Upcoming Movie Releases — Week of July 26, 2026
The big news in theaters this week is Spider-Man Brand New Day. My kids and I are hyped to see this one. So much so that we bought tickets to see it while on vacation. Honestly more hyped for this than I am Doomsday thus far. Physical media wise I already have my limited edition release of Explorers in hand as well as In the Mouth of Madness. That leaves Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody affair as my most anticpated as mine shipped early. I had it on pre-order so it will be at home waiting for me when we return from vacation. Finally I'm close to Orbit DVD this week so I'll be making a trip or two over to my favorite physical media store in person. I made a few visits last year and had a blast. Looking forward to seeing the remodel in person, and browsing the shelves old school style for some new additions to the collection.
Coming This Week (July 26 – August 1)
Theatrical
The Fifth Element — Fathom Events (Big Screen Classics) · re-release, July 26–27
A two-night-only return to theaters for Luc Besson's operatic sci-fi epic, with a Leonard Maltin introduction. Bruce Willis is a cab-driving ex-soldier drafted to save Earth from an ancient evil, alongside a genetically perfect being (Milla Jovovich) and a scenery-devouring Gary Oldman.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Iqejw8hvo
Spider-Man: Brand New Day — Sony Pictures Releasing · wide release, July 31
Four years after No Way Home, Peter Parker lives alone, having erased himself from the memories of everyone he loves. Still fighting crime full-time in a city that no longer knows his name, the toll of the job triggers a strange physical evolution just as a new, powerful threat emerges.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eONa8Nx_jQ
The Gentleman Thief — Limited release, July 31
John Travolta's master thief Mason Goddard is lured out of retirement for one more score — stealing a priceless painting during an international art auction — only to find himself in a deadly trap set by a vengeful crime boss.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYN1FrgjSMI
I Want Your Sex — Magnolia Pictures · limited release, July 31
Gregg Araki's Sundance breakout: a fresh-faced assistant (Cooper Hoffman) lands a job with a provocative, renowned artist (Olivia Wilde) who taps him to become her sexual muse — and things spiral from there.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ0LPnMOPic
Physical Media Highlights This Week
Bride of Re-Animator — ◆ Ignite Films · July 27 · 4K debut
Jeffrey Combs' Herbert West is back, stitching together a monstrous new creation from body parts in this gonzo, director-approved 4K restoration of Brian Yuzna's gory 1990 sequel. (Sold directly via Ignite Films rather than Amazon; linked to an Amazon search as fallback.)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klhapp2qaH4
Mortal Kombat II — Warner Bros. · July 28 · 4K debut
Karl Urban and company return for round two of the fatality-filled tournament saga. First time on the format.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yq0IQ_1RAI
The Devil Wears Prada 2 — 20th Century Studios · July 28 · 4K debut
Anne Hathaway returns to Runway as features editor, only to find old boss Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) fighting to keep her print empire alive against new rivals and new faces.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRt9ZJv3LuI
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair — Lionsgate (also ◆ Lionsgate Limited Collector's Edition) · July 28 · disc debut of this cut
Tarantino's definitive, unified 4-hour cut joining Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 into a single release for the first time, complete with a new, never-before-seen anime sequence and a built-in intermission.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SzkFgEqB6Y
Explorers — ◆ Vinegar Syndrome · July 28 · ↺ re-release/new standard edition
Joe Dante's beloved kids-build-a-spaceship adventure (starring a young Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix) gets a standard-edition follow-up to Vinegar Syndrome Ultra's Limited Edition from this past May, using the same new 4K restoration.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klhapp2qaH4
In the Mouth of Madness — ◆ Arrow Video (Limited Edition) · July 28 · 4K Standard Arrow Release
John Carpenter's reality-warping Lovecraftian horror sends an insurance investigator (Sam Neill) chasing a missing horror novelist into a town that shouldn't exist — new 4K restoration from the original camera negative.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeWm_jk7G80
Deadly Blessing — ◆ Kino Lorber · July 28 · 4K debut
Wes Craven's early slasher stars Sharon Stone and Ernest Borgnine as a widow and her Amish-adjacent farming community come under threat from a mysterious, murderous figure.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGUk7Ntqg4c
Human Lanterns — ◆ Vinegar Syndrome (Limited Edition) · July 28 · 4K debut
A Shaw Brothers wuxia-horror hybrid: a vengeful, unbalanced craftsman gets even with two kung-fu masters by fashioning ceremonial lanterns from the skin of their loved ones. Newly scanned from the original negative with extended gore never before on disc.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGbr0ntYfCE
Nightwatch — ◆ Vinegar Syndrome (Limited Edition) · July 28 · 4K debut
Ole Bornedal's own English-language remake of his Danish original: a law student (Ewan McGregor) moonlighting as a morgue night watchman becomes the prime suspect in a string of murders.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH7AJl4vUHM
