Weekly New Releases – January 8, 2023

Another week, another batch of new releases…
Armageddon Time
Amazon
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations – Kawaki
Amazon
CommentsContains episodes 190 to 210.
Decision to Leave
Amazon
Devotion
Amazon
Dragons Forever
Amazon
CommentsJackie Chan film where Chan plays a lawyer who is trying to save a factory (that he doesn’t realize is secretly a drug lab. Also starring Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.
Dunwich Horror (Arrow)
Amazon
Estate
Amazon
Executioner Collection (Arrow)
Amazon
Fear the Walking Dead
Amazon
Friday the 13th – The Final Chapter
Amazon
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
Amazon
CommentsDocumentary film about the life and career of Gerry Anderson.
Good Girls
Amazon
Groundhog Day
Amazon
Himouto Umaru-chan R
Amazon
CommentsThe second season of the Himouto Umaru-chan series, following a high school girl who is a beautiful, gracefull high school student at school, and at home is a trash gremlin otaku.
Imitation of Life (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
Magnificent Warriors
Amazon
CommentsMichelle Yeoh film from the ’80s riffing on the Indiana Jones films.
Man Who Fell to Earth
Amazon
Matrix Resurrections
Amazon
Obey Me!
Amazon
CommentsAnime series set in a demon high school where various pretty boy demons are studying to become king of the demon world.
Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
Amazon
Piggy
Amazon
Platinum End
Amazon
CommentsThe first part of the anime adaptation of the new manga from the creators of Death Note.
Poker Face
Amazon
Police Story 3: Supercop
Amazon
CommentsNot only the third Police Story film, but the film where Michelle Yeoh came out of retirement after she stepped away from acting to have kids.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Amazon
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Amazon
Sergeant Ryker
Amazon
Ticket to Paradise
Amazon
Vesper
Amazon
Waiting in the Summer
Amazon
CommentsAnime series about a high schooler who is an aspiring film-maker and is trying to make an amateur film with his friends – except one of them is secretly a space alien.
Warning Shot
Amazon

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “Police Story 3 was really good – was a great return for Michelle Yeoh, showing that she hadn’t lost a step.” Blaine says, “Groundhog Day is the best of this bunch.”