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Alain Resnais: Five Short Films | |||||||||
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Comments | Includes Le Chant Du Styrene, Paul Gauguin, Guernica, Toute La Memoire Du Monde, and Van Gogh. | ||||||||
Back Street | |||||||||
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Blue Skies | |||||||||
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Bryan Loves You | |||||||||
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Captains of the Clouds | |||||||||
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Cold Light of Day (Arrow) | |||||||||
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Come Drink WIth Me (Arrow) | |||||||||
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Comments | Wuxia film from King Hu at Shaw Brothers, from before he relocated to Taiwan to make Dragon Inn and A Touch of Zen. | ||||||||
Core | |||||||||
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Daughters of Darkness | |||||||||
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Dexter: New Blood | |||||||||
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Doomed Megalopolis | |||||||||
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Comments | Alex: I reviewed this back in 2011. | ||||||||
Dr. Death | |||||||||
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Eastern Promies | |||||||||
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El Escapulario | |||||||||
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Fatale | |||||||||
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Flight of the Phoenix (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
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For the Love of Money | |||||||||
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Godfather | |||||||||
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Comments | This will be the subject of a podcast on August 28, 2023. | ||||||||
Godfather Trilogy | |||||||||
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Comments | Includes the three Godfather movies, two of which won Best Picture at the Academy Awards and will show up on 99 Years, 100 Films. | ||||||||
Godfather, Part II | |||||||||
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Comments | This will be the subject of a podcast on October 28, 2023. | ||||||||
Hills Have Eyes | |||||||||
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Honeymooners Specials: Complete Collection | |||||||||
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Comments | Includes Second Honymoon, Valentine Special, Christmas Special, and A Christmas Carol. | ||||||||
Hurricane Express | |||||||||
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Comments | An early John Wayne serial. | ||||||||
In Their Own Words | |||||||||
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La Llorona | |||||||||
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Ladron De Cadaveres | |||||||||
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Mad Dog Morgan US | |||||||||
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Madame Blanc Mysteries | |||||||||
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Mars Red | |||||||||
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Comments | Anime series based on another series of stage plays involving vampire hunters in 1920s Japan. | ||||||||
Mexican Horror Classics Double Feature | |||||||||
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Comments | Includes Ladron de Cadaveres and El Escapulario. | ||||||||
Millennium Actress | |||||||||
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Comments | One of the last films from Mamoru Oshii | ||||||||
Modern Vampires | |||||||||
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Monkey Kung Fu | |||||||||
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Comments | Highly regarded Shaw Brothers martial arts film from the ’60s. | ||||||||
Nightmare Alley | |||||||||
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Now and Forever | |||||||||
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Comments | Starring Shirley Temple, Gary Cooper, and Carole Lombard | ||||||||
O. Henry Playhouse | |||||||||
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Comments | Episodes 14-26 of the TV series. | ||||||||
On Any Sunday | |||||||||
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Phantom of the Monastery | |||||||||
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Ramen Fighter Miki: Full Course | |||||||||
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Comments | Comedy action anime about ramen delivery. | ||||||||
Rise of the Machine Girls | |||||||||
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Comments | Hyper-violent low-budget live-action action horror movie that partially inspired parts of the “Planet Terror” portion of Grindhouse. | ||||||||
Rock Hudson – Home Movies | |||||||||
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Saturday Night Live | |||||||||
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Shaolin Mantis | |||||||||
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Comments | Another Shaw Brothers film, this time directed by Lau Kar Leung (36th Chamber of Shaolin) | ||||||||
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens | |||||||||
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Sharknado 5: Global Swarming | |||||||||
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Time for Dying | |||||||||
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To Die Is Hard | |||||||||
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Comments | Blaine: Glenn Berggoetz writes, directs, and stars in the movie about terrorists that take over a college campus and it’s up to the English professor to save the day. $15,000 budget for this movie that spoofs the greatest Christmas movie ever made. | ||||||||
To Sleep So As to Dream (Arrow) | |||||||||
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Wilderness Hotel | |||||||||
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Zeiram | |||||||||
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Comments | Alex: I previously reviewed this back in 2014. |
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “My pick of the week, if you have the way to watch 4K UHD films, would be the Godfather trilogy, with Come Drink With Me or Millennium Actress coming in as a follow-up.” Blaine says, “the titles I’ve seen don’t jump out at me. I admit I’ve only seen the first Godfather film and it didn’t grab me as much as I’d expect based on its reputation, but I look forward to revisiting it later this year to record the podcast. My expectations may have been unreasonably high, given its reputation.”
I should just grin and bear it and watch The Core. Just to get it out of the way.