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In the physical media pick-up wishlist for July is Goat, Epic: Evil Presley in Concert, Doctor Who: Season 2, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and some other exciting collections, including the Akira Kurosawa Collection.

Here are all the 4Ks, Blu-rays and DVDs releasing in Australia in July 2026.

JULY 1

Epic: Elvis Presley in Concert

Long-lost footage from Elvis Presley’s legendary 1970s Las Vegas residency is woven with rare 16mm film from Elvis on Tour and 8mm Graceland archive material. The film also features rediscovered recordings of Elvis telling his “side of the story,” uncovered during Baz Luhrmann’s research for his 2022 film.

Goat

From Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse and the artists that made K-Pop Demon Hunters, comes GOAT, an original action-comedy set in an all-animal world. The story follows Will, a small goat with big dreams who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball – a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world. Will’s new teammates aren’t thrilled about having a little goat on their roster, but Will is determined to revolutionize the sport and prove once and for all that “smalls can ball!”

Universal Horror: Monsters And Curiosities

From the silent shadows to the atomic age, Universal Pictures defined the cinematic language of horror. This collection brings together the studio’ ‘s wildest, rarely-seen cult treasures in a wild ride through Universal’s strangest, scariest, and most surprisingly curious creations.

Bullet in the Head (Imprint Collection Limited Edition) (Steelbook)

John Woo kicked off his monumental run of 90s action crime thrillers with Bullet In The Head, a slick, frenetic slice of hyper-violent carnage, set against the brutal turmoil of the Vietnam War.

The Story of O (50th Anniversary)

The beautiful O is taken by her boyfriend Rene’ to a bizarre retreat where she is reluctantly trained in bondage and sexual perversion. After that, Rene’ discharges a personal debt by transferring possession of O to his stepbrother, Sir Stephen.

Once a Thief (Imprint Collection Limited Edition) (Steelbook)

Director John Woo teams up with actors Chow Yun-fat and Leslie Cheung, adding heist action-comedy Once A Thief to his league of Golden Princess classics.

Prison on Fire/Prison on Fire II (Imprint Collection Limited Edition) (Steelbook)

Starring Hong Kong cinema legend Chow Yun-Fat as convicted felon Chung Tin-ching, who befriends fellow inmate Lo Ka-yiu (Tony Leung Ka-fai). The two brawl with wardens and prisoners, culminating in violent showdowns and a brotherly kinship between them.

Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty, An / The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus

AN AMOROUS WOMAN OF TANG DYNASTY (1984)

Rebellious Yu Yuan-gi becomes a Taoist priestess to avoid traditional roles designated to her as a woman by society, and instead focus on her studies and poetry. However, her trysts with both her maid and a ronin lead to trouble. Starring Pat Ha Man-Jik, Alex Man Chi-Leung, and Chang Kuo-Chu, and directed by Eddie Fong.

THE REINCARNATION OF GOLDEN LOTUS (1989)

An exceptionally beautiful Chinese woman falls prey to violence and social control. After remembering how her previous reincarnation followed a similar path, she tries to break free of the mold. Starring Joey Wong Cho-Yin, Wilson Lam Chun-Yin, Pal Sinn Lap-Man, and Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, directed by Clara Law.

Akira Kurosawa Collection

Experience seven essential works from Akira Kurosawa newly restored in 4K Ultra HD: IKIRU, SEVEN SAMURAI, THRONE OF BLOOD, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS, YOJIMBO, SANJURO, HIGH AND LOW and RED BEARD presented in Blu-ray. Spanning epic samurai cinema, Shakespearean tragedy, modern crime and deeply human drama, these films represent the full creative range of a master director at the height of his powers. Each film stands as a cornerstone of world cinema and a vital chapter in Kurosawa’s extraordinary legacy. The collection also includes seven episodes of Toho Masterworks: It Is Wonderful to Create, offering insight into the making of these enduring classics.

  • Wingman
  • Sunlight
  • Perfect Endings
  • The Farmer’s Wife
  • The Adam Elliot Collection
  • The Ring (1927)
  • Mute Witness
  • Ciao Ciao
  • The Odyssey – The Real Story
  • Peter the Great
  • Paw Patrol: Rescue Wheels
  • Pike River
  • Couture
  • Change of Habit
  • Blue Hawaii
  • Stargate: The Movie
  • Murder Before Evensong – Season 1
  • Dark Winds – Season 4
  • The Mosquito Coast – Series 2
  • The Mosquito Coast – Complete Series
  • George and Mildred – The Complete Series
  • Rosemary & Thyme: The Complete Collection
  • Benny Hill Annuals Collection (1970 – 1989)

JULY 8

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Steelbook)

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is an animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros., and follows The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was released in 2023 and earned more than $1.3 billion worldwide. Both the 2023 film and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie are produced by Chris Meledandri of Illumination and Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Collector’s Edition)

Bound (Imprint Collection Limited Edition)

In 1960s New York, nine-year-old Calogero is torn between two worlds: that of his honest, hardworking father Lorenzo, and the one ruled by charismatic mob boss Sonny. Calogero’s double life becomes all the more complicated when he falls for an African American girl named Jane, and embarks on a dangerous romance that threatens to ignite the Bronx.

