| Abbott Elementary | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| After Dark, My Sweet | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Air | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Aporia | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Asteroid City | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: One of two releases this week that is getting Oscar buzz in my film buff social media groups. | ||||||||
| Barbie | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: One of two releases this week that is getting Oscar buzz in my film buff social media groups. | ||||||||
| Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Beast (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| C.H.U.D. (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Chicago P.D. | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Cobra Kai | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Cobweb | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Communion Girl | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Corner Office | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Count Yorga Collection (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Count Yorga, Vampire, and The Return of Count Yorga. | ||||||||
| Death Game | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Flowers in the Attic (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| George and Tammy | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Ghoulies | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Ghoulies II | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Gothic Fantastico: Four Italian Tales of Terror (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Lady Morgan’s Vengeance, The Blancheville Monster, The Third Eye, and The Witch Standard. | ||||||||
| Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Hellraiser (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| House II: The Second Story (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Irwin Allen: Master of Disaster Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Flood, Fire, Hanging By a Thread, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, When Time Ran Out, The Night the Bridge Fell Down, and Cave-In! | ||||||||
| Joy Ride | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Kick-Ass 2 | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| King on Screen | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | A documentary about Stephen King adaptations, not a collection of such adaptations. | ||||||||
| Kiss the Girls | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| L’immensita | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Last House on the Left (2009 – Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Local, USA: Buffalo Soldiers – Fighting on Two Fronts | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Magnum Cop | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mega Ape | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| One Piece | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Contains episodes 807-818 | ||||||||
| Pack | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Poker Face | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Postman Fights Back | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Hong Kong martial arts film starring Bryan Leung as a courier sent to deliver several crates to a rebel leader. Co-starring Chow Yun-Fat | ||||||||
| Prodigal Son (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Rick and Morty | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Secret Vatican Files | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Shrek the Third | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Smile | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Stuff (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Satirical horror film from the late Larry Cohen | ||||||||
| Succession | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| They Made Me a Fugitive | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Walkabout (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Walking Dead: Dead City | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “If you have a way to play UHD disks, get Mask of the Phantasm. Otherwise, of the Arrow horror movies this month (and there are a lot of classics), I’m going with Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (with Count Yorga coming a close second).” Blaine says, “I’m going with Barbie. Reports that it is anti-men are false; it’s anti-sexism, and comes down in opposition of both patriarchy and matriarchy. I suggest that the men who feel personally attacked by the film take the time to do some soul-searching and figure out why that is.”
I enjoyed this review.
I think this is why we’re all friends despite never having met IRL.
These sound like solid recommendations. The 2009 remake of Last House on the Left (which itself was actually a re-imagining of yet another film) doesn’t have a lot to recommend it, other than a higher budget and a higher tolerance for clichés.
Riki Lindhome has mocked her reputation for roles requiring brief gratuitous nudity, but the scene in this film plays like unintended parody.
My wife and I discovered Abbott Elementary on Hulu. If you’d like an upbeat sitcom, check it out. It’s not as good as The Good Place or Ted Lasso, but it’s funny and gives you good vibes.