Africa Screams | |||||||||
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Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games | |||||||||
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Akame Ga Kill | |||||||||
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Comments | Steelbook re-release. | ||||||||
Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Otherwise known as “The One With The Demonically Posessed Lamp.” | ||||||||
Amityville: A New Generation | |||||||||
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Amityville: Dollhouse | |||||||||
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Amityville: It’s About Time | |||||||||
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Babylon Berlin | |||||||||
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Ben 10 vs. The Universe: The Movie | |||||||||
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Bishop’s Wife (1947) | |||||||||
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Black Cat | |||||||||
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Black Clover | |||||||||
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Black Lightning | |||||||||
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Bonanza | |||||||||
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | |||||||||
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Captain Marleau | |||||||||
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Cold Light of Day (Arrow) | |||||||||
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Comey Rule | |||||||||
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Daughters of Darkness | |||||||||
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Ensemble Stars | |||||||||
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Fatima | |||||||||
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Flintstones | |||||||||
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Friendsgiving | |||||||||
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Garfield and Friends | |||||||||
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God Raiga vs. King Ohga | |||||||||
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Comments | Very low-budget independant kaiju film from Japan. | ||||||||
Grave Robbers | |||||||||
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Hans Christian Anderson | |||||||||
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Hidden | |||||||||
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High Plains Drifter | |||||||||
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Ipcress File | |||||||||
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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon | |||||||||
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Isuca | |||||||||
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Comments | Alex: Romantic dramedy anime about a young man who ends up being housekeeper for a family of monster hunters. | ||||||||
Joe Kidd | |||||||||
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K: Seven Stories | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: As the title suggests, this is a series of 7 stories each set within the universe of the “K: Missing Kings” franchise. | ||||||||
Last Christmas | |||||||||
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Last Starfighter (Arrow) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Lupin the 3rd: The Pursuit of Harimao’s Treasure | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Memorial Valley Massacre | |||||||||
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Mr. Topaze | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen an anime title come in at #1 on Amazon’s best seller list for the week. I’m honestly not sure I’ve ever seen that happens. I suspect that’s a sign that the reputation of this series is warranted, even if this is a movie rather than the show. | ||||||||
New Getter Robo | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: 2004 anime adaptation of the original Getter Robo manga, adjusted with the Getter Team fighting against Oni instead of the Dinosaur Empire. | ||||||||
Opposite Sex | |||||||||
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Osamu Tezuka’s Cleopatra | |||||||||
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Comments | Alex: Another of Osamu Tezuka’s rather… adult anime films from the ’60s and ’70s – less violent than Belladonna of Sadness – but it’s billed based on its mature content (though, to be fair to Tezuka – this was coming at a time when a lot of the “art” films coming out of Europe, particularly France and Italy, also featured promenant sexual content.) | ||||||||
Panther Squad | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Parasite (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Patrick Still Lives | |||||||||
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Secret Ways (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Shock Treatment | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Short History of the Long Road | |||||||||
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Comments | The DVD came out on October 13. | ||||||||
Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Anime adaptation of a mobile puzzle and otome game (dating sim with female protagonist), based around a new drug investigation team in the Japanese government. | ||||||||
Symphogear | |||||||||
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Comments | Magical Girl action anime based around an Idol group, with action sequences from the creator of Macross. | ||||||||
Teacher Shortage | |||||||||
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Comments | Blaine: Speaking as a teacher in 2020, where 25% of our staff have been forced to quarantine, I completely understand that this is a horror film. I’m just not sure if it’s fiction or not… | ||||||||
That’s Dancing! | |||||||||
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Trump vs. the Illuminati | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: This is not some conspiracy theory fueled attempt at a documentary, but instead a (seemingly terrible) CGI movie about a Chinese-grown clone of Donald Trump 1000 years in the future fighting the Illuminati and Satan on Mars. | ||||||||
Two Mules for Sister Sara | |||||||||
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Waterloo Bridge | |||||||||
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Whistle Blower | |||||||||
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Wolfman’s Got Nards: A Documentary | |||||||||
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Zebraman | |||||||||
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Zombie 5: Killing Birds | |||||||||
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Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “Alex: Arrow has never disappointed with their Blu-Ray releases, so an Arrow release of The Last Starfighter is something that is not only worth having in your collection, but is also probably a worthy upgrade to whatever your current release is. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising is the last film I saw in theaters before lockdown, and it was a really fun film to see in theaters. It is a side-story film, so it’s not something that I’d recommend seeing if you’re unfamiliar with the show, but I did really enjoy it. Consider this a standing recommendation for My Hero Academia as a TV series as well – it’s one of the anime series that I’ve gotten my parents into, and they’re very much into science fiction, but less so into Western superhero comics.” Blaine says, “I strongly recommend the Criterion Collection release of Parasite. It’s a wonderful movie by what I consider the best DVD and Blu-Ray production company out there.”
So, more accurate and nuanced than the average online conspiracy-fueled attempt at a documentary?
Possibly even more realistic, too!
I’m seriously contemplating getting “Wolfman’s Got Nards”
I loved Monster Squad back in the 80’s and still get a chuckle out of it.