| 2001: A Space Odyssey | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| 8-Bit Christmas | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Asteroid City | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Audie Murphy Collection III (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Showdown, Posse From Hell, and Hell Bent For Leather | ||||||||
| August Underground | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Babylon 5: The Road Home | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Balthazar | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Blackberry | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Bulldog Drummond Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Cartel 2045 | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Christmas Story | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Christmas Story Christmas | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Cisco Kid 13-Film Western Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Confidential Informant | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Day and the Hour (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Deathstroke: Knights and Dragons | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Elemental | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Entourage | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Gundam-san | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Hour long film parodying the Gundam franchise. | ||||||||
| Gunpla Builders Beginning G | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime short film made for the 40th anniversary of Gundam plastic models (or GunPla) | ||||||||
| Hangover – Part III | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Hedy Lamarr Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Algiers, The Strange Woman, and Dishonored Lady. | ||||||||
| Hotel Transylvania Four Movie Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Hotel Transylvania: Transformania | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| I Don’t Want to Be a Man / The Doll (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Is Paris Burning? (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | A sort of equivalent to the “All-Star Cast” World War 2 films coming out of Hollywood (like The Longest Day), except with the stars of the French New-Wave instead. | ||||||||
| Jack Armstrong | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Japanese Superhero-Starman | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Attack From Space, Atomic Rules of the World, and Evil Brain from Outer Space | ||||||||
| Kandahar | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Kill Shot | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Life of Budori Gusuko | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime adaptation of a children’s story by Kenji Miyazawa, author of Night on the Galactic Railroad | ||||||||
| Lincoln Lawyer | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Live By Night | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| London Kills | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Loretta Young Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Beau Ideal, The Stranger, and Cause for Alarm | ||||||||
| Machine | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Magic Mike XXL | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Man From Rome | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Matrix | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Matrix Reloaded | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Matrix Revolutions | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mirage Queen Prefers Circus | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime adaptation of a novel from 2002 about the titular phantom thief trying to steal a jewel from a circus who stole it before she could. | ||||||||
| Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis Remain of the Red | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | A half-hour direct-to-video short film set in the aftermath of Char’s Counterattack. | ||||||||
| Monster High: The Movie | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Mortal Kombat animated film loosly adapting the plot of Mortal Kombat 3. | ||||||||
| Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Animated film set in the previous Mortal Kombat timeline (the upcoming Mortal Kombat One resets the timeline… again) about Kenshi taking on Kano | ||||||||
| National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Nefarious | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| No Hard Feelings | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| No Sudden Move | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Only Thrill | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Only Way | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Parallel World Pharmacy | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime series about a medical researcher who dies of overwork and is reincarnated in a fantasy world with the power to see medical ailments and create elements. | ||||||||
| Polar Express | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Primetime Panic 2 Triple Feature | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes The Death of Richie, Incident at Crestridge, and The Seduction of Gina | ||||||||
| Quicksand | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Robots | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Roman Holiday | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Shaw Brothers Classics | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Contains the films: Lady of Steel, Brothers Five, The Crimson Charm, The Shadow Whip, The Delightful Forest, The Devil’s Mirror, Man of Iron, The Water Margin, The Bride from Hell, Heroes Two, The Flying Guillotine, The Dragon Missile | ||||||||
| Way | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Way Back | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Wrong Reasons | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “This week I’m going with the Shaw Brothers collection – there’s some major titles here (particularly The Flying Guillotine). Babylon 5: The Road Home comes a close second here.” Blaine says, “while I haven’t seen it myself, I’ve heard from enough people who did see Babylon 5: The Road Home at SDCC that I’m confident giving it my recommendation. Jon M. Wilson and I launch our Babylon 5 podcast in January, and would be releasing our coverage of that title on Saturday, December 1, 2029. (Our next recording will cover There All The Honor Lies from season 2.)”
8-Bit Christmas was a fun bit of nostalgia. I wouldn’t recommend watchung it in August, but if you want a new(ish) Christmas movie for your holiday rotation, check it out.
I’ll be watching Elemental when it hits Disney+. Visually, it looked interesting, but the story seemed pretty cliche.
My kid loved 8-bit Christmas, and watched it into the spring. It’s a fine addition to the holiday canon.
Elementals wasn’t bad, but left like it was designed to be a show and instead the cut it up for one overly long movie.