Building a Collection Can Be Such a Monster – HDD’s 4K UHD & Blu-ray Shopping Guide, July 8 2024

 Another week, another manageable selection of discs to choose from. Unlike the past couple of months, we get it nice and steady for much of the month!

 Welcome to Volume 5 Episode 6 of our weekly release guide. A look at the highlights of what’s coming to disc the week of July 7th – July 13th, as well as a look at announcements from last week.

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Releases-

 Import Monday this week, the UK gets Monkey Man as a 4K release. The US got theirs 2 weeks ago, so, we move on to Domestic Tuesday titles.

 There are TWO new release titles this week, with TWO skus each.

 From GKIDS and Hayao Miyazaki, animated feature The Boy and the Heron. This one also gets a Limited Edition SteelBook.

 From LionsGate, the action/thriller Civil War. The second sku available is an Amazon Exclusive edition, which we cannot determine what is exclusive about it. I suspect it has a difference cover, but Amazon has thoroughly confused me here by posting both covers for the standard edition.

 Also from LionsGate in the new(ish) category, 2023 action/crime/thriller Boy Kills World.

 Warner Bros brings us the 1996 action/thriller Twister with Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. This one is also available as a SteelBook. As tornado films go, I have always found this one to be the most entertaining.

 Shout! Factory brings us the Dolph Lundgren horror Dark Angel.

 Unsure about having a 4K option in the beginning, but now most certain and delivered, MVD Laservision Collection has Ghoulies II this week.

 Criterion Collection has French thriller Le Samourai this week.

 Closing it out, previously delayed and now on track for a Tuesday release, Kino Lorber sends us the thriller Turbulence with Ray Liotta.

 Delayed again (and probably for another 88 days), the 88 Films release The Project A Collection now has an October 15 street date.

Blu-ray releases-

 Blu-ray counterparts of the above 4K releases include The Boy and the Heron, Civil War, Boy Kills World and Turbulence.

 The new horror Tarot is available from Sony Pictures.

 Anime highlights include BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt So I’ll Max Out My Defense – Season 2, which is also available as a Limited Edition, One Piece: Season Thirteen – Voyage Eight, School-Live!: Complete Collection and Summoned to Another World for a Second Time – The Complete Season.

 Universal gives us short notice for the drama/romance Challengers to be released this wek.

 Sounding like an echo here, another zero notice release that probably should get a 4K, horror/thriller Abigail (2024). Currently the US blu-ray gets (an overused term) a ‘Collector’s Edition’, while the UK gets a Blood Bath Edition. I doubt there’s a difference.

 Mill Creek has comedy/horror Deer Camp ’86 this week.

 Slowly but surely, we can fill the gaps in our Doctor Who collection, this week BBC offers us Doctor Who: Tom Baker – Complete Season Four.

 More TV on disc with True Detective: Night Country (Season 4).

 Barring any last second 88 (day) delay, both The Inspector Wears Skirts III and The Inspector Wears Skirts IV should be available this week from 88 Films.

 Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden, that would be The Country Girl from Kino Lorber.

 Honorable mention this week goes to Titanic: The Musical. I’m sure we know how this one ends.

Notable announcements from last week:

 Shout! Factory has revealed and announced their September slate. Titles (in no particular order) include The Stepfather 4K, The Strangers 4K, Doomsday 4K, The Boy 4K, The Amityville Horror (2005) 4K, Village Of The Damned (1995) 4K, as well as general releases of Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey [SteelBook], Creepshow 4K SteelBook, and a reissue of Dances with Wolves: Collector’s Edition SteelBook.

 The blu-ray was hard to find and sold out quickly, now Dark Star will be releasing The Farmer (1977) to 4K later this year.

 More TV on disc later this year, Mill Creek will be releasing Bewitched: The Complete Series.

4K Release Calendar

2K/BD Release Calendar

Which titles are you buying this week? Which ones are on your wishlist, be it to buy as an impulse buy or to wait for the right price?