Weekly New Releases – November 1, 2022

8-Bit Christmas
Amazon
At Close Range
Amazon
Belle
Amazon
Big Bang Theory: The Holiday Collection
Amazon
Christmas Story
Amazon
Classic Christmas Specials
Amazon
Comments Includes Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and Frosty the Snowman
Creature of the Mist
Amazon
Comments Wuxia horror film – though as this is a Chinese and not Taiwanese production, there is a real possibility that the third act twist of the film is that the “creature” will have a strictly mundane explanation.
Daisies (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
Comments A Soviet era surrealist film about two teen girls who decide to stop being good Communists and be selfish for a little bit.
Dark Winds
Amazon
Death in Paradise
Amazon
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square
Amazon
Dream Lover
Amazon
Dungeon of Black Company
Amazon
Comments Anime series following a group of adventurers in a guild run like a Japanese “Black Company” – that is a company that has a toxic work environment (as opposed to being a shout-out to the novel series
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Amazon
Comments Amazon exclusive – comes with a small Thermos.
Elf
Amazon
Euphoria
Amazon
Evil Dead 1 & 2 Double Feature
Amazon
F9: The Fast Saga
Amazon
Fate / Kaleid Liner: Prisma Illya 2wei!/Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!
Amazon
Comments This is the earlier seasons of the series, which trended towards being much more skeevy.
Friends: The One with All the Holidays Compilation
Amazon
Frosty the Snowman
Amazon
Halloween Kills Extended Cut
Amazon
Hitman’s Bodyguard 2 Film Collection
Amazon
Holiday Inn
Amazon
Honk
Amazon
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Amazon
Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Amazon
In the Mood for Love (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
Amazon
Comments Anime series set in an ultimate timeline where the Soviet government tried using vampires as test cosmonauts.
Moriarty the Patriot
Amazon
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Amazon
Nick Jr. Holiday Bonanza
Amazon
Piranha (1978)
Amazon
Polar Express
Amazon
Quatermass and the Pit
Amazon
Comments This is not the film adaptation of Quatermass and The Pit – this is the only two currently known surviving episodes of the BBC serial.
Quatermass II
Amazon
Comments This reportedly has all 6 parts of the original serial.
Rubikon
Amazon
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Amazon
Running Man
Amazon
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Amazon
Sesame Street: My Favourite Holidays
Amazon
Sharknado: Complete Collection
Amazon
Comments Blaine: Includes all six movies. Also, somehow, there are six of these movies. Also, somehow, there was one of these movies made with actual money with an expectation of profit, and that expectation was met.
Starship Troopers
Amazon
Summer Ghost
Amazon
Top Gun 2 Movie Collection
Amazon
Top Gun: Maverick
Amazon
Tribe Nine
Amazon
Comments Anime series set in a future Tokyo where street gangs settle their differences with absurdly over-the-top games of street baseball.
Ultimate Richard Pryor Collection
Amazon
Ultraman Cosmos
Amazon
Comments The 2001 Ultraman series released with several TV specials) –
Wuthering Heights
Amazon
Young Rock
Amazon

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “I’m going with Quatermass II – I’ve seen some of the Hammer adaptations of these stories, and I’ve enjoyed them – but I’d love to see what of the original material is available. If we have full audio versions of the otherwise lost Quatermass broadcasts, I wouldn’t mind seeing those get animated reproductions the same way that some of the lost Doctor Who stories have been reconstructed.” Blaine says, “the best of this bunch would be the Rankin/Bass specials, but last week’s box set was the superior packaging.”