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Abyss |
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Akiba Maid War |
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Anime series that poses the scenario, “What if Maid Cafe’s were the yakuza. Not ‘run by the Yakuza’, but ‘were the Yakuza.'” |
Aliens |
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All Creatures Great and Small |
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All That Money Can Buy (Criterion Collection) |
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Criterion Collection) |
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Apollo Astronauts: Training NASA’s Moon Men |
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Aquaman 2 Film Collection |
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom |
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Brain Donors (Kino-Lorber) |
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Bruce Lee’s Deadly Kung Fu |
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This is a Lee-sploitation film starring Bruce Li. |
Color Purple (2023) |
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Colt .45 |
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Dragonslayer |
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Event Horizon |
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Ferrari |
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Freelance |
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Ghosts (UK) |
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Governor |
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Heroes of the Empire |
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A documentary about the 501st UK Garrison Star Wars costuming club. |
I Don’t Like My Big Brother At All! |
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Romantic comedy anime with a premise too convoluted to describe here. |
I.S.S. |
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Icons Unearthed: Star Wars |
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Six and a half hours of interviews with Star Wars cast and crew. |
Impulse |
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Starring William Shatner |
Jane Eyre |
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Kung Fu Panda |
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Legendary Hero is Dead! |
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Fantasy anime series where a guy who accidentially kills the Legendary Hero through a pit-trap of his own devising must take the hero’s place. |
Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice |
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Northanger Abbey |
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One Piece |
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One-Percent Warrior |
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Passion of the Christ |
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Persuasion |
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Pickwich Papers |
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Pirahna |
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Poker Face |
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Blaine: I haven’t seen this yet, but I keep hearing favorable comparisons to classic detective shows I love. |
Poor Things |
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President’s Analyst (Kino-Lorber) |
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Prince of Egypt – The Musical |
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Quigley Down Under |
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Relax, I’m From the Future |
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RFDS |
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Rick and Morty |
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Running Man |
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Samson Against the Pirates |
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Shining (1997) |
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Shootist |
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Sonic Prime |
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Suzume: Movie |
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The latest film from the director of Your Name. and which was nominated for best animated feature at the Golden Globes (though The Boy and the Heron took home the win). |
True Lies |
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Vanity Fair (1987) |
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Whip and the Body (Kino-Lorber) |
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Wish |
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Wonka |
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Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “We are spoiled for choice this week for 4K UHD releases – from all these James Cameron films, to Dragonslayer and Event Horizon. I’m going to just roll the dice and go with Dragonslayer as my 4K UHD pick. For my anime pick, I’m going with Akiba Maid War, as someone who watched it as it was airing, and loved the old Yakuza films it was sending up. On the anime side, I’m going with Suzume, and my general pick is Ferrari.” Blaine says, “I’d go with one or more of Abyss, Aliens, and True Lies.”
Wonka was delightfully fun. Recommended if you like light musicals.
The Abyss (for all the horror stories about its making) is one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies. This and T2 are the peak of James Cameron’s storytelling (yeah, I said it).
I’m a little surprised Wish is dropping on physical media before digital. I’m guessing it made so little that Disney is trying to recoup their losses before letting lots of people see it.