scenes featurette, deleted and extended scenes, bloopers and outtakes, galleries, stills and more.
Coming to 4K UHD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan's Can't Hardly Wait (1998), starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli and Seth Green. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Sony presents Can't Hardly Wait with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio (both approved by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont) as well as original 5.1 audio. Extras include 11 newly uncovered deleted and extended scenes, and legacy extras including 6 existing deleted scenes, two cast and crew commentaries, three featurettes, a music video and a theatrical trailer.
Coming to Blu-ray from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is Greg McLean's Wolf Creek (2005), starring John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, Nathan Phillips, Gordon Poole and Guy O'Donnell. Lionsgate presents Wolf Creek with audio commentary by Greg McLean, executive producer Matt Hearn, and Cassandra Magrath and Kestie Morassi, a making of featurette, deleted scenes and a theatrical trailer. For a full disc breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
Also from Lionsgate is a Blu-ray for Peter Webber's Hannibal Rising (2007), starring Aaran Thomas, Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Dominic West, Rhys Ifans and Helena-Lia Tachovská. Lionsgate presents Hannibal Rising with audio commentary by Peter Webber and producer Martha De Laurentiis, deleted scenes with optional commentary and two featurettes. For a full disc breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review.
Note: Both Wolf Creek and Hannibal Rising are currently only available in SteelBook packaging and exclusive to Walmart.
Finally this week, coming to 4K UHD and Blu-ray from Arrow Video is the box set When Titans Ruled the Earth (2010-2012), which contains Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans (2010) and its sequel, Jonathan Liebesman's Wrath of the Titans (2012). Both films are presented with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD edition. Extras include new interviews for each film with producer Basil Iwanyk, as well as legacy extras, including featurettes, deleted scenes, trailers, image galleries and an alternate ending for Clash of the Titans. For full release breakdowns, read Jeffrey Kauffman's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.