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Screenshots from Arrow Videos upcoming 4K Ultra HD release of Westworld (1973)

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Screenshots from Arrow Videos upcoming 4K Ultra HD release of The Visitor (1979)

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Happy New Year!
That's a wrap on 2025!
Thank you all for your continued support throughout 2025, and hopefully you will stay with us to see whats in store for the channel in 2026!

2025 was an amazing year for the channel - and our busiest yet with all of the great new Physical Media releases - we reviewed a total of 85 titles, whilst also returning to the Retrospectives, and taking a look at some older releases and collectibles.

We will of course continue into 2026 with Physical Media Reviews and Early Sneek Peeks (where we can) and have a full slate of upcoming Retrospectives for you to enjoy!

As always, Thanks for watching - and see you next time on Retro Reels!

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Severin Issues a statement regarding reports of disc issues in the collectors edition of Wild Geese.

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BEN-HUR AND ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN

THE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING FILMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 4K RESOLUTION WITH HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR)

AVAILABLE ON 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY AND DIGITAL ON 16 FEBRUARY 2026

London, 29th December 2025 – Two Academy Award winning films, 1959’s religious epic Ben-Hur and 1976’s biographical political thriller All the President’s Men, will be available for the first time for purchase on 4K UHD Blu-ray, SteelBook, Collector’s Edition (Ben-Hur only), and Digital on 16th February 2026.

The films will be available to purchase on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc online and in-store at major retailers, and available for purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Rakuten, and more.

Ben-Hur
A remake of the 1925 silent film and adapted from Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ,” the film is directed by William Wyler and produced by Sam Zimbalist and won a record 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture (Zimbalist), Best Director (Wyler), and Best Actor in a Leading Role (Heston). The film’s cast includes Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O’Donnell, and Sam Jaffe.

In 2004, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

The winner of 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, Ben-Hur stands as one of the greatest Hollywood epics ever filmed. A member of the Jewish nobility living in Jerusalem, Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) lives a religious life and peacefully opposes the tyrannical occupation of Judea by Rome. When a boyhood friend, Messala (Stephen Boyd), returns to the region as a Roman official, he and Judah become estranged due to Messala's fanatical loyalty to Rome and ruthless indifference to the fate of Judea. Casting friendship aside, Messala fabricates a charge of treason against Ben-Hur, his sister and mother, all of whom are arrested by Roman soldiers.

The Digital and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc releases contain the following new and previously released special features:

Ben-Hur: Anatomy of an Epic (NEW)
The Cinematography of Scale (NEW)
Charlton Heston & Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Ben-Hur: A Journey Through Pictures
Screen Tests: George Baker and William Russell
Screen Tests: Leslie Nielsen and Cesare Danova
Screen Tests: Leslie Nielsen and Yale Wexler
Screen Tests: Haya Harareet and Make-Up Test
Commentary by Film Historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston (2 Parts)
Music Only Track Showcasing Mikos Rózsa’s Award-Winning Score (2 Parts)


All the President’s Men
Directed by Alan J. Pakula and written by William Goldman, the film is based on the 1974 non-fiction book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. All the President’s Men stars Academy Award winners Robert Redford (Ordinary People) and Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs Kramer, Rain Man), along with Academy Award nominee Jack Warden (Shampoo, Heaven Can Wait), Academy Award winner Martin Balsam (A Thousand Clowns), Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild), and Academy Award Winner Jason Robards (Julia).

The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards and won 4 for Best Supporting Actor (Robards), Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium (Goldman), Best Art Direction (George C. Jenkins & George Gaines), and Best Sound (Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholz, Dick Alexander, and James E. Webb).

In 2010, All the President’s Men was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

Academy Award winners Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman star in this true story as Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, whose investigation of a seemingly minor hotel room break-in uncovers the greatest political scandal in United States history and leads to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.

The digital release and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc releases contain the following new and previously released special features:

All the President’s Men: The Film and its Influence (NEW)
Woodward and Bernstein: A Journalism Masterclass (NEW)
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Telling the Truth About Lies
Out of the Shadows: The Man who was Deep Throat
Jason Robards on “Dinah!”



Ben-Hur
Ultra HD Blu-ray Languages: English, Spanish, French
Ultra HD Blu-ray Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Run Time: 212 minutes
Rating: 12
Digital Street Date: 16th February 2026
Physical Street Date: 16th February 2026

Ben-Hur will be released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, SteelBook, Collector’s Edition with SteelBook, and Digital.


All the President’s Men
Ultra HD Blu-ray Languages: English, Spanish, French
Ultra HD Blu-ray Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Run Time: 138 minutes
Rating: 15
Digital Street Date: 16th February 2026
Physical Street Date: 16th February 2026

All the President’s Men will be released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc, SteelBook, and Digital.

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Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!
Hope you find some movies under the tree!

