Upcoming DVD Releases - December 2018

COMING ON 12/4:

* Perfect Strangers - The Complete 6th Season (Warner Archives)
DVD MOD

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COMING IN 12/11:

* Popeye The Sailor - The 1940s: Volume 1 (Warner Archives)
$19.99 SRP DVD MOD; $21.99 SRP Blu-ray

-----Lost at sea for decades, this set collects the first two Technicolor seasons of Popeye's animated theatrical shorts (1943-44 and 1944-45), making them available for the first time ever on home video: complete, intact and outrageously funny. What else would you expect from a two-fisted, spinach-munching sailor man? The 1940s brought new sights and sounds to America's favorite cartoon star. Regulars Olive Oyl and Bluto return, while Popeye resumes his riotous relationship with his shipmate Shorty and his naughty nephews Pipeye, Poopeye, Peepeye and Pupeye. With the addition of full color, cartoonists were now free to let loose with journeys to exotic lands and give Popeye a fresh stock of new friends and foes. But it's the eternal love triangle, Popeye and Bluto competing for the attention of Olive, that drives the majority of these zany situations - as well as the hilarious action-packed gags. Whether our heroes are posing as circus acrobats or puppeteers or even taking turns at being Superman, these gems from the Golden Age of Hollywood will blow you down with laughter.

* The Blue Knight: Miniseries (Warner Archives)
$21.99 SRP Blu-ray

-----Oscar-winner William Holden made his first major TV appearance in decades with this landmark adaptation of Joseph Wambaugh's depiction of life on the LAPD beat. Nominated for five Emmys and winning three (including an acting award for Holden), The Blue Knight pioneered "novels for television" and told the story of LA cop Bumper Morgan (Holden) and his final week before retirement. The years have taken their toll on Bumper, both within and without, but this tarnished chevalier of the streets is still dedicated to protecting the public that he mistrusts from the criminal elements in its midst. There are just a few things Bumper needs to get done before collecting his pension and getting married to college instructor Cassie Walters (Lee Remick), chief among them solving a vicious murder. Holden toplines a terrific ensemble cast that includes Joe Santos, Sam Elliott, Anne Archer and Eileen Brennan.

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COMING ON 12/18:

* The Shield - The Complete Series (Mill Creek)
$229.98 SRP Blu-ray

EXTRAS: INCLUDES ALL-NEW SPECIAL FEATURES AVAILABLE ONLY IN THIS BLU-RAY SET: 2018 Cast Reunion with Creator Shawn Ryan;l Writers Panel from the ATX Festival featuring Shawn Ryan, Kurt Sutter, Glen Mazzara, Scott Rosenbaum and Charles Eglee; "Beyond The Badge" Retrospective. Also featuring bonus features from previous releases including: Over 10 Hours of Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes; Cast & Crew Commentary on Select Episodes; Deleted Scenes.
-----All 7 Seasons, 88 Episodes of the groundbreaking, Emmy-winning series! Controversial, compelling and critically acclaimed, THE SHIELD, reinvented the police genre and gave us one of the greatest antiheros in television history. Vic Mackey, a corrupt cop, runs his elite Strike Team under his own set of rules, brining conflict to the streets of Lost Angeles and within his precinct. Experience "one of the best police dramas" (Gillian Flynn, Entertainment Weekly), newly remastered in 4K and now available for the first time on Blu-ray!
NOTE: this title was most recently scheduled for release on December 11th, but has been rescheduled for December 18th.

COMING ON FRIDAY 12/7:

* Dan August - The Complete Collection (VEI)
$39.99 SRP DVD

-----Burt Reynolds earned a Golden Globe nomination for his role as Lt. Detective Dan August. Investigating homicide-after-homicide in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California, August works with (and against) people with whom he grew up. The series, which aired on CBS from Fall 1970 through Spring 1971, also starred Golden Globe winner Norman Fell (Three's Company) as August's partner, Sergeant Charles Wilentz; Richard Anderson (Perry Mason) as Police Chief Untermeyer, and Ned Romero (Shane) as Sergeant Joe Rivera.

COMING ON 12/4:

* Bronx SIU - Season 1 (RLJ/Image)
$24.98 SRP DVD

-----Bronx SIU takes place in the one of the most dangerous boroughs in New York City. It follows the pursuits of a young charismatic homicide detective, Jimmy Blue. Jimmy suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after the war in Afghanistan and finds himself struggling to juggle his personal life with his demanding job. After a string of homicides, Jimmy is commissioned to lead an elite unit of investigators tasked with solving only the most heinous crimes. Jimmy faces his own demons as well, and tries to function amidst the backdrop of a looming internal affairs investigation into missing funds from a prior drug bust.

