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Monday, 28 April 2014 15:13

Release news update: Joe, Power Rangers Megaforce, Masters of Sex: S1, Art of the Steal & more

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All right, our own Todd Doogan has checked in today with his weekly Doogan’s Queue rundown of this week’s latest Blu-ray and DVD offerings. You’ll find that in Gripe Soda here.

Also today, we’ve got some new announcements to report...

First up, Lionsgate has set Joe, staring Nicholas Cage, for Blu-ray and DVD release on 6/17 (SRP $24.99 and $19.98). Extras will include 2 featurettes (The Making of Joe and The Long Gravel Drive: The Origins of Joe), deleted scenes, and audio commentary with director David Gordon Green, composer David Wingo and actor Brian D. Mays. [Read on here...]

Lionsgate has also set Power Rangers Megaforce: Ultra Defenders for DVD only release on 6/17 (SRP $14.98).

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has set Masters of Sex: Season One for Blu-ray, DVD and digital release on 6/24. All 12 episodes will be included, along with audio commentary on the Pilot episode with Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan, Caitlin FitzGerald, Teddy Sears, Michelle Ashford & Sarah Timberman, deleted scenes, and 3 featurettes (Making Masters of Sex, A Masterful Portrayal: Michael Sheen as Dr. Masters, and Ahead of Her Time: Lizzy Caplan as Virginia Johnson). The Blu-ray will exclusively add 2 more featurettes (The Real Masters: A Conversation with Thomas Maier and Surprising Facts About Sex: The Masters’ Great Discoveries).

Anchor Bay and The Weinstein Company have set The Art of the Steal, starring Kurt Russell and Matt Dillon, for Blu-ray and DVD release on 5/6.

Warner Home Video has set Major Crimes: The Complete Second Season and Rizzoli & Isles: The Complete Fourth Season for DVD only release on 6/10 (SRP $58.98 and $38.98 respectively).

Warner has also set This is America, Charlie Brown for DVD release on 6/17 (SRP $26.99). It includes 8 animated specials (The Mayflower Voyagers, The Birth of the Constitution, The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, The NASA Space Station, The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad, The Great Inventors, The Smithsonian and the Presidency, and The Music and Heroes of America).

Well Go USA will release The Attorney on DVD only on 6/17.

Image Entertainment will release Way of the Wicked on Blu-ray and DVD on 5/20.

And finally, for you music fans, PBS Distribution will release The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over on DVD and Blu-ray on 5/13.

Here’s a look at the Blu-ray cover artwork for Lionsgate’s Joe, Sony’s Masters of Sex: Season One and Anchor Bay’s The Art of the Steal...

Joe (Blu-ray Disc)    Masters of Sex: Season One (Blu-ray Disc)    Art of the Steal (Blu-ray Disc)

Stay tuned...

- Bill Hunt