Welcome to Mandatory and ComingSoon’s weekly Binge & Buy, a digital HD, Blu-ray, and DVD column for the week of July 9! Here, you’ll find detailed write-ups of different titles released this week, including a number of new releases like Pet Sematary, reissues, combo packs, and TV seasons, none of which you can live without in 2019. Click each highlighted title to purchase through Amazon!
King of crap: The 13 Worst Stephen King Movies
Photo: Paramount Pictures
New Movies on Blu-ray/DVD
Pet Sematary
After the Creed family moves to rural Maine, they stumble upon an ancient burial ground with sinister powers. When tragedy strikes, a perilous chain of events unleashes an unfathomable evil. Based on the terrifying novel by Stephen King.
Little
Jordan Sanders, a fierce tech mogul, wakes up one morning in her 13-year-old body before a pivotal presentation. She must rely on her assistant as everything is on the line.
Mojin: The Worm Valley
This sequel once again finds legendary tomb explorer Hu Bayi on a dangerous mission as he seeks out the Tomb of Emperor Xian, located on an island of monstrous creatures in this mystical action-adventure.
Photo: Kino Lorber
Reissues
Dead of Night
A group of strangers mysteriously gathered at an isolated country estate recounts chilling tales of the supernatural in this classic British anthology film.
This Island Earth
Aliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their intergalactic war.
The Loveless
Willem Dafoe made his unforgettable movie debut as the leader of a ’50s biker gang lost in a world of black leather, bad girls and sudden violence in the independent hit that marked the emergence of one of modern cinemas most important woman directors in this evocative drama co-written and co-directed by Kathryn Bigelow and Monty Montgomery.
Silent Hill
Based on the popular horror game, Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean star in this action thriller about a town possessed by the damned and a mother who must survive it in order to save her forsaken daughter.
The Tough Ones
Maurizio Meril stars as an Italian Dirty Harry, punching and shooting his way through the sleazy drug, sex, and crime infested cesspool of mid-’70s Rome, on the trail of a sadistic, machine gun-toting hunchback, played by Tomas Milian.
The Annihilators
War veterans form a vigilante group to protect the citizens of the gang-ridden South Point district of Atlanta, Georgia from ruthless street punks.
Thunder Bay
Steve Martin (James Stewart) and his partner (Dan Dureya) are a pair of oil trouble-shooters who attempt to strike it rich despite devastating hurricanes, dangerous love affairs and a hostile town of Cajun fishermen.
The Champagne Murders
Christine Belling (Yvonne Furneaux) tries to convince her husband’s friend Paul Wagner (Maurice Ronet) to sell his venerable champagne business to an American company and asks her husband Chris (Anthony Perkins) to persuade the stubborn Paul. While on a trip to Hamburg, Paul picks up a girl in a restaurant—the next morning, the girl turns up dead, and Paul can’t remember what happened.
Peter Pan (silent)
Ingeniously capturing the mysteries and wonder of childhood, J.M. Barrie’s timeless play became one of the most popular films of the 1920s.
Photo: 20th Century Fox
New on Digital HD
Alita: Battle Angel
From visionary filmmakers James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez comes this epic adventure of hope and empowerment.
Miss Arizona
Former pageant queen Rose Raynes (Johanna Braddy) makes a getaway with four unlikely friends when trouble shows up at their women’s shelter. They embark on a wild all-night adventure through L.A.’s darkest streets and wildest drag club.
Ashes
After a family’s estranged aunt passes away, they’re reluctant and creeped out to receive her cremated ashes. But when a series of supernatural misfortunes beset them, they’ll have to go through hell to be rid of her angry spirit.
Photo: Fox
TV on Blu-ray and DVD
Gotham: The Complete Series
Witness the evolution of Bruce Wayne’s epic transformation! GCPD Detective Jim Gordon struggles to keep the city he holds dear together while super villains such as Penguin and Poison Ivy vow to take charge. Who will reign over Gotham City? A champion will be named and a hero will emerge in this five season set of Gotham.
Broad City: The Complete Series
Yaaaas! This series collection has everything a queen could ever need. In addition to every single freakin’ episode, you’ll get special features including outtakes, deleted/ extended scenes, and every episode of Hack into Broad City and Behind Broad City.
