UK Blu-ray Releases 18 November 2024 Round-up

It’s time to find out which new releases are coming to physical media formats next week. Here’s the Blu-ray releases for 18th November 2024 in the UK, highlights include 4K editions of, Blazing Saddles (1974), North by Northwest (1959), The Terminator (1984), The Conversation (1974), Seven Samurai (1954) and Scarface (1932).

Whilst Blu-ray has a few interesting titles too, such as Columbo The Final Years 1989-2003 and Black Tuesday (1954).

Let’s take a closer look at these titles and the rest of 4K UHD / Blu-ray releases for Monday 18 November 2024 for the UK.

UK 4K UHD / Blu-ray Releases 18 November 2024

Blazing Saddles (1974) – 4K Ultra HD (Warner Bros)

Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
• Audio: TBC
• Running Time: 93 mins approx
• Rating: 15

Special Features

• Scene Specific Commentary by Mel Brooks
• Inappropriate Inspiration: The Blazing Saddles Effect
• Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks’ Wild Wild West
• Back In The Saddle
• Additional Scenes

You can purchase now from Amazon on 4K UHD for £19.99 (as of 14th November 2024).

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North by Northwest (1959) – 4K UHD (Warner Bros)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, stars Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason.

For full details on this release click the link above!

You can purchase now from Amazon on 4K Ultra HD for £19.99 (as of 14th November 2024).

Oppenheimer (2023) Ultimate Collector’s Edition – 4K UHD (Universal)

Directed by Christopher Nolan.

For full details on this release click the link above!

You can purchase now from Amazon on 4K Ultra HD for £44.99 (as of 14th November 2024).

Scarface (1932) – 4K UHD + Blu-ray / Blu-ray (Criterion)

Criterion say this new release is a “New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.”

4K UHD Technical Specs

• Discs: 2 (4K UHD & Blu-ray)
• Aspect Ratio: TBC
• Audio: TBC
• Running Time: 95 mins approx
• Rating: ?

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: TBC
• Audio: TBC
• Running Time: 95 mins approx
• Rating: ?

Special Features

• Alternate Ending (From the Censored Version of the Film)
• New Conversation Between Author Megan Abbott & actor Bill Hader
• New Interview with Film Scholar Lea Jacobs On Director Howard Hawks’s Innovative Use Of Sound & Editing
• English Subtitles for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
• Essay by Critic Imogen Sara Smith
• New Cover by Mark Chiarello

You can purchase now from Amazon on 4K Ultra HD £29.99 or Blu-ray £22.99 (as of 14th November 2024).

Seven Samurai (1954) Limited Edition – 4K UHD / Blu-ray (BFI)

Directed by‎ Akira Kurosawa.

4K UHD Technical Specs

• Aspect Ratio: TBC
• Audio: TBC
• Running Time: 3 hours 26 mins approx
• Rating: PG

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Aspect Ratio: TBC
• Audio: TBC
• Running Time: 3 hours 26 mins approx
• Rating: PG

Special Features

• 80 Page Book
• Double-sided Poster
• 4 Postcards Featuring Iconic Scenes from the Film
• Updated & Improved English Subtitles
• Newly Recorded Audio Commentary by Film Critic Adrian Martin
• Philip Kemp Selected Scenes Commentary (1999, 20 mins)
• Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create – Seven Samurai (2002, 49 mins)
• The Art of Akira Kurosawa (2013, 49 mins)
• My Life in Cinema (1993, 116 mins)
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Restoration Trailer (2024)
• Image Gallery

You can purchase now from Amazon on 4K UHD £29.99 or Blu-ray £24.99 (as of 14th November 2024).

The Conversation (1974) – 4K UHD / Blu-ray – (Studiocanal)

Thriller starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield and Frederic Forest.

For full details on this release click the link above!

You can purchase now from Amazon on 4K UHD £29.99 or Blu-ray £14.99 (as of 14th November 2024).

The Sugarland Express (1974) – 4K Ultra HD (Warner Bros)

Crime drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, stars Goldie Hawn and Ben Johnson.

This release is limited to just 1000 copies, so you will have to be quick if you want in your movie collection.

4K UHD Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
• Running Time: 109 mins approx
• Rating: PG

Special Features

• From Vault to Screen: The Art of Restoring Universal’s Cinematic Legacy
• Theatrical Trailer

You can purchase the 4K UHD for £19.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

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The Terminator (1984) – 4K Ultra HD (Warner Bros)

Directed by James Cameron, stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn.

4K UHD Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: TBC
• Running Time: 107 mins approx
• Rating: 15

Special Features

• Deleted Scenes with James Cameron Commentary
• Creating The Terminator: Visual Effects & Music
• The Terminator: Closer to the Real Thing
• Unstoppable Force: The Legacy of The Terminator

You can purchase the 4K UHD for £19.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

It’s not all 4K Ultra HD titles, there are plenty of Blu-ray Releases for the 18th November 2024 , so let’s take a look.

Black Tuesday (1954) – Blu-ray (Eureka)

Film noir starring Edward G. Robinson, Peter Graves and Jean Parker.

