Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s week of June 29 new releases column! We’ve highlighted this week’s Blu-ray, Digital HD, and DVD releases below! Click each highlighted title to purchase through Amazon or other retailers!
Movies on Blu-ray/DVD
Here Are the Young Men
Based on the acclaimed novel by Rob Doyle, the film catalogs the last hurrah of three high school graduates intent on celebrating their newfound freedom with an epic, debaucherous bender. However, when a horrible accident sends them spiraling, the trio must grapple with the most daunting challenge of their lives: facing their own inner demons.
The Holy Game
This documentary covers a soccer tournament for priests. Check out our interview with the director for more.
Shiva Baby
A near college graduate, Danielle, gets paid by her sugar daddy and rushes to meet her neurotic parents at a family shiva. Upon arrival, she is accosted by various estranged relatives about her appearance and lack of post-grad plans, while her confident ex-girlfriend, Maya, is applauded by everyone for getting into law school. Danielle’s day takes an unexpected turn when her sugar daddy, Max, arrives at the shiva with his accomplished wife, Kim, and crying baby. As the day unfolds, Danielle struggles to keep up different versions of herself, fend off pressures from her family and confront her insecurities without completely losing it.
Stardust
This film about David Bowie stars Johnny Flynn.
Criterion Corner
Pickup on South Street
The 1953 classic starring Richard Widmark sees a petty crook that suddenly finds himself with confidential information. The noir classic is now on Blu-ray and includes a 1989 interview with director Samuel Fuller.
Pariah
Dee Rees’ 2011 feature debut is “the all-too-rare coming-of-age tale to honestly represent the experiences of queer Black women.” It features a new cast reunion and more.
Reissues
In Harm’s Way
Producer-Director Otto Preminger’s epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor details the devastating attack on the Hawaiian naval base as well as the explosive, behind-the-scenes stories. An awesome cast – including John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Henry Fonda, Carroll O’Connor, Burgess Meredith, Paula Prentiss, Dana Andrews, and a host of other notables – is interwoven into this account of the attack itself, as well as into the triumphs and tragedies of disobeyed orders, the American counter-offensive, father-son reunions, battles at sea, and layers of romantic entanglements. It’s a story that’s been told and re-told, but perhaps never so completely.
Just a Gigolo
Starring David Bowie as a war hero that returns to Berlin to find that there’s no place for him. He has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women.
Major Dundee
The 1965 Charlton Heston film is now on Blu-ray with a ton of extras.
Memories
New to Blu-ray, this classic anime film features three separate tales: Magnetic Rose, Sting Bomb, and Cannon Fodder.
The General’s Daughter
There’s the right way, the wrong way, and the Army way. But there’s no way military investigator Paul Brenner (John Travolta) is going to participate in a cover-up when Fort MacCallum officials try to hide the motive behind the murder of a beautiful female officer.
Walking the Edge
Robert Forster, Joe Spinell, and Nancy Kwan star in this action drama.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 4K
The beloved film starring Gene Wilder is now in 4K.
New On Digital HD
Blood Pageant
What begins as a million-dollar reality show competition between seven beautiful women turns into a battle for life itself when one contestant uses magic to gain an edge over the competition. An ancient curse dating back to the Salem Witch Trials is unleashed and the competition becomes a pageant of death, destruction, and evil forces. Forget about who will win – who will survive?
Cult Following
Distinguished author and cult expert, Robert Regis and his newly hired cinematographer, Tyler Sternberg, find themselves in grave danger when they investigate a mythical, evil cult for a documentary they are attempting to make.
Extraction Point
When a UFO is taken down by the government making it crash, Nemon, is held captive in a secret lab. Now it’s a race against time to get Nemon to escape and safely back to his extraction point.
The God Committee
Out July 2. When a donor heart unexpectedly arrives at a New York hospital, an organ transplant committee must convene within one hour to decide which of three other patients deserves the life-saving heart. God’s work is now left in the hands of five doctors, including Boxer (Kelsey Grammer), a cynical but brilliant heart surgeon; Jordan (Julia Stiles), an idealistic up-and-comer; and Gilroy (Janeane Garofalo), a weary bureaucrat. As the debate over the heart heats up, ethics and bribes clash, leaving the committee members to question what’s more valuable: morals or money?