A Bronx Tale (Imprint Collection Limited Edition)

Violet will do anything to escape her relationship with violent gangster boyfriend Caesar, and when alluring ex-con Corky appears on the scene, Violet sees her chance. The two women soon begin an affair, forming a plot to steal millions from the Mafia. But when the stakes are life-or-death, even the most perfect of plans can go dangerously wrong.

We Bury the Dead

Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) stars as Ava, a desperate woman who joins a “body retrieval unit” in the hopes of finding her husband alive. Ava’s search takes a chilling turn, however, when the corpses she’s burying start showing signs of life…

Eureka (Imprint Collection Limited Edition)

An epic Japanese drama running at almost three-and-a-half hours and almost entirely in sepia tone, Eureka (2000) is a haunting and meditative journey that explores trauma and the reality of living as a survivor. In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose

The Trigger Effect (Imprint Collection Limited Edition)

When nothing works, anything goes. For new parents Annie and Matthew, a power outage at first seems like little more than an inconvenience. But as the blackout rolls on, the normal structures of society begin to break down, and the ordered world they thought they lived in soon descends into chaos. The directorial debut of acclaimed screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Panic Room) is a searing paranoid thriller about how thin the veneer of society really is, and how quickly we revert to a tribal mindset when the systems we depend on are disrupted.

Face to Face

Stephen Fung (Tai Chi Zero) stars in Face to Face, a disturbing horror-thriller from director Casey Chan, adapted from a novel by famous writer Edogawa Rampo. A man dies in a skiing accident, only for his best friend to marry his wife and inherit his fortune. Supernatural hijinks ensue. 1500 copies only.

Madadayo (Imprint Collection Limited Edition)

The thirtieth and final film from legendary director Akira Kurosawa joins the Imprint Asia collection, a moving, thought-provoking drama based on the life of academic and author Hyakken Uchida. In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye. 1500 copies only.

Henry & June (Imprint Collection Limited Edition)

In 1931 Paris, writer Anaïs Nin lives happily with her husband Ian, but feels a lack of emotional and creative fulfilment. When she meets aspiring novelist Henry Miller she becomes fascinated by his bohemian lifestyle, and is soon also captivated by his beautiful wife June. But the more time she spends with them, the more she is drawn into a complicated web of love, desire, jealousy and ambition.

Victory (Imprint Collection Limited Edition)

Passion. Seduction. Betrayal. In the Dutch East Indies, musician Alma discovers she is to be enslaved and sold to a lascivious hotel owner. She turns to a stranger for help: the mysterious Axel Heyst, a former businessman who now lives a life of seclusion. Heyst reluctantly agrees to aid her escape, and the two return to his remote island where they soon fall in love. But their idyllic life is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of three men who claim to have drifted to the island by chance. But in a world of vengeance and lies, nothing is a coincidence.

Lifeforce (Imprint Collection Limited Edition)

Directed by the great Tobe Hooper, this neon-soaked fever dream is packed with disturbing, surreal, erotic visuals that must be seen to be believed. When a deep-space mission investigating Halley’s Comet unknowingly brings back a mysterious humanoid creature, the population of London is quickly plunged into a nightmare of vampiric terror. The city quickly descends into chaos as the insatiable evil force builds towards an apocalypse?

Shaw-Shock: Shaw Brothers Horror Collection – Volume 3: The Hex Trilogy

Shaw-Shock is back with Volume Three, with the three gruesome, gooey, ghostly entries in The Hex Trilogy from director Kuei Chih-Hung. These 80s revenge horror-comedies are brimming with gore, sex, and slapstick humour, which places them amongst some of the most unique genre-blending entries in the Shaw Brothers catalogue. If you love over-the-top sound effects, gauche comedy, and characters breaking the fourth wall, then this is the trilogy for you. Brought together on Blu-ray in a Limited Edition 3-disc Hardbox, strictly limited to 1500 copies only.

Killer: A Journal of Murder (Imprint Collection Limited Edition)

He hated all of humanity, himself most of all. Criminal Carl Panzram is serving time at Leavenworth, where he befriends young prison guard Henry Lesser. Henry is someone who believes strongly in reform, and provides Carl with writing materials so he can tell his life story. It turns out to be a tale more horrifying than anyone had suspected, as he reveals the numerous murders and attacks he has committed over his life. But are Carl’s violent tendencies in the past, and are some people truly beyond salvation?

