New to Blu: January 13 – 19

Indie distributors like Madman Entertainment continue to pump out back-catalogue Blu-ray releases to fill the void left by the majors because of the pandemic-driven disruption to theatrical schedules.

This week another slate of Imprint titles goes on sale, along with sci-fi TV productions Skylines and the complete series of The 4400, and anime newcomers Fairy Tail: Final Season – Collection 24, Hunter X Hunter – Part 3 and After School Dice Club: Complete Series.

Here are the extras on the Imprint limited-edition releases for January:

Fire in the Sky

• Audio commentary by director Robert Lieberman (2020)
• Fear From Above: The Practical Effects of Fire in the Sky: Interviews with visualeffects art director Harley Jessup & visual effects supervisor Michael Owens (2020)
• Borrowed Time: Scoring Fire in the Sky: Interview with composer Mark Isham (2020)
• Five Days Gone: The Travis Walton Experience: Interview with author Travis Walton(2020)
• We Gotta Go Back: Robert Patrick on Fire in the Sky: Interview with actor Robert Patrick (2020)
• Touched by Light: D.B Sweeney on Fire in the Sky: Interview with actor D.B. Sweeney(2020)
• Theatrical trailer

Year of the Dragon

• Audio commentary by director Michael Cimino (2005)
• Audio commentary by critic Peter Tonguette (2020)
• Prince of the City: Talking triads, cops & New York’s mean streets with authorRobert Daley (2020)
• From Heaven To Chinatown: David Mansfield on Michael Cimino: Interview with composer David Mansfield (2020)
• Theatrical trailer

Rage

• Audio commentary by film historian Toby Roan (2020)
• Stella: A visual essay on the career of actress Stella Stevens by Critic Kat Ellinger (2020)
• Theatrical trailer

Dead Again

• Audio commentary by producer Lindsay Doran and screenwriter Scott Frank (2001)
• Audio commentary by director and star Kenneth Branagh (2001)
• Theatrical trailer

At Close Range

• Audio commentary by director James Foley and film historian Nick Redman (2015)
• Interview with Foley (2018)
• Crime In Pennsylvania: The Real Johnston Gang Interview with former reporterand author of “”Jailing the Johnston Gang”” Bruce Mowday (2020)
• Interview with Composer Patrick Leonard
• Badlands short location feature of key geographic locations of actual events (2020)
• Isolated score
• Theatrical trailer

The Deep

• Audio commentary by actress, director and producer Illeana Douglas (2020)
• The Making of The Deep (vintage documentary)
• Selected scenes from the three-hour special edition.