Weekly New Releases – September 28, 2021

10 Tokyo Warriors: Final Battle
Amazon
Comments The back half of a 6 episode OVA that ran from 1999 to 2002, and is apparently very mediochre.
13 Washington Square
Amazon
Black Belt (2007)
Amazon
Comments A rare martial arts film that refuses the use of special effects, instead simply casting karate masters in the lead roles and using realistic fight sequences.
Blithe Spirit
Amazon
Boss Baby: Back in Business
Amazon
Case Closed: The Darkest Nightmare
Amazon
Comments Another of the Case Closed TV films, pitting Conan Edogawa against the organization responsible for de-aging him.
Children of the Corn (Arrow)
Amazon
City Hunter 2
Amazon
Comments The second half of City Hunter’s second seasons.
ClassicFlix Silver Series
Amazon
Clue: The Movie
Amazon
Damned (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
Day of Judgment
Amazon
Death Screams (Arrow)
Amazon
Drop Dead Fred
Amazon
Emergency!
Amazon
Fatal Fury
Amazon
Comments Contains the OVA adaptations of the first two Fatal Fury games.
Forever Purge
Amazon
Fourth Victim
Amazon
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Amazon
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Amazon
Galaxy Cyclone Braiger
Amazon
Comments Mecha anime series that started in 1981,
Halloween (1978)
Amazon
House Divided
Amazon
Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Amazon
Hunter Will Get You
Amazon
Legend (Arrow)
Amazon
Comments Ridley Scott directs Tom Cruise and Mia Sara.
Lucky Luciano
Amazon
Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
Comments Includes The Story of a Three Day Pass, Watermelon Man, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, and Don’t Play Us Cheap.
Nancy Drew (2019)
Amazon
Night at the Opera
Amazon
Purge 5 Movie Collection
Amazon
Rick and Morty
Amazon
Robotech: Part 1 (Macross Saga)
Amazon
Comments A re-release of the first season of Robotech, now finally rematered in Blu-Ray. (Now we just need Robotech as well.
Rosemary’s Baby
Amazon
Comments Trigger warning: directed by Roman Polanski
Seven Days… Seven Nights
Amazon
Sparks Brothers
Amazon
Story of a Woman
Amazon
Super Dimension Century Orguss
Amazon
Comments This is the series that was originally considered to be the second half of Robotech, instead of Southern Cross.
Terminal Island
Amazon
To Love Ru Darkness 2
Amazon
Comments To date the final anime installment of the To-Love-Ru harem comedy franchise.
Tough Guys Don’t Dance
Amazon
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Amazon
Twist
Amazon
What Really Happened to Baby Jane? And the Films of the Gay Girls Riding Club
Amazon
Whitstable Pearl
Amazon

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “John Carpenter’s original Halloween film absolutely holds up, and I definitely think it’s worth picking up on 4K, if you have the ability to play 4K disks.” Blaine says, “get the best theatrical Transformers movie ever made, if you haven’t already.”

2 replies on “Weekly New Releases – September 28, 2021”

  1. Absolutely, the original Halloween.

    I’ve not seen What Really Happened to Baby Jane?, a gay/drag parody of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, so I cannot comment on it. Its inspiration, however, is an oddity worth watching, and the origin of Psycho-Biddy, which I’ve covered here.

    The director’s future crimes notwithstanding, Rosemary’s Baby had a huge influence, and does a remarkable job of adapting a remarkable novel.

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