Binge & Buy: ‘Godzilla’ Stomps Onto Home Video

Welcome to Mandatory and ComingSoon’s weekly Binge & Buy, a digital HD, Blu-ray, and DVD column for the week of Aug. 27! Here, you’ll find detailed write-ups of different titles released this week, including a number of new releases like Godzilla: King of the Monsters, reissues, combo packs, and TV seasons, none of which you can live without in 2019. Click each highlighted title to purchase through Amazon!

Godzilla: King of the Monsters: Crowning Achievement Or Monstrous Misfire?

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

New Movies on Blu-ray/DVD

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

When ancient god-sized monsters rise again, the crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah as they all vie for supremacy.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 

This sequel explores the bonds between pets and the families that love them, and answers the question: What are your pets doing when you’re not at home?

Rocketman

This one-of-a-kind musical biopic embarks on the spectacular journey of Elton John in his rise to fame. With incredible performances of Elton’s most beloved songs, discover how a small-town boy became one of the most iconic figures in rock & roll.

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Jimmie and his best friend Mont try to reclaim the home built by his grandfather, launching them on a poignant odyssey to find a place to call home.

LEGO Batman: Family Matters

Ominous notes sent to the Bat-family have the heroes racing against time to stop Red Hood, who’s gathering Gotham City’s rogues’ gallery to enact revenge on the Dark Knight!

Killers Anonymous

When a U.S. senator is assassinated, tensions mount at Killers Anonymous, a support group for killers, where one of the members is likely responsible for the crime that has police authorities on high alert in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Ladyworld (DVD)

Eight teenage girls become trapped in an endless birthday party after a massive (imaginary?) earthquake. The girls’ sanity and psyches dissolve as they run out of food and water.

Pixelia (DVD)

Kumar, a 30-year-old bachelor, leaves his corporate job in Kochi to pursue his dreams as an artist. He embarks on a new life as an Uber driver while working on an original graphic novel, Pixelia. One day a transgender woman gets into his cab and changes Kumar’s life forever.

Miss Arizona (DVD)

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.

Photo: Columbia Pictures

Reissues

Stand By Me (4K)

Four 12-year-olds searching for a missing teenager’s body find more than they bargained for.

Day of the Outlaw

Tough-as-nails Blaise Starrett (Robert Ryan) is about to face a showdown with a fellow rancher—whose wife is the object of Starrett’s love. But this small-town conflict is nothing compared to what’s on the horizon when outlaw Jack Bruhn (Burl Ives) and his vicious gang ride into town.

Man Without a Star

Kirk Douglas stars as a ranch foreman who helps a lady landowner fight a neighboring rancher in a barbed-wire war.

Jezebel

Bette Davis stars in an Academy Award-winning role as the beautiful, charming, ruthless Southern belle who scandalizes New Orleans society, destroying the men who love her.

The Vanishing Shadow

A 12-episode Universal serial in which a son avenges the death of his father at the hands of corrupt politicians. He develops a wide variety of complex devices in his crusade: ray guns, robots, and a “vanishing belt.”

Photo: Lionsgate

New on Digital HD

Hot Air 

A popular right-wing radio host finds his perfect world turned upside down when his 16-year-old niece shows up. What follows is a relationship that will change both their lives.

Photo: CBS

TV on Blu-ray and DVD

NCIS: Los Angeles: Season 10 (DVD)

Callen, Sam, Kensi, and Deeks, gravely injured in Mexico and searching for a way home after the cartel has placed a price on their heads. After completing the off-the-books case in Mexico, the four will endure a long physical and emotional recovery while the fate of their team, especially Hetty and Mosley, remains unclear.

Follow Mandatory on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

TRENDING
No content yet. Check back later!