This is a good week for low cost rereleases.
| 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | |||||||||
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| Aeon Flux | |||||||||
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| Aliens At My Homework | |||||||||
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| Arrival | |||||||||
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| Atlanta | |||||||||
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| Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy | |||||||||
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| Big | |||||||||
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| Blue Planet II | |||||||||
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| Breadwinner | |||||||||
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| Comments | One of the nominees for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards | ||||||||
| Bungo Stray Dogs – The Complete Series | |||||||||
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| Comments | Anime series about various historical writers reincarnated as super powered private detectives. This series is primarily Japanese writers – season 2 has western writers (like super powered Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, and Louisa May Alcott.) The limited edition release comes in a chipboard box with an artbook and a set of bookmarks (which seems apropos). | ||||||||
| Cat O’ Nine Tails | |||||||||
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| Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) | |||||||||
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| Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | |||||||||
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| Curb Your Enthusiasm | |||||||||
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| Dark Crystal: Anniversary Edition | |||||||||
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| Death Wish (1974) | |||||||||
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| Comments | Alex: Just in time for the remake starring Bruce Willis | ||||||||
| Donnie Darko | |||||||||
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| Comments | Arrow Films release – this is the Theatrical release, not the Director’s cut. | ||||||||
| Eragon | |||||||||
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| Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry Movie Combo | |||||||||
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| Fairy Tail: Zero | |||||||||
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| Comments | Prequel arc for the Fairy Tail TV series (but still part of the series – this is episodes 266 through 277) | ||||||||
| Fangs of the Living Dead | |||||||||
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| Far From Home | |||||||||
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| Fistful of Dynamite aka Duck, You Sucker | |||||||||
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| Flicka series | |||||||||
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| Ghost in the Shell (2017) | |||||||||
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| Gintama | |||||||||
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| Comments | Live action adaptation of the TV series. | ||||||||
| Girlish Number: Complete Collection | |||||||||
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| Comments | Anime series about voice acting. | ||||||||
| Hammer Films Double Feature – Volume Three | |||||||||
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| Comments | Includes Maniac, and Die! Die! My Darling! | ||||||||
| Hammer Films Double Feature – Volume Four | |||||||||
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| Comments | Includes Never Take Candy From a Stranger and Scream of Fear | ||||||||
| Ingmar Bergman: Through the Choreographer’s Eyes | |||||||||
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| Jack Reacher | |||||||||
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| Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | |||||||||
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| Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | |||||||||
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| Comments | Available on physical media March 20, 2018. | ||||||||
| Kiss Him, Not Me! | |||||||||
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| Comments | Reverse harem comedy anime about a fujoshi who ships the boys who are interested in her with each other. | ||||||||
| L’Eclisse (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
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| Lady Bird | |||||||||
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| Comments | Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and Best Writing. | ||||||||
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) | |||||||||
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| Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life | |||||||||
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| LEGO Batman Movie | |||||||||
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| Lords of Dogtown | |||||||||
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| Man Who Invented Christmas | |||||||||
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| Mobile Suit Gundam UC Unicorn Collection | |||||||||
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| Comments | Complete collection of the 7 episode Mobile Suit Gundam OVA. | ||||||||
| Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium | |||||||||
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| Mr. Popper’s Penguins | |||||||||
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| Mrs. Doubtfire | |||||||||
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| Pain and Gain | |||||||||
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| Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In | |||||||||
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| Shooter | |||||||||
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| Teen Titans Go! Pumped for Spring | |||||||||
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| Terminator Genisys | |||||||||
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| Topaze | |||||||||
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| Trickster: Part Two | |||||||||
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| Comments | Contains the second half of the series. | ||||||||
| Wolf of Wall Street | |||||||||
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| World War Z | |||||||||
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| xXx: Return of Xander Cage | |||||||||
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Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “The Dark Crystal is one of my favorite Jim Henson films, and is definitely worth picking up. If you already own The Dark Crystal, and you’ve been into the Universal Century Gundam timeline, this is probably the best way to pick up Gundam Unicorn.” Blaine says, “of the titles I’ve seen, I would go with The Dark Crystal as well. Of those I haven’t seen, Lady Bird is the most intruiging.”
Barbarella will always have a place in my… let’s say heart. It’s cheesy as hell, but it’s still a classic that inspired many… well, let’s say parodies. Worth watching if only to get some Futurama jokes that you didn’t before.
Also it features the first striptease in space.
Agreed! When I first saw it as an adult, I realized I probably watched it way younger than I should have because I’d been dreaming of parties exactly like the ones later in the movie as I grew up. (I also took significantly longer than I should have to figure out how they did that striptease scene.)
Now, we have a supper fluffy set of sheets on our bed that I refer to as Barbarella because I said it makes our bed feel like her space ship. (My wife refers to me as insane.)
Blue Planet II is gorgeous. If you have the ability to watch it in 4K, do so (I saw it at home on Blu-Ray, and it was lovely, but the demo they had at Costco in 4K was mind-blowing).
I don’t normally advocate for going with a higher-definition screen, since you don’t gain much, but for nature documentaries like these, it’s totally worth it.