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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAmerican Exit<\/em> – Based loosely on a true-story, this\nfilm involves a cash-strapped father who decides to steal a million-dollar painting\nfrom an art dealer who has ties to a criminal organizations. The lead heads out\nto the desert with his rebellious teenage son in order to avoid detection and try\nto repair their relationship. However, but the pair soon find themselves in the\nmiddle of nowhere and being hunted down by the dealer’s henchmen. This picture\nis making its debut on disc and through digital\/on demand providers . As such,\nthere are no reviews for the feature as of yet. Dane Cook, Levi Miller, Udo\nKier and Claire van der Boom headline the film. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Apollo 11<\/em> – The Apollo 11 mission to the moon is the\nfocus of this documentary. Filmmakers reportedly spent great effort in cleaning\nup archival and never-before-seen footage from the mission, hoping to present\nthe events that unfolded 50 years ago in a new light and display the heroism of\nastronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins in their trip to the\nmoon. The press heaped praise on the feature. One or two did state that while\nthe mission marked an important milestone, they found the presentation a bit\ndry. Still, the overwhelming majority wrote that the movie was an incredible\ntribute and stated that the footage was incredible and truly captured what it\nmust have felt like to have been present with the NASA team and astronauts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ashes in the Snow<\/em> – Set during WWII, this feature follows\na 16 year-old artist living in Russia\nwith her family. The clan are deported to Siberia as\nStalin begins to dismantle the region and are forced into surviving a series of\ngulags. The youngster attempts to use her art as a means to depict the horrors\ninflicted upon her family. Critics were mixed about the final results. A group\nfound it genuine in its intentions and appreciated the cinematography and\ntechnical skills on display. Slightly more complained that the story’s attempts\nto juggle genocide with a girl’s attempts to create art didn’t coagulate well\non the big screen. It stars Bel Powley, Martin Wallstr\u00f6m, Lisa Loven Kongsli\nand Sophie Cookson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Backdraft 2<\/em> – Anyone out there feel like the original\n1991 firefighter drama Backdraft<\/em> left too many unanswered plot threads\nand questions? I’m pretty sure no one believed that to be the case, but you’re\ngetting a direct-to-disc sequel anyway. This follow-up in title only tells the\nstory of a Chicago F.D. investigator hunting down an arms dealer who sets fires\nto distract authorities from his nefarious activities. As you might have\nimagined, this title has yet to have been seen or reviewed by anyone, so any\nfans of the previous film will just have to take a chance on this one if\nthey’re interesed. The cast includes Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin, Joe\nAnderson and Alastair Mackenzie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Birds of Passage<\/em> – This multinational, multi-language\ndrama is set in the 60s and 70s and chronicles the early days of the drug trade\nin Columbia. Specifically, it\nfollows the Wayuu indigenous peoples and one man’s attempts to make a better\nlife for himself and members of his family by joining an organization (against\nthe wishes of others within the group). Danger escalates for all as he strays\ndeeper into the violent industry. Reaction towards the film was incredibly\nstrong. A tiny contingent critiqued the movie for not bringing enough to this\ncrime fable that was new. Still, to others the film was ambitious and\neffectively showed how one could get absorbed into this disturbing world. It features\nJos\u00e9 Acosta, Carmi\u00f1a Mart\u00ednez and Natalia Reyes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cold Pursuit<\/em> – A snowplow driver is dismayed when he\nand his wife discover that their son has died from a forced heroin overdose.