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OnVideo's Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases Tuesday, June 27 -- Monday, July 3 All DVD Releases Evil Dead Rise (2023) Moving the action out of the woods and into the city, this next entry in the franchise tells a twisted tale of two estranged sisters, played by Lilly Sutherland and Alyssa Sullivan, whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable. Vitals: Director: Lee Cronin. Stars: Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, Nell Fisher. CC, MPAA rating: R, 97 min., Horror, North American box office gross: $55.475 million, worldwide $116.475 million, Warner. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Code, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Read more here Big George Foreman (2023) Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World is based on the remarkable true story of one of the greatest comebacks of all time and the transformational power of second chances. Fueled by an impoverished childhood, Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever. Vitals: Director: George Tillman Jr. Stars: Khris Davis, Jasmine Mathews, Forest Whitaker, Sonja Sohn, Sullivan Jones, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., John Magaro, George Foreman, Muhammad Ali. CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 129 min., Sports Drama, North American box office gross: $5.366 million, worldwide $5.953 million, Sony. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Read more here This Week's Digital Releases June 27 Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret: When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends. (Digital only: June 6; VOD: June 27; DVD, Blu-ray release: July 11) Makeup: An aspiring male burlesque dancer and an introverted French food critic begin their rigid journey toward compatibility. (Digital, VOD only) R.A.D.A.R. The Bionic Dog: A boy and his dog with bionic powers save a small town from two bumbling crooks. (Digital, VOD) Sisu: When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him. (DVD, Blu-ray release: July 11) Read more. Advertisement All DVD Releases Angel Face (1953) Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons star in this film noir thriller about a man trapped in the web of an alluring, deadly, remorseless woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants and who conceals the evil within behind her beautiful Angel Face. Heiress Diane Tremayne (Simmons) arranges for an ambulance driver to whom she's attracted, Frank Jessup (Mitchum), to be hired as her family's chauffeur. And Diane lures Frank away from his girlfriend even as she becomes increasingly jealous of her stepmother. When Diane's parents die in an automobile accident -- and the police find evidence of tampering to the car - -Diane and Frank are arrested as prime suspects. After Diane convinces Frank to marry her in jail, the two are both acquitted of murder. Now, as Diane realizes that she may have been able to seduce Frank but cannot make him truly love her, she decides she would rather kill again than lose him. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Audio Commentary by Eddie Muller; original theatrical trailer. (Warner Archive). Big George Foreman (2023) Khris Davis, Jasmine Mathews, Forest Whitaker, Sonja Sohn, Sullivan Jones, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., John Magaro, George Foreman, Muhammad Ali. The remarkable life and times of George Foreman, from Olympic Gold medalist to World Heavyweight champion, from the Rumble in the Jungle fight with Muhammad Ali in Zaire to finding his faith, retiring, and becoming a preacher. When financial hardship hits his family and church, he steps back into the ring and regains the championship at age 45, becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in boxing history. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Big George Foreman: A Look at the Making of the Film"; "Toe to Toe: Foreman & Ali"; gag reel; deleted scenes. (Sony). Read more here Caged! (1950) Eleanor Parker delivers an Oscar-nominated performance as a girl swept into a petty crime -- and a life behind bars -- in this dramatic and realistic look at the effect that life inside prison has on a young woman. Marie Allen (Parker) becomes hardened by life inside a corrupt and dehumanizing penitentiary ... until she reaches the point that she will do anything to survive the place and the life inside. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Screen Director's Playhouse radio broadcast (8/2/51); classic Warner Bros. cartoon "Big House Bunny"; original theatrical trailer. (Warner Archive). The Damned Don't Cry (1950) Oscar-winner Joan Crawford stars as a woman who uses and abandons men -- clawing her way from poverty to wealth and social status. Crawford gives one of her best performances as Ethel Whitehead, an empowered woman who leaves her laborer husband and squalid factory town behind to find a new, better life. She uses a quiet accountant who adores her to meet a rich gangster, learns to carry herself as a socialite and leads a life of wealth and luxury as the kept woman of the mobster. But her ambition doesn't stop there, and she engineers a rivalry between the city's two leading underworld kingpins -- a rivalry that will lead to the ruin of everything she has fought to gain. