| Against All Flags | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Airplane! | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| American Experience: George W. Bush | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Arabian Nights | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Bloodstone (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Buccaneer’s Girl | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Capone | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Castle Rock | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Charmed | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | This is the original series, not the recent remake. | ||||||||
| Colonel Redl | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| DeadTectives | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Frasier | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Ghost | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Girl Crazy | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Horror Thrillers 4 Film Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Innocent Blood, Wolfen, Hunger, and Body Snatchers | ||||||||
| How Clumsy You Are Miss Ueno | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime series about a teen genius trying to impress the boy she likes with a variety of gadgets – tends towards a lot of gross-out humor. | ||||||||
| In the Name of the Father | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| John Wick 1-3 | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Larry Crowne | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Marriage Story (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Masterpiece Mystery | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mephisto | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Million Arthur | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime series based on a mobile game involving a bunch of people who have been granted superpowers by the sword Excalibur having to duke it out. | ||||||||
| Nobody Dies | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Northern Exposure | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Patlabor | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Re-release of the earlier collection. | ||||||||
| Re:Born | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Reality Bites | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Resistance | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Room | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | A Shudder original, not either of the other versions | ||||||||
| Samurai Marathon | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Scoob! | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Seabiscuit | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Son of Ali Baba | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Spartacus | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Survive the Night | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Taste of Cherry (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Torment | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Walker, Texas Ranger | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| World in His Arms | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| You Don’t Nomi | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “For my pick of the week, if you have a way to play 4K disks, I’d recommend picking up the new release of Spartacus.” Blaine says, “I also advocate for Spartacus if you have 4K technology, and can also recommend the Paramount Presents editions of Ghost and Airplane!.”
Mephisto is not related to the Marvel Character, as far as I could see.
I did see Scoob! It wasn’t anything to write home about, but it was over my “I want my hour and a half back!” bar.
I saw that back in the 1980s, and remember being impressed. It concerns an actor in Nazi Germany who accepts the role of Mephisto in the story of Faust. The premise may be obvious enough, but it is terrifically handled, and applicable to situations seemingly far-removed from the Third Reich.
American Experience‘s Take on Dubya is surprisingly tame, Room isn’t sadly, the Emma Donoghue novel adaptation I was thinking of (which is excellent), but it looks interesting. And I recall Reality Bitess being a passable look at irresponsible, aimless twentysomethings. However, I saw it when it came out, and little of it has stayed with me. The Big Gulp scene, I suppose. Apparently, when the first-time screenwriter spoke with the higher ups, they had no idea what a Big Gulp was. She took that as a measure of how well they knew the intended audience, that is, not at all. She’s been working for TV since.
Surely, we’ve all seen Airplane!
I swear Airplane! gets funnier every time I watch it. I think I spot something new.
And, if you like gladiator movies, Spartacus is excellent.
Frasier is my go-to for a witty sitcom.