| Anatomy of a Fall (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Arthur the King | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Batman (1989) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Belladonna of Sadnees | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | One of the last films from Osamu Tezuka’s Mushi productions (and one that had been available for streaming through the Criterion Channel, so I would have thought they would have picked this up – though I’m glad Discotek Media did). | ||||||||
| Bluelock | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Bluey | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Bricklayer | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Chie the Brat | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | The first anime series directed by Isao Takahata. | ||||||||
| Civil War | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Visual-effect heavy xianxia film. | ||||||||
| Crimson Peak | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Cry-Baby (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Damaged | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Digimon Adventure 02 | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Dune: Part Two | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Girlfight (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| IGPX Immortal Grand Prix | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | US-Japanese co-production which previously aired on Cartoon Network. | ||||||||
| Into the Blue | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Direct to video series serving as a sequel to the earlier anime series. | ||||||||
| Killing | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Knox Goes Away | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Lightspeed Electroid Albegas | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Super Robot Anime from 1983 & ’84 (which also aired in Spain and Latin America). | ||||||||
| Long Shadow | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mom n Pop: The Indie Video Store Boom of the 80s/90s | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Monk (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| My Home Hero | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime series about a salaryman who kills his daughter’s abusive boyfriend, only to discover the man he killed was a yakuza. | ||||||||
| Once Upon a Time in the West | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| One Piece Film: Gold | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Pandemonium (Arrow) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Prison Walls: Abashiri Prison I-III | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Qwaser of Stigmata | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Revenge of the Ninja (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | One of Golan Globus’ Ninja films, one which re-imagines the concept as something of a slasher horror film, with a woman working for a phone company as a linewoman seeing a ninja getting gunned down by gangsters, before being posessed by his ghost, and proceeding to pick off the gangsters one by one. | ||||||||
| RWBY | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Sailor Moon Sailor Stars | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Sci-Fi Chillers Collection (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes The Unknown Terror, The Colossus of New York, Destination Inner Space. | ||||||||
| Sleeping Dogs | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Spy Who Loved Me | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Tiger’s Apprentice | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Toxic Avenger: The Musical | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “My 4K UHD release for the week – and also my anime pick of the week – is Belladonna of Sadness. This film is justifiabily considered an artistic masterpieces for a reason – the film has some tremendous visual flair to present the themes of the story with the limited animation budget the studio faced as it approached bankruptcy. Otherwise I’m going with Revenge of the Ninja (and will be waiting for the physical release of Dune Part 2). Blaine says, “depending on your preferred format, the competitors for my pick of the week are Dune Part Two, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Monk: Season 7, and Batman (1989).”
From what I’ve heard, Civil War is intense and intriguing.
Ah, Star Trek III, the best of the “odd” Trek films. Plus, it has one of Trek’s best scenes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkJ3–2K7yo