  • Super Mario Movie: 2-Movie Collection
  • Step Brothers
  • Journey Home, David Gulpilil
  • Insomnia
  • Stone Creek Killer
  • From Dusk Till Dawn
  • Inland Empire
  • Birthright
  • Ali
  • The Substitute
  • Man’s Favorite Sport?
  • Liar Liar
  • The Italian Job
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • Belly
  • Frankenstein’s Bride
  • Wrong Turn
  • Dragn
  • Kill Code
  • Hannibal
  • Red Eye
  • Life Is Beautiful
  • The Fisher King
  • Lords of Dogtown
  • But I’m a Cheerleader
  • Babe
  • The Grudge
  • The Straight Story
  • Crank
  • Murder in the First
  • Wishmaster
  • Cliffhanger
  • Baseketball
  • Zoolander
  • Billy Madison
  • The Ice Storm
  • Double Jeopardy
  • You, Me & Tuscany
  • Mean Girls
  • The Straight Story
  • Go

JULY 15

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (Steelbook)

Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, our zany animal detective finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati’s Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.

The Mortuary Assistant

Newly certified mortician Rebecca Owens is hired to embalm the dead at River Fields Mortuary, working under her former teacher Raymond Delver. After being called into work late at night alone, she begins to experience strange events around the Mortuary. While Rebecca must navigate demonic rituals and confront her deepest secrets alone through the night, Raymond reveals the dark truth for Rebecca’s sudden employment.

A Private Life

Jodie Foster stars as Dr Lilian Steiner, an American psychiatrist living and working in Paris. When Paula, one of her long-term patients, is discovered dead, Lilian is not convinced by the official report of it being a suicide. Beginning her own amateur investigation to discover who may have murdered Paula, she battles both local police and Paula’s grieving family. Both a thrilling murder mystery and an intimate portrayal of a woman dealing with her own personal demons.

The Swordsman Collection (Imprint Collection Limited Edition) (Steelbook)

Golden Princess wuxia classics Swordsman (1990), Swordsman II (1992), and Swordsman III: The East Is Red (1993) join the Imprint Asia collection! All meticulously restored from the original 35mm negatives, the 1990 original comes to 4K UHD and Blu-ray, with the two sequels on Blu-ray, with every shining blade and flying punch looking better than ever before. This special release features an exclusive SteelBook and a 60-page Hardcover Booklet with production stills and brand NEW essays from Sean Gilman and Camille Zaurin, all housed in a Lid Hardbox. 1500 copies only.

Wolf Children (Steelbook)

College student Hana falls in love with a wolf manâ and together they have two half-human, half-wolf children, Ame and Yuki. The young family’s happy but humble life comes to an abrupt end when the father is tragically killed during a hunt. After struggling to raise her children in the busy city, Hana boldly decides to move to a dilapidated house in the countryside, in hopes that her children may one day decide their own path to happiness – whether “human” or “wolf.”

Wolf Children – Deluxe Edition

Summer Wars (Steelbook)

Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He’s good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has – until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiance at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic mathematic riddle leads to the unleashing of a rogue AI intent on using the virtual world of OZ to destroy the real world. As Armageddon looms on the horizon, Kenji and his new ‘family’ set aside their differences and band together to save the worlds they inhabit in this ‘near perfect blend of social satire and science fiction.’

Summer Wars (Deluxe Edition)

Doctor Who – Season 2

The Doctor meets Belinda Chandra and begins an epic quest to get her back to Earth. But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-travelling TARDIS team must face greater dangers, bigger enemies and wilder terrors than ever before.

  • Barber
  • Jean Valjean
  • Long Shadows
  • The Stranger
  • The Fantastic Journey – Complete Series
  • Death in Paradise – Series 15
  • Silent Witness – Series 29
  • Hercules – The Complete Anthology
  • Lonesome Dove – Mini-Series

JULY 22

Lycoris Recoil – Collector’s Edition

For these peaceful days – there’s a secret behind it all.

A secret organization that prevents crimes called “DA – Direct Attack”, and their group of all-girl agents known as “Lycoris” keep Japan peaceful and its citizens safe. The elite Chisato Nishikigi is the strongest Lycoris agent of all time. She works alongside the mysterious and talented new agent Takina Inoue at a DA branch called Cafe LycoReco. Here, the orders this cafe takes range from coffee and sweets to childcare, shopping, teaching Japanese to foreign students, etc. It’s mostly tasks unbefitting of Lycoris. The free-spirited and optimistic pacifist, Chisato. And the cool-headed and efficient Takina. The chaotic everyday lives of this mismatched duo begin!

JULY 29

The Magic Faraway Tree

Based on Enid Blyton’s best-selling children’s classic The Magic Faraway Tree follows Polly and Tim and their children Beth, Joe and Fran – a modern family who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. Soon after the family’s arrival in the countryside, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric residents including treasured characters Moonface, Silky, Dame Washalot and Saucepan Man. At the top of the tree, they are transported to spectacular and fantastical lands and, through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the family learn to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.

What physical media are you most looking forward to picking up this month? Let me know in the comment section below.

Is there anything missing from this list? If so, let me know, and I’ll add it!

You can also check out what’s coming to streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, and more on our ‘What’s Streaming’ page.

[Descriptions & release dates gathered from JB Hi-Fi, EzyDVD and Blu-ray.com]