Arrow Announcements, Speculation & Wild, Irresponsible Conjecture

[DRW.mov]

Considering King of Comedy is a Disney title, I doubt it. Has a better chance of coming from Criterion. It's more likely to be Casino (they did release Carlito's Way on 4K shortly after Universal did theirs), or somehow could believably be Joker or Anchorman considering their oddly contemporary WB and Paramount licenses. But there's also an Italian period film called Red Coat directed by Joe D'Amato that if this was 2018 I would believe Arrow would release.

[dwk]

The Patriot...Arrow getting on the Maga train, sad to say.

Or to offer a serious guess, since Arrow has the Morgan Creek titles in the UK, Mann's The Last of the Mohicans?

[rapta]

The Last of the Mohicans 4K would be excellent, been hoping they'd get around to it eventually (been too long, starting to give up hope tbh). Casino 4K would be great of course, especially since it's a Scorsese title I haven't yet upgraded to 4K, and probably still my favourite of his 'gangster' oeuvre. If it's either of those, I'll definitely consider a pre-order

PS: Was tempted by the past few months by several Arrow titles (The Good, the Bad, the Weird, Demolition Man, Inglourious Basterds, Incubus, The Cell, The Gift, A Certain Killer/A Killer's Key, Cruising 4K, Play it Cool, Dressed to Kill 4K, The Terminal Man) but other pre-orders took priority so will probably wait for a sale for most of those now. A shame they don't tell us how many copies are made available initially as that would help us decide which to prioritise.

[nicolas]

Casino would be wonderful. The 4K master is impeccable but Universal’s UHD encode can be improved upon just like Inglorious. Scarface would be an even bigger upgrade in that area. In both cases, newer bonus features and the original audio mixes would also be greatly appreciated. For all of these reasons, Carlito’s Way is one of my favorite Arrow 4Ks.

[Finch]

Arrow have teased/practically announced a 4K of House with Laughing Windows on social media (it was on Instagram apparently).

edit:

[TechnicolorAcid]

Per Reddit:
The Long Kiss Goodbye has just been leaked and is possibly what the red coat clue was for.

[black&huge]

that is quite an amazing cover

[M Sanderson]

Casino would be wonderful. The 4K master is impeccable but Universal’s UHD encode can be improved upon just like Inglorious. Scarface would be an even bigger upgrade in that area. In both cases, newer bonus features and the original audio mixes would also be greatly appreciated. For all of these reasons, Carlito’s Way is one of my favorite Arrow 4Ks.

indeed. Scarface was the first 4k I bought and I sold it pretty quickly as I wasn't happy with the weird encoding.

I'm happy with the Universal Carlito's Way as I like the original cover and prefer to have a 4k with a Blu-ray.

[flyonthewall2983]

that is quite an amazing cover

I second that. It’s a movie which has kind of escaped my attention but I’m curious to see the bells and whistles that will come with this edition.

[MichaelB]

Some comments on the Facebook announcement have suggested The King of Comedy, which would be fucking great.

It would, but whether it's viable depends on who owns it - it was distributed (although, potentially importantly, not originally made) by 20th Century-Fox.

[domino harvey]

Per Reddit:
The Long Kiss Goodbye has just been leaked and is possibly what the red coat clue was for.

Knew this had to be coming at some point, it’s the most Arrow Movie imaginable. The WB blu has been OOP for a while too

[DJBillyMac]

The Twitter account Dawn of the Discs leaked The Long Kiss Goodnight and a collection of V-Cinema movies consisting of: Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage, Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes The Bullet, Stranger, Carlos, Burning Dog, Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat, The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses, Danger Point: The Road to Hell, and XX: Beautiful Hunter.

[midnitedave]

NEW UK TITLES: The Dollars Trilogy (Limited Edition 4K UHD)
Sergio Leone’s groundbreaking Spaghetti Western trilogy arrives in three individual releases in glorious 4K restorations from the original Techniscope negatives. Experience Clint Eastwood’s iconic role that made him an international icon. The Man with No Name rides again like never before!

[dwk]

Another UK release has been found by Mifune Fane

F/X & F/X 2 Double feature

2-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of F/X and F/X 2
Original lossless stereo audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
60-page perfect bound collector's book featuring new writing by film critics Guy Adams, Clem Bastow, William Bibbiani and Priscilla Page
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
Double-sided fold out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
Stickers for the films of Rollie Tyler


DISC 1 - F/X: MURDER BY ILLUSION
New commentary by film critic Mike White of the Projection Booth Podcast
New commentary by Dan Martin of 13 Finger FX and filmmaker Jennifer Handorf
The FX of F/X, a new interview with make-up effects supervisor Carl Fullerton
F/X Illusions, a new visual essay by film critic Heather Wixson, author of Monsters, Make-up & Effects
Murder by Illusion, an archive interview with director Robert Mandel
The Making of F/X, an archive featurette
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery


DISC 2 - F/X 2: THE DEADLY ART OF ILLUSION
New commentary by Dan Martin of 13 Finger FX and filmmaker Jen Handorf
Art & Illusion, a new interview with make-up effects supervisor Eric Allard
F/X Magic, a new visual essay by film critic Heather Wixson, author of Monsters, Make-up & Effects
The Australian Invasion, a new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
The Making of F/X 2, an archive featurette
Behind the Scenes
Inside Eric Allard's Workshop
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery

and a 2023 move called Booger

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
A Different Breed of Female Feline, a new video essay by film critic Kat Hughes
Curiosity Kills: A History of the Cat and Death, a new video essay by writer Alexandra West
Trailer
Image galleries
Illustrated collector's booklet featuring writing by Becky Darke and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned and previously unreleased artwork by Rose Whittaker and Aleksandra Waliszewska

[beamish14]

I love F/X 2 and most of Richard Franklin’s catalog. Wish they could’ve gotten a commentary with screenwriter Bill Condon. This film has one of my all-time favorite endings

[ryannichols7]

Wait, Arrow is releasing the Dollars trilogy?

yes.

[domino harvey]

Does Warners still have the Science of Sleep? Would be great to see that finally make it to English-friendly Blu, and there's a whole alternate movie they could include with different takes/scenes that never got subbed either

[Matt]

Does Warners still have the Science of Sleep?

Funny that you mention it, they recently put it up on YouTube for free.

[Finch]

clue for Friday

[cdnchris]

On reddit, someone found a listing for Jason Goes to Hell (cover fitting a similar format to their previous Friday the 13th release), so I'm assuming it's that.

[colinr0380]

Any horror films set in the Cayman Islands?

[Finch]

Jason Goes To Hell and Jason X were accidentally listed on Grindhouse before they were taken down. Someone managed to take a screenshot of the Jason Goes To Hell 4K.

[Buttery Jeb]

Jason Goes To Hell and Jason X were accidentally listed on Grindhouse before they were taken down. Someone managed to take a screenshot of the Jason Goes To Hell 4K.

Grindhouse still has a pre-order listing for Jackie Chan's Crime Story live on their site, with a release date of May 26.

[dwk]

Crime Story is an 88 Films release.

[Buttery Jeb]

Crime Story is an 88 Films release.

My bad.