Note that I have an early morning appointment this week. If the Greatest Science Fiction Novel Tournament doesn’t get updated within the hour, it won’t happen until this evening instead.
24 Hour Comic | |||||||||
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L’argent (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon | |||||||||
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Doctor Who: Class | |||||||||
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Fast and the Furious | |||||||||
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Fate of the Furious | |||||||||
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Fifth Element | |||||||||
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Gate | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Anime series about a portal to a fantasy realm opening in the middle of Tokyo – and the JSDF repelling an incursion from that world before setting up a foothold on the other side. The novels the show is based on tend towards the incredibly unpleasently hawkish. The anime tones things down to something closer to “Michael Bay movie” in terms of the political overtones. | ||||||||
Going in Style | |||||||||
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Comments | Available on physical media August 1. | ||||||||
Horse Dancer | |||||||||
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Hunting Party | |||||||||
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Junjo Romantica: Season One | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
King Kong (2005) | |||||||||
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King Solomon’s Mines – Miniseries | |||||||||
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Kuma Mika: The Complete Series | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash | |||||||||
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Comments | Available on physical media July 25. | ||||||||
Lost City of Z | |||||||||
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Magicians: Season Two | |||||||||
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Man From Planet X | |||||||||
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Masterpiece: My Mother and Other Strangers | |||||||||
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Masterpiece: Prime Suspect: Tennison | |||||||||
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Missing: Season 2 | |||||||||
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Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Compilation Film for the Gundam Thunderbolt OVA. Set in the Universal Century Timeline. | ||||||||
Mobile Suit Gundam: MS Igloo | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Anime series set in the Universal Century Timeline at the end of the One Year War, following a Zeon R&D Warship. | ||||||||
Murder She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery | |||||||||
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Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer | |||||||||
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On Moonlight Bay | |||||||||
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Pulse | |||||||||
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A Quiet Passion | |||||||||
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Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
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Comments | Includes Rome Open City, Paisan, and Germany Year Zero.) | ||||||||
The Sea Chase | |||||||||
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Shalako | |||||||||
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Smokey and the Bandit | |||||||||
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Smurfs franchise | |||||||||
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Comments | Includes The Smurfs, The Smurfs 2, and Smurfs: The Lost Village. | ||||||||
Smurfs: The Lost Village | |||||||||
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Songwriter | |||||||||
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Spark: A Space Tail | |||||||||
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Species | |||||||||
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Superstore: Season Two | |||||||||
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Tea for Two | |||||||||
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Terror in a Texas Town | |||||||||
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Their Finest | |||||||||
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Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | |||||||||
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The Tunnel: Sabotage, Season 2 | |||||||||
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Underground | |||||||||
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Winning Team | |||||||||
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Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “If you have a 4K TV and player, The Fifth Element is definitely worth picking up.” Blaine says, “I agree with Alex. Of the titles I’ve seen, the format upgrade of The Fifth Element is the most compelling release this week. I bought the first season of Class through iTunes, but haven’t watched it yet.”
I dunno about 5th Element being that great in 4K. I watched it recently and I think the added resolution will just enhance the cheesiness.
I’m willing to give it a shot, but not enough to shell out money for it.
…and for some reason 4K content is sparse on certain nautically-themed websites. Also I hear that for some reason the people who get their hands on 4K content tend to downmix the audio to stereo which just pisses me off.
Huh? I had no idea there was a King Solomon’s Mines miniseries. Starring the late Patrick Swayze, no less. I may have to dig that up and take a gander.