Newsletter - FOR THE WEEK

OF December 22nd, 2014

  This Week's Highlights
 
 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! This is our last newsletter before Christmas and I've been quite busy investigating a new opportunity so, no reviews, and I'll restate how much I have appreciated your patronage. I hope it continues and that you decide to contribute to our Year End Poll (see below). Our Release Calendar includes updates of films-to-Blu-ray by François Truffaut, Ingmar Bergman, Vincente Minnelli, Errol Morris, Ming-liang Tsai, Lucio Fulci, Ang Lee, Dario Argento, Frank Capra, Lewis Milestone, Werner Herzog, Barry Levinson, William Friedkin, Cameron Crowe and more. We have a CONTEST posted with another Brand New Kino-Lorber Blu-ray prize!- Stay Safe!

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LATEST ADDITIONS TO THE RELEASE CALENDAR:

Ride the Pink Horse [Blu-ray] (Robert Montgomery, 1947) Criterion

Gates of Heaven/Vernon, Florida [Blu-ray] (Errol Morris, 1978/1984) Criterion

The Soft Skin [Blu-ray] (François Truffaut, 1964) Criterion

The Thin Blue Line [Blu-ray] (Errol Morris, 1988) Criterion

Cries and Whispers [Blu-ray] (Ingmar Bergman, 1972) Criterion

Hoop Dreams [Blu-ray] (Steve James, 1994) Criterion

Stations of the Cross [Blu-ray] (Dietrich Brüggemann, 2014) RB UK Arrow Films

Lust for Life [Blu-ray] (Vincente Minnelli, 1956) Warner Home Video

Nightcrawler [Blu-ray] (Dan Gilroy, 2014) Universal Studios

Stray Dogs [Blu-ray] (Ming-liang Tsai, 2013) Cinema Guild

The Band Wagon [Blu-ray] (Vincente Minnelli, 1953) Warner Home Video

Force Majeure [Blu-ray] (Ruben Östlund, 2014) Magnolia

Kill the Messenger [Blu-ray] (Michael Cuesta, 2014) Universal Studios

Rosewater [Blu-ray] (Jon Stewart, 2014) Universal Studios

The Drop [Blu-ray] (Michaël R. Roskam, 2014) 20th Century Fox

The Beyond [Blu-ray] (Lucio Fulci, 1981) Grindhouse Releasing

Eat Drink Man Woman [Blu-ray] (Ang Lee, 1994) Olive Films

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby [Blu-ray] (Ned Benson, 2013-2014) Anchor Bay

4 Musicals Collection [Blu-ray] (The Band Wagon, Calamity Jane, Kiss Me Kate, Sing'in in the Rain) Warner Home Video

The Dario Argento Collection [Blu-ray] (Cat O'Nine Tails, Deep Red, Inferno) Blue Underground

The Lucio Fulci Collection [Blu-ray] (City of the Living Dead, The House by the Cemetery, The New York Ripper) Blue Underground

A Hole in the Head [Blu-ray] (Frank Capra, 1959) Olive Films

Detroit Rock City [Blu-ray] (Adam Rifkin, 1999) New Line

Pork Chop Hill [Blu-ray] (Lewis Milestone, 1959) Olive Films

Man, Pride and Vengeance [Blu-ray] (Luigi Bazzoni, 1967) Entertainment One

Kiss Me Kate 3-D [Blu-ray] (George Sidney, 1953) Warner Home Video

Aguirre, the Wrath of God [Blu-ray] (Werner Herzog, 1972) Shout! Factory

Fury [Blu-ray] (David Ayer, 2014) Sony Pictures

Empire Records [Blu-ray] (Allan Moyle, 1995) Warner

Sharky's Machine [Blu-ray] (Burt Reynolds, 1981) Warner

Calamity Jane [Blu-ray] (David Butler, 1953) Warner Home Video

The Replacements [Blu-ray] (Howard Deutch, 2000) Warner

Diner [Blu-ray] (Barry Levinson, 1982) Warner Home Video

John Wick [Blu-ray] (Chad Stahelski, David Leitch, 2014) Lionsgate

Dangerously Close [Blu-ray] (Albert Pyun, 1986) Olive Films

The Night They Raided Minsky's [Blu-ray] (William Friedkin, 1968) Olive Films

Wild Orchid [Blu-ray] (Zalman King, 1989) Olive Films

Blacula / Scream Blacula Scream [Blu-ray] - Shout! Factory

The Last of Robin Hood [Blu-ray] (Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland, 2013) Universal Studios

Don't Go in the Woods [Blu-ray] (James Bryan, 1981) Vinegar Syndrome

Cell Count [Blu-ray] (Todd E. Freeman, 2012) Parade Deck Films

From A Whisper To A Scream [Blu-ray] (Jeff Burr, 1987) Shout! Factory

After the Sunset [Blu-ray] (Brett Ratner, 2004) Warner Home Video

The Corruptor [Blu-ray] (James Foley, 1999) New Line

Hooper [Blu-ray] (Hal Needham, 1978) Warner

Singles [Blu-ray] (Cameron Crowe, 1992) Warner

The Equalizer [Blu-ray] (Antoine Fuqua, 2014) Sony Pictures

Metropolis [Ultimate Collector's SteelBook] [Blu-ray] (Fritz Lang, 1927) RB UK Masters of Cinema

The Killing + Killer's Kiss [Blu-ray] (Stanley Kubrick, 1955 -1956) RB UK Arrow Academy

The Manchurian Candidate [Blu-ray] (John Frankenheimer, 1962) RB UK Masters of Cinema

