Weekly New Releases – August 8, 2023

1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story
Amazon
97 Minutes
Amazon
Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
Alice Gear Aegis Expansion
Amazon
All Creatures Great and Small
Amazon
Big Knife
Amazon
Brokenwood Mysteries
Amazon
Cannes Confidential
Amazon
Crooked Hearts
Amazon
Dangers in My Heart
Amazon
Doomed Megalopolis: The Last Megalopolis
Amazon
Comments Alex: I reviewed this back in 2011 (https://bureau42.com/view/8964/movie-review-tokyo-the-last-megalopolis), under the title of Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis.
Enter the Dragon
Amazon
Comments A new 4K release of the movie.
Fast and Furious 10 Movie Collection
Amazon
Fast X
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Father Brown
Amazon
Five Family Fun Films Collection
Amazon
Comments Includes Rango, Charlotte’s Web, Hotel for Dogs, Barnyard, and Dreamer.
Ghost in the Shell
Amazon
Comments Blaine: Note that this is a new pressing of an existing disk, as 2023 is the 28th anniversary of the film.
Go Tell the Spartans
Amazon
Insomniacs After School
Amazon
Comments Romantic dramedy anime series about a pair of insomniacs (naturally) who end up joining their school’s astronomy club so they have a legit excuse to hang out while they’re unable to sleep.
Justice League: Warworld
Amazon
Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible!
Amazon
Comments Anime romantic comedy series that’s part of the subgenre of “Introverted teenager is drawn out of his shell by the friendly teasing of a girl who has a crush on him.”
Little Nicky
Amazon
Night of the Assassin
Amazon
Comments A Korean period swordplay movie about an assassin who has gone into hiding to treat a chronic health condition, but has to reveal himself after a local village is attacked.
One Piece
Amazon
Oshi No Ko
Amazon
Comments Suspense thriller anime about an idol singer facing a murder attempt, with her twin children being reincarnations of two fans of hers, who are trying to protect her. This is a lie – the idol singer is murdered at the end of the first episode, and the rest of the series focuses on one of her twins trying to find out who was responsible for her murder, while the other tries to remember her legacy by becoming an idol herself.
Otaku Elf
Amazon
Comments Anime series about a elf in modern day Tokyo, who was summoned to our world at the start of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and who is currently a shut-in otaku serving as a Kami-in-residence at a shrine near Akihabara.
Outrage (Kino-Lorber)
Amazon
Comments Directed by Ida Lupino, one of Hollywood’s earliest and greatest female directors.
Rabbit Hole
Amazon
Razorback
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Scarlet
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School Spirits
Amazon
Share the Dream: Shining a Light in a Divided World through Six Principles of Martin Luther King Jr.
Amazon
Shine Post
Amazon
Comments Mecha action anime.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Amazon
Strangers in the House (Kino-Lorber)
Amazon
Super 8/Event Horizon 2 Film Collection
Amazon
Swamp Thing
Amazon
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Amazon

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “If you don’t own Ghost in the Shell, I’d say to pick it up (though I’d recommend the earlier UHD release if the option is available). Otherwise, Enter The Dragon is my UHD pick of the week – as I will definitely be upgrading my Blu-Ray copy with the 4K version. I may also pick up the Tokyo The Last Megalopolis release as well.” Blaine says, “I’m still so far behind on media consumption that I haven’t seen anything here that jumps out at me which I’ve already seen, but Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse both sit near the top of my watch list.”