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Audio commentary by director Vincent Sherman; "The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel" featurette; Screen Director's Playhouse radio broadcast (4/5/1951); original theatrical trailer. (Warner Archive). Dangerous When Wet (1953) Esther Williams and Fernando Lamas star in this musical, romantic aquacade -- Williams as a girl from Arkansas who has vowed to swim the English Channel to raise the money to save her family farm; and Lamas as the rich man who wins her heart and almost blocks her from reaching her goal. Featuring a delightful original music score written by Johnny Mercer and Arthur Schwartz, the film is best remembered for Esther's famous swim with M-G-M's beloved animated characters Tom & Jerry. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Audio-only interview with Esther Williams and Dick Simmons; "C'est La Guerre " unused musical outtake with Darcel and Lamas; audio-only demo recordings by lyricist Johnny Mercer; classic Tom & Jerry cartoon "The Cat and the Mermouse"; classic Pete Smith specialty short "This Is a Living?"; original theatrical trailer. (Warner Archive). Enter the Video Store: Empire of Screams [Limited Edition] Remember the shelves of your local video store? Those days aren't gone! Reject reality and substitute your own with this five-disc set. In 1983, entrepreneurial producer and director Charles Band founded Empire International Pictures, which would go on to make some of the most memorable and beloved genre movies of the 1980s. Empire became a mainstay of video stores across the world with their catchy titles, outlandish art and Band's wholehearted belief in giving audiences a good time. Freshly restored for the digital era with a wealth of new and archival extras, these films have never looked better. No need for a time machine, these golden age video classics will send you back to the 80s: "The Dungeonmaster" (1984), "Dolls" (1986), "Cellar Dweller" (1987), "Arena" (1989) and "Robot Jox" (1989). Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley; reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady; double sided posters for each film featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady; 15 postcard-sized reproduction artcards; Arrow Video store "membership card"; 80-page perfect bound book featuring new writing on the films by Lee Gambin, Dave Jay, Megan Navarro, and John Harrison plus select archival material. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment). Read more here. Evil Dead Rise (2023) Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, Nell Fisher. A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable. Formats: DVD,Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Code, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. (Warner). Read more here Land of the Pharaohs (1955) Director Howard Hawks, who worked brilliantly in virtually every genre, shows his mastery of the large-scale epic with this gigantic production filmed on location in Egypt. Thousands of extras (9,787 in one scene alone!), magnificently detailed sets (including the pyramid's inner labyrinth, booby-trapped so no one can learn its secrets and live) and vast desert vistas fill the screen and astonish the eye. There are also human-scaled stories. Of the Pharaoh (Jack Hawkins) who orders the pyramid as his tomb, dooming untold numbers to unending toil. Of the architect (James Robertson Justice) designing it to earn his people's freedom. Of the slaves constructing it of blood and sinew. And a beautiful queen (Joan Collins) whose greed leads to murder -- and a stunning revenge. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Audio commentary by director Peter Bogdanovich (with archival interview comments by Howard Hawks); classic Warner Bros. cartoon "Sahara Hare"; original theatrical trailer. (Warner Archive). Mallrats (Limited Edition) [4K Ultra HD] (1995) Following the smash success of his first feature, "Clerks," Kevin Smith returned with "Mallrats." Spawning a raft of characters and in-jokes that Smith would carry throughout his career, the film continued the one-of-a-kind comedic world known as the View Askewniverse. Simultaneously dumped by their girlfriends, comic book obsessive Brodie (Jason Lee) and best friend TS (Jeremy London) plan to ease the pain of their losses by taking a trip to the local mall. Amongst shoppers, they discover the mall is being used as the venue for a dating show, in which TS's girlfriend Brandi is the star. Hatching a plan to win back their significant others, Brodie and TS enlist the help of professional delinquents Jay and Silent Bob to hijack the gameshow in a bid to win back Brandi. Meanwhile, Brodie carries out his own mission to make good his relationship with Rene (Shannen Doherty), who has attracted the attentions of his nemesis Shannon (Ben Affleck). Featuring a cast including Joey Lauren Adams, who would go on to be recurring collaborators in Smith's movies, "Mallrats" can now be rediscovered in this 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray edition boasting a beautiful restoration and hours of bonus content. 