| 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| 40 Year Old Virgin | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Accountant 2 | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Alice in Wonderland | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Continuation of the 1983 children’s anime series based on Alice in Wonderland. | ||||||||
| Billy Jack Goes to Washington | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Cairo Station (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Casper | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Chinese Odyssey Part 1: Pandora’s Box | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Part of a series of films from the mid-90s based on the Monkey King. | ||||||||
| Chinese Odyssey Part 2: Cinderella | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Concierge | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Anime film about a new Concierge at a department store that caters to anthropomorphic animals. | ||||||||
| Crown of Shadows | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Death Valley | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Earth II | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | This isn’t the 1994 television series, but the 1971 made for TV movie starring Gary Lockwood | ||||||||
| Eddington | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Farmer’s Daughter (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Dr. Broadway, Smooth as Silk, and The Great Gatsby. | ||||||||
| Freaky Tales | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Ghosts of Mars | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Good Girl’s Guide to Murder | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Great Gatsby (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| His Motorbike, Her Island | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Dramatic film from the director of House. | ||||||||
| How to Train Your Dragon (2025) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 Movie Collection | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Kanoken | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Fanservice anime about a teen boy who discovers a classmate who has a crush on him is also a fox spirit. | ||||||||
| Last Voyage of the Demeter | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Looking for the Full Moon | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | The first part of a shojo drama magical girl series about a terminally ill girl with throat cancer, who wants to be an idol singer. | ||||||||
| Lords of the Dragon | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Chinese CGI animated film (and one where I’m not entirely clear on the plot. | ||||||||
| Meet the Parents | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Peanuts: A Summer Musical | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Pre-Code Classics (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Includes Confessions of a Co-Ed and Ladies of the Big House | ||||||||
| Prince of Darkness | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Rather | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Sadie McKee | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Save the Tiger (Kino-Lorber) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Smurfs (2025) | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Strangers | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Toxic Avenger | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Coming out just in time for the Toxic Avenger reboot. | ||||||||
| Toxic Avenger II | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Toxic Avenger III: The Last Temptation of Toxie | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Toxic Avenger IV: Citizen Toxie | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Tragedy of Man | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Trial of Billy Jack | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Ultraman Decker | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | The 37th Ultraman series overall, and the 4th Reiwa Ultraman series. | ||||||||
| Vampire Hunter D | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
| Comments | Alex: We previously covered this on the Anime Explorations Podcast (https://bureau42.com/view/30507/anime-explorations-episode-13-vampire-hunter-d-1985). | ||||||||
| World Trade Center | |||||||||
| Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “My anime pick for the month is Looking for the Full Moon, with John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness as my UHD pick and (as there’s a regular Blu-Ray version in the set) general pick.” Blaine says, “nothing I’ve seen jump out at me, but I’m definitely curious about the Kino-Lorber Film Noir box set.”
Couldn’t decide which anime, huh Alex?
> Couldn’t decide which anime, huh Alex?
Whoops, forgot to fill in my name.
That was my fault. When I added the “emphasis” HTML tag I missed the closing bracket.
I had no idea there were sequels to Billy Jack…
That’s a coincidence– I posted a blog about Billy Jack a couple of weeks ago:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/25952280-yesterday-s-hero
Billy Jack was already a sequel. It followed Born Losers (1967).
The Trial of Billy Jack (1974) made a ton of money at the time of release, buoyed by the success of Billy Jack. Initially, it outsold Godfather II. However, it was terrible, and quickly disappeared.
Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) barely received any distribution at all.
The Return of Billy Jack started production in the 1980s and closed almost immediately. It was never completed.
Other unnecessary sequels: The belated follow-ups to Sleepaway Camp (1983). The original is problematic, to be sure, but well worth seeing, if you’re even a little bit of a fan of the slasher genre.
How to Train Your Dragon live action concerns me. The original was so good.