| 12 Angry Men (1997) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: Remaking one of the best movies of all time, regardless of genre. I haven’t seen this remake, but the Sidney Lumet version is incredible. | ||||||||
| After We Fell | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Alien Abduction Double Feature | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Fire in the Sky and I Married a Monster from Outer Space. | ||||||||
| Amazing 80s Kids Double Feature | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes D.A.R.Y.L. and Explorers | ||||||||
| Apex | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Atomic Blonde | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Attack of the Crab Monsters | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Beatles: Get Back | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| BlacKkKlansman | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: Directed by Spike Lee, produced by Jordan Peele… This is the story of Ron Stallworth, played by John David Washington, so why does the IMDB list Alec Baldwin first in the cast and Amazon lists Adam Driver and Topher Grace? In case you are wondering why so many films against racism are still coming out, look at what indifferent algorithms are doing when they produce the “key” information about movies like this. They reflect the bias of the society we live in with disturbing accuracy. | ||||||||
| Blockers | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Captain Video | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Catwoman: Hunted | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| DC’s Stargirl | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Digging to China | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Encanto | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Flag of Iron | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Shaw Brothers film, from director Chang Cheh, about the member of the Iron Flag clan (who use spears with flags on them) who is framed for murdering the leader of the clan, and must clear his name. | ||||||||
| Foul Play | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Ghosts | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Gintama: The Very Final | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| God’s Gun | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Gold Diggers of 1933 | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Golden Voices | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Harry and the Hendersons | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Harvey | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: This is my favourite James Stewart comedy. Very well worth your time. | ||||||||
| Hating Game | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Hidamari Sketch Graduation | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | The final direct-to-video episodes of the Hinamari Sketch anime series. | ||||||||
| High School of the Dead | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Very fanservice heavy zombie apocalypse anime. | ||||||||
| Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | The second half of 6th Higurashi anime series. | ||||||||
| Hiruko the Goblin | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Japanese horror film from 1991. | ||||||||
| Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Josee, the Tiger and the Fish | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Romantic comedy anime film based around a couple where one has a physical disability. | ||||||||
| King Richard | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| La Dolce Vita | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Last Man Standing | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Legend (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Legendary Weapons of China | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Classic wuxia movie from Shaw Brothers, from director Lau Kar-Leung, and unlike many other films in the genre, this one has a more contemporary setting – during the Boxer Rebellion. | ||||||||
| Liar’s Moon | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Major Dundee (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Midsomer Murders | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Miller’s Crossing (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Murder on the Orient Express | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mushibugyo | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Fanservice heavy action anime about a squad of samurai working for the Tokugawa Shogunate tasked with attacking insectoid monsters. | ||||||||
| Odd Couple Double Feature | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Princess Tam Tam/Zou Zou (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Privilege | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Remote | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Santo: El Enmascarado De Plata 8 Movie Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Contains the following El Santo Films – “El Santo in the Wax Museaum”, “Santo in the Treasure of Dracula”, “Santo vs. The Riders of Terror”, “Santo in The Vengence of the Mummy”, “Santo vs. Frankenstein’s Daughter”, “Santo & The Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolfman”, “Santo & Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein”, and “Santo and Mantiquilla Napoles in The Revenge of La Llorona” | ||||||||
| Secret Agent X-9 (1937) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | The complete 12 chapter serial. | ||||||||
| Secret Agent X-9 (1945) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | The complete 13 chapter serial. | ||||||||
| Some Like It Hot | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | AFI’s choice for the greatest American comedy of all time. | ||||||||
| Spider-Man / Spider-Man 2 / Spider-Man 3 | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | The Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire movies | ||||||||
| Star Trek: The Original 4 Movie Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: I know people like to pretend Star Trek V: The Final Frontier doesn’t exist, but Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is generally acknowledged. | ||||||||
| Summer School | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Surf Nazis Must Die! | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Walk in the Sun | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “If it wasn’t for the fact that it doesn’t include Star Trek VI, I would absoultely pick up the Star Trek 4K UHD releases. Instead, I’m going with Legendary Weapons of China.” Blaine says, “I strongly recommend both the Star Trek 4K upgrade and the Some Like It Hot 4K upgrade if you support that format.”
I’m holding off on the Star Trek collection until they add V and VI (I won’t watch V, but I must have it all).
12 Angry Men is excellent. Watching Jack Lemmon and George C Scott go at it is a masterclass in acting. It’s almost as good as the Lumet version (which is a lot like saying someone is almost as good a swimmer as Michael Phelps).
I will also recommend Encanto. It’s an excellent film. The writing is so sharp, you’d almost mistake it for a Pixar film. The songs are Broadway-quality (from Lin-Manuel Miranda) and it doesn’t pander to kids. If you’ve watched it already, turn the English subtitles on to get even more out of it.
Star Trek V is worth the fan dance, and the line “What does God need with a starship?”
Encanto is one of those movies that is playing non-stop at my house, but I am going to need to throw those subtitles on. (Bruno is over-rated, as much as Surface Pressure is underrated.)