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The calendar says it’s December, but it sure doesn’t feel that way down here at the UpcomingDiscs ranch. While we patiently wait for it to get cold enough to get the fireplace going — or at least make us reach for a light jacket — we’ve got another week’s worth of hot releases to review. Lionsgate gives us Amy, which examines the (tragically short) life of singer Amy Winehouse and is one of the best-reviewed movies of the year. But that’s not all: Lionsgate also doubles down with Mississippi Grind, adheres to a Zero Tolerance policy, keeps watch with The Guardsman, settles down with Some Kind of Beautiful, and washes away Cooties. Meanwhile, Image Entertainment goes Where Children Play, and Cinedigm enlists War Pigs.

And since we had to find *some* way to get in the Christmas spirit around here...congratulations to November's Tuesday Round Up contest winner Sherry McKay, who won Jingle Bell Rocks on DVD. 

We are smack dab in the middle of the most wonderful time of the year. Thanksgiving week falls right in that sweet spot between Halloween and Christmas...and so does A Christmas Horror Story, courtesy of RLJ Entertainment. Comedy Central goes Inside Amy Schumer: Season 3, Lionsgate blazes through American Ultra, Wild Eye Releasing stops at the The Last House, and Sony jams out with Ricki and the Flash. Finally, Ol' Blue Eyes does it his way with Eagle Rock's Sinatra: All or Nothing At All.

This week is also your last chance to enter and win November's Tuesday Round Up contest. Once a month we’re going to give away a free DVD title to a lucky winner who comments in our weekly Round-Up posts. All you have to do is comment in a Round-Up post — like this one! — and tell us which of the featured titles you’re most excited to watch or read about. The winners and their prizes will be announced the first week of every month right here in our Tuesday Round-Up post. You can’t win if you don’t comment. Contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.

UpcomingDiscs headquarters looks suspiciously like Middle Earth this week. Join us as we bid farewell to the Hobbit saga...again. Warner Bros. brings us the R-rated, Extended Edition of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Speaking of Warner, I spy The Man From U.N.C.L.E finagling its way into our midst as well. Finally, IndiePix jumps in the deep end with Swim Little Fish Swim.

There may not be as many options to choose from this week, but you still have a chance to win a free DVD by telling us how you feel about this latest crop of releases. (Not to mention all our other November titles.) Once a month we’re going to give away a free DVD title to a lucky winner who comments in our weekly Round-Up posts. All you have to do is comment in a Round-Up post — like this one! — and tell us which of the featured titles you’re most excited to watch or read about. The winners and their prizes will be announced the first week of every month right here in our Tuesday Round-Up post. You can’t win if you don’t comment. Contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is a man of his word. As promised, the Terminator is back…and he’s busting into UpcomingDiscs headquarters! Paramount’s Terminator: Genisys highlights this week’s slate of new releases. Meanwhile, Shout! Factory tunes into WKRP in Cincinnati: The Final Season and catches up with Maude: Season 3. Cinedigm sticks its neck out for Zarafa, and Cohen Media Group introduces us to Two Men in Town. Finally, Lionsgate punches a ticket to The End of the Tour and reminisces with Mr. Holmes (which comes *very* highly recommended).

This post is also your latest chance to enter our Tuesday Round Up contest for November. Once a month we’re going to give away a free DVD title to a lucky winner who comments in our weekly Round-Up posts. All you have to do is comment in a Round-Up post — like this one! — and tell us which of the featured titles you’re most excited to watch or read about. The winners and their prizes will be announced the first week of every month right here in our Tuesday Round-Up post. You can’t win if you don’t comment. Contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.

Avast ye mateys! We’re stepping out of the UpcomingDiscs ranch and testing our sea legs with Anchor Bay’s Black Sails: Season 2. Magnolia Home Entertainment lets us tour Tiger House and debates the Best of Enemies. Paramount is feeling Moody with Californication: The Complete Series, while Cinedigm earns its wings with Paper Angels and samples The Nutcracker Sweet. XLrator is on the verge of Breaking Through, IndiePix gathers up the Crumbs, and HBO nurses Getting On: Season 2 back to full strength. Image Entertainment has Uncanny timing with this week’s releases: we already have an interview with Some Kind of Hate star Ronen Rubinstein available for your listening pleasure. And Holy Happy Ending, loyal readers! Our last title is Batman: Season 3.

Most importantly, we get to crown our first Tuesday Round DVD contest winner. Congratulations to Jim Gardner, who won the 8(!)-disc Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts: Stingers and Zingers set. 

We’re nearing the end of “Horrorcane” season here at UpcomingDiscs, so what better time to exorcise some last-minute demons? Strap yourself — or a possessed loved one — to the nearest piece of furniture, and check out our forthcoming review on The Exorcism of Molly Hartley, courtesy of Fox. Wild Eye Releasing tunes into The Horror Network, Warner Bros. fetches the heroic canine tale Max, and Eagle Rock shows us how to enunciate with Lynyrd Skynyrd: Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd & Second Helping Live. And while we're on grammar lessons, a sparkling new 50th anniversary edition of My Fair Lady arrives this week, thanks to Paramount.

This week's Round Up is also your last chance to enter and potentially win October's DVD goody-to-be-named-later. Once a month we’re going to give away a free DVD title to a lucky winner who comments in our weekly Round-Up posts. All you have to do is comment in a Round-Up post — like this one! — and tell us which of these titles you’re most excited to watch or read about. The winners and their prizes will be announced the first week of every month right here in our Tuesday Round-Up post. You can’t win if you don’t comment.