In the second of his reviews of recent @indicator.bsky.social Blu-ray and UHD Ozploitation releases, Gary Couzens turns his attention to the 1981 DEAD KIDS, a strong package that includes the slightly shorter US cut, STRANGE BEHAVIOUR tinyurl.com/447fea4n

Joan Fontaine in the 1947 film Ivy

Slarek has reviewed the new @indicator.bsky.social Blu-ray release of IVY, a splendid and too often forgotten 1947 film starring a Joan Fontaine, one whose early romantic drama overtones dissolve into something more darkly sinister tinyurl.com/4k56y4us

The BFI is to release Kurosawa Akira's last black-and-white film, the 1965 RED BEARD, on Blu-ray, Apple TV and Amazon Prime on 11 May tinyurl.com/3bpxt74n

In the first of two reviews delayed slightly by technical issues, Gary Couzens explores the latest @indicator.bsky.social Ozploitation release, THE SURVIVOR, the 1981 film adaptation of the novel by James Herbert, directed by David Hemmings and produced by Antony I Ginnane tinyurl.com/mr326s4s

The BFI is to release William Cameron Menzies' 1953 body snatching science fiction classic INVADERS FROM MARS on UHD, Blu-ray, Apple TV and Amazon Prime on 11 May tinyurl.com/zekpnha5

The July discs from @filmsradiance.bsky.social will be Godard’s HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA, Terayama Shuji’s THE BOXER Romolo Guerrieri’s THE DOUBLE, Wojciech Has’s THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM Robert Bierman’s VAMPIRE'S KISS and TWO BOXES: TELEVISED TERROR IN FRANCO'S SPAIN more here: tinyurl.com/4fef3s3a

Slarek has reviewed director Karel Kachyna's extraordinary and ambitious melding of reality, memory and fantasy set in late WWII Czechoslovakia, LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC! [AŤ ŽIJE REPUBLIKA], recently released on @secondrun.bsky.social Blu-ray tinyurl.com/2t4pve8f

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THE BRIDES OF DRACULA is the odd one out in Hammer’s Dracula series, a Dracula film in which the Count does not appear, but for my money it’s one of the studio’s best.

In a comprehensive new review, Jerry Whyte examines Raoul Peck’s riveting, urgent and impossibly ambitious documentary ORWELL: 2+2=5, and takes a detailed look at George Orwell's life, politics, art, importance and impact tinyurl.com/3apskvua

Two 1970s horror titles – gothic thriller MADHOUSE and H.G. Wells inspire creature feature EMPIRE OF THE ANTS – are making their UK Blu-ray debut from Eureka in June tinyurl.com/4cefyt3r

Two beloved decades-apart British features – Neil Marshall's claustrophobic horror THE DESCENT and Ealing comedy gem THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT – are coming to 4K UHD from StudioCanal in June. tinyurl.com/4psdfwrn

Absolutely. I forgot how many times Brooks' cancer is brought up and even gloated about by some of the characters. At my age, having lost people close to me to the condition, it REALLY hit hard.

The worldwide Blu-ray debut of Richard Attenborough’s anti-war musical OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR has been announced by Eureka Entertainment for 29 June tinyurl.com/4647wrez

I always loved Don Siegel's THE SHOOTIST, always found it moving, but coming back to it on @arrowvideo.bsky.social Blu-ray all these years later it really hit home. For me, it's John Wayne's finest performance, and one hell of a swan song.

Genuinely excited.

Gary Couzens has reviewed CHILDREN'S FILM FOUNDATION BUMPER BOX VOL 6, the latest BFI DVD collection of films from the CFF, which is released in the UK on 6 April tinyurl.com/28tvtx85

"You'll enjoy Mr. Barlow. And he'll enjoy you."

The new @arrowvideo.bsky.social UHD of Tobe Hooper's SALEM'S LOT is a handsome devil and the film still really holds up as a key vampire work. The sequences with the Glick brothers individually floating outside the window and scratching the pane are pure horror genius. And James Mason is divine.

The June disc releases from @arrowvideo.bsky.social have been revealed as 10-disc UHD box set JACKIE CHAN'S BREAKOUT HITS!, plus BULLET IN THE HEAD, WAKE IN FRIGHT and MORTAL KOMBAT KOLLECTION on UHD & Blu-ray, AUDITION on UHD, and MARLOWE on Blu-ray. Full details in the link: tinyurl.com/mrxy7rxb

Spirit Entertainment has revealed that the @criterionchannl.bsky.social UK UHD/Blu-ray releases for June 2026 will be Lawrence Kasdan's BODY HEAT, Jack Nicholson's breakout film FIVE EASY PIECES, and Stanley Donen's comedic thriller CHARADE tinyurl.com/yc77rj7t

New Jean Rollin Standard Editions are available to pre-order... NOW.

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Director David Slade's cult vampire thriller 30 DAYS OF NIGHT is coming to UHD Steelbook, Blu-ray and DVD from Icon Film Distribution on 27 July tinyurl.com/2z2cwxuv

ZULU DAWN, the 1979 prequel to the 1964 classic ZULU, directed by Douglas Hickox from a script by the earlier film's director Cy Enfield, comes to UHD and Blu-ray in Limited and Special Editions from @severinfilms.bsky.social on 25 May tinyurl.com/ynrmbexp

Writer-director Toyoda Toshiaki's 2025 fantasy-drama TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS is to be released on Blu-ray by @thirdwindowfilms.com in May, complete with a bonus disc featuring Toyoda's 2019 THE BLOOD OF REBIRTH tinyurl.com/ye4s8hb3

Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary

Camus takes a trip into space with Ryan Gosling and is, with one tiny caveat, greatly entertained by directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's PROJECT HAIL MARY, which was adapted by Drew Goddard from the novel by THE MARTIAN author Andy Weir tinyurl.com/4akajf28

Currently enjoying the hell out of A SAMURAI IN TIME (actually SAMURAI TIMESLIP) on @thirdwindowfilms.com Blu-ray. Lovely transfer.

In collaboration with Netflix, @arrowvideo.bsky.social is to release STRANGER THINGS: THE COMPLETE SERIES will be released in 25-disc Special and Deluxe editions on both Blu-Ray and 4K UHD, on 27 July in the UK and 28 July in the US and Canada. tinyurl.com/yw5rm7my

On 25 May, @secondsightfilms.bsky.social will release of Erik Skjoldbjærg's Nordic crime thriller INSOMNIA and Sean Byrne's psychological horror THE DEVIL'S CANDY, both on Limited Edition UHD and standard edition UHD and Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/3zvzx2um

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