COMING ON 12/18:

* Our Cartoon President - Season 1 (Showtime/Paramount)
DVD

-----From executive producer Stephen Colbert comes this hilarious look into the Trump presidency, animation style. Starring two-dimensional avatars of Donald Trump and his merry band of insiders and family members, this cutting-edge comedy presents the truish adventures of Trump, his confidants and bon vivants. It's a workplace comedy where the office is oval, a character study in search of character, and a timely political send-up of our always-colorful forty-fifth president and his family. Trust us, it's yuge, and you're going to laugh bigly.
NOTE: this title hasn't been announced by the studio yet; the title and date were made available by the VideoETA website.

COMING ON 12/11:

* The Winds of War - Special Collector's Edition (Paramount)
DVD
EXTRAS: Featurettes - "The Making of Winds Of War"; "A Novel For Television"; "Cast and Characters"; "On Location"
-----Set against the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, The Winds of War stars Robert Mitchum as Victor "Pug" Henry, a career naval officer who along with his family, learns to navigate the waters of his dangerous times in the late 1930s. While Germany expands and proceeds to seize several border countries, Italy attempts to establish a Fascist Colonial Empire under Mussolini and Japan prepares for a major battle with China. Meanwhile, the Henry clan finds itself drawn into the center of the conflict as they deal with the drama, romance, tragedy and heroism that lead to America's involvement in World War II.
NOTE: This title is a re-release of the 2004 title of the same name, which has been out of print for a while.

COMING ON 12/4:

* The Handmaid's Tale - Season 2 (MGM/Fox)
$29.98 SRP DVD; $39.98 SRP Blu-ray

EXTRAS: "Season Two: Off Book" Featurette; "Dressing Dystopia" Featurette
-----The Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama series returns with a second season shaped by Offred's (Elisabeth Moss) pregnancy and her ongoing fight to free her future child from the dystopian horrors of Gilead. "Gilead is within you" is a favorite saying of Aunt Lydia. In Season Two, Offred and all our characters will fight against - or succumb to - this dark truth. Standout performances were given by returning cast members including Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley and Amanda Brugel. Moss, Wiley, Bledel and Dowd have all won Emmy Awards for their performances in the series. Season Two of the series garnered three Emmy Awards. This season also included notable guest appearances from Emmy Award winners Cherry Jones (Fox's "24", Signs, The Perfect Storm) and Bradley Whitford (NBC's "The West Wing",Get Out), as well as Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny, The Wrestler).

* Castlevania - Season 1 (Viz/Warner)
$19.98 SRP DVD; $24.98 SRP Blu-ray

-----A vampire hunter, the last surviving member of a disgraced clan, fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly beasts controlled by Dracula himself. Inspired by the classic video games.

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COMING ON 12/11:

* The Shield - The Complete Series (Mill Creek)
$229.98 SRP Blu-ray

EXTRAS: INCLUDES ALL-NEW SPECIAL FEATURES AVAILABLE ONLY IN THIS BLU-RAY SET: 2018 Cast Reunion with Creator Shawn Ryan;l Writers Panel from the ATX Festival featuring Shawn Ryan, Kurt Sutter, Glen Mazzara, Scott Rosenbaum and Charles Eglee; "Beyond The Badge" Retrospective. Also featuring bonus features from previous releases including: Over 10 Hours of Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes; Cast & Crew Commentary on Select Episodes; Deleted Scenes.
-----All 7 Seasons, 88 Episodes of the groundbreaking, Emmy-winning series! Controversial, compelling and critically acclaimed, THE SHIELD, reinvented the police genre and gave us one of the greatest antiheros in television history. Vic Mackey, a corrupt cop, runs his elite Strike Team under his own set of rules, brining conflict to the streets of Lost Angeles and within his precinct. Experience "one of the best police dramas" (Gillian Flynn, Entertainment Weekly), newly remastered in 4K and now available for the first time on Blu-ray!
NOTE: this title was previously announced for release on November 6th, but has been delayed until December 11th.

