| Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Beelzebub | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Birds II: Land’s End | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | A made-for-TV sequel to the Alfred Hitchcock film. | ||||||||
| Bodies Bodies Bodies | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Bullet Train | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Chocolate War | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Cinema’s First Nasty Women (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Cloak and Dagger | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Code-E | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime series adapting the Demon Slayer theatrical film and expanding on the plot. | ||||||||
| Dororo | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | 2019 anime series adapting the manga by Osamu Tezuka about a young man, the son of a Daimyo, who must kill a series of demons to regain his body, after his father sacrifices him to demons for the prosperity of his land. Includes an art book, art cards, and a desk privacy screen featuring art form the series. | ||||||||
| Evil Dead (2013) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Fall | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Fugitive from the Past (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Gattaca | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| House Lost on the Cape | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime series about a college student from modern Japan who is magically summoned to a fantasy kingdom and tasked with helping them fend off an invasion from various demons. Little did the Kingdom who did the summoning know they had summoned someone who majored in the social sciences. | ||||||||
| Hudson Hawk | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| I Know What You Did Last Summer | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| In Bruges | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Indecent Proposal | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Jumanji: The Next Level | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Kirk Cameron Presents: The Homeschool Awakening | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: I almost didn’t list this. As a teacher, I’m frustrated by the idea that “anyone can teach”, and this sounds like it’s about making sure your children are raised with your religious beliefs, and who cares about performance in all of the other subjects and employable skills? | ||||||||
| Konosuba | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Krypto the Superdog | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Kung Fu | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Last Action Hero | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Lost Word | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Martin Scorsese’s World Cimena Project No. 4 (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Sambizanga, Prisioneros de la Tierra, Chess of the Wind, Muna moto, Two Girls on the Street, and Kalpana. | ||||||||
| Mayor of Kingston | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mean Girls | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Munsters (2022) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | The Rob Zombie film | ||||||||
| NOVA: Ultimate Space Telescope | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Phantasm 5 Movie Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Rain | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Saiyuki Reload Gunlock | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Shogun’s Samurai The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Period drama by Kenji Fukusatsu, and the first time Sonny Chiba would play Yagyu Jubei. | ||||||||
| Sound of Metal (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Spider-Man: No Way Home | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Superman and Lois | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Symphogear GX | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Tales of Phantasia: The Animation | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime adaptation of the first game in the Tales series of JRPGs. | ||||||||
| Thor: Love and Thunder | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Film adaptation of the conclusion of the Urusei Yatsura manga (being released just in time for the new adaptation of the manga, which starts airing – and streaming in the US – next week. | ||||||||
| Venom | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Venom: Let There Be Carnage | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| War of the Worlds (1953) / When Worlds Collide | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Wisting | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Yuki Yuna is a Hero | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Contains all 3 seasons of the fairly dark magical girl series. | ||||||||
| Zelig | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Zombieland | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Zombieland: Double Tap | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “Dororo is a fantastic adaptation of Tezuka’s work, and an overall extraordinary fantasy story.” Blaine says, “Any of the superhero titles or Gattaca are easy to recommend.”
Gattaca of course.
I have a morbid curiosity about The Munsters: Rob Zombie makes a soft PG-rated prequel to the 60s series. However, the advance reviews from actual critics have been abysmal. Then again, a lot of people dismissed Hudson Hawk and, no, it’s not a great film, but it’s passable for what it’s trying to be. Zelig is excellent, assuming you aren’t completely put off by Woody Allen. Spider-man: No Way Home is enjoyable, as close as the live MCU likely will get to Into the Spider-verse. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood I found overrated and problematic, but certainly very well crafted.
Mean Girls, if you’ve never seen it, lives up to its reputation. It’s not just another teen comedy.