For the week of June 2nd, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's Freaky Tales, starring Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Angus Cloud, Jack Champion, Keir Gilchrist and Jay Ellis.
Description: Set in 1987 Oakland, Freaky Tales is a multi-track mixtape of colorful characters — an NBA star, a corrupt cop, a female rap duo, teen punks, neo-Nazis, and a debt collector — on a collision course in a fever dream of showdowns and battles. Executive produced by hip-hop pioneer Too $hort, and featuring an all-star ensemble including Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, Jack Champion, Ji-young Yoo, Angus Cloud, and Tom Hanks, this pulpy blend of explosive action, edgy humor, gory kills, and sly twists and turns makes for one wild ride.
Lionsgate's 4K UHD combo pack release of Freaky Tales contains Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio. Extras include audio commentary with Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Pedro Pascal, Jay Ellis, Ji-young Yoo, and Dominique Thorne, These are the Tales, the Freaky Tales, Design of a Decade, Art + Soul: The Tune of the Tales, a gag reel and a theatrical trailer. Packaging is a "retro-themed VHS-style clamshell box with...a collectible sticker sheet inside".
Note: As of this writing, Lionsgate's release of Freaky Tales is available only from their Lionsgate Limited website in the aforementioned retro-themed VHS-style clamshell box packaging.
New on Blu-ray from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is James Griffiths' The Ballad of Wallis Island, starring Tom Basden, Tim Key, Carey Mulligan, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Sian Clifford and Steve Marsh.
Description: The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer (Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden) back together. His fantasy quickly turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
Coming to Blu-ray from BBC is Doctor Who: Jon Pertwee: Complete Season One (AKA Doctor Who: The Collection: Season 7 in the UK) (1970), starring Jon Pertwee, Caroline John and Nicholas Courtney. The seven-disc set contains all 25 episodes of the stories Spearhead from Space, Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Ambassadors of Death and Inferno. Extras include the documentaries Terror in the Suburbs, Lucky 13, Looking for Mac and Splendid Chap: The Life and Times of Nicholas Courtney, a new interview with actor John Levene, four new episodes of Behind the Sofa and more.
Coming to 4K UHD from Shout Factory is Sam Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), starring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine and Emilio Fernández. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Shout presents Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new interview with writer / film historian Julie Kirgo as well as two legacy audio commentaries: one with co-writer / co-producer Gordon Dawson (moderated by film historian Nick Redman) and another with Redman and fellow film historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and David Weddle. Also included is an image gallery, theatrical trailer and TV spots.
Also coming to 4K UHD from Shout Factory is George A. Romero's Monkey Shines (1988), starring Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest and Stephen Root. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Shout presents Monkey Shines with a choice of DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo or 5.1 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new audio commentary with film critic Eric Vespe and Author Daniel Kraus, as well as legacy audio commentary with George A. Romero. Also included is An Experiment in Fear: The Making of Monkey Shines, an alternate ending, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes footage, a making of featurette, vintage interviews, a TV spot, theatrical trailers and a still gallery.
Coming to 4K UHD from the Criterion Collection is Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), starring Ken Ogata, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Ryô Ikebe, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami and Junkichi Orimoto. Sourced from a new 4K master of the director's cut (supervised and approved by Paul Schrader and cinematographer John Bailey), Criterion presents Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters with Japanese or English: DTS-HD MA 2.0 Surround audio and in 4K SDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include an alternate English narration, audio commentary with Paul Schrader and producer Alan Poul, while video extras include a making of documentary, the documentary The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima, interviews with Yukio Mishima biographer John Nathan and his friend Donald Richie, an audio interview with co-screenwriter Chieko Schrader, an interview excerpt with Yukio Mishima from 1966 and a trailer for the film. Also included is "an essay by critic Kevin Jackson, a piece on the film's censorship in Japan, and photographs of [production designer Eiko] Ishioka's sets".
Also coming to 4K UHD from Criterion is Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985), starring Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond and Ian Holm. Sourced from a new 4K master of Terry Gilliam's director's cut (supervised and approved by Gilliam), Criterion presents Brazil with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Surround audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with Terry Gilliam, while video extras are spread over two Blu-rays and include the "Love Conquers All" version of the film (with optional audio commentary by Brazil expert David Morgan), the documentaries What is "Brazil"? and The Battle of "Brazil,", The Production Notebook and a trailer for the film. Also included is an essay by film critic David Sterritt.
Coming to Blu-ray from Oscilloscope Laboratories is Bennett Miller's documentary The Cruise (1998).
Description: Sailing the streets of Manhattan atop a double-decker bus, Timothy "Speed" Levitch waxes philosophical as the city's most eccentric tour guide. Speed's bombastic and psychedelic poetry is captured in the documentary THE CRUISE, the groundbreaking debut feature film from two-time Academy Award-nominated director Bennett Miller (CAPOTE, MONEYBALL, FOXCATCHER).
Oscilloscope's Blu-ray of The Cruise is newly remastered. Extras include "additional never before seen footage" and a theatrical trailer.
Coming to 4K UHD from Shudder is Démian Rugna's When Evil Lurks (Cuando acecha la maldad) (2023), starring Ezequiel Rodríguez, Demián Salomón, Silvina Sabater, Virginia Garófalo, Emilio Vodanovich and Paula Rubinsztein. RLJE Films presents When Evil Lurks with Spanish: DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and English subtitles. Extras include a behind-the-scenes photo gallery.