This is an interesting week for back catalog titles.
Affair of the Necklace | |||||||||
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Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks, Season 1, Vol. 4 | |||||||||
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Appleseed XIII: SAVE Edition | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Budget release of the CG anime TV adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s manga, directed by Shinji Aramaki. | ||||||||
As Time Goes By remastered: Volume Two | |||||||||
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Ben-To The Complete Series: SAVE Edition | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Budget release of an anime series about battling over discount convenience store lunch-boxes. | ||||||||
C.O.P.S. – The Complete Series | |||||||||
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Canoa: A Shameful Memory (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
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Certain Fury | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
CHiPs: The Complete Fifth Season | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: Was this the season when the UFO showed up? Anyone know? | ||||||||
Collateral Beauty | |||||||||
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Criminal | |||||||||
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Demon Seed | |||||||||
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Diagnosis Murder: Seasons 6-8 | |||||||||
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Drive-In Massacre | |||||||||
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Drunk History: Season Four | |||||||||
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Earthsea – The Complete Miniseries | |||||||||
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Elle | |||||||||
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Faces of Horror – 10 Movie Collection | |||||||||
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Comments | Includes When a Stranger Calls, Happy Birthday to Me, Double Exposure, Click: The Calendar Girl Killer, Don’t Answer the Phone!, Scream Bloody Murder, Silent Night, Bloody Night, Savage Weekend, The Demon and The Manipulator. | ||||||||
Fences | |||||||||
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Comments | Best Picture Nominee | ||||||||
Firestarter | |||||||||
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For the Love of Spock | |||||||||
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Ghost in the Shell | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | New Steelbook release of the film with box art by Mondo. | ||||||||
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors: The Complete Series | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: Created by J. Michael Straczynski. It would be part of an upcoming podcast if more people rated the episodes on the IMDB. | ||||||||
Jetsons & WWE: Robo-Wrestlemania | |||||||||
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K: Missing Kings | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Anime film that’s part of the “K Project” sequence of anime TV series. | ||||||||
Kokoro Connect: Complete | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Anime series based around the premise of a group of high school students in the same club swapping bodies. Contains the complet series and the OVAs. | ||||||||
Lara Croft 2 Movie Collection | |||||||||
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Comments | Includes Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – Cradle of Life | ||||||||
LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjutzu: The Complete Sixth Season | |||||||||
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Love Witch | |||||||||
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Millionaires in Prison | |||||||||
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Mod Squad: The Complete Series | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Mrs. Bradley Mysteries: The Complete Series | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Nash Bridges | |||||||||
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Newhart: The Final Season | |||||||||
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NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs | |||||||||
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Paranormal Encounters: Poltergeists, Demons and Possessions | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: As of the time of this writing, there is no mention of which 8 movies are included. | ||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Pee-Wee’s Playhouse: The Complete Series | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Power Rangers 2 Movie Collection | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Includes Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. | ||||||||
Power Rangers: S.P.D.: The Complete Series | |||||||||
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Red Dawn | |||||||||
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Silence | |||||||||
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Comments | Available on physical media March 28 | ||||||||
Skull | |||||||||
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Comments | Starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee | ||||||||
Solace | |||||||||
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Space: The Final Frontier | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition | |||||||||
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Season Two | |||||||||
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Wolf Children Collector’s Edition | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Not much of a difference from the previous version of the film, aside from the addition of a digital copy of the movie. | ||||||||
Z Nation: Season 1-3 Collection | |||||||||
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Zeta Project | |||||||||
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Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “although For the Love of Spock and Passengers are on my ‘must see’ lists, none of the titles that I have seen are particularly compelling choices.” Alex says, “While the cover of the Mondo edition of Ghost in the Shell is something I’d love to hang on my wall, I’m holding off on actually picking it up. Instead, I’m making Wolf Children my pick of the week.”
I did watch and enjoy Passengers, though there was some over the top stuff.
I also now believe that Jennifer Lawrence is the latest iteration of Acting Robots, following in the footsteps of William Shatner and David Duchovny. They’ve worked out almost all the kinks!
Zeta Project was fun while it lasted. If you liked the world of Batman Beyond, check it out.Twin Peaks is one of those brilliant-before-its-time shows. Check it out if you haven’t seen it yet.
I will definitely check out For the Love of Spock. Most likely with a wad of tissues in hand.
And lastly, I’m kind of curious to rewatch Red Dawn. At the very least, to bask in the irony of the same Ruskie-fearing Reaganites that made this film a hit are now the ones so eager to look the other way when it comes to Russia.
I loved the initial episodes of Twin Peaks (made infinitely more disturbing by a local murder, reminiscent of Laura Palmer’s, which happened between the airings of the first two eps). The Lynch-directed episodes were brilliant and, as you say, far ahead of the times for television. I checked out by the end of season one. By then, as I saw it, they’d lost control of the narrative.