Capernaum<\/em>\n– A Lebanese boy is born into and forced to endure horrific poverty and abuse\nin this foreign-language drama. After running away from home, he attempts to\nmake a new start, only falling into more dangerous situations. Eventually, the\nchild finds help he needs and decides to sue his parents for bringing him into\nthe world. Most critics gave this feature positive notices, and it was also\nnominated for an Academy Award. There were some who suggested that the movie\nwas obvious in its emotional manipulations, ultimately drowning viewers in\nsentiment to make its point. However, the general consensus was that the child\nactors were strong and the story harrowing. It features Zain Al Rafeea and\nYordanos Shiferaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf <\/em>Beale Street<\/em>\nCould Talk<\/em> – This follow-up from the writer\/director of the Oscar-winning\nfilm Moonlight<\/em> is set in the 70s and chronicles the life of an\nAfrican-American family. The story displays the many struggles they must endure\nto stay together and survive, especially after one of them is falsely accused\nof a crime and locked away in prison. The drama earned plenty of raves from the\npress. A very small number suggested that some of the elements of family\nbonding didn’t gel perfectly with the harsher bits, but almost all others\nthought that it was an impressive character piece with phenomenal performances\nand gorgeous cinematography. The cast includes Kiki Layne, Stephan James,\nRegina King (who won an Oscar for her work), Teyonah Parris and Colman Domingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKing of Thieves<\/em> – Based on a true story, this UK\ncrime flick is about a group of retired crooks who decide to team up for one\nlast score, involving a heist of incredible jewels from the London\narea. The first part of the tale involves the theft, while the second details\nthe criminals becoming greedy and turning on each other. Reaction was fairly\nmuted for this effort. Those who liked it appreciated the work of the\nimpressive cast and thought it moved at a quick clip. Skeptics commented that\nthe screenplay let its performers down and thought that the enterprise wasn’t\nparticularly suspenseful. Michael Caine, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Ray\nWinstone, Charlie Cox and Francesca Annis headline the flick.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMFKZ<\/em> – This foreign animated feature is set in a\nfuture dystopian Los Angeles and\nfollows the exploits of a young man and his best friend. After the lead gets\ninto a scooter-related accident, he discovers that he may have superpowers.\nHowever, the hero also begins to have bizarre hallucinations that suggest he is\npart of an alien species intending to take over the world. The film premiered\nas part of a Fathom event and is now making its debut on disc. Notices are\nsplit to negative so far. A segment found the movie beautiful to look at and\namusingly crazy. Still, it seems that most complained that the story didn’t\nmake much sense and the film itself had little to say. The voice-cast for the\nEnglish-language version includes Giancarlo Esposito, Vince Staples and RZA.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSecond Act<\/em> – A worker at a box store turns 40 and\nbecomes frustrated with her life. She decides to start over, using a fake\nresume and talking her way into a big position at a Madison Avenue firm. From\nthere, the protagonist finds herself a new love interest and uses her street\nsmarts to succeed in the workplace. This romantic comedy was largely panned.\nAdmittedly, there were a few write-ups that liked the cast and thought the\nfilm’s message was well-intentioned. Unfortunately, most called it a formulaic\naffair with a by-the-numbers script that didn’t offer the performers anything\nparticularly funny to work with. The movie stars Jennifer Lopez, Leah Remini, Vanessa\nHudgens, Treat Williams and Milo Ventimiglia. <\/p>\n\n\n\nStan & Ollie<\/em> – The lives of famous silent film\ncomedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are captured in this dramatic biopic\nthat focuses on their later years as they try to revitalize their careers. While\nheading out on a tour of the UK,\nold issues between the actors surface and come to the forefront. Critics\ngenerally thought that the film was excellent. A lone voice or two critiqued\nthe movie for focusing on a more negative and tension-filled chapter in their\nlives. Still, most thought the two lead performances were exceptional and\nstated that the screenplay did a superb job at showing the trials and difficulties\nbetween two men simply known for making the world laugh. It stars Steve Coogan,\nJohn C. Reilly, Shirley Henderon, Nina Arianda, Rufus Jones and Danny Huston. <\/p>\n\n\n\nUntogether<\/em> – This independent drama\/comedy details\nthe lives of two couples living in Los Angeles.\nThe first are a doctor and a self-destructive writer who have a one night stand\nthat turns into something more complex and difficult to navigate. In the meantime,\nthe writer’s sister takes up religion as a means of dealing with her boyfriend,\na musician who has given up his career to be with her. The press weren’t all\nthat taken with this effort. A small group appreciated the darker approach and\nthought that there were some truthful observations within the story. Yet the\nmajority had difficulty relating to it, and thought the shifting tones didn’t\nquite gel together. The cast includes Jamie Dornan, Lola Kirke, Jemima Kirke,\nBen Mehdelsohn, Billy Crystal and Jennifer Grey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The World Before Your Feet<\/em> – The focus of this documentary is Matt Green, a man who quit his job as a successful engineer to spend the next six years of his life walking every single block of New York City.