Home Market Releases for April 9th, 2019
April 11, 2019
We’ve hit the summer doldrums on the home market, as there are no major winter releases that haven’t come out and none of 2019’s early releases were amazing, so there’s going to be a large gap between monster hits. One of the biggest hits is On the Basis of Sex, which is also one of the best. Another contender for Pick of the Week is Mirai while last week’s Archer: The Complete Season Nine: Danger Island would have been a contender last week, if the screener had arrived on time. In the end, it wasn’t a particularly close race and the Oscar-nominated movie won.
Archer: The Complete Season Nine: Danger Island - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Black Clover: Season One, Part Four - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray Combo Pack
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations: Set 1 - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
A Dog’s Way Home - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Holmes & Watson - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Is It Wrong To Expect A Hot Spring In A Dungeon? - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Mirai - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Mrs. Wilson - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes: SteelBook - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
On the Basis of Sex - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
While the movie was treated like Oscar-bait by the studio getting a limited release on the final weekend of the year. It is more of a wide appeal crowd-pleasure buoyed by a very engaging central performance by Felicity Jones. I’m a little disappointed in the extras on the DVD / Blu-ray, but that’s the only thing stopping this from being a Pick of the Week contender.
Welcome to Marwen - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
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The screener arrived late, but I got the review done over the weekend. Was is worth the wait? Or has the TV show jumped the shark? Read our review to find out.
A typical Shounen Anime with too many clichés and a way too uninteresting lead character.
The follow-up to Naruto, one of the longest-running Anime of all time. This one’s reviews have not been as strong, so I don’t know how long it will last.
Video on Demand
If you like dogs. ... It’s not a bad movie, but it is also not a great film either. It has a weird mix of plot points and tones and that makes it harder to find an audience.
Video on Demand (Movie Only)
Video on Demand (With Bonus Features)
Video on Demand (4K Ultra HD)
One of the worst movies of 2018. One of the worst movies of the past decade when you compare the talent involved and the final result.
This is the OVA for Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? It’s heavy on the fanservice, the giggly kind, and light on the plot. It’s a typical OVA for this type of Anime.
A martial arts vampire film. It’s not good, but it is entertainingly silly.
Video on Demand
This Anime movie hit theaters late last year and did very well nearly reaching $1 million. That’s very strong for an animated film in limited release. It’s about a young boy who is jealous of the attention his baby sister is getting. Then he gets a visit from that same sister when she time travels from the future. The pair then travel further in the past to meet their ancestors. There are a ton of extras, much more than you would expect from a foreign-language import, and it is a clear contender for Pick of the Week.
Ruth Wilson stars as a woman whose husband recently passed away. She then learns he might have had another wife and trying to find the truth brings a lot of truths to light. The reviews are excellent, but it is only coming out on DVD.
I bought this film when it came out on Blu-ray last month. It’s a great movie and worth owning, but I wouldn’t spend extra for a SteelBook. Then again, I’m not a fan of SteelBooks, as they take up too much space.
Video on Demand
I really wanted to get a review done over the weekend, but I hurt myself on Saturday and it got so bad I wound up in the hospital on Tuesday. I’m going to be fine, but my ego will remain bruised for a while. I’ll still try and get the review done this weekend, but in the meantime, I’ll give my initial reactions...
Video on Demand
This is arguably the worst Oscar-bait released last year. It’s a real mess, especially since it is based on a true story and it has a creepy, almost harem Anime feel to it.
The Amityville Murders - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Cold Sweat - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Emmanuelle - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Emmanuelle 2 - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Enigma - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Night on Earth: Criterion Collection - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Project Blue Book: Season One - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Rider on the Rain - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Sky Wizards Academy: The Complete Series - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray Combo Pack
Stranger Than Paradise: The Criterion Collection - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Sword of the Stranger - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
Talk to Me - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
We Die Young - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
I’m not overly impressed with this week’s selection of secondary Blu-ray titles. Stranger Than Paradise, Talk to Me, and some others are worth checking out, but there are not many that I would call a hidden gem.
Man on a Ledge - Reviews - Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray
There’s only one 4K release this week. It isn’t a first-run release and it wasn’t even a hit when it first came out.
No megasets this week.
There are also no secondary VOD titles. That’s extremely rare.
Filed under: DVD and Blu-ray Releases, Home Market Releases, Enigma, Holmes & Watson, Welcome to Marwen, A Dog’s Way Home, On the Basis of Sex, Mirai no Mirai, Boku no Hero Academia the Movie, The Amityville Murders, We Die Young, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, Le passager de la pluie, Emmanuelle, Felicity Jones, Ruth Wilson