Eureka Entertainment say this release is a “1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K scan of the 35mm fine grains”. It’s also limited to just 2000 copies!

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Black & White
• Audio: TBC
• Running Time: 80 mins approx
• Rating: 12

Special Features

• Collector’s Booklet
• Optional English Subtitles
• New Audio Commentary with Film Noir Expert Sergio Angelini
• From Argentina To Hollywood (New Interview with Film Historian Sheldon Hall)
• No Escape (New Video Essay by Imogen Sara Smith)
• New Video Interview with Critic / Co-director of Il Cinema Ritrovato Ehsan Khoshbakht
• Theatrical Trailer

You can purchase the Blu-ray for £18.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

Columbo The Final Years – Blu-ray (Fabulous Films)

For full details on this release click the link above!

You can purchase the Blu-ray for £89.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

House Of The Dragon Season 2 – 4K UHD / Blu-ray (Warner Bros)

Stars Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy.

For full details on this release click the link above!

You can purchase now on 4K UHD £39.99, Blu-ray £29.99 or DVD £24.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969) (LE) – Blu-ray (Radiance Films)

Radiance Films say this is a “New 4K restoration by Toei Company.”

Stars Koji Tsuruta, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Noboru Ando.

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio:
• Audio: Uncompressed Mono PCM Audio
• Running Time: 97 mins approx
• Rating: 15

Special Features

• Limited Edition Booklet
• Reversible Sleeve
• Newly Improved English Subtitle Translation
• Archival Interview with Kinji Fukasaku
• Interview with Yakuza Film Historian Akihiko Ito (2024)
• Visual Essay on Koji Tsuruta’s Collaborations with Fukasaku by Yakuza Cinema Expert Nathan Stuart (2024)
• Trailer

You can purchase the Blu-ray £18.00 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

Panic in Year Zero! (1962) (LE) – Blu-ray (Radiance Films)

Science fiction film with Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon and Joan Freeman.

Radiance Films say this release is “Mastered in HD from the 35mm fine grain positive by MGM.”

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio:
• Audio: Uncompressed Mono PCM Audio
• Running Time: 93 mins approx
• Rating: 15

Special Features

• Limited Edition Booklet
• Reversible Sleeve
• Audio Commentary by Critic Richard Harland Smith (2016)
• New Interview with Kim Newman (2024)
• Ray Milland Archival Interview (1972)
• Atomic Shock! (Interview with Filmmaker Joe Dante (2016, 9 mins)
• Trailer

You can purchase the Blu-ray £17.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

Slap the Monster On Page One (1972) (LE) – Blu-ray (Radiance Films)

Thriller, stars Gian Maria Volonté, Corrado Solari, Laura Betti and Fabio Garriba.

Radiance Films say this release is a “4K restoration of the film from the original negative by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Surf Film and Kavac Film, under the supervision of director Marco Bellocchio.”

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio:
• Audio: Uncompressed Mono PCM Audio
• Running Time: 86 mins approx
• Rating: ?

Special Features

• Limited Edition Booklet
• Reversible Sleeve
• Archival Interview with Marco Bellocchio (21 mins)
• Newly filmed Interview with Critic & Author Mario Sesti (2024, 25 mins)
• Appreciation by Filmmaker Alex Cox (2024, 10 mins)
• Newly Improved English Subtitle Translation

You can purchase the Blu-ray £17.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

The Story of Adele H. (1975) (LE) – Blu-ray (Radiance Films)

Radiance Films say this release is a “High-Definition digital transfer.”

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio:
• Audio: Uncompressed Mono PCM Audio
• Running Time: 96 mins approx
• Rating: 12

Special Features

• Limited Edition Booklet
• Reversible Sleeve
• Interview with Francois Truffaut (1975)
• Interview with Isabelle Adjani (1980)
• Footage of the Premiere in Lyon with Truffaut and Isabelle Adjani (1975)
• Interview with Cinematographer Nestor Almendros (1986)
• Interview with Critic Phuong Le (2024)
• Trailer
• Optional English Subtitles

You can purchase the Blu-ray £17.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

Pryor & Wilder 1980-1991 (LE) – Blu-ray (Indicator)

Includes ‘High Definition remasters’ of Stir Crazy, See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Another You.

Limited edition of 6,000 individually numbered units for the UK.

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Discs: 3
• Aspect Ratio:
• Audio: Original Mono / Stereo Audio
• Running Time: 5 hours 8 mins approx
• Rating: 15

Special Features

• 100 Page Booklet
• New & Improved English Subtitles for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
• Audio Commentaries On Stir Crazy & See No Evil, Hear No Evil with Entertainment Journalists Max Evry & Bryan Reesman (2024)
• Audio Commentary On Another You with Film Historian Kim Newman & Empire Magazine Editor Nick de Semlyen (2024)
• Interview with Tom Scott (2024) (Composer / Actor Talks About his Work on the Stir Crazy Score)
• Interview with Stewart Copeland (2024) (Composer / Police Drummer Recalls his Work On the See No Evil, Hear No Evil Score)
• Michael Boyce Gillespie on Sidney Poitier (2024)
• The Making of ‘See No Evil, Hear No Evil’ (Archival Promotional Documentary)
• Original Theatrical Trailers
• Image Galleries (Promotional & Publicity Materials)

