| 42nd Street | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: I originally thought that this was the original, but then I noticed it stars Bonnie Langford. Therefore, it can’t be the one 80 years old. (Langford is best known as Mel Bush to Doctor Who fans, companion to Doctors 6 and 7, who excelled at screaming, wearing tight pants, and not much else.) | ||||||||
| 48 Hrs | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| ALL OUT!! | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Sports anime about Rugby. | ||||||||
| Another 48 Hours | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Black Marble | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Bringing Up Baby (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Code Breaker, Spy Hunter | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Conspiracies | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Curse of Chucky | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Defending Jacob | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Equal Standard | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Gleipnir: The Complete Season | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime series about a guy with the ability to turn into a monstrous dog mascot costume (complete with zipper). After he saves a classmate from a monster attack, they end up teaming up to take on the source of the monsters. | ||||||||
| House on Sorority Row | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Howard the Duck | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Kiju Yoshida: Love + Anarchism (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Knights of Sidonia | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Contains both seasons and the first movie. | ||||||||
| Last Time I Committed Suicide | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: I wonder what happened to Claire Forlani. She used to be all over the place, and then suddenly, not so much… | ||||||||
| Locked in | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Magic School Bus Rides Again | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Metalocalypse | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mirror (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Moments Without Proper Names (Kino Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mortuary | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Nova: Picture a Scientist – The Fight for Gender Equity in Science | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: If you don’t think this is a fight worth fighting, go to a science library. See how many books mention Watson and Crick compared to how many mention Rosalind Elsie Franklin. | ||||||||
| One Piece | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Road to Salina | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Road to the Lemon Grove | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| School-Live The Movie | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Live action adaptation of the anime and manga “School Live” about a group of high school girls trying to survive a Zombie apocalypse while holding up in school. | ||||||||
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Sharks of the Corn | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Shironeko Project: Zero Chronicle | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Silat Warriors: Deed of Death | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Space Jam | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Steve Jobs | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Those Who Wish Me Dead | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Threshold | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Trumbo | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Undergods | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Venture Bros | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Vision of EscaFlowne | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “If the earlier Blu-Ray Escaflowne releases from Funimation were a little out of your price range, this week’s re-release is worth picking up. Otherwise, on the 4K front, we have Dr. Strangelove and Space Jam as available options (depending on whether or not you’re looking for a 4K movie to watch with your kids).” Blaine says, “I would also recommend Dr. Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb if you are shopping on the 4K front. If not, Bringing Up Baby is one of the greatest screwball comedies of all time, starring Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn, with direction from Howard Hawks.”
Dr. Strangelove is the best of the lot, and one of my favorite films. It holds up despite being very much the product of its time, and features memorable performances, many of them by Peter Sellers.
I recommend Scott Pilgrim vs the World (though it’s not everyone’s thing), an entertaining and original movie with a dream cast and a cult following.
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street sounds interesting, at least.
I absolutely agree with everything you say about Dr. Strangelove, but it’s one of those movies where I’m absolutely not sure you want a 4K release of. The movie was purposefully filmed in very grainy black & white, and you don’t want that looking too sharp.
Kubrick’s estate monitors the transfer closely. The grains will be crystal clear. Present, but crystal clear, just like on my Blu-Ray.
Dr. Strangeloveis a classic and I personally think everyone should watch it. With that said, as I mentioned in another comment, I don’t know tat it benefits from a 4K release.
Also… I mean, who on Earth is going to pay for a 4K release of Howard the Duck??? I was almost hoping there was a remake of it released that I somehow didn’t know about, but no — it’s the original terrible version.
But it’s the first Marvel movie.
Lex is right. Some of us want to own every Marvel movie. Thankfully, I’m happy with my $3.99 Can DVD copy of “Howard the Duck,” so I’m in no rush to pay for 4K or the system to play 4K on just for that title.