Age of Innocence | |||||||||
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Almost Famous | |||||||||
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | |||||||||
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Blown Away (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s | |||||||||
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Bridge at Remagen | |||||||||
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Bridge on the River Kwai | |||||||||
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Bungo Stray Dogs | |||||||||
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Comments | Continuation of the action anime series about superpowered versions of historical authors. | ||||||||
Challengers | |||||||||
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Chinatown | |||||||||
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Constantine | |||||||||
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Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon a Time | |||||||||
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Comments | This is the conclusion of the Evangelion Rebuild movies (currently all 4 are available for streaming on Amazon Prime). | ||||||||
Falcon and the Snowman | |||||||||
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First Spaceship on Venus | |||||||||
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Fistful of Dollars | |||||||||
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For a Few Dollars More | |||||||||
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From Beyond | |||||||||
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Galaxy Quest | |||||||||
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Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | |||||||||
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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner | |||||||||
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Guyver | |||||||||
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Comments | This is the live-action version directed by Howling Mad George, with a guest-starring appearance by Mark Hamill. | ||||||||
Hannibal | |||||||||
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Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons | |||||||||
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In Another World With My Smartphone | |||||||||
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Is the Order a Rabbit?! | |||||||||
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Comments | Season 2 of the slice-of-life workplace comedy series about a cafe. | ||||||||
Jagged Edge | |||||||||
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Kentucky Rifle (1955) | |||||||||
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Kramer vs. Kramer | |||||||||
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | |||||||||
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Lawrence of Arabia | |||||||||
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Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events | |||||||||
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Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy | |||||||||
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Mrs. Winterbourne | |||||||||
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Muppets Take Manhattan | |||||||||
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Narrow Margin (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
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Naruto | |||||||||
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Natural Born Killers | |||||||||
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Original Sin | |||||||||
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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
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Point Break (1991) | |||||||||
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Postcards From the Edge | |||||||||
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Rain Man | |||||||||
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Sherlock | |||||||||
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Silence of the Lambs | |||||||||
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Six Headed Shark Attack | |||||||||
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Sleepy Hollow | |||||||||
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Star Trek: First Contact | |||||||||
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Star Trek: Generations | |||||||||
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Star Trek: Insurrection | |||||||||
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Taxi Driver | |||||||||
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Terms of Endearment | |||||||||
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UHF | |||||||||
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Under Western Stars (1938) | |||||||||
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Vampire Lovers | |||||||||
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Vinland Saga | |||||||||
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Comments | Continues with a time-skip after the first season, with Thorfinn now in his late-teens/early 20s. | ||||||||
Watchers | |||||||||
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | |||||||||
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Who’s That Girl | |||||||||
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Young Adult | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “On the anime side, Evangelion 3.0+1.11 is a fantastic conclusion to the film series and to the Evangelion saga – and on the 4K UHD front I’m going with UHF, without hesitation.” Blaine says, “in a week with multiple Best Picture winners, I’m going with Galaxy Quest or the Star Trek movies, if you don’t own them already.”
To those I add Taxi Driver, one of the definitive films of the 1970s. It continues to hold up as a brilliant and uncomfortable watch marked by excellent performances.
Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia are both excellent, and feature Alec Guinness. The latter features hidden bonuses for Star Wars fans, because so much of Lucas’s visual style– down to specific shots and locations– derived from Lawrence….