Shoah [Blu-ray] (Claude Lanzmann, 1985) RB UK Masters of Cinema

Two for the Road [Blu-ray] (Stanley Donen, 1967) RB UK Masters of Cinema

Thief [Blu-ray] (Michael Mann, 1981) RB UK Arrow Video

Deadline - U.S.A. [Blu-ray] (Richard Brooks, 1952) RB DE Alive AG

Tenebrea [Blu-ray] (Dario Argento, 1982) RB UK Arrow Video

The Comedy of Terrors [Blu-ray] (Jacques Tourneur, 1963) RB UK Arrow Video

Rabid [Blu-ray] (David Cronenberg, 1977) RB UK Arrow Video

Rabid Steelbook [Blu-ray] (David Cronenberg, 1977) RB UK Arrow Video

The Judge [Blu-ray]  (David Dobkin, 2014) DE Warner Home Video

Vampires [Blu-ray] (John Carpenter, 1998) De RB Studio Canal

An Autumn Afternoon [Blu-ray] (Yasujiro Ozu, 1962) Criterion

Don't Look Now [Blu-ray] (Nicolas Roeg, 1973) Criterion

A Day in the Country [Blu-ray] (Jean Renoir, 1936) Criterion

Satyricon [Blu-ray] (Federico Fellini, 1969) Criterion

Every Man for Himself [Blu-ray] (Jean-Luc Godard, 1980) Criterion

Watership Down [Blu-ray] (Martin Rosen, 1978) Criterion

Le Pont du Nord [Blu-ray] (Jacques Rivette, 1981) Kino Lorber

The Weapon [Blu-ray] (Val Guest, Hal E. Chester, 1956) Olive

Porco Rosso [Blu-ray] (Hayao Miyazaki, 1992) Disney

Pom Poko [Blu-ray] (Isao Takahata, 1994) Disney

52 Pick-Up [Blu-ray] (John Frankenheimer, 1986) Kino Lorber

Black Sunday (AIP Version) [Blu-ray] (Mario Bava) Kino Classics

La belle captive [Blu-ray] (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1983) Olive

 

  It's time again. you are invited to respond to our poll for Blu-ray and DVD of the Year - for 2014!

To refresh your mind of previous releases of 2014;
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/2014-year.htm
(NOTE: If you find omissions in the above lists - please contact me at gary@2ze.com )

Please send with the subject header "BALLOT". Email Adam Lemke at: lemke412@gmail.com

Thank you for participating in our Year End Poll!
We will be publishing select picks – but use all the totals – sent in. Your votes are important and do count to the final tally! Partial input is also admissible!
Please type in the format below. To help us determine the exact release you mean, please adhere to the format below. The format is less important than us knowing which title, producer and region that you are referring to. Please send to Adam Lemke lemke412@gmail.com
Polling Stations will be closed Dec 26th, 2014.
Please don't wait till the last minute!

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Rants and Raves section
Please use this section to highlight ANY areas you feel have importance to the Poll including best commentary, best cover art, worst transfer etc.
This will be used to allocate Sundry Awards and will NOT be posted verbatim.

 

 Next 4 weeks on the Calendar

December 22nd, 2014

 

Appointment with Danger [Blu-ray] (Lewis Allen, 1951) Olive Films (BEAVER REVIEW)

Dark City [Blu-ray] (William Dieterle, 1950) Olive Films (BEAVER REVIEW)

Rope of Sand [Blu-ray] (William Dieterle, 1949) Olive Films (BEAVER REVIEW)

Skidoo [Blu-ray] (Otto Preminger, 1968) Olive Films

Union Station [Blu-ray] (Rudolph Maté, 1950) Olive Films (BEAVER REVIEW)

 

December 29th, 2014

 

Banshee: Season 2 [Blu-ray] - HBO Studios

The Equalizer [Blu-ray] (Antoine Fuqua, 2014) Sony Pictures

The Judge [Blu-ray] (David Dobkin, 2014) DE Warner Home Video

Vampires [Blu-ray] (John Carpenter, 1998) De RB Studio Canal

 

January 5th, 2015

 

Charlie Wilson's War [Blu-ray] (Mike Nichols, 2007) Universal Studios

The Good Shepherd [Blu-ray] (Robert De Niro, 2006) Universal Studios

The Sword of Doom [Blu-ray] (Kihachi Okamoto, 1966) Criterion Collection

 

January 12th, 2015

 

At the Earth's Core [Blu-ray] (Kevin Connor, 1976) Kino Lorber

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant [Blu-ray] (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972) Criterion Collection

Capricorn One [Blu-ray] (Peter Hyams, 1977) Shout! Factory

Dead Man [Blu-ray] (Jim Jarmusch, 1995) LionsGate

The Falcon and the Snowman [Blu-ray] (John Schlesinger, 1985) Kino Lorber

Fascination [Blu-ray] (Miles Mander, 1931) RB UK Network

Finding Fela! [Blu-ray] (Alex Gibney, 2014) Kino Lorber

Fitzcarraldo [Blu-ray] (Werner Herzog, 1982) Shout! Factory

Foxes [Blu-ray] (Adrian Lyne, 1980) Kino Lorber

God's Pocket [Blu-ray] (John Slattery, 2014) RB UK Arrow

Lift To The Scaffold [Blu-ray] (Louis Malle, 1958) RB UK Artificial Eye

My Left Foot [Blu-ray] (Jim Sheridan, 1989) LionsGate

River's Edge [Blu-ray] (Tim Hunter, 1986) Kino Lorber

The Skin [Blu-ray] (Liliana Cavani, 1981) Cohen Media

Supernova [Blu-ray] (Walter Hill, 2000) Shout! Factory

A Walk Among the Tombstones [Blu-ray] (Scott Frank, 2014) Universal Studios

   
   
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