Weekly New Releases – October 26, 2021

Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Amazon
Amazing Mr. X
Amazon
Bill and Ted: 3 Film Collection
Amazon
Capote Tapes
Amazon
Charmed
Amazon
Comments Clearly the original series, as the reboot has only released three seasons and the fourth is forthcoming.
Cheat (Kino Lorber)
Amazon
Comments Starring Tallulah Bankhead, Harvey Stephens, and Irving Pichel
Children of the Damned
Amazon
Deep Red (Arrow)
Amazon
Devi (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
Devil and the Deep (Kino Lorber)
Amazon
Comments Starring Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, and Cary Grant
Dinner at Eight
Amazon
Eye of the Devil
Amazon
For Love or Money
Amazon
Frankenstein’s Daughter
Amazon
Fritz the Cat
Amazon
Hajime no Ippo
Amazon
Comments Contains episode 49-76 of the original series of this boxing anime, along with the Champions Road OVA.
Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU
Amazon
Comments Originally billed as being a remake of the first Higurashi No Koro Ni series, after the first episode it was revealed that this series is actually a new installment of the series, in a subsiquent time loop, so keep that in mind going in.
Hot Saturday (Kino Lorber)
Amazon
Comments Starring Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, and Randolph Scott
Incredible Hulk
Amazon
Comments The description lists all five seasons of the TV series, but only mentions two movies. I assume those would be the backdoor pilot and the actual pilot, but not the movies that came after the series was cancelled.
Killer Party
Amazon
Letter to Momo
Amazon
Comments Anime film about a girl who moves to a remote island with her mother after her parents separate, only to discover a trio of Youkai (Japanese goblins/fae folk) living in her attic.
Lupin the 3rd Part V
Amazon
Comments Re-release of the fifth Lupin the Third series, just in time for the 6th series (which is currently streaming on HiDive) which pitches Lupin III against Sherlock Holmes.
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Amazon
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Amazon
Comments Does not include the sequel film “The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya”
New Amsterdam
Amazon
Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
Amazon
Nothing But Trouble
Amazon
On the Rocks
Amazon
Private Snafu
Amazon
Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Amazon
Ride the Eagle
Amazon
Sgt. Frog
Amazon
Comments Anime series about frog like aliens who try to invade earth, only to be distracted by our pop culture – especially Gundam models.
Shaman King (2003)
Amazon
Comments The current incarnation of this series is airing in 13-episode blocks on Netflix.
She The Ultimate Weapon
Amazon
Comments A trancendentantly depressing science-fiction anime TV series. Notoriously, prior to the show getting licensed for a US release, the show was fansubbed, and the fansub group, at the end of episode 10, included a note that said “Continuing will only bring misery and pain.” The note is accurate.
Six-String Samurai
Amazon
Star Trek: The Complete Original Series
Amazon
Steel Dawn
Amazon
Stillwater
Amazon
Suicide Squad, The (2021)
Amazon
Superman
Amazon
Time
Amazon
Torch Singer (Kino Lorber)
Amazon
Comments Starring Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners, and Lyda Roberti
Twilight Zone (1959)
Amazon
Venus Wars
Amazon
Comments One of the last films from Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, before he retired from anime direction – the film was critically well regarded and was very successful, but Yasuhiko was disappointed with the film enough that he did not feel up to doing future projects.
Walker
Amazon
Comments The Jared Padalecki series
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina
Amazon
Comments Fantasy anime series with some conceptual similarities to “Kino’s Journey” (protagonist who is a traveller, goes from country to country with each country having its own eccentrities and each narrative being effectively stand-alone, and all of them being fairly dark.)

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “Depending on your preferences, I’d go with either the Blu-Ray release of Star Trek: TOS, or the Blu-Ray release of The Twilight Zone.” Blaine says, “I agree with Alex. Both of those series are must-haves.”