| Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| April and the Extraordinary World | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Big Country | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Boogeyman | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Bronx Tale | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Eminence in Shadow | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Isekai anime series about a nerd who gets reincarnated into a fantasy world and decides to start an anti-hero organization to secretly support the actual hero from the shadows. Season 2 is currently airing. | ||||||||
| Fatal Attraction | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| FernGully: The Last Rainforest/FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Friday the 13th | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: The other He-Man series produced by Netflix. Kevin Smith’s series feels like the original cartoon stayed on the air for 30 years and they decided it was time to shake things up. This is a reimagining for a younger audience, in which a CG He-Man shares his powers with friends and skips leg day. I found the first season really enjoyable, and have been meaning to go back to it to watch the rest. | ||||||||
| Identikit | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Jackie Brown | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Jeepers Creepers 2 Movie Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Jeepers Creepers 3 and Jeepers Creepers: Reborn | ||||||||
| Jules | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Kill Bill | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Last Blood (Hard Boiled II) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Alex: Not really a sequel to Hard Boiled, but a film marketed as one outside of Hong Kong. Action film about a Hong Kong Triad and an Interpol inspector who have to work together to save the three people in Singapore who have a particular rare blood type needed to save a Tibetan Lama (in addition to the Triad’s girlfriend) – who were both injured in a terrorist attack by the members of the Japanese Red Army. | ||||||||
| London Kills | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Romantic comedy anime series about a high schooler who is trying to get away from his middle school edgelord phase, only to run into a girl who has a crush on him because of his middle school edgelord phase and is hanging on to her own edgelordism. | ||||||||
| M3GAN | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mayor of Kingstown | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Meg 2: The Trench | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| One, Two, Three | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Oppenheimer: The Real Story | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: This sounds like a rushed documentary largely assembled from stock footage in an attempt to get the “real” story out before Nolan’s summer blockbuster. Nolan’s film is anticipated on home video in November. | ||||||||
| Pumpkinhead | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Supernatural slasher film directed by Stan Winston. | ||||||||
| Rosemary’s Baby | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Blaine: When I saw this on TV about 30 years ago, I was blown away by how good it was. I promptly ran director Roman Polanski’s name through Webcrawler to find out what else he had directed and learned things that have made my stomach turn at the sight of his name ever since. If you feel that there are lines which may be crossed by artists which can make you turn away from their art, trust that Roman Polanski has crossed one of those lines. Alex: Agreed, Polanski is currently on my “Wait until he’s dead and then check to see what his estate does with the money” list. | ||||||||
| Shoresy | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response and Intelligence Team | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Speed is Expensive: Philip Vincent and the Million Dollar Motorcycle | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Thomas Crown Affair (1968) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | The original with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway | ||||||||
| Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Tremors: Ultimate Film and TV Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes 7 movies and the TV series. | ||||||||
| Videodrome (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Wallace and Gromit | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Westworld | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| WWE: Payback 2023 | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Yellowjackets | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “My 4K Pick of the week is Snow White for parents (though Sleeping Beauty is my favorite of the Disney films of this era), and Videodrome for horror fans. For non-4K releases, honestly not much else grabs me, though Disney fans who are considering picking up a 4K player in the future should probably pick up this release of Snow White. For anime fans I’m going with the Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions collection.” Blaine says, “of those I’ve seen in its entirety, I definitely recommend the Wallace and Gromit collection. I really want to get back to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.”
I addressed the Polanski issue and my own hair-splitting response in a previous Halloween countdown. The movie remains good, regardless, and the novel on which it is based is entirely clear of Polanski’s taint.
Videodrome is interesting, if not Cronenberg’s best, the series of Westworld is excellent, and I will always have a fond spot for Wallace and Gromit.
So, Westworld would be my top pick.
Videodrome was…
… definitely memorable!