A few anime releases this week and a bunch of back catalog stuff.
10 to Midnight | |||||||||
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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
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American Renegades | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Beast of the Water | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Best F(r)iends Volumes 1 and 2 | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Black Shampoo | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Bohemian Rhapsody | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Available on physical media February 12 | ||||||||
Chicken Run | |||||||||
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Chocolate Diet | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: I have no idea what this is about but this sounds like the kind of diet I’d like to try. | ||||||||
citrus | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Romantic dramedy anime with lesbian tones. | ||||||||
Cobra | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: This movie was conceived when Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Sylvester Stallone couldn’t find common ground on their ideas about a police action film. Stallone took his ideas to make this, and Simpson and Bruckheimer took their ideas to make Beverly Hills Cop. | ||||||||
Death From a Distance | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Death Note / Death Note: The Last Name Double Feature | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | These are the Japanese live-action Death Note films adapting the manga. | ||||||||
Death Note: Light Up the New World | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Japanese live-action film serving as something of a sequel to the Japanese live-action manga adaptation. | ||||||||
Delightfully Dangerous | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Dick Cavett Show | |||||||||
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | |||||||||
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Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Available on physical media February 5 | ||||||||
First Man | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine This is extremely close to the top of my “must watch” list. | ||||||||
Fuller House | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Getting Even With Dad | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
The Giant Behemoth (1959) | |||||||||
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Girl in the Spider’s Web | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Available on physical media February 5 | ||||||||
Hataraki – Man | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Workplace comedy anime based on a manga by Moyoko Anno (author of Insufficient Direction) | ||||||||
The Hate U Give | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Henri | |||||||||
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How to Train Your Dragon franchise | |||||||||
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Hurricane Express | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Starring John Wayne | ||||||||
Iceman: The Time Traveler | |||||||||
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Johnny English Strikes Again | |||||||||
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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Set 3 | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Contains the second half of Stardust Crusaders – the Battle in Egypt arc. RightStuf’s release comes with a limited print run bandana with some of the sound effects from the show printed on it. | ||||||||
Joseph: King of Dreams | |||||||||
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Killjoys | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Kiss of the Tarantula | |||||||||
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Land of the Lustrous | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Fantasy anime set in a world inhabited by anthromorphic personifications of various types of gemstones. | ||||||||
Living in the Future’s Past | |||||||||
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Mikey and Nicky (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Nature: A Squirrel’s Guide to Success | |||||||||
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Navajo Code Talkers of WWII | |||||||||
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Oceans: Our Blue Planet | |||||||||
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One Piece: 3D2Y | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
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Pandora in the Crimson Shell Ghost Urn (Anime Essentials) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Adaptation of a manga by Masamune Shirow. | ||||||||
Poldark | |||||||||
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Road House 2 | |||||||||
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Road to El Dorado | |||||||||
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To Err Is Human | |||||||||
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Waterworld | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: Arrow release of a movie that was once the most expensive movie ever made, which lost a lot of money. The biggest expense: rebuilding the giant floating set after the first one sank. | ||||||||
Widows | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Available on physical media Feburary 5 | ||||||||
WWE presents TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2018 | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Featuring Asuka, Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch in a triple-threat Tables, Ladders & Chairs match for the WWE Smackdown Women’s Title in the main event. |
Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “nothing I’ve seen jumps out at me, but I’m definitely going to pick up First Man.” Alex says, “Chicken Run is still on my list of shame – I should rectify that.”
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a fun little movie. Not really a “get it on blu-ray!!!” movie, but still — can’t go wrong with Steve Martin and Michael Caine.
Bohemian Rhapsody had some uneven parts (pacing, editing) but overall, it was a trip to watch Rami Malak bring Freddy Mercury back from the dead. The film was worth it just for the recreation of the Band-Aid concert at the end. Play it loud and enjoy.