There are some very interesting digital releases this week, including some titles that are hitting digital a week before physical media, and some classic Best Picture Oscar winners coming to Amazon’s digital format.
Above Suspicion Series 2 | |||||||||
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The Andy Griffith Show: Embossed Slim-Tin Packaging | |||||||||
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Animaniacs, Vol. 4 | |||||||||
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Comments | Blaine: Finally, after years of waiting, the last 24 episodes of the series are out on DVD. | ||||||||
Argo | |||||||||
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Comments | This has been cleaning up at industry awards. | ||||||||
Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels | |||||||||
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Comments | Blaine: The 1999 original is #70 on the IMDB worst 100 movies of all time list. The 2004 sequel is #4 on that same list. This was originally named (and is still listed on the IMDB as) Baby Geniuses 3: Baby Squad Investigators. I do not understand why the franchise is still alive. | ||||||||
The Ballad of Narayama (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
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Bela Lugosi: Scared to Death Collection | |||||||||
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Comments | Includes White Zombie, The Death Kiss, The Whispering Shadow, Chandu on Magic Island, The Mysterious Mr. Wong, Murder by Television, Shadow of Chinatown, The Phantom Creeps, The Devil Bat, Invisible Ghost, The Gorilla, Spooks Run Wild, Black Dragons, The Corpse Vanishes, Bowery at Midnight, The Ape Man, Ghosts on the Loose, One Body Too Many, Scared to Death and Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla. | ||||||||
Best of the Naked City | |||||||||
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Comments | Includes 40 episodes. | ||||||||
The Beverly Hillbillies: Collector’s Edition | |||||||||
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Bonanza: Collector’s Edition | |||||||||
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Cabaret | |||||||||
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Casshern: Sins – The Complete Series, SAVE Edition | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | As seen on Toonami. | ||||||||
The Cider House Rules | |||||||||
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Deadfall | |||||||||
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Emma: A Victorian Romance – Season 1 | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | As the title states, this is a Victorian romance anime. | ||||||||
Flight | |||||||||
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Gunsmoke: The Seventh Season, Vol. 2 | |||||||||
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Here Comes the Boom | |||||||||
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House of Cards Trilogy | |||||||||
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Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth: 25th Anniversary Edition | |||||||||
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A Late Quartet | |||||||||
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Laura | |||||||||
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Comments | One of the great film noir movies. | ||||||||
Life is Beautiful | |||||||||
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | |||||||||
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The Munsters | |||||||||
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Comments | The series only lasted two seasons. | ||||||||
My Worst Nightmare | |||||||||
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Nosferatu | |||||||||
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Comments | The silent classic with a new soundtrack by Del Rey and the Sun Kings. | ||||||||
Peter Pan | |||||||||
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Shakespeare in Love | |||||||||
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Side by Side | |||||||||
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Skyfall | |||||||||
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So Undercover | |||||||||
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Southland: The Complete Second, Third and Fourth Seasons | |||||||||
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A Star Is Born | |||||||||
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Toriko – Part 2 | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Tyler Perry’s Madea Gets a Job: The Play | |||||||||
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Ultimate Spider-Man: Avenging Spider-Man | |||||||||
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The Virginian Season 7 | |||||||||
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Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “If you can’t wait (or don’t want to wait) for the DVD or Blu-Ray, go with the Amazon Instant video release of Skyfall. Otherwise, I’d recommend Volume 4 of Animaniacs or Joseph Cambell: The Power of Myth.” Blaine says, “I also vote for Animaniacs this week, and Skyfall in your preferred format between Feb. 5 and 12.”
I’m sure it’s as terrible as its reputation, but Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla ranks among the greatest titles of the twentieth century, clearly.