Weekly New Releases – March 15, 2022

12 Monkeys
Amazon
Accused
Amazon
Aeon Flux
Amazon
Amazing Spider-Man / Amazing Spider-Man 2
Amazon
American Experience: Riveted: The History of Jeans
Amazon
American Werewolf in London (Arrow)
Amazon
Anna Karenina
Amazon
Babel
Amazon
Beowulf
Amazon
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don’t Come Back)
Amazon
Brazil
Amazon
By the Sea
Amazon
Congo
Amazon
Dallas Buyers Club
Amazon
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Amazon
Dr. Stone
Amazon
Comments Second season of the anime adaptation of the Shonen Jump manga (which just wrapped) about young people attempting to rebuild the world in the wake of a mysterious catastrophe with the power of Science!
Dream a Little Dream
Amazon
Drive-In Retro Classics: Science Fiction Triple Feature
Amazon
Comments Includes Rocketship X-M, The Hideous Sun Demon, and The Brain From Planet Arous
Eddie Murphy’s Raw
Amazon
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Amazon
Farewell (Kino-Lorber)
Amazon
Fast Charlie … the Moonbeam Rider
Amazon
Flipper
Amazon
Head of the Class
Amazon
How to Kill Your Roommates and Get Away With It
Amazon
I Am Ali
Amazon
It’s My Party
Amazon
Le Cercle Rouge (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
Man’s Favorite Sport?
Amazon
Mario Puzo’s The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Amazon
Monster Girl Doctor
Amazon
Comments Fanservice heavy anime about a doctor who specializes in treating humanoid monsters (i.e. Lamia, Centaurs, etc.) which mainly ends up meaning in this case that he just treats monster girls.
Nightmare
Amazon
Pokemon the Series: Black and While Rival Destinies
Amazon
Princess Principal: Crown Handler
Amazon
Comments The first movie tie-in to the steampunk spy anime TV series, now with an English dub.
Project Gemini
Amazon
Proud Family
Amazon
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
Amazon
Rifkin’s Festival
Amazon
Roger Corman’s Death Race 2050
Amazon
Rogue Male
Amazon
Shooter
Amazon
Signal: The Movie Cold Case Investigation Unit
Amazon
Comments Japanese live-action tie-in to the South Korean drama series “Signal”, involving a police detective solving older cases using a police radio that communicates with the past. Features an original song by BTS.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Amazon
Southland Tales
Amazon
Starflight One
Amazon
Sword and the Sorcerer
Amazon
Vikings
Amazon
Warlords of Sigrdrifa
Amazon
Comments Action anime about humanity fending off magical alien invaders with the help of pilots flying magically embued versions of older aircraft.
West Side Story (2021)
Amazon

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “On the anime side, I’ve come to really love Princess Principal as a sort of Steampunk counterpart to Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, so I’ll absolutely be picking up Crown Handler. Otherwise, there isn’t much that grabs me this week.” Blaine says, “I’ve heard good things about the new West Side Story and Brazil, but I haven’t seen either yet. Of the titles I’ve seen, my strongest recommendation is the 12 Monkeys movie (as opposed to the television series).”

5 replies on “Weekly New Releases – March 15, 2022”

  1. I watched West Side Story last week and it was very good. They got actual Broadway actors for the roles and that already puts it head and shoulders above most Hollywood musicals. They beefed up the backstory on multiple characters so they all feel much more real. And kudos for putting Rita Moreno in, not as a cameo, but as a genuine, interesting character.

  2. One of these days, I have to bite the bullet and watch the significant re-edit of Godfather III that is The Godfather Coda (I love the first two films, and put the third in a drawer with the Star Wars prequels).

    Quite the week! Brazil is Gilliam’s masterpiece, though I also recommend 12 Monkeys. I’ve never seen a bad American Experience doc, Accused features a central performance that shouldn’t be missed, An American Werewolf in London is a piece of pop / horror culture worth seeing, even if (I suspect) some aspects have dated, and the particular listing of titles had me eye-skip and create Roger Corman’s Death Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!.

    I would put that last one at the top of my recommendation list, if it existed.

      • I’ve heard wonderful things about Brazil

        The beaches, the carnivale…

        Seriously, I reviewed this back in aught-six as a retro weekend review and still consider it one of the best SF films ever made. I believe the Criterion edition contains the 94-minute studio edit, a travesty curiosity that should only be watched, if at all, after one has seen Brazil.

        I’ve read over my review. Unfortunately, the movie just keeps getting more relevant.

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