This is a decent week for MOD titles.
12 Strong | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Available on physical media May 1 | ||||||||
4D Man | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
ACCA: The Complete Series | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Ajin: Demi-human | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Korean fantasy film. Contains all 13 episodes of this season and the two films, with the Collectors edition coming in a chipboard box with art cards and an artbook. | ||||||||
Alexander Hamilton | |||||||||
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All Quiet on the Western Front | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Winner of Best Picture 1930, the second such ceremony. | ||||||||
All the Money in the World | |||||||||
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Along with the Gods: Two Worlds | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Bad Company | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Barry Owen Presents Best of Portland Wrestling Vol. 4 | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Best of the Wiggles | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Braven | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: We ran this at a special midnight screening once when I worked in a movie theatre. There was a drug bust in the parking lot and record concession sales. One screening of this movie produced more concession sales than the eight regular screenings of other movies that night combined. | ||||||||
Cleopatra (1934) | |||||||||
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Comments | Best picture nominee for its year, but it lost to It Happened One Night. | ||||||||
Consenting Adults | |||||||||
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The Coroner | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Crimson Peak | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Crucible of Horror | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Damned Don’t Cry (1950) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
DCU: Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Deceived | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Deep Red | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Arrow films edition of the Dario Argento film | ||||||||
Den of Thieves | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Available on physical media April 24, 2018 | ||||||||
Dolphins – Spy in the Pod | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Narrated by David Tennant | ||||||||
Eclipse Series 46: Ingrid Bergman’s Swedish Years (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Includes The Count of the Old Town, Dollar, Intermezzo, Walpurgis Night, A Woman’s Face, June Night | ||||||||
Enigma Rosso | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Forever My Girl | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Available on physical media April 24, 2018 | ||||||||
Full Moon High | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Garo: Red Requiem | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Live-action film installment of the Garo franchise. | ||||||||
Gone are the Days | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
The Greatest Showman | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Grindsploitation Trilogy | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Hostiles | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Available on physical media April 24 | ||||||||
Incredible Hulk | |||||||||
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Jasper Jones | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Jezebel (1938) | |||||||||
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Knowing | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Kubo and the Two Strings | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: I keep hearing this described as “surprisingly good.” I should get around to watching my DVD copy. | ||||||||
Lost Lady (1934) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Lover Come Back | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Manhandled | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Mask: The Complete Animated Series | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Masterpiece: The Child in Time UK Edition | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Maze Runner: The Death Cure | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Available on physical media April 24, 2018 | ||||||||
Molly’s Game | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
My Friend Dahmer | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Narcos | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
NOVA: The Impossible Flight | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Episode of the PBS Science documentary series about the first circumnavigation of Earth by a solar airplane. | ||||||||
Outlander | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Phantom Thread | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Nominated for Best Picture | ||||||||
The Prime Minister | |||||||||
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Proud Mary | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Psychopath | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Push | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Puzzle and Dragons X: Part 2 | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Sailor Moon SuperS Part 1 Season 4 | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: Amazon lists the DVD release on April 10 with no cover art, and the Blu-Ray release on April 24. Alex: This is the first time Sailor Moon SuperS has received an official US release (it had been passed over for earlier releases due to the gender-bending nature of some of the characters in this season). | ||||||||
Send Me No Flowers | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Shining Victory (1941) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Stage Struck | |||||||||
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StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: I follow this in its podcast form and love it. | ||||||||
Super Lovers | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Yaoi (same-sex male) romance anime. In spite of the title, this isn’t porn. | ||||||||
Superbeast | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Tex Avery’s Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Titanic’s Tragic Twin: The Britannic Distaster | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Torrid Zone (1940) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Tribes of Palos Verdes | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Understanding the Opioid Epidemic | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Vice Principals | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Xenogears Original Soundtrack Revival | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blu-Ray version of the soundtrack, with HD audio. |
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “Deep Red came out when Argento was at the top of his game (Susperia was his next film after this), so I kinda want to see this.” Blaine says, “I just have to go with StarTalk for this one. If you are in doubt, listen to the podcast and hear for yourself.”
>> One screening of [Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke] movie produced more concession sales than the eight regular screenings of other movies that night combined.
Given how many theaters survive on concessions, I am amazed this isn’t a monthly/weekly feature at ever theater.
On the DVD of Gotham by Gaslight (which was fantastic), there was an extended preview of Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay. It looked really cool. They’ve done it in a pseudo-Grindhouse style. I’ll be picking it up.