You can purchase the Blu-ray £34.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

Slumber Party Massacre I & II (LE) – 4K Ultra HD

Special Features

• Limited Edition Booklet

Slumber Party Massacre

• Sleepless Nights: The Making of the Slumber Party Massacre
• Audio commentary with Director Amy Holden Jones / Actors Michael Villella & Debra De Liso
• Interview with Actor Rigg Kennedy
• Trailers
• Alternate Title Sequence
• Still Gallery

Slumber Party Massacre II

• Original R-rated Cut
• Extended Unrated Cut
• Audio Commentary with Writer / Director / Producer Deborah Brock, Don Daniel & Story Editor Beverly Gray
• Sleepless Nights: Revisiting Slumber Party Massacre II
• Trailers
• Still Gallery

You can purchase the 4K UHD £39.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

Super Spies & Secret Lies – Blu-ray (Eureka)

Includes The Golden Buddha, Angel with the Iron Fists and The Singing Thief.

Eureka say this releases is Limited edition of just 2000 copies and is a “1080p HD presentations on Blu-ray from masters supplied by Celestial Pictures.”

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Discs: 2
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Audio: Original mono audio tracks
• Running Time: 316 mins approx
• Rating: TBC

Special Features

• Limited Edition Collector’s Booklet
• Reversible Sleeve
• Original Mono Audio Tracks
• Optional English Subtitles (Newly Translated For This Release)
• New Audio Commentaries by Action Cinema Experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema
• International Super Spies (New Interview with James Bond Expert Llewella Chapman On Global Bondmania in the 1960s)
• New Interview with Hong Kong Cinema Scholar Wayne Wong, Editor of Martial Arts Studies

You can purchase the Blu-ray £25.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

The Sword (1980) (LE) – Blu-ray (Eureka)

Eureka Entertainment say this release is a “1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration.”

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
• Audio: Original Cantonese Audio & Optional English Dub Tracks (Original Mono Presentations)
• Running Time: 89 mins approx
• Rating: 15

Special Features

• Limited Edition Collector’s Booklet
• Original Cantonese Audio & Optional English Dub Tracks
• Optional English Subtitles (Newly Translated for this Release)
• New Audio Commentary by East Asian Film Expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
• New Audio Commentary by Action Cinema Experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema
• Andrew Heskins on The Sword (New Interview with Film Critic Andrew Heskins)
• Forging Ahead (New Interview with Martial Arts Cinema Expert Wayne Wong On The Sword & the Wuxia Genre)
• Original Theatrical Trailer

You can purchase the Blu-ray £18.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

Juggernaut (1974) (LE) – Blu-ray (Eureka)

Eureka Entertainment say this release is a “1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray.”

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: TBC
• Running Time: 110 mins approx
• Rating: PG

Special Features

• Limited Edition Collector’s Booklet
• Optional English Subtitles
• New Audio Commentary with British Cinema Expert Melanie Williams & James Leggott
• All Hands on Deck (New Interview with Film Historian Neil Sinyard)
• Down with the Ship (New Interview with Film Historian Sheldon Hall On Juggernaut & the Disaster Film)
• Trailer

You can purchase the Blu-ray £17.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

The Hardacres – Blu-ray (Dazzler)

TV Series, stars Liam McMahon, Claire Cooper, Julie Graham, Adam Little and Shannon Lavelle.

You can purchase the Blu-ray £18.99 or DVD £16.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

Things Will Be Different (2024) – Blu-ray (Lightbulb)

Sci-fi horror film starring Adam David Thompson, Riley Dandy, Justin Benson and Sarah Bolger.

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: TBC
• Audio: TBC
• Running Time: 102 mins approx
• Rating: 15

You can purchase the Blu-ray for £14.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

Tomie (1998) (LE) – Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

Crime horror by directed by Ataru Oikawa.

Blu-ray Technical Specs

• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: Original Lossless 5.1 & 2.0 Stereo Audio
• Running Time: 95 mins approx
• Rating: 15

Special Features

• Illustrated Collector’s Booklet
• Reversible Sleeve
• Optional English Subtitles
• New Audio commentary by Critic &d Japanese Cinema Expert Amber T.
• It’s a Girl’s World (New Interview with Director Ataru Oikawa)
• Scream Queen (New Interview with Actress Mami Nakamura)
• From Manga to Screen (New Interview with Producer Mikihiko Hirata)
• Trailer
• Image Gallery

You can purchase the Blu-ray for £18.00 from Arrow Video (as of 14th November 2024).

Werckmeister Harmonies – 4K UHD + Blu-ray (Curzon Film)

You can purchase the now for £24.99 from Amazon (as of 14th November 2024).

Final Thought: Blu-ray Releases 18 November 2024

My highlight for Monday 18th November 2024’s Blu-ray releases has to be 4K releases of classic films such as, North by Northwest (1959), Blazing Saddles (1974), Scarface (1932), The Conversation (1974) and The Terminator (1984).

I would have to conclude that this is another great week for lovers of film!

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