


New Digital, Blu-ray, & DVD Highlights August 5-11, 2024
Aug 6, 2024
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It's a slower than normal sort of week that sees Despicable Me 4 head to digital, the Bill and Ted trilogy arriving in 4K, and a handful of catalog titles getting the Steelbook treatment.
Digital
Despicable Me 4 (2024) [Universal]
Synopsis: The world’s favorite supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain-League-agent returns for a bold new era of Minions mayhem in Illumination’s DESPICABLE ME 4, now with 2 mini-movies. Gru, Lucy and their girls welcome a new member to the family – Gru Jr. – who is intent on tormenting his dad, as a new nemesis shows up and forces the family to go on the run. This latest blockbuster chapter in the biggest global animated franchise in history is packed with nonstop action and filled with Illumination’s signature subversive humor.
Banel & Adama (2023) [Kino Lorber]
Synopsis: Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young married couple lives in a remote village in northern Senegal. For them, nothing else exists. But for the rest of their tight-knit village, duty dictates that Adama soon accept the role of chief. The young man and his lovelorn wife have their own plans — until something in the air changes. The rains do not come, the cattle begin to die, the men leave. Senegal's official submission to the Academy Awards and the only debut feature in competition at last year's Cannes Film Festival, Banel & Adama is a lushx and lyrical fable that soars to the heights of longing and descends deep into the realm of myth, sending its protagonists' perfect everlasting love on a collision course with their community’s customs. Because in this world, there is no room for passion, let alone chaos.
Also available on Blu-ray
Dandelion (2024) [IFC]
Synopsis: A struggling singer-songwriter (KiKi Layne) falls into an intoxicating romance that leads her to a deeper appreciation of her artistic journey and the discovery of a voice that is authentically her own.
Duchess (2024) [Sabian]
Synopsis: Duchess, a small-time crook, tries to enter the treacherous underworld of diamond trafficking and ends up left for dead when a deal goes wrong. Determined to seek retribution she launches into an unwavering pursuit for vengeance.
Blu-ray & DVD
Babes (2024) [Decal Releasing]
Synopsis: BABES follows inseparable childhood best friends Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau), having grown up together in NYC, now firmly in different phases of adulthood. When carefree and single Eden decides to have a baby on her own after a one-night stand, their friendship faces its greatest challenge. BABES delves into the complexities of female friendship with a blend of laughter, tears, and labor pains.
Bill & Ted’s Most Triumphant Trilogy (1989-2020) 4K UHD [Shout! Factory]

Synopsis: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure finds our non-heinous heroes (Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves) in danger of flunking History until the righteous Rufus (George Carlin) arrives in a time-traveling phone booth and they call on the past's biggest names for help!
In Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, the titular time travelers aren't making history — they are history! When an evil-doer from the future sends their eviler robot twins to assassinate and replace them, the guys wind up face to face with the Grim Reaper (William Sadler)!
In Bill & Ted Face The Music, the now middle-aged duo, yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, meet a visitor from the future who warns that only their song can save life as we know it! Along the way, they will be helped by their daughters, gnarly historical figures, and music legends.
Collateral (2004) 4K UHD [Paramount]

Synopsis: A cab driver inadvertently becomes the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.
DragonHeart (1996) 4K UHD SteelBook [Shout! Factory]

Synopsis: Long ago, when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, there lived a knight who would come face to face and heart to heart with the most remarkable creature that ever existed — the dragon. Dennis Quaid stars with the voice of Academy Award® winner* Sean Connery in the heroic adventure that blazes with fantasy and humor. Dragonheart is an epic adventure that will thrill the entire family.
Hackers (1995) 4K UHD [Shout! Factory]

Synopsis: While practicing the tricks of the trade, a neophyte hacker accomplishes the nearly impossible: he hacks the highly secured computer at the Ellingson Mineral Corporation. But in doing so, he unknowingly taps into a high-tech embezzling scheme masked by a computer virus with the potential to destroy the world's ecosystem! And when the young hacker and his pals are targeted for the crime, the group must launch a massive cyberspace attack — one that will hopefully clear their names and prevent ecological disaster.