* The Bold Type - Season 2 (Universal)
$29.98 SRP DVD

-----The Bold Type "gets even bolder" (Vanity Fair) in Season 2, as the women of Scarlet magazine push the boundaries in both their personal and professional lives. With unapologetic passion, they stand up for each other, and speak up for what they believe in most. With equal parts sass and style, these women continue to explore sexuality, identity, equality, love and fashion.

* The Last Kingdom - Season 3 (Universal)
$39.98 SRP DVD; $44.98 SRP Blu-ray

EXTRAS: Featurette: "The Battles of The Last Kingdom Season Three"
-----Time is running out for King Alfred (David Dawson) to unite the kingdoms. With his health failing and the line of succession uncertain, Alfred looks to our hero Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon) to ensure his young son Edward (Timothy Innes) becomes the next king. Meanwhile, dark forces are moving outside the court and when a powerful Danish warlord Bloodhair (Ola Rapace) attacks, Uhtred must lead Wessex's forces into battle. Uhtred captures Bloodhair's mysterious lover, the savage sorceress Skade (Thea Sofie Loch Næss), who throws a curse and his world becomes blighted by tragedy. In this dangerous time of treachery and chaos, Uhtred is caught between enemies both Dane and Saxon and confronts a difficult choice - if he deserts Alfred's cause, the future of the English people will be changed forever.

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COMING ON 12/18:

* The Sinner - Season 2 (Universal)
$29.98 SRP DVD

-----Following the murder of a couple by their 11-year old son, Detective Harry Ambrose returns to his hometown in rural New York to assess the unsettling and heart wrenching crime. As Ambrose realizes there's nothing ordinary about the boy or where he came from, the investigation pulls him into the hidden darkness of his hometown. He finds himself pitted against those who'll stop at nothing to protect its secrets - and the mysterious Vera who proves to be a complicated, enigmatic piece to this haunting puzzle.

COMING ON 12/4:

* Family Guy - Season 16 (Fox)
DVD

-----Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis

* Top of the Lake - China Girl (BBC)
$24.98 SRP DVD

EXTRAS: 14 mins bonus content
-----Five years after the shocking events that rocked her hometown in New Zealand, Detective Robin Griffin has returned to Sydney and is trying to rebuild her life. When the unidentified body of an Asian girl washes up on Bondi Beach, there appears little hope of finding the killer, until Robin realizes 'China Girl' didn't die alone. Meanwhile, haunted by disturbing dreams of the baby girl she gave up years ago, Robin reaches out to the family of her now teenage daughter. Like her birth mother, Mary is passionate and stubborn. And she's deep in the throes of a romantic attachment to a dangerously charismatic older man. The case will take her into the city's criminal underbelly, and closer than she could have imagined to the secrets of her own heart.
NOTE: the information provided by the studio shows a December 4th release date, but Amazon shows that they will receive stock of this title on December 11th instead.

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COMING ON 12/11:

* Nathan For You - The Complete Series (Comedy Central/Paramount)
$39.98 SRP DVD

EXTRAS: Tons of special features content with never before seen featurettes, deleted and extended scenes, plus audio commentaries and more!
-----Experience all four seasons of Nathan Fielder's entrepreneurial genius, as he provides real small businesses with strategies no traditional consultant would dare attempt. From the infamous gas rebate excursion to the grand opening of Dumb Starbucks to the epic feature-length series finale, 'Finding Frances.' This 9-disc set also includes never before seen footage, deleted scenes, and brand new audio commentary from The Movement's Jack Garbarino. Even if you don't own a DVD player, it's still a nice box!

COMING ON 12/4:

* Yellowstone - Season 1 (Paramount)
$29.98 SRP DVD; $39.99 SRP Blu-ray

EXTRAS: Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes; An All-New Exclusive Interview with Kevin Costner and Taylor Sheridan
-----From the brilliant creative mind of Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water and Sicario) and starring Academy Award Winner Kevin Costner, Yellowstone revolves around the Dutton family, led by John Dutton (Costner) who controls the largest ranch in the U.S. that is under constant attack by those it borders: land developers, an Indian reservation and America's first National Park. This is a world where land grabs make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world's largest oil and lumber corporations. It is the best and worst of America seen through the eyes of a family that represents both. The impressive cast also includes Wes Bentley, Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes, Cole Hauser, Kelsey Asbille, Danny Huston, Gil Birmingham, Brecken Merrill, Jefferson White, and many more.