In Treatment: Season 4
The fourth season of the HBO series is now available digitally.
Kid Candidate
This documentary follows Hayden Pedigo as he runs for office.
Limbo
A young Syrian musician and refugee is burdened by his past in this unexpected comedy about following a dream no matter where it takes you.
Long Story Short
Serial procrastinator Teddy (Rafe Spall) wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he’s jumping forward to the next year of his life. Watching his future flash before his eyes, Teddy must make every second count if he is to win back the woman he loves in this feel good comedy about second chances.
Re-Elected
Deep in the woods on the 4th of July, siblings Nate and Angela must face off against the zombies of American presidents, as well as their worst nightmare: spending an entire evening together.
Scare Us
A chilling horror anthology comprised of short stories, penned by an unlikely group of aspiring writers, in Sugarton – a small town plagued by the apparent return of an infamous serial killer, dubbed “Cutthroat.”
Separation
A young girl mourning the death of her mother starts to see creatures based on her father’s unsettling art come to life.
Some of Our Stallions
Out July 2. Beautiful Bill & Andy, newly released from a mandatory stint at a mental hospital, are best friends. Their inability to conform to society at large results in some frightening “acting out.” After their therapist fails at advising them on how to reintegrate back into society, Bill has an epiphany. What they need, he decides, is romantic love. After a disastrous attempt at wooing “normal women,” they realize they need to meet women who are “genuinely crazy” like themselves. So they post up outside of a mental health facility for women. This is how they meet Bonnie. And though Bonnie and Andy soon fall into a relationship, Bill finds himself playing the part of the third wheel. However, when Bonnie reveals she’s pregnant, Bill sees a chance to get back in her good graces. His ensuing plan to rob a bank and give the proceeds to Bonnie kicks off a years-long series of madcap adventures that challenge not only Bill and Andy’s friendship, but their already tenuous grasp on sanity.
Vicious Fun
A loser whose life is passing him by accidentally stumbles into a secret underground self-help group for serial killers.
Werewolves Within
Out July 2, this horror film is based on the Ubisoft VR title of the same name. It stars Sam Richardson and Milana Vayntrub.
TV on Blu-ray and DVD
A Certain Scientific Railgun T – Part Two
This will complete your Season 3 collection with 13 episodes.
Assassins Pride
This Steelbook set features all 12 episodes.
Bleach Set 11
This four-disc set features 29 episodes from 280 through 308.
Dear Brother
All 39 episodes of this anime is included, which takes place at a prestigious all-girls high school.
Dororo
This anime release features all 24 episodes in the feudal Japan series.
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front Babylonia Box Set I
This deluxe box set includes episodes 12-21 in the series.
Hatena Illusion – The Complete Series
This magician anime now has all 12 episodes on Blu-ray.
His Dark Materials: The Complete Second Season
This fantasy drama is based on the novel series of the same name.
Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles Collection 2
This classic anime that began airing in 1979 is now available on Blu-ray in 1080p. It features the final 20 episodes of the series. Set in the 1700s, it focuses on General Jarjayes of France’s Royal Guard, who curses the birth of his fifth daughter and then decides to raise her as a son. The synopsis reads, “Oscar Jarjayes dresses in men’s clothes, is peerless with the rapier, and is never afraid to take (or give) a punch. When it comes time to appoint a bodyguard to protect the Dauphine Marie Antoinette, the king of France declares that Oscar must duel Count Girodelle’s son for the honor.”
Nyanbo!
This cute cat anime is now on anime. This one set includes the full collection.
The Purge Season 2
Based on the film series, this is the final season of the analogy series.
Swordgai
This three-disc set features all 24 episodes of the anime series
Video Warrior Laserion
All 45 episodes in the series are included in this SDBD release.
The Watch
Based on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series of novels, this fantasy drama originally aired on BBC.
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