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March 2026 Arrow Announcement
Salem's Lot - On Limited Edition 4K UHD
THE ULTIMATE IN TERROR!

From Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist, comes the mini-series that scarred a generation. Based on Stephen King’s all-time classic of small town terror, welcome to Salem’s Lot. Population two-thousand and thirteen, but falling fast!

Author Ben Mears (David Soul) returns to the town of Salem’s Lot after 25 years to write about the Marsten House, an old mansion with a bad reputation that has haunted the writer since childhood. But the sleepy town of Ben’s youth is beginning to change. There’s an antiques store about to open, run by the mysterious Richard Straker (James Mason) and his unseen partner Mr. Barlow (Reggie Nalder), and they’re living in the Marsten House. A series of deaths and disappearances leads Ben to believe that a vampire is feeding on the town. But how can he stop them, and will anyone believe him?

With a script by Paul Monash (producer of De Palma’s Carrie, writer of Peyton Place and The Friends of Eddie Coyle) and a superb cast that includes Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard), Fred Willard (Best in Show), Geoffrey Lewis (Every Which Way But Loose) and Elisha Cook Jr. (The Killing), Tobe Hooper breathes vivid life and chilling un-death into the characters of King’s novel. The children of the night await… in Salem’s Lot.

4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• Brand new 4K restorations of both the original two-part miniseries and the shorter theatrical cut distributed internationally
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentations in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of both versions of the film
• Original lossless mono audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options
• Collectors’ perfect-bound booklet containing new writing on the film by critics Sean Abley, Sorcha Ni Fhlainn, and Richard Kadrey, plus select archival material including interviews with director Tobe Hooper, and stars Lance Kerwin and Julie Cobb
• Salem’s Lot town sign sticker
• Double-sided foldout poster featuring two original artwork options

DISC 1 - ORIGINAL TV MINI-SERIES VERSION
• Two viewing modes: Play as miniseries in two parts as per the original broadcast or as extended movie
• Brand new audio commentary by film critics Bill Ackerman and Amanda Reyes
• Archive audio commentary by director Tobe Hooper
• Alternate TV footage: commercial bumpers and original broadcast version of the antlers death
• Original shooting script gallery

DISC 2 - THEATRICAL VERSION & EXTRAS
• Brand new audio commentary by film critic Chris Alexander
• King of the Vampires, a new interview with Stephen King biographer Douglas Winter
• Second Coming, a new appreciation by author and critic Grady Hendrix
• New England Nosferatu, a new interview with filmmaker Mick Garris
• Fear Lives Here, a new featurette looking at the locations of Salem’s Lot today
• We Can All Be Heroes, a new featurette with film critic Heather Wixson, co-author of In Search of Darkness
• A Gold Standard for Small Screen Screams, a new featurette with film critics Joe Lipsett and Trace Thurman, co-hosts of the podcast Horror Queers
• Trailer
• Image gallery

Barcode: 5027035027876
Cat number: FCD2617
Format: UHD
UK Release date: 30/03/2026
RRP: 39.99
Genre: Horror
Region coding: N/A
Runtime: 183 / 110 MINS
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: Mono
Colour: Colour
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin
Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Rating: 15

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March 2026 Arrow Announcement
Eiichi Kudo's Samurai Revolution Trilogy - On Limited Edition Blu-ray

Throughout Japanese cinema, the image of the noble samurai righting wrongs katana in hand remains a fixture of the jidaigeki genre, with the authoritarianism and corruption of the country’s medieval past often attenuated for the sake of spectacle and entertainment. But in the 1960s, director Eiichi Kudo’s Samurai Revolution trilogy shattered this idealised conception of the samurai, providing an authentic and scathing portrayal of Japan’s tyrannical past to question the social and political landscape of his day.

Beginning in 1963 with 13 Assassins (remade in 2010 by Takashi Miike), followed by The Great Killing in 1964 and 11 Samurai in 1967, the Samurai Revolution trilogy depicts the rot at the heart of the Tokugawa shogunate: despotic lords oppress their people and abuse their power with impunity, loyalty to the Shogun is valued above compassion and righteousness, and samurai have shed any trace of nobility in favor of their own self-interest, which they pursue with gleeful cruelty. Each film portrays a group of honorable samurai driven to plan the political assassination of a corrupt lord, hoping to light the fuse that will eventually destroy the regime. But the rebels must understand the fatal consequences of their mission. Should the Shogun falter, then their lives and the entire samurai class will be forfeit.

