It’s a good week for seasons of old TV shows that everyone remembers but few call “classic.”
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| Bewitched | |||||||||
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| Blue Jasmine | |||||||||
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| Blue Submarine No. 6 | |||||||||
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| Comments | Alex: Anime OVA series from the director of The Second Renaissance, and which you might have seen on Cartoon Network’s daytime Toonami block back in the day. | ||||||||
| Bounty Hunters: Complete First Season | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
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| Bullet In The Face: The Complete Series | |||||||||
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| Captain Phillips | |||||||||
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| Casino Royale | |||||||||
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| Comments | One of (presumably) many of this year’s “MGM 90th Anniversary” releases. | ||||||||
| Cat People (Collector’s Edition) | |||||||||
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| Charlie Countryman | |||||||||
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| Comments | Blaine: Stars Shia LaBeouf, but he didn’t even pretend to write this one. | ||||||||
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
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| Comedy Bang Bang: Season One | |||||||||
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| The Cosby Show | |||||||||
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| DCU: Justice League War | |||||||||
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| Comments | Blaine: Physical copies will be available February 4. This is based on the first story arc in the New 52 Justice League series. | ||||||||
| Die Monster Die | |||||||||
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| Dilbert – The Complete Series | |||||||||
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| Donkey Kong Country – Kong Fu | |||||||||
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| Escape Plan | |||||||||
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| Good Times | |||||||||
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| Highway to Heaven: Season 3 | |||||||||
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| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition | |||||||||
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| How the Universe Works: Season 2 | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
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| It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
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| Comments | Blaine: Recently remade as Ratrace, this is one of the first of the ensemble cast madcap comedies. By “ensemble cast,” I mean Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Phil Silvers, Jonathan Winters, Jim Backus, Peter Falk, Norman Fell, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Sterling Holloway, Buster Keaton, Don Knotts, Carl Reiner, Jimmy Durante and the Three Stooges. | ||||||||
| James Cagney: Silver Screen Legends Collection | |||||||||
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| Comments | Includes Great Guy, Something to Sing About, Blood on the Sun and The Time of Your Life. | ||||||||
| Just Shoot Me | |||||||||
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| La Vie De Boheme (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
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| Lord of the Rings: Original Theatrical Trilogy | |||||||||
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| Machete Kills | |||||||||
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| Married With Children | |||||||||
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| Medaka Box Abnormal | |||||||||
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| Mr. Show: The Complete Collection | |||||||||
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| My Little Pony: Classic Movie Collection | |||||||||
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| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | |||||||||
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| NYPD Blue: Season Five | |||||||||
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| Raise the Titanic | |||||||||
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| Robocop 4K Remastered Edition (1987) | |||||||||
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| The Starving Games | |||||||||
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| Sunlight Jr. | |||||||||
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| White Men Can’t Jump | |||||||||
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| Wings | |||||||||
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Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “go with It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” Alex’s pick will follow in the comments.
My Pick of the Week is one which, unfortunately, I wasn’t able to contribute since I got engrossed in studying: The Blu-Ray release of Blue Submarine No. 6 (Amazon, RightStuf). I’ve always enjoyed submarine action series, and this post-apocalyptic submarine action anime in particular is incredibly well paced and visually interesting. I’ve been waiting for a blu-ray release for a while and I’m glad one finally came out.
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a classic and worth watching if you haven’t seen it. They don’t make movies like that anymore (i.e., ones that take their time – it’s super long).
I remember seeing Cat People when I was a kid… well. We didn’t so much see it as, well, there were naked people in it. Now I’m wondering if it’s actually a good movie…
I first saw “Cat People” in my early 30s. The Val Lewton one from the 1940s ages better as a horror, and doesn’t have a vet shouting “WATCH IT!” on the soundtrack when the unconscious leopard’s head is smacked into a table. That said, this version is watchable for reasons other than Natassia Kinski’s body, but it’s not great. If seeing Kinski naked isn’t a big selling point for you, it’s probably not worth owning.
I’ll put it on the “Hey if it ever shows up somewhere I might watch it” list.
Casino Royale reinvented Bond. Cat People makes for interesting viewing (both versions, actually), but while I’d recommend seeing them, I wouldn’t necessarily purchase them.