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Beauty & The Beast

Kong: Skull Island

Life

Logan

The LEGO Batman Movie

Game of Thrones: Season 6

Power Rangers

Boss Baby

American Gods: Season 1

The Great Wall

BLU-RAY

BEST-SELLERS

for

JULY 2017

Logan

Planet Earth II

Deadpool

King Kong (2005)

The Great Wall

Fantastic Beasts and

Where to Find Them

Mad Max Fury Road

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Unforgiven

The Amazing Spider-Man

BEST-SELLERS

for

JULY 2017

ast and the Furious fans can

grab customised HD models

The Fate of the Furious

from

the JB showroom on August 2.

The Blu-ray and 4K UHD feature

alternate artwork as well as a

bonus disc exclusive to the JB

release that includes five additional

featurettes:

Heating Up Iceland,

Wrecking Ball, How to Stop a

Toretto, Touring the Toy Shop, and Behind-the-

scenes Family

. Moreover, the 4K will also be

available with a scale diecast car model of

Dom's Plymouth GTX from the film, which

is destined to become a coveted collectible

among Fast fans.

Alien: Covenant

is out on August 16 in a

Steelbook Blu-ray edition featuring alternate

artwork of the evolving Xenomorph, while the

Blu-ray and 4K UHD showcase the traditional

alien design.

Covenant

is also not only the first

'official' Alien film since

Alien: Resurrection

back in

1997, it's the first Alien film to get a 4K UHD release,

and the transfer promises to be a stunner. Here's

hoping the other four films in the franchise, along

with

Prometheus

, will receive a 4K upgrade soon.

Say what you will about Guy Ritchie's polarising

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

, but you'll have to

ollectors of classic

cinema are well

served this month with

the release of several

all-time greats on

Blu-ray.

The Graduate

(1967) receives a high

definition release for

its 50th Anniversary. Capturing

the disaffected youth of California

in the sixties and the sexual

liberation of Dustin Hoffman by

Anne Bancroft's Mrs Robinson,

Mike Nichols' masterpiece is

iconic and influential cinema.

And it also propelled Simon &

Garfunkel into the charts. Out

Aug 16.

Sam Peckinpah's

Cross

of Iron

(1977) makes its HD

ebut on Aug

6. Decades

efore

Saving

rivate Ryan

he maverick

irector captured

he grim reality

f the battlefield in this

ntense and underrated

orld War II film told from

he POV of a German

latoon retreating from

he Russian front. An

ndiscovered gem for

any, this one belongs

in every collector's war

section.

Staying with

WWII,

The Dam

Busters

(1955) is a

bona fide Brit classi

that chronicles the

true story of the

British mission to

bomb the dams

in the German

Ruhr Valley and thus cripple

the Nazi steel factories. All it

takes is some stiff-upper-lip

courage, a 30 ton bomb, and low

flying Lancasters. A genuinely

suspenseful and thrilling

adventure,

The Dam Busters

another must-have. Out Aug 16.

A love letter to the dark

underbelly of

Tinseltown,

Mullholland

Drive

(2001) is

arguably David

Lynch's finest

film, and has

been long unavailable on home

video formats. The relationship

between a Hollywood

hopeful (Naomi Watts)

and an amnesiac actress

(Laura Elena Harring)

sets in motion a chain of

nightmarish events that

form part of a larger puzzle

the viewer must assemble.

The brilliance of

Mulholland

Drive

is that no matter how

many times you watch it, you'll

have a different interpretation

of what's going on – or see

something obvious you missed

the last time around. Not many

movies have the ability to pull

that off, which is why Lynch's

masterpiece is an essential

purchase on Aug 16.

JB HD EXCLUSIVES

agree that this aural and visual

assault on the senses is going

to look superb on Blu-ray and

4K, and JB have a limited edition

Steelbook up for grabs from Aug 16

while stocks last.

The Blu-ray edition of

JohnWick:

Chapter 2

is also available exclusively

at JB stores on Aug 23. The dynamic

sequel to the 2014 sleeper hit and Keanu

comeback vehicle expands the world of

the eponymous assassin and ups the

body count accordingly. Slick, stylish and

neon-drenched visuals make this action

extravaganza a must-see in high-def.

Ambitious Aussie sci-fi flick

The Osiris Child:

Science Fiction – Volume 1

boasts impressive visual

effects which will be best appreciated on Blu-ray, and

JB has an exclusive edition featuring striking alternate

artwork available on Aug 23. We'll leave you to ponder

the franchise potential promised by the subtitle...

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