4K restoration by Arrow Films of both the Theatrical and Extended cuts of the film, approved by director Kevin Smith and cinematographer David Klein. Formats: 4K Ultra HD. Extras: Read more here. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment) The Old Man and the Sea (1958) Ernest Hemingway's choice for the lead in the film version of his "The Old Man and the Sea" was the right one: Spencer Tracy's performance brought him the sixth of his nine Academy Award nominations, and the film won the National Board of Review's 1958 Best Picture and Best Actor awards. Alone in a small skiff, an aging Cuban fisherman catches a huge marlin -- and must defy the sea, marauding sharks, and his own flagging strength to bring his great catch home. Beautifully filmed in part on sun-drenched Cuban locales by master director John Sturges, and graced by Dimitri Tiomkin's Oscar-winning score. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: "Hemingway: The Legend and the Sea" behind the scenes featurette; original theatrical trailer. (Warner Archive). Pasolini 101 One of the most original and controversial thinkers of the 20th century, Italian polymath Pier Paolo Pasolini embodied a multitude of often seemingly contradictory ideologies and identities -- and he expressed them all in his provocative, lyrical, and indelible films. Relentlessly concerned with society’s downtrodden and marginalized, he elevated pimps, hustlers, sex workers, and vagabonds to the realm of saints, while depicting actual saints with a radical earthiness. Traversing the sacred and the profane, the ancient and the modern, the mythic and the personal, the nine uncompromising, often scandal-inciting features he made in the 1960s still stand -- on this, the 101st anniversary of his birth -- as a monument to his daring vision of cinema as a form of resistance. Formats: Blu-ray. Nine feature films: "Accattone" (1961), "Mamma Roma" (1962), "Love Meetings" (1964), "The Gospel According to Matthew" (1964), "The Hawks and the Sparrows" (1966), "Oedipus Rex" (1967), "Teorema" (1968), "Porcile" (1969), and "Medea" (1969). New 4K digital restorations of seven films and 2K digital restorations of "Teorema" and "Medea," with uncompressed monaural soundtracks. Extras: Read more here. (The Criterion Collection). The Tank (2023 -- New Zealand) Luciane Buchanan, Matthew Whelan, Zara Nausbaum, Regina Hegemann. After mysteriously inheriting an abandoned coastal property from his mother, Ben and his family accidentally unleash an ancient, long-dormant creature that has terrorized the entire region -- including his own ancestors -- for generations. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurettes. (Well Go USA). Waterworld (Limited Edition) [4K Ultra HD] (1995) The most expensive film ever made at the time of its release, "Waterworld" has thrilled audiences through the years with its awe-inspiring action scenes, gargantuan maritime sets and ground-breaking special effects. A definitive post-apocalypse blockbuster," Waterworld" stars Kevin Costner as The Mariner -- a mutant trader, adrift in a dystopian future where Earth is submerged under water and humankind struggles to survive on boats and in ramshackle floating cities. The Mariner becomes embroiled with the Smokers, a gang of pirates who, led by villainous leader Deacon (Dennis Hopper), are seeking Enola (Tina Majorino), a girl with a map to the mythical realm of Dryland tattooed on her back. Famous for both its epic scale and the controversy that swirled around its production, "Waterworld" is a key cult film of the 1990s, and an essential entry into the subgenre of ecologically-minded blockbusters. Presented here in an exclusive new restoration of the theatrical cut in 4K Ultra HD, alongside Blu-ray presentations of the TV and Ulysses cuts, and with a wealth of extra material, this high-water mark of high-concept Hollywood can now be enjoyed as never before. Formats: Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD. Extras: Three cuts of the film newly restored from original film elements by Arrow Films; six collector’s postcards; double-sided fold-out poster; limited edition 60-page perfect bound book featuring writing on the film by David J. Moore and Daniel Griffith, and archival articles; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper; more. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment). Read more here. | Home | Resources | Links | E-mail: onvideo@earthlink.net © 1996 -- 2023 OnVideo. All rights reserved June 25, 2023 (ISSN 1094-3676).

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