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Japan’s Crazy Cool ‘Ghostbusters’ Blu-ray Release Features Pop-Up Packaging
Yes, we’re talking about the remake.
Easily this year’s most controversial movie was Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters, which was hated by many fans, for various different reasons, long before it ever even came out. The film, which wasn’t very memorable or even all that entertaining aside from a wonderfully wacky performance from “Saturday Night Live” star Kate McKinnon, failed to do much business at the box office, seemingly stopping the franchise dead in its tracks before it ever had the chance to truly reboot.
Ghostbusters is now available on home video here in the States, but over in Japan the film doesn’t arrive on Blu-ray until December 21st. And the release is way cooler than the one we got.
The 3-Disc Japanese Blu-ray set includes the 2D and 3D versions of the film, as well as the theatrical cut and the extended cut. The special features are the same, but where the Japanese release sets itself apart from the American release is in the packaging. For starters, the box that houses the set is designed to look like one of the remake’s newly-designed proton packs, and the disc tray features a pop-up image of villain Rowan. The set also includes a paper-craft depiction of the new Ecto-1 vehicle, a specialty postcard, and a booklet titled “Answer the Call.”
Worth noting that Japanese Blu-rays will play in American players.
Check out the set below, and click the images to super-size them!
In the remake:
The franchise makes its long-awaited return with director Paul Feig’s unique and hilarious take on the classic supernatural comedy, led by the freshest minds in comedy today, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. Together they team up to save Manhattan from a sudden invasion of spirits, spooks, and slime that engulfs the city.
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Criterion’s Complete Kubrick Box Set Will Include Kubrick’s International Version of ‘The Shining’
Criterion Collection has announced the upcoming release of The Complete Kubrick Box Set, a 4K + Blu-ray collection that features EVERY SINGLE MOVIE KUBRICK DIRECTED.
“Tracing his evolution from independent maverick to Hollywood rebel to visionary transnational auteur whose every film from the mid-1960s on became a manifesto of a radically new sensibility,” Criterion previews, “The Complete Kubrick brings together the entirety of a body of work that opened popular cinema up to new realms of moral profundity and metaphysical mystery.”
Criterion continues, “Collected for the first time are Kubrick’s thirteen features and three shorts, all restored in 4K, with their original soundtracks alongside the 5.1 mixes, restored and remastered; over twenty-five hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes materials; and deluxe packaging illustrated with rare photographs, artwork, and documents annotated by Kubrick himself, all housed in a singular box inspired by the director’s legendary archive.”
Included in The Complete Kubrick is of course the 1980 horror masterpiece The Shining, but we’re getting more than just the version of the film we’re all deeply familiar with…
Kubrick’s international version of The Shining will also be included in the set, along with a new 4K restoration of Vivian Kubrick’s behind-the-scenes documentary!
The international version of The Shining was cut together by Kubrick for the film’s release outside the United States, and it’s a trimmed down version of the film that runs 115 minutes rather than the standard 144 minutes. Kubrick cut a full 29 minutes out of The Shining in the wake of the film’s U.S. release, and you can watch this video for a rundown of all the changes.
This version of the movie has been released on home video outside the United States, but Criterion’s Complete Kubrick set marks the first time it’s been available on U.S. home video.
The Complete Kubrick will release October 20, 2026. Pre-order yours today.
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