The July release that excites me most wasn’t available from Amazon. I’ve learned that Gargoyles: Season 2, Volume 2 was released as a Disney Movie Club exclusive. If anyone wants a club invite for special sign-up deals, email me at [email protected] and I’ll send it to you.
Action Jackson | |||||||||
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Comments | Blaine: I wonder if the misspelling of “Craig T. Nelson” on the sample image will also appear on the Blu-Ray itself. | ||||||||
Berserk: Golden Age Arc II: Battle for Doldrey | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Also, putting the Eclipse (which will appear next movie) on the cover is a nice bit of foreshadowing for fans of the show and manga. RightStuf is offering a Band of the Hawk Drink cosey if your order it from them. I kind of wonder if, for movie 3, they’ll have a Curse Mark drink cosey, so you can tell the world that Eldrich Abominations want to kill you. | ||||||||
Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: OVA series basically serving as Black Lagoon’s Third Season, featuring the turn of the ex-spec-ops Maid From Hell, Roberta, who is going to go on Roaring Rampage of Revenge that I’d rate at about 3 Kill Bill Vol. 1’s (in terms of body count). | ||||||||
Borgias | |||||||||
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A Boy and his Dog | |||||||||
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Comments | Blaine: Eliminated in the second round of the Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament, falling to Close Encounters of the Third Kind. | ||||||||
Charlie Chan Collection | |||||||||
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Comments | Includes Shadows Over Chinatown, Docks of New Orleans, Shanghai Chest and The Golden Eye. | ||||||||
Community: The Complete Fourth Season | |||||||||
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Comments | At the time of this writing, this has a $45.99 MSRP and a $18.96 sticker price. If you think you might eventually buy this, do so now. | ||||||||
Dick | |||||||||
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The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 5 | |||||||||
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Dirty Pair TV Collection 2 (Litebox) | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Duck Dynasty: Season 3 | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
The Earrings of Madame de… (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
The Garden of Words | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: The latest film from Makoto Shinkai, the writer/director of Voices of a Distant Star. | ||||||||
Gunsmoke: Season Nine | |||||||||
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Haganai: I Don’t Have Many Friends (Limited Edition) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Anime series about, basically, two social outcasts who form a club at their school for social outcasts. Judging from the premise, I’m surprised this show doesn’t have “Message in a Bottle” by The Police as it’s opening. The Special Edition comes with an artbox. | ||||||||
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | |||||||||
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Ishtar | |||||||||
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Comments | Blaine: The cover quote is “undeniable hilarity,” attributed to Mike Clark of USA Today. I know people who would deny that. True story. | ||||||||
King of the Streets | |||||||||
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Comments | Alex: This is billed as “China’s first street fighting film”. I’m assuming they mean “Mainland China”, and they’re ignoring Hong Kong. | ||||||||
Lucas | |||||||||
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: Alfred Hitchcock remade his own movie. This is the second version, starring James Stewart and Doris Day. | ||||||||
Midsomer Murders: Set 22 | |||||||||
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Mud | |||||||||
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My Little Pony: Equestria Girls | |||||||||
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Oblivion | |||||||||
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Oliver and Company: 25th Anniversary Edition | |||||||||
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On the Road | |||||||||
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Passenger 57 | |||||||||
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The Pick-Up Artist | |||||||||
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The Place Beyond the Pines | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Political Animals: The Complete Series | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rhinestone | |||||||||
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Riddick Collection | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Robin Hood: 40th Anniversary Edition | |||||||||
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Silver Streak | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Strike Back: The Complete Second Season | |||||||||
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Super 6: The Complete Series | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Swamp Thing | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Sword in the Stone: 50th Anniversary Edition | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Taz-Mania: Who Let the Taz Out: Season One, Part Two | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Top Gear: The Complete Third Season | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
The Twilight Zone: The Complete Fourth Season | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Award-Nominated Animation: Cinema Favorites | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: Note that this includes public domain content that Warner Bros. had nothing to do with. The Fleischer studios really deserve more credit for what they did. | ||||||||
Wing Commander | |||||||||
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Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “As a fan of the Black Lagoon TV show, I’m going with Roberta’s Blood Trail.” Blaine says, “Sword in the Stone and Robin Hood are easily my two favorite traditionally animated Disney titles. If Disney isn’t your thing, go with The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), particularly if you also grab the 1934 version, now in the public domain, for an analytical comparison.”
A Boy and his Dog is a terrible, terrible movie. It’s just about aaaaalmost worth it fro the last line, though. Almost.