Eiichi Kudo masterfully deploys expressive black and white cinematography, spectacular swordfights and compelling performances to paint a rich visual and narrative tapestry, using each film to further explore questions of ethics and morality. Featuring a who’s who of iconic jidaigeki actors including Chiezo Kataoka (Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji), Ko Nishimura (Lady Snowblood), Kei Sato (Hara-Kiri) and Toru Abe (Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman), Kudo’s Samurai Revolution trilogy rank among the most important samurai films ever made and are a must-have for chanbara connoisseurs.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• High-Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of all three films
• Original lossless Japanese mono audio on all three films
• Optional newly translated English subtitles for all three films
• Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tom Fournier
• Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the films by Chris D., Earl Jackson and Alain Silver

DISC ONE – 13 ASSASSINS
• Brand new audio commentary by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes
• The Samurai Variations, a brand new video essay by music supervisor and Japanese cinema expert James Balmont on legendary composer Akira Ifukube’s score for the film
• Samurai Guerilla Part 1, an archival interview where Eiichi Kudo’s former assistant director Misao Arai and filmmaker Dirty Kudo discuss Eiichi Kudo and Toei’s role in the Japanese film landscape of the 1960s
• Theatrical trailers

DISC TWO – THE GREAT KILLING
• Brand new audio commentary by film critic David West
• Magician of Light and Shadow, a brand new video essay by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Daisuke Miyao on the cinematography seen in the film
• Samurai Guerilla Part 2, an archival interview where Misao Arai and Dirty Kudo discuss the jidaigeki genre and expand on the political dimension of The Great Killing
• Masaaki Ito Remembers Eiichi Kudo, a tribute to the director by his former assistant and brother-in-law

DISC THREE – 11 SAMURAI
• Brand new audio commentary by film critic David West
• Fighting the Poison, a brand new video essay by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Jonathan Clements on the historical setting and context of the film
• Samurai Guerilla Part 3, an archival interview where Misao Arai and Dirty Kudo discuss some of the filming techniques seen in the film and the conception of the Samurai as seen in Eiichi Kudo’s jidaigeki films
• Eiichi Kudo: The Art of Realism, an archival interview with Fabrice Arduini, filmmaker and programmer for the House of Culture of Japan in Paris, where he discusses jidaigeki and the films of Eiichi Kudo

Barcode: 5027035029085
Cat number: FCD2738
Format: Blu-ray
UK Release date: 30/03/2026
RRP: 34.99
Genre: Drama / Action
Region coding: B
Runtime: 125 / 118 / 100 mins
Discs: 3
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audio: Mono
Colour: Black & White
Director: Eiichi Kudo
Cast: Chiezo Kataoka, Ko Nishimura, Toru Abe, Kei Sato
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Rating: 18

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March 2026 Arrow Announcement
The Birthday - On Limited Edition 4K UHD & Blu-ray
Unreleased for nearly twenty years, The Birthday has achieved near-mythic status among cult film enthusiasts. Shot on a single, meticulously designed location, Eugenio Mira’s deliriously offbeat dark comedy offers a career-best turn from Corey Feldman (The Lost Boys), playing wildly against type.

Painfully awkward Norman Forrester (Feldman) chooses the opulent birthday party of his girlfriend Alison’s (Erica Prior) wealthy father (Jack Taylor, Conan the Barbarian) as the perfect moment to propose. But between bizarre encounters with guests and unnervingly polite hotel staff, Norman stumbles into a nightmarish occult conspiracy that threatens not just his relationship but the fate of the world itself.

Rediscovered at last, The Birthday blends screwball comedy, cosmic horror and feverish style into an unforgettable cinematic experience. Restored from the original negative, Arrow Video is proud to present this one-of-a-kind descent into madness in the release it’s always deserved.

4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• 4K restoration from the original negative
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary by actor Corey Feldman and co-writer/director Eugenio Mira
• The Shape of a Miracle, a brand new interview with Mira, shot exclusively for this release
• Pathology, an in-depth breakdown of a scene from the film by Mira, featuring archival behind-the-scenes footage, storyboards and rushes
• 2024 Q&A with Feldman and Mira from the film’s 20th anniversary screening at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas
• Original trailer
• 20th anniversary trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options
• Collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Bryan Reesman

BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• 4K restoration from the original negative
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary by actor Corey Feldman and co-writer/director Eugenio Mira
• The Shape of a Miracle, a brand new interview with Mira, shot exclusively for this release
• Pathology, an in-depth breakdown of a scene from the film by Mira, featuring archival behind-the-scenes footage, storyboards and rushes
• 2024 Q&A with Feldman and Mira from the film’s 20th anniversary screening at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas
• Original trailer
• 20th anniversary trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options
• Collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Bryan Reesman

Barcode: 5027035029887
Cat number: FCD2818
Format: UHD
UK Release date: 16/03/2026
RRP: 29.99
Genre: Thriller / Comedy
Region coding: N/A
Runtime: 120 mins
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
Audio: 5.1
Colour: Colour
Director: Eugenio Mira
Cast: Corey Feldman, Jack Taylor, Erica Pryor
Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Rating: 15

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