\u00a0In order to make his unique dream come true, Green gives up his apartment and possessions, lives on couches, and sustains himself on a budget $15 dollars a day. Reviews for this non-fiction feature have been very strong. In general, the comments were that it was incredible to watch a man give up everything in his life for a very personal sort of pilgrimage. They found that the subject’s actions and thoughts made for a curious and fascinating trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\nBlasts from the Past!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis is a staggeringly busy edition for older titles getting\nhigh definition upgrades. Arrow Video are releasing a box set called Blood\nHunger: The Films of Jose Larraz<\/em> (1970 – 1978). It contains three…\nwell… kinda trashy thrillers from a Spanish director. The films included are Whirlpool<\/em>\n(1970), Vampyres<\/em> (1974) and The Coming of Sin<\/em> (1978). They all\narrive newly restored in 2K transfers using the original film elements. Of\ncourse, besides the great image quality, the release includes an incredible\nwealth of extras. Just some of those listed are commentaries and an analysis\nfrom various horror film experts, talks with contemporaries of the man and his\nproductions, archival interviews with the director, a short made by a student\nof Larraz under the filmmaker’s tutelage, and publicity materials. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMVD have a triple feature\ncollection called Nemesis: Sequel Trilogy<\/em> (1995 – 1996). This series is\nabout a world filled with cyborgs and a war that breaks out between the\nartificial intelligence and humanity. The 1992 Oliver Gruner sci-fi B-movie\noriginal was successful enough to warrant these made-for-video follow-ups,\nalthough none feature Gruner himself. The titles include Nemesis 2: Nebula<\/em>\n(1995), Nemesis 3: Time Lapse<\/em> (1997) and Nemesis 4: Cry of Angels<\/em>\naka Death Angel<\/em> (1997). They’re being presented here for the first time\non Blu-ray and the set comes with a series of interviews with director Albert\nPyun, who helmed all of the flicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSony are starting to make some of their harder to find\ntitles more readily available on Blu-ray. This week, they’re putting out the\nMichael Keaton comedy Multiplicity<\/em> (1996) in high definition. It’s a\nreally funny feature about a man who can’t deal with his overstuffed life and secretly\nhas an exact clone of himself made in order to help him. Things soon get out of\nhand when the copy develops its own personality and wants… and then, even more\nclones start appearing at the door. Harold Ramis (National Lampoon’s\nVacation<\/em>, Groundhog Day<\/em>) directed this one and it’s worth checking\nout if you haven’t seen it.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSony have another Michael Keaton comedy to offer on Blu-ray with The Squeeze<\/em> (1987). This film is about an eccentric artist who witnesses a murder, along with a woman serving him a court summons. The event leaves the two on the run and being pursued by killers. The studio are also putting out a Blu-ray of the well-regarded Russia-set drama, White Nights<\/em> (1985). It stars Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov. It involves a dancer living in the USSR who decides to help another performer escape and start a new life abroad. <\/p>\n\n\n\nKino have a stack of new titles as well. First, they’re\noffering a Blu-ray of the Clint Eastwood Spaghetti western sequel, For a Few\nDollars More<\/em> (1965). This Special Edition arrives with a new, 2018 4K\nrestoration of the film, a recently recorded film historian audio commentary, a\nnew, on-location featurette about the movie. Not only that, but the release\nincludes a previously released film historian commentary, several featurettes,\nnewly discovered promotional materials, trailers and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe distributor also have the well-regarded and lengthy Lee\nMarvin drama, The Iceman Cometh<\/em> (1973). This disc includes new 2K\nrestortations of both the 3-hour and 4-hour versions of the movie, as well as other\nbonuses. As if that isn’t enough, 3D fans can now pick up Jivaro 3D<\/em>\n(1954) on Blu-ray. It’s a goofy jungle adventure flick shot in the eye-popping\nformat, and the disc includes an audio commentary, an analysis of the 3D\nstereoscopic technique, an original theatrical trailer and other trailers for\nmore titles from Kino. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe next one here is something of a personal favorite. Kingdom of the Spiders<\/em> (1977) is an exceptionally goofy and entertaining eco-disaster movie about a town overrun with killer spiders. It stars William Shatner as a veterinarian who’s just getting over the death of his brother. When cattle and locals start appearing dead and covered in spider bites, the hero teams up with an entomologist and the pair attempt to stop the threat. Of course, he also tries romancing her amidst the carnage. It is a B-movie blast and Shatner is extremely entertaining in it. This release includes a commentary with the director, producer and the co-star playing the entomologist as well as an interview with the performer. I will be picking this Blu-ray up.