Weekly New Releases – January 18, 2022

Addams Family 2
Amazon
Addams Family Two Movie Collection
Amazon
Adventures of Red Ryder
Amazon
Akira
Amazon
Comments A more bare-bones re-release of the anime, without the chipboard box.
Animal Kingdom
Amazon
Annie Live!
Amazon
Assault Lily Bouquet
Amazon
Comments Anime series about teenage girls who have bonded with special weapons to fight alien monsters known as “Huge”.
Beans
Amazon
Blockhouse
Amazon
Brute
Amazon
Candyman III: Day of the Dead
Amazon
Captain Video
Amazon
Capture
Amazon
Deep Red
Amazon
Comments Giallo film from Dario Argento, widely considered to be one of his best films alongside Susperia.
Dry
Amazon
Dynasty
Amazon
Edge of Darkness
Amazon
Escape From Mogadishu
Amazon
Comments Live action film about the staff of the South Korean Embassy to Somalia having to clear out of the city around the time of the events depicted in “Black Hawk Down”, including having to work together with the staff of the North Korean embassy to get out alive.
Expresso Bongo
Amazon
Girl Stroke Boy
Amazon
Green Archer
Amazon
Comments Blaine: A serial about a green-clad vigilante who was an exceptional archer. This came out in October 1940, and the first appearance of Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow, was published in September 1941.
Hard Day’s Night (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
Hoffman
Amazon
Inherit the Wind
Amazon
Jungle Jim
Amazon
King of the Royal Mounted Yukon Patrol
Amazon
Last Frontier
Amazon
Last Night in Soho
Amazon
Last Son
Amazon
Liar Liar
Amazon
Little Rascals: ClassicFlix Restorations 4
Amazon
Nature: Born in the Rockies
Amazon
Nicholas Nickleby
Amazon
Night at the World Exploded
Amazon
Red Angel (Arrow)
Amazon
Comments Japanese Anti-war film from 1966 with, going by some of the plot synopsis I’ve seen, some deeply problematic depictions of the Japanese invasion of China.
Red Stone
Amazon
Riverdale
Amazon
Salsa: The Motion Picture
Amazon
Secret Agent X-9
Amazon
Shock (Arrow)
Amazon
Sommerdahl Murders
Amazon
Song of the Thin Man
Amazon
Stendhal Sydrome
Amazon
Sword of Desperation
Amazon
Taisho Baseball Girls
Amazon
Comments Re-release of the sports anime about a girl’s baseball team in the 1920s.
This Game’s Called Murder
Amazon
This Is Us
Amazon
Three Women (Kino-Lorber)
Amazon
Time (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
Titane
Amazon
Toolbox Murders
Amazon
Tower of God
Amazon
Comments Anime series based on a Korean Manwha released through the Webtoon platform about a teenage boy who enters a magical tower to find his childhood friend who entered the tower and told him to forget about her.
Triple Feature: For the Love of Spock / Back in Time / Ghostheads
Amazon
Comments Blaine: I’ve only seen For the Love of Spock from this set, and it’s great. I’m very tempted by the other two.
Twelve
Amazon
Walk in the Sun
Amazon
WBCN and the American Revolution
Amazon
White Eagle
Amazon
Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks
Amazon

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “I’ve heard very good things about Escape from Mogadishu, enough for it to end up on my list.” Blaine says, “I’m most interested in the triple feature of nerd-oriented documentaries with For the Love of Spock, Back in Time, and Ghostheads.”