\nAfter his spouse has a breakdown and leaves him, the furious lead lashes out;\nhe uses roguish tactics to start a gang war between crime factions to get his\nrevenge. No doubt some heavies find themselves veering too close to his\nsnowplow. At the end of the day, this remake of a 2014 Norwegian thriller\ncalled In Order of Disappearance<\/em> impressed reviewers. While some didn’t\nthink that there was anything particularly unique about it and felt that it lost\nis momentum as it progressed, more appeared to enjoy the dark sense of humor\nand nastiness on display. It stars Liam Neeson, Emmy Rossum, Laura Dern and Tom\nBateman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fighting with My Family<\/em> – Loosely based on the life\nstory of WWE star Paige, this comedy follows a young woman and her brother as\nthey audition to become professional wrestlers. When she’s chosen over her\nsibling, the new recruit must not only make the transition into a strange new\nworld, but also deal with the concerns of other family members. Response towards\nthis feature was positive. A small grouping did suggest that the events were\nformulaic and predictable, but the general consensus was that the movie was\nheartwarming and funny. They also noted that you didn’t have to be a wrestling\nfan to enjoy it. The movie features Florence Pugh, Nick Frost, Lena Headley,\nJack Lowden and Dwayne Johnson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Happy Death Day 2U<\/em> – This sequel to the 2017 horror\nfilm continues the story of its protagonist, who has now moved on from the\nevents of the first movie. When the protagonist’s new roommate suddenly tells\nher that he is experiencing exactly what she did in the previous flick (repeating\nthe same day over and over and being murdered by a masked killer), she decides\nto try and help him and stop the madman. The follow-up received reasonable\nnotices. About a third complained that this was a simple variation on the original,\nfelt too familiar, and though it just wasn’t tense. Still, most complimented it\nas being a decent genre flick that tries to add a few elements to the recipe.\nThe cast includes Jessica Rothe, Ruby Modine and Isreal Broussard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Jurassic Dead<\/em> – This low-budget B-movie involves\na crazed scientist who, after prophesizing that the end of the world is near,\ndecides to hurry the process along himself by creating a serum and bringing a\nmonstrous creation called a Z-Rex to life (a zombie T-Rex that also turns\nvictims into the undead). As the oversized creature goes on the rampage, a\ngroup of soldiers and college kids team up to stop the threat to humanity. As of right now, there aren’t a lot of\nreviews out there for this independent effort and the ones that have appeared\nonline aren’t the most complimentary. Still, maybe it’ll provide some laughs\nfor bad movie fans in the right frame of mind. It features Matt Block, Cooper\nElliott and Ben Johnson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Never Grow Old<\/em> – An undertaker suddenly begins to\nmake a great living when violent crooks arrive in his home town and begin\ngunning down their various enemies. While his business initially improves, the lead\nbegins to become concerned for his family and other associates when the killers\nstart turning their attention towards his close relations. This independent\nwestern earned excellent notices. A tiny contingent didn’t care for the violent\nand mean characters. However, almost all others thought this dark and\nrevisionist take on the outlaw flick was extremely well-acted, had some\ninteresting insight, and delivered the gunslinging goods. It stars John Cusack,\nEmile Hirsch and Antonia Campbell-Hughes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Never Look Away<\/em> – Very loosely inspired by a true\nstory, this foreign-language drama involves a young man who escapes East\n Germany and finds a new home in West\n Germany. While his life improves, he still\nsuffers distress from his time under Nazi forces. The hero decides to deal with\nhis issues by creating incredible works of art that end up representing the\ntraumas of his generation. The movie was nominated for two Oscars at the\nAcademy Awards, including Best Foreign-Language film and Best Cinematography. Critics\nwere generally impressed by the feature. A group did criticize it for being\nslow and overlong, bust most found it unique, fascinating and difficult to\nforget. The cast includes Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch and Paula Beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Triple Threat<\/em> – When a billionaire’s daughter\nthreatens to take down a big crime syndicate, the bad guys decide to take out a\ncontract on her. A group of down-and-out mercenaries try and protect her,\nleaving to several confrontations that feature martial arts mayhem. Notices\nwere good but not exceptional for this kung-fu take on The Expendables<\/em>.\nMembers of the press who didn’t like it thought the story was lacking and\nsuggested that the filmmakers didn’t do enough with their stars. Those who gave\nit a pass stated that all of the performers were exceptional fighters and, even\nif it wasn’t as grand as intended, still delivered some solid fight sequences.\nIt stars Tony Jaa, Tiger Hu Chen, Iko Uwais, Scott Adkins, Celina Jade, Michael\nJai White and JeeJa Yanin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blasts from the Past!