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COMING ON 12/11:

* The Orville - The Complete 1st Season (Fox)
$29.95 SRP DVD

-----From Emmy Award-winning executive producer and creator Seth MacFarlane (FAMILY GUY, "Ted," "Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey"), THE ORVILLE is a live-action, one-hour space adventure series set 400 years in the future that follows The Orville, a mid-level exploratory spaceship. Its crew, both human and alien, face the wonders and dangers of outer space, while also dealing with the familiar, often humorous problems of everyday life. The ensemble series stars MacFarlane as the ship's Commanding Officer, Ed Mercer, and Adrianne Palicki ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," "Friday Night Lights") as his ex-wife, Kelly Grayson, who's assigned as his First Officer. Additional cast members include Penny Johnson Jerald as Dr. Claire Finn ("24," "The Larry Sanders Show"), Scott Grimes as Gordon Malloy ("ER," "Justified"), Peter Macon as Bortus ("Shameless," "Bosch"), Halston Sage as Alara Kitan ("Neighbors," "Goosebumps"), J. Lee as John LaMarr (FAMILY GUY, "The Cleveland Show"), Mark Jackson as Isaac ("That Royal Today") and Chad L. Coleman as Klyden ("The Walking Dead," "The Wire"). The Orville has been renewed for a second season.

* Instinct - Season 1 (CBS/Paramount)
DVD

-----TRUST YOUR INSTINCT! Alan Cumming stars as Dr. Dylan Reinhart, a former CIA operative who is lured back to his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer. He is a gifted author and university professor living a quiet life teaching psychopathic behavior to packed classes of adoring students. But when tenacious top NYPD detective Lizzie Needham appeals to him to help her catch a serial murderer who is using Dylan's first book as a tutorial, Dylan is compelled by the case and comes out of retirement. Though Dylan and Lizzie initially clash, when it comes to catching killers, they realize they will make an ideal team if they both trust their instincts.

COMING ON 12/11:

* The High Chaparral - Season 2 (Shout! Factory)
$29.99 SRP DVD

-----Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Mark Slade, Henry Darrow, and Linda Cristal star in The High Chaparral, the Primetime Emmy-nominated drama from David Dortort, the producer of Bonanza. Deep in the Arizona Territory lies the High Chaparral Ranch, run by "Big John" Cannon (Erickson) along with his brother Buck (Mitchell) and son Billy Blue (Slade). After a tragic attack leaves him a widower, "Big John" enters into a marriage with Victoria (Cristal), the daughter of a powerful neighboring rancher. Along with Victoria's brother Manolito (Darrow), the Cannons must manage the ranch, their new family dynamic, and the perils of the West. The High Chaparral: Season Two guest stars include Ricardo Montalban, Jack Elam, Robert Loggia, Yaphet Kotto and Denny Miller. Enjoy every thrilling episode from the hit series' 1968-69 season. INCLUDES ALL 26 EPISODES!

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COMING ON 12/18:

* Super Sentai Gaoranger: The Complete Series (Shout! Factory)
$59.97 SRP DVD

-----Before Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, There Was Super Sentai! See where the worldwide phenomenon began with the original Japanese series that inspired Power Rangers Wild Force! Long ago, a great, destructive war between humans the Orgs was ended; the people of Earth were believed to be the victors. But now, 1,000 years later, the Orgs have returned. And five new warriors have been selected by the Power Animals to claim the responsibility of protecting humanity once again, by becoming Gaorangers! Includes All 51 Episodes!
NOTE: Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles

COMING ON 12/4:

* Doctor Who - Peter Davison: Complete Season 1 (BBC)
$69.99 SRP Blu-ray

EXTRAS: To Be Finalized (but will include both old and new bonus material; expected to mirror the UK release's extras, which were noted in the "Season 19 Safety Video with Tegan Jovanka" video by the BBC, seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQEvPJC8AEI )
-----Peter Davison s first series as the Fifth Doctor in a limited edition Eight-disc box set. Features all 26 episodes remastered. Brand new special features include: Five new Making-Of documentaries for Castrovalva, Four To Doomsday, Black Orchid, Earthshock and Time-Flight; surround sound mixes for Kinda and Earthshock; an Extended Version of Black Orchid Part One; Rare studio footage from Castrovalva, Four To Doomsday, Earthshock and Time-Flight; updated special effects for Castrovalva; seven more editions of Behind The Sofa; a newly-shot one-hour interview Peter Davison In Conversation with Matthew Sweet and much more.