Now then, our friends at Shout! Studios and the Warner Archive Collection have announce major slates of Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD catalog titles for release in November and December!
The Warner Archive Collection has revealed 6 new classic Blu-ray titles for release on 11/26, including Jean Negulesco’s Humoresque (1946)—mastered from a 4K scan of original nitrate camera negative—Jack Haley Jr. That’s Entertainment! (1974)—re-constructed from original negatives and preservation elements—The Complete Thin Man Collection (1934-47)—a 6-disc set mastered from 4K scans of the best surviving elements, featuring WS Van Dyke’s pre-Code The Thin Man (1934), After the Thin Man (1936), Another Thin Man (1939), and Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), as well as Richard Thorpe’s Song of the Thin Man (1944), and Edward Buzzell’s The Thin Man Goes Home (1947)—Hanna-Barbera’s animated Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972-74) TV series—featuring 48 episodes on 6 discs—Gary David Goldberg’s Must Love Dogs (2005), and finally the Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: Volume 4 (1937-64)—including 27 classic Looney Tunes fully restored and remastered shorts,
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Oh, but there’s more: Shout! Studios has also unveiled its December slate of Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K titles… and catalog Ultra HD fans are going to lose their minds (and a big chunk of their pay checks) over it!
On 11/26, look for The Stephen Chow Collection on Blu-ray, which includes Sze Yu Lau’s Look Out, Officer! (1990), Johnnie To’s Justice, My Foot! (1992) and The Mad Monk (1993), and Jeffrey Lau’s Out of the Dark (1995).
On 12/3, you’ll get Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt (2023) on Blu-ray, along with Werner Herzog’s Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972) and Sam Raimi’s The Gift (2000) both in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision HDR.
On 12/10, watch for David Twohy’s Riddick (2013) in 4K Ultra HD—which includes both the Theatrical Cut and Unrated Director’s Cut in 4K with Dolby Vision—Allan Arkush’s Rock ‘N’ Roll High School: 45th Anniversary Edition (1979) in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision, Seth MacFarlane’s Ted (2012) in 4K UHD with Dolby Vision, Charles Sellier’s Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)—which includes the Theatrical Cut both in 4K with Dolby Vision as well as Blu-ray, plus the Unrated Version on Blu-ray only—Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey II (2024) on Blu-ray, and the Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection in 4K Ultra HD—which includes Nick Park’s A Grand Day Out (1989), The Wrong Trousers (1993), A Close Shave (1995), and A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008) all in 4K and Blu-ray, plus extras!
And on 12/17, look for Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers (2023) and Robert Rodriguez’s The Faculty (1998) both in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision, Ron Howard’s Far and Away (1992) in 4K UHD with both Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, and also the Golden Harvest: Volume 2 – Shining Stars Blu-ray—which includes Jimmy Wang Yu’s Beach of the War Gods (1973), Huang Feng’s When Taekwondo Strikes (1973), Jeong Chang-Hwa’s The Skyhawk (1974), Ta Huang’s Shaolin Boxers (1974), Lo Wei’s Slaughter in San Francisco (1974), Ronny Yu’s Legacy of Rage (1986), Tsui Hark’s The Master (1992), and Stephen Tung Wai’s Hitman (1998).
The Faculty? Awesome!
Silent Night and Wallace & Gromit jumped out for me. Haven’t seen the former in 30 years or so.