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s an incredibly busy week for great older releases as\nwell. Arrow Academy\nare putting out a Blu-ray of the excellent thriller, The Big Clock<\/em>\n(1948). It’s about a magazine empire tycoon who murders someone at the office\nand tries to pin it on a lowly office worker (played by Ray Milland), who must\nthen prove his innocence and evade capture in the building. This release\nincludes a high definition transfer from the original film elements, a film\nscholar commentary, a newly created analysis of the movie, a piece on co-star\nCharles Laughton, a radio dramatization of the movie and publicity materials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Arrow Video also have Yakuza Law<\/em> (1969) on Blu-ray.\nThis title moves across three different periods in Japanese history and tells\nstories about the various methods the Yakuza used to torture enemies. The\nrelease includes a film critic commentary, a vintage interview with the film’s\ndirector and an image gallery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n MVD Visual are putting out Blu-rays of the Mark Dacascos\naction-thriller, Boogie Boy<\/em> (1998). This Special Edition arrives with a\nnew, director approved 4K transfer from the original camera negative, a\n92-minute making-of documentary, photo gallery and trailer. They’ve also got a\nBlu-ray of the dark comedy, The Big White<\/em> (2005). This effort involves\nan Alaskan man who finds a dead body and tries to use it to claim his long-lost\nbrother’s life insurance policy. The movie looks interesting and has an\nall-star cast including Robin Williams, Giovanni Ribisi, Holly Hunter, Woody\nHarrelson, Tim Blake Nelson and many others. The disc includes a variety of\npromotional materials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) take great pride in\nrestoring and releasing out-of-print and hard-to-come-by little films. This\nweek, they’re putting out a Blu-ray double feature called Wakaliwood Supa\nAction Volume 1: Who Killed Captain Alex? <\/em>(2010) & Bad Black<\/em>\n(2016). It includes two outrageous and over-the-top Ugandan action films that\nare said to be incredibly entertaining. Special features include director\ncommentaries, welcome videos for 14 countries, music videos, interviews and\nnews clips, trailers and commercials, behind-the-scenes featurettes, fan videos\nand other bonuses. Looks like a great opportunity to check out some B-movies\nfrom another part of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a completely different note, Criterion have some Blu-ray\nreleases of their own. You can now pick up the dark and disturbing home\ninvasion flick Funny Games<\/em> (1997), from director Michael Haneke (Amour<\/em>,\nThe White Ribber<\/em>, Cache<\/em>). It comes with new 2K digital\nrestoration supervised by Haneke, new English subtitles. You’ll also get new\ninterviews with Haneke and actor Arno Frisch, as well as a talk with film\nhistorian Alexander Horwath on the picture. The Blu-ray also includes the a\npress conference from the 1997 Cannes Film Festival featuring Haneke and actors\nSusanne Lothar and Ulrich M\u00fche and the original trailer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They are also distributing House of Games<\/em> (1987) on\nBlu-ray. This title is from Pulitzer Prize-winner David Mamet (Oleanna<\/em>, Heist<\/em>,\nSpartan<\/em>, Redbelt<\/em>) and follows a therapist who gets into the world\nof con artists. The movie’s digital transfer has been supervised by the film’s\ncinematographer and the release comes with a 2007 commentary with Mamet and\nco-star Ricky Jay, interviews with actors Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna, a\nshort documentary on the production and storyboard from a scene not used in the\nfilm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Shout! Factory have plenty of good stuff as well. The first title is the The Chosen<\/em> (1977) aka Holocaust 2000<\/em> starring Kirk Douglas. This UK\/Italy co-production was a knock-off of sorts of The Omen<\/em> (watch your heads, people!) and features a dad who finds out that his son is the Anti-Christ and is going to cause the end of the world. There were actually two versions of the movie released with two different endings (depending on what part of the world you happened to live in), and this Blu-ray has both the US and international cuts. One thing is for sure… that crazy poster art doesn’t really give you any idea of what you’re in for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They also have the Graham Greene novel adaptation, This\nGun for Hire<\/em> (1942). It’s a classic hard-boiled thriller starring Veronica\n Lake and Robert Preston. The Blu-ray\nfor this movie comes with a 4K scan from the original film elements, a film\nhistorian commentary, and publicity materials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And there’s more! The Cohen Film Collection are releasing Buster\nKeaton Collection Volume 1<\/em> – The General<\/em> (1926) & Steamboat\nBill Jr.