| 28 Years Later | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Algiers | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Starring Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr | ||||||||
| Amateur | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Arcade | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Automatons | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Billy Madison | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Blood of Fu Manchu | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Directed by Jess Franco, and includes a Rifftrax audio commentary. | ||||||||
| Castle of Fu Manchu | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | This is one of the Jess Franco directed films, includes a Rifftrax audio commentary. | ||||||||
| Chainsaw Man | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Curdled | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Dark Half | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Directed by George Romero | ||||||||
| DearS | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Devil at your Heels | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Starring Gordon Pinsent | ||||||||
| Diabolik Trilogy | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Dirty Work | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | This an expanded cut of the film, with some additional jokes that were edited out of the theatrical cut. | ||||||||
| Drop Zone | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Edward II | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Starring Tilda Swinton | ||||||||
| Evangeline | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Fade to Black | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Final Cut | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Flight | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Directed by Frank Capra | ||||||||
| French Noir Collection (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Speaking of Murder, Back to the Wall, and Witness in the City. | ||||||||
| Gentlemen of the Press | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Golden Child | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Hiding Out | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Highlander: The Animated Series | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Yes, there was a Highlander animated series. It didn’t last very long. | ||||||||
| Hot Milk | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Jade | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Jane Austen Wrecked My Life | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Jet Li Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Fong Sai Yuk, Fong Sai Yuk II, Tai Chi Master, Fist of Legend, and The Bodyguard from Beijing. | ||||||||
| Kamen Rider X | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | The third Kamen Rider series. | ||||||||
| Last of the Red Hot Lovers | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Let’s Scare Jessica to Death | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Life of Chuck | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Newsroom | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | This is the 2012 series from HBO starring Jeff Daniels, not the 1996 series from the CBC created by Ken Finkleman. | ||||||||
| No, No Nanette (1940) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Nobody | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| NOVA: Critical Condition – Health in Black America | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Osomatsu Kun | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Our Town (1940) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Party 7 | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | A somewhat surrealist Japanese noir crime thriller, about a criminal who robbed the Yakuza and is holed up in a shady hotel, only to end up with a bunch of unexpected guests. | ||||||||
| Phoenician Scheme | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Plus-Sized Elf | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Pointed Heels | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Starring William Powell and Fay Wray | ||||||||
| RoboGeisha | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Over-the-top with some “pinkey violence” elements. | ||||||||
| Romeo’s Blue Skies | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime adaptation of the 1941 Swiss novel “Die schwarzen Brüder” | ||||||||
| RWBY | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Samurai Priest Vampire Hunter | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | This is a 2009 horror film originally released as “Live Evil”, and re-edited with new footage shot by the film’s producer, including some interstitial scenes done as comic book panels. | ||||||||
| Super Rescue Solbrain | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Tokusatsu series that’s a spinoff of the “Winspector” series. | ||||||||
| Thunderbolts* | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| To Catch a Thief | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Vivid Strike | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Spinoff of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. Technically this the second season of Nanoha Vivid (but the first season was released by Aniplex in Japan, so Discotek Media can’t get the rights). | ||||||||
| Wild Beauty | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “I’m going with Thunderbolts* ([spoiler]AKA New Avengers[/spoiler]) as my main pick of the week, though the Jet Li collection is a very close second. Chainsaw Man Season 1 is my anime pick.” Blaine says, “I haven’t seen Thunderbolts* yet, but based on the comments I’ve seen, that’s the only reason I’m not making it my pick. Instead, I’m going with To Catch a Thief, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.”
The Golden Child is underrated (though probably needs a helping of “it was the ’80s”). Also stars a young Charles Dance, I believe.
The Newsroom (the HBO version) is fantastic. Only three seasons (and I think it’s only 10 episodes per season). Not a big commitment, but an excellent run.
With news agencies folding to the current regime, this is definitely out of date. But it’s a hopeful look at what news organizations could be.