| 7 Days in Hell | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| 7 Days to Hell | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story | |||||||||
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| Apache Drums | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Barron’s Cove | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Beneath the Blue | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Benjamin Bat | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Better off Dead | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Bill and Ted Face the Music | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Boardwalk Winter | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Border River | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Burmese Harp (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Capture (1950) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Caught by the Tides | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | A romantic-drama set across several decades of Chinese history. | ||||||||
| Chinese Ghost Story | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | A trilogy of wuxia paranormal romance stories directed by Tsui Hark. | ||||||||
| Chinese Ghost Story II | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Chinese Ghost Story III | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Class of ’74 | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Clue: The Movie | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Convoy | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Delegation | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Feed the Fish | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Fires on the Plain (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Fistful of Dollars | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| For a Few Dollars More | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Friendship | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Grave Men | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Gunfight at Dodge City | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Hills Run Red | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| How to Be a Player | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Jazz Ramsey: A K-9 Mystery | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Juliet and Romeo | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Jurassic World Rebirth | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Late Night With the Devil | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Lawless Breed | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Lili | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Madame Bovary | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mayberry Man Series | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Meeting with Pol Pot | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Mission: Impossible 7: Dead Reckoning | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Neighborhood Watch | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Only Ones | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Paranormal Activity 4 | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Phantom Rancher (1940) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Prison Break (1938) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Project: Kill (1976) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Starring Leslie Nielsen and Gary Lockwood | ||||||||
| Ran (40th Anniversary Edition) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| RE-KAN! | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Supernatural comedy anime about two high school girls who can see ghosts. | ||||||||
| Rent Free | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Resurrection Road | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Sabotaging the Squad | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Samurai in Time | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Secrets of a University | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Seminole | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Shadows of the Orient (1935) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Shaw Brothers Classics | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Imperial Tomb Raiders, Legend of the Bat, The Shadow Boxer, The Spiritual Boxer, Heaven Sword & Dragon Sabre 1 & 2, Shaolin Hand Lock, Swordsman & Enchantress, The Proud Twins, A Deadly Secret, and Heroes Shed No Tears. | ||||||||
| Snake Eyes (1998) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | The Nicholas Cage mystery, not the G.I. Joe tie-in film. | ||||||||
| Sorry, Baby | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Static Codes | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Sunset Boulevard | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| This is Spinal Tap | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Waterloo Bridge (1940) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Wolf Children | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Mamoru Hosoda’s film about a single mother raising two children on her own (and also she had the kids with a wolf spirit). | ||||||||
| Zodiac | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “This week I’m going with the Shaw Brothers collection – these all have been very solid thus far, with Wolf Children as both my UHD and anime pick.” Blaine says, “the Bill and Ted movies are the favourites of those I have seen. It’s entirely possible that they will be eclipsed by Ran when I see it, given how much I’ve enjoyed all of the other Akira Kurosawa films I’ve seen.”
Chinese Ghost Story might be the first wuxia movie I watched and there are still a lot of things I really like about it. Diminishing returns for the sequels though.
Sunset Boulevard is a classic for a reason. If it’s on anyone’s “I’ll watch it some day” list, now’s a good time.
Better off Dead was fun, absurdist comedy when I watched it way-back-when.
I’ll second Jethro’s take on Sunset Boulevard. I was not prepared for a movie that old to go that hard.
Clue: The Movie is probably Tim Curry at his best (yes, I’ll stand by it). The movie is a laugh riot. Highly recommended. It’s finally getting a proper stage adaptation. https://clueliveonstage.com/
Sunset Boulevard to be sure, but this list also includes Ran, a brilliant and influential Japanese take on King Lear, and the still-hilarious This is Spinal Tap.
Zodiac isn’t in the same league, but I found it nightmare-inducing.
I still haven’t seen Better Off Dead, despite a college housemate frequently referencing the “I want my two dollars!” line.