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAdditionally, Kino have Special Edition Blu-rays of several\nBing Crosby\/Bob Hope comedies. They includes Road to <\/em>Morocco<\/em>\n(1942), Road to <\/em>Singapore<\/em>\n(1940) and Road to Utopia<\/em> (1946). All appear to arrive with film\nhistorian commentaries and come with clips and promotional materials featuring\nthe stars. The distributor also has the Robert Stack\/Rock Hudson drama, The\nTarnished Angels<\/em> (1957) arriving in high definition.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnd yes, Shout! Factory have some notable Blu-rays too. The\nBody Snatcher<\/em> (1945) is an effective Boris Karloff creeper. This period\neffort from producer Val Lewton (who helped get Cat People<\/em> and I\nWalked with a Zombie<\/em> made) is about a scientist willing to do anything to get\nmore cadavers on his table for experiments. The disc comes with a new 4K scan\nof the original camera negative, a new documentary, an informative commentary\nwith a film historian and director Robert Wise (The Day the Earth Stood\nStill<\/em>, West Side Story<\/em>), a documentary on Lewton and multiple still\ngalleries. They also have a Blu-ray of the Neil Simon comedy, Brighton Beach\nMemoirs<\/em> (1986). It arrives with a theatrical trailer included. <\/p>\n\n\n\nAnd you won’t want to miss The Street Fighter Collection<\/em>\n(1974) Blu-ray box set. This release contains all three films in the Street\nFighter<\/em> martial arts series that stars Sonny Chiba. If you haven’t seen\nthese cult flicks, they’re an absolute blast. Chiba\nbreaks skulls with his fists and takes down all sorts of bad guys. All three\nflicks are presented in their uncut editions and have been given new 2K scans\nas well as multiple audio tracks and dubs. You’ll also get interviews with Chiba\nand all sorts of publicity materials relating to the movies. It should be a\ngreat set. And remember kids, “Do not ever let anyone beat you!”<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnd Shout! are also bringing a Blu-ray of the thriller, Warning\nSign<\/em> (1985). The cast includes Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan and Yaphet\nKotto. It’s about a dangerous bio-weapon that is released into a research\nfacility and causes chaos during a lockdown. I haven’t seen this one in a long,\nlong time but it has a great cast, which makes me curious to revisit it. The\ndisc itself comes with new interviews with both the director\/co-writer and\nproducer, a commentary with the filmmaker and trailers\/TV spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Sometimes dead is better.” If you enjoy suspense\nand horror, then you’ll also be happy to learn that Paramount\nare releasing an Anniversary Edition of Pet Sematary<\/em> (1989) on Blu-ray\n(which seems timed to coincide with the release of the forthcoming remake). The\nStephen King adaptation arrives with a new 4K transfer. Contents include with a\nnew interview with director Mary Lambert, filmmaker commentary, featurettes on\nthe production, never-before-seen storyboards and other images, and a look back\nat the movie with the cast of the 2019 version.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnd there’s more. Criterion have a Blu-ray arriving of the\ncomedy, I Wanna Hold Your Hand<\/em> (1978). This early feature from Robert\nZemekis (Back to the Future<\/em>, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?<\/em>) is about a\ngroup of desperate teens determined to see The Beatles as they make their US\ndebut on the Ed Sullivan Show<\/em>. Wackiness ensues as they try to get\nthemselves into the studio. The flick features 17 original Beatles tunes on its\nsoundtrack. This disc includes a new 4K digital restoration approved by\ndirector Zemekis and producer Bob Gale, a conversation with the pair and\nexecutive producer Steven Spielberg, interviews with cast members, an audio\ncommentary from Zemekis and Gale recorded in 2004, two early short films from\nthe director, as well as the trailer and radio spots. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThey also have Jap\u00f3n<\/em> (2002). The drama is about a\nsuicidal man from Mexico City who\ntravels to the wilderness to finish the job, but who meets and befriends a quirky\nvillage woman. Their relationship begins to change his perspective. The Blu-ray\nincludes a 2K digital restoration, a new conversation with the filmmaker and a\nshort film by the figure, a video diary shot by one of the cast members during\nproduction, a deleted scene and the trailer. <\/p>\n\n\n\nFinally, Warner Archive are putting out a Blu-ray of Doris\nDay romantic comedy, The Glass Bottom Boat<\/em> (1966). <\/p>\n\n\n\nYou Know, For Kids!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nHere are some new titles that children may enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dragons: Race to the Edge<\/em>: Seasons 5 & 6 Power Rangers: Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger<\/em> – The Complete Series <\/p>\n\n\n\nOn the Tube!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAnd these are the week’s TV-themed releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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