The best movie I’ve seen so far this year is now out in digital format.
Addams Family | |||||||||
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American Beauty | |||||||||
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Asura: The City of Madness | |||||||||
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Batman and Harley Quinn | |||||||||
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Baywatch (2017) | |||||||||
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Beatriz at Dinner | |||||||||
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Comments | Available on physical media September 12 | ||||||||
Black Sails Season Four | |||||||||
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Blades of Glory | |||||||||
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Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack | |||||||||
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Comments | Blaine: It was only a matter of time until they started putting hashtags in movie titles. | ||||||||
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | |||||||||
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Comments | Available on physical media September 12 | ||||||||
Changing Lanes | |||||||||
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Comments | The Blu-Ray will be available October 10. | ||||||||
Charlotte’s Web 2: Wilbur’s Great Adventure | |||||||||
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Chicago Fire: Season Five | |||||||||
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Chicago Med: Season Two | |||||||||
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Cinderella | |||||||||
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Comments | The Disney feature from 1950. Available September 1. | ||||||||
Clue: The Movie | |||||||||
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Coach Carter | |||||||||
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Crow | |||||||||
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Designated Survivor: The Complete First Season | |||||||||
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Elementary: Season Five | |||||||||
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Erik the Conqueror | |||||||||
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Flipper | |||||||||
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Galaxy Quest | |||||||||
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General’s Daughter | |||||||||
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Ghost | |||||||||
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Gotham: The Complete Third Season | |||||||||
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Guilt Trip | |||||||||
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Hell Up in Harlem | |||||||||
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Hotel For Dogs | |||||||||
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Hugo | |||||||||
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Inconceivable | |||||||||
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Into the Wild | |||||||||
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A Journey Through Fairyland | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Anime film from Sanrio meant to be something along the lines of a Japanese version of Fantasia, with a framing narrative bridging between sequences based around pieces of classical music. | ||||||||
Killing Hasselhoff | |||||||||
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King of Horror Collection | |||||||||
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Comments | Includes four Stephen King adaptations: It, Cat’s Eye, The Shining, and Salem’s Lot. | ||||||||
Ladies Man | |||||||||
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Ladybugs | |||||||||
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London’s Finest | |||||||||
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Longest Yard | |||||||||
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Man With Two Brains | |||||||||
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Manster | |||||||||
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The Mexican | |||||||||
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MGM: When the Lion Roars | |||||||||
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Mom: The Complete Fourth Season | |||||||||
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My Cousin Rachel | |||||||||
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NCIS: Season Fourteen | |||||||||
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity | |||||||||
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Comments | Alex: The sequel to Kenji Fukasaku’s earlier Yakuza film series, with some of the same actors (particularly Bunta Sugawara), but playing different characters. | ||||||||
Night at the Roxbury | |||||||||
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Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Originals: Season 4 | |||||||||
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Paint Your Wagon | |||||||||
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Paris When It Sizzles | |||||||||
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Prizzi’s Honor | |||||||||
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Ripper Street: Season Five | |||||||||
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Road Trip – Beer Pong | |||||||||
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Ronin | |||||||||
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Sabrina (1954) | |||||||||
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Sabrina (1995) | |||||||||
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School of Rock | |||||||||
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Slayer | |||||||||
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Small Soldiers | |||||||||
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Son of Paleface | |||||||||
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South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut | |||||||||
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Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Three | |||||||||
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The Stranger | |||||||||
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Team America: World Police | |||||||||
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To Catch a Thief | |||||||||
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Comments | Alfred Hitchcock directs Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. I recently reviewed this on Letterboxd after finally watching it for the first time. | ||||||||
The Truman Show | |||||||||
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Ushio and Tora | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | A modern adaptation by Studio MAPPA of a manga series from the 80s that wrapped up in the mid ’90s | ||||||||
Wayne’s World | |||||||||
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We Were Soldiers | |||||||||
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White Princess | |||||||||
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Will and Grace: Season 1 | |||||||||
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Wonder Woman | |||||||||
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Comments | Available on physical media September 19 | ||||||||
Wonderful Wizard of Oz | |||||||||
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Comments | Blaine: Includes a 52 episode adaptation of multiple Oz novels. I enjoyed it in its first run, but I was also 9 at the time, so I don’t know how well it will hold up. Margot Kidder narrates. Alex: This series was originally animated by Studio Panmedia for the NHK (Japanese Public Broadcasting), likely for NHK’s “World Masterpiece Theater” block. When the work was released in the US and Canada, the credits were adjusted to remove any mention of its Japanese origins, including the names of the animators and directors. One of the animation directors on the show was Yôichi Kotabe – who had previously been an Animation Director on “Sally the Witch Girl” – the first Magical Girl anime, and has gone on to be an Animation Supervisor for the entirety of the Pokemon Franchise, up until 2017’s Pokemon Sun & Moon anime. This release only contains the English Language dub. I can’t say if this version contains the original score, which was by Joe Hisashi, who is known for his work scoring Hayao Miyazaki’s films, along with Genesis Climber Mospeda. | ||||||||
WWE Presents Great Balls of Fire / Battleground 2017 | |||||||||
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Comments | Alex: Yes, the WWE had a pay-per-view titled “Great Balls of Fire”. This is a decision that can only come out of the mind of Vincent K. McMahon Jr. | ||||||||
Zodiac | |||||||||
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Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “Ronin is one of John Frankenheimer’s best films, and features one of the best car chases of all time – and this is an Arrow release, and they tend to bring a Criterion Collection level of quality to their releases.” Blaine says, “If you buy things digitally, grab Wonder Woman. If you prefer physical media, grab To Catch a Thief.”
I was a Marine guard at the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan and on duty when DeNiro and his team came to speak with the Ambassador and his staff about possible assistance in using Pakistan a filming location for Ronin. I think they spent about 3 days in country, though obviously they went with another country for the actual filming.
Interesting.
Quite a number of worthwhile films released this time around, including a few we’ve reviewed.