Weekly New Releases – August 18, 2020

Backlash
Amazon
Batwoman
Amazon
Beyond the Boundary
Amazon
Comments Anime series about girl from a clan of monster hunters who has the build up the courage to take up the family business with the help of a half-monster classmate.
Biography – Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life
Amazon
Blue Bloods
Amazon
Comfort of Strangers (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
Deathstroke: Knights and Dragons
Amazon
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Amazon
Eagle and the Hawk
Amazon
Emperor
Amazon
Ensemble Stars
Amazon
Comments Anime based on a mobile rhythm game.
Flash Gordon (Arrow)
Amazon
Fragtime
Amazon
Comments Lesbian romantic dramedy anime film.
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Amazon
Gamera (Arrow Releases)
Amazon
Comments Contains all 12 Gamera films, including the three Heisei movies, all uncut in the original Japanese version.
ISLAND
Amazon
Comments Anime adaptation of a post-apocalyptic visual novel.
Korea – The Forgotten War
Amazon
Last House on the Left (Arrow)
Amazon
Military Wives
Amazon
Open 24 Hours
Amazon
Outpost
Amazon
Pitch Black (Arrow)
Amazon
Pokemon the Series: DP Galactic Battles
Amazon
Prevenge
Amazon
Raid on Rommel
Amazon
Red Ball Express
Amazon
S.W.A.T.
Amazon
Saddle the Wind (1958)
Amazon
Selfie Dad
Amazon
She Shoulda Said “No”! / The Devil’s Sleep
Amazon
Soldier Blue
Amazon
Sometimes Always Never
Amazon
The Terror: Infamy
Amazon
Thrills and Chills 4 Movie Collection
Amazon
Town Bloody Hall (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
USS Midway – The Hero Ship
Amazon
Wake Island
Amazon
WWE: Extreme Rules 2020
Amazon
Comments Another WWE remote PPV, featuring several “cinematic” matches, as with Wrestlemania, like Brawn Strowman vs. Bray Wyatt in a Wyatt Swamp Fight.

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “As someone who enjoys Kaiju movies, the Gamera collection is definitely worth picking up.” Blaine says, “nothing I’ve seen jumps out at me, but I’m definitely interested in checking out Batwoman.”

8 replies on “Weekly New Releases – August 18, 2020”

  1. I’ve never seen Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, Hammer’s last Frankenstein film. It has a mixed reputation. Even more mixed: apparently, some Blu-Ray copies contain the movie Fat Man and Little Boy instead.

    • Don’t you hate it when that happens? There were serious problems when they first released Ang Lee’s Hulk in high definition. Due to a mixup in the authoring, the disks were pressed with copies of Basic Instinct instead.

  2. I don’t know this for a fact, but I just know that Selfie Dad is the worst thing on the list.

    I enjoyed Batwoman… but I think Batwoman was my least favourite part of it. I don’t think Ruby Rose did a bad job as such, and apparently she did put a huge effort in, but she just didn’t click for me.

    On the other hand, Rachel Skarsten was amazing.

    Funny thing — she was one of the main characters in Birds of Prey when she was a teenager.

    • I think I’d choose the old-timey drug exploitation double feature (She Shoulda Said “No”! / The Devil’s Sleep ) over the Christian family comedy about a dad who goes viral. But the reviews, while generally negative, say that comedian Michael Jr. is pretty good in the title role.

  3. I’ll probably watch Deathstroke, since the DCAU movies are nearly always good (or at least watchable). Something lacking from their live action films…

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