Quite a number of new titles have shown up for July and August from Optimum Home Entertainment in the UK this week. For the most part there are a number of titles that are released by Lionsgate in the USA, but there are also a few gems in the list.

On July 14th 2008 they will release The Orphanage [2007] - this title has been released in the USA by New Line.

On July 28th we get Son Of Rambow [2007] (not related to the Stallone movies below!) which does not currently have a US release planned.

On August 4th 2008 the Stallone movies begin with Cliffhanger [1992] which if I recall correctly is Sony in the US, with no release planned.

Also on August 4th will be releases of the Sci-fi movies Total Recall [1990], Terminator 2 - Judgment Day [1991] and Stargate [1994] as well as the Rambo films First Blood [1982], Rambo - First Blood Part 2 [1985] and Rambo 3 [1988] - all of which have Lionsgate releases in the US, though many were early releases and could certainly be improved upon both in quality and extra features. It will be interesting to see if they go all out for the Terminator release like they did in Germany on HD DVD.

On August 11th a pair of John Carpenter movies - Escape From New York [1981] and The Fog [1979]. I am not aware of any US releases for these titles.

Lastly, Tartan also has a release - on August 25th, 2008 they will release the horror movie P2 [2007].

The region coding on Optimum releases is largely unknown, so importing these titles could be a bit risky if you only have a Region A player. Potential censorship of titles like Cliffhanger are also something to be mindful of.

Tartan titles have been coded for all regions so far.

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