<\/em> (1928), a Blu-ray featuring two of the silent film star’s greatest\ncomedies. It also comes with a couple of extras in the form of a piece on the\nlegacy of Keaton, reflections on the films, and trailers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kino also have a few titles of note. The Bedroom Window<\/em> (1987) was a thriller inspired by the work of Hitchcock that starred, oddly enough, Steve Guttenberg (Police Academy<\/em>) as a man whose life becomes increasingly complicated after the woman he’s having an affair with witnesses an attempted murder from his bedroom window. It also stars Isabelle Huppert and Elizabeth McGovern. The disc include a film historian commentary and trailer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They also have a Special Edition Blu-ray of the\nwell-regarded social satire, The Landlord<\/em> (1970). This release has new\ninterviews with star Beau Bridges, co-star Lee Gran, producer Norman Jewison\nand includes a trailer as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the thriller\/horror vein, they are also giving us a Special Edition of the killer ape movie, Link<\/em> (1986). This one involves a grad student (Elizabeth Shue) who ends up on the estate of a zoology professor (Terrence Stamp), along with some primates. One of them, an orangutan, begins to terrorize them. The movie arrives on Blu-ray with a new 4K restoration, a film historian commentary, audio interview with director Richard Franklin (Road Games<\/em>, Psycho II<\/em>, Cloak & Dagger<\/em>), deleted workprint scenes in SD, a Jerry Goldsmith demo of the Link theme, and multiple trailers. It has been a long time since I’ve seen this one and I remember it being a bit silly, but am looking forward to catching up with it nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that’s not all, folks. Mill Creek are adding more titles to their catalog of budget-friendly Blu-ray releases. This week, it’s a re-release of the killer snake flick, Anaconda<\/em> (1997). More interestingly, they’re also putting out a Blu-ray of the Faye Dunaway\/Tommy Lee Jones thriller, Eyes of Laura Mars<\/em> (1978). The flick was actually written by horror maestro John Carpenter (Halloween<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaking of which, the distributor also have Ghosts of Mars<\/em> (2001) in high definition, which was directed and co-written by Carpenter. It isn’t one of the filmmaker’s best, but it does provide some fun moments as a Martian police unit battle it out with some enraged and possessed persons at a remote mining post. No word on whether or not the amusing director commentary track from the DVD release is included. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Warner Archive also have a few notable Blu-rays coming your\nway. They include the Jack Lemmon comedy, The Prisoner of Second Avenue<\/em>\n(1974). And with the recent hit remake garnering so much attention, the studio\nhave also decided to put out the original A Star is Born<\/em> (1954) along\nwith the Barbra Streisand\/Kris Kristofferson redo, A Star is Born<\/em> (1976).<\/p>\n\n\n\n And it’s hard to believe, but the feel-good Kevin Costner\nbaseball flick Field of Dreams<\/em> (1989) has hit a milestone. To celebrate,\nUniversal are making a 30th Anniversary Blu-ray available, and also putting out\na new, cleaned up 4K version of the film. This classic is sure to make many a\nguy’s eyes water. It comes with all of the previously released features and\nlikely some other extras. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, Scorpion are releasing a Blu-ray of the UK\ncrime flick, Conduct Unbecoming<\/em> (1975) and Mondo Macabro have The\nDevil’s Nightmare<\/em> (1971) in high definition. 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Mr. Peabody & Sherman<\/em>: The Complete Collection <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buried Secrets of the Bible with Albert Lin<\/em> (National Geographic)
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?<\/em> (PBS Kids)
Darrow & Darrow: Body of Evidence<\/em> (Hallmark TV-movie)
The Donna Reed Show<\/em>: Seasons 1 – 5
Finding Your Roots<\/em>: Season 5 (PBS)
The Found Footage Festival<\/em>: Volumes 7 & 8
Korea: The Never Ending War<\/em> (PBS)
The Lone Ranger<\/em>: Seasons 1 & 2
Mr. Peabody & Sherman<\/em>: The Complete Collection
NOVA: The Next Pompeii<\/em> (PBS)
Patrick Melrose<\/em>: Season 1
Power<\/em>: Season 4
Power<\/em>: Season 5
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files<\/em> (PBS)
The Shield<\/em>: The Complete Series
Wedding March 4: Something Old, Something New<\/em> (Hallmark TV-movie) <\/p>\n\n\n\n