Macabre — ◆ Vinegar Syndrome (co-produced w/ Powerhouse Films) · July 28 · 4K debut
Lamberto Bava's directorial debut, shot in a haunting New Orleans-set gothic register, follows a woman whose grief curdles into something much more disturbing. New restoration from the original camera negative.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bou2_vsJghs
Threads — ◆ Severin Films · July 28 · 4K debut
Widely considered one of the bleakest films ever made: a docudrama-style account of nuclear war's effect on the city of Sheffield, England, arriving on 4K for the first time ever, scanned from the original 16mm elements.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpQikUwLm8w
Looking Ahead to Next Week (August 2 – August 9)
Theatrical
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory — Fathom Events (Big Screen Classics) · 55th anniversary re-release, August 2 & 5
Gene Wilder's Wonka returns to the big screen for a two-day 4K-remastered anniversary run, with a new Leonard Maltin introduction.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbx5DVT8qGg
One Night Only — Universal Pictures · wide release, August 7
On the one night a year when singles are cleared for a no-strings encounter, recently-dumped Owen and hopeful romantic Allie keep almost-meeting across a chaotic New York night, each chasing something more than they'd admit.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjdZe4EWe-8
Ice Cream Man — wide release, August 7
Eli Roth's self-described "most terrifying and insane" film: an idyllic summer town descends into madness when its ice cream man starts serving up horrifying surprises with the sprinkles.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTsE7YTmufI
Super Troopers 3 — Searchlight Pictures · wide release, August 7
The Broken Lizard troop is back: Farva's over-the-top engagement spirals into chaos as the troopers try to break up a scheme, crack a new drug ring, and maybe save the wedding.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSEWRQ72ywA
Late Fame — Magnolia Pictures · limited release (NY), August 7
Willem Dafoe plays a forgotten New York poet whose old, unpublished work captivates a group of younger admirers who anoint him a rediscovered genius — though his motives for indulging them stay ambiguous.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9E1SWNTQHc
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma — Mubi · limited release, August 7
Jane Schoenbrun's meta slasher: a young director reviving a slasher franchise becomes obsessed with the original "final girl," now a reclusive, mysterious actress — and the two spiral into a blood-soaked, delirious entanglement.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am5vPzw6QkI
Physical Media Highlights Next Week
Prom Night — ◆ Synapse Films (Limited Edition, 3,000 units) · August 3 · 4K debut
A masked killer stalks four teenagers responsible for a fatal accident years earlier, at their high school prom — Jamie Lee Curtis's early slasher gets a world-premiere Dolby Vision restoration. (Synapse exclusive; not sold through Amazon, linked to an Amazon search as fallback.)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5uMO2HVg0s
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby — 20th Anniversary SteelBook — Sony · August 4 · 4K debut
Will Ferrell's NASCAR comedy hits 4K for the first time for its 20th anniversary, restored from the original camera negative with both the theatrical and unrated cuts.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Talladega+Nights+2006+trailer
Safe — ◆ The Criterion Collection · August 4 · 4K debut
Julianne Moore's breakout as a Los Angeles housewife stricken with a mysterious, debilitating illness in Todd Haynes's unsettling 1995 drama, now on UHD with a new restoration supervised by Haynes.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Safe+1995+Todd+Haynes+trailer
The People vs. Larry Flynt — ◆ Arrow Video · August 4 · 4K debut
Woody Harrelson and Edward Norton star in Miloš Forman's biographical drama about pornographer-turned-free-speech-crusader Larry Flynt, arriving on 4K for its 30th anniversary with a new restoration.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+People+vs+Larry+Flynt+1996+trailer
Night of the Comet — ◆ Scream Factory New SteelBook · August 4
Two Valley Girl sisters may be among the last survivors after a comet wipes out most of humanity, in this beloved '80s post-apocalyptic cult favorite, newly scanned from the original camera negative.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Night+of+the+Comet+1984+trailer
School on Fire — ◆ Shout! Studios (Hong Kong Cinema Classics #42) · August 4 · uncensored 4K debut
Ringo Lam's hard-edged 1988 Hong Kong crime drama about a good student dragged into a gang's orbit, arriving uncensored on disc for the first time.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=School+on+Fire+1988+Ringo+Lam+trailer
American Pie 2 — Universal · August 4 · 4K debut
The gang reunites for a college-summer road trip in this 2001 comedy sequel, hitting 4K for the first time with a new transfer.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=American+Pie+2+2001+trailer
Little Fockers — Universal · August 4 · 4K debut
Robert De Niro's Jack Byrnes puts Greg Focker through the wringer one more time in this 2010 franchise sequel, arriving on 4K for the first time.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw7y_TI037E
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