In My Room<\/em> \u2013 This eccentric foreign-language feature\nfrom Germany is about an aging bachelor unhappy with his life but unwilling or unable\nto change anything in it. When he wakes up the following morning, he\u2019s shocked\nto discover that almost every human being on the planet has completely\ndisappeared. Not knowing how or why any of this happened, the man is forced\ninto coming to terms with his issues and starting afresh. The picture was\nnominated for plenty of awards at various European film festivals and earned plenty\nof praise from critics. A few couldn\u2019t relate to the lead character and needed a\nmore detailed explanation of why the event occurred. However, the consensus was\na fascinating slow-burn of a movie with plenty of atmosphere and ideas to\ncontemplate. Hans Low and Elena Radonicich headline the film. Presently, it is\nonly available on DVD.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe King of Staten Island<\/em> \u2013 One of the first high\nprofile Hollywood titles to debut online after the pandemic outbreak is the Universal\ncomedy\/drama. It details the life of a man whose firefighter dad dies and\nleaves him psychologically scarred. Now in his mid-20s, living at home with his\nmom and possessing little ambition or drive, a series of new events force him\nto grapple with his issues and move forward. The press generally liked what\nthey saw. A smaller group didn\u2019t think it balanced the comedy and drama very\nwell and took too long to get to the heart of the story. Still, most thought that\nwhile it took some time to build momentum, the supporting cast were funny and that\nthe movie ended on a strong and compelling note. It stars Pete Davidson, Marisa\nTomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow and Steve Buscemi, <\/p>\n\n\n\nOne Night in Bangkok<\/em> \u2013 This action picture begins\nwith a hitman arriving in Bangkok on assignment. He hires a driver who soon\nrealizes the trouble she\u2019s gotten into after the body count starts. But of\ncourse, she can\u2019t escape the killer\u2019s reach. As it turns out, he\u2019s seeking\nrevenge on other baddies who caused the death of his wife and child. When a sharp\ndetective ends up on their trail, more conflicts arise and a battle of fists and\nwits ensues with the driver pulled right into the middle of the fracas. There\nisn\u2019t any information currently available about this independent effort, so there\nis no critical consensus about the movie\u2019s quality. Interested parties will\nhave to go in cold. The movie is directed by Wych Kaos (Ballistic: Ecks vs.\nSever<\/em>) and features Mark Dacascos, Vanida Golten, Prinya Intachai and Kane Kosugi.\n <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Tobacconist<\/em> \u2013 This Austria\/Germany co-production\nis based on a bestselling novel by Robert Seethaler. Set in the late 1930s, the\nplot involves a 17-year-old who moves from the country to Vienna in order to\napprentice at a tobacco shop. He soon becomes close friends with customer and psychoanalysis\nfounder Sigmund Freud. When Nazi forces arrive and occupy the country, the two\ndiscuss their next move and whether to stay or flee Austria. Reaction was\ngenerally positive towards this historical drama. Those who disliked said it\nwas certainly well-shot and performed, but thought the screenplay simplified\nthe historical events too much leaving the picture feeling a little run-of-the-mill.\n However, more were impressed by the understated\nwork of the actors and believed that they were enjoyable to watch. It features Simon\nMorz\u00e9, Bruno Ganz and Johannes Krisch.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Trip to Greece<\/em> \u2013 For those unfamiliar with this title,\nthis UK production from Michael Winterbottom (Welcome to Sarajevo<\/em>, 24\nHour Party People<\/em>) is actually a TV series in its homeland. The plot involves\nfictionalized versions of actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon doing restaurant\ntours, reviewing cuisine and discussing their own personal issues with one\nanother during the journey. Each season has been edited down into a\nfeature-length movie for international audiences. This release marks the fourth\nand final film (or series, if you\u2019ve been watching the UK TV show) as the\ncharacters eat in Greece and try to sort their complicated lives out. Like the\nother pictures, this understated comedy received high marks from the press. One\nor two have still expressed issues with the improvised talks and loose narrative\nstructure. All others said that the bickering between the leads was endlessly amusing\nand hoped the pair might return to the franchise at some point in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\nUncle Peckerhead <\/em>\u2013 Being in a band is tough,\nespecially when you can\u2019t get the proper assistance to help you tour and find\nan audience. One punk group thinks they\u2019ve managed to start to break through\nafter they set out a number of gigs across the country and prepare for their\nfirst major road trip. Unfortunately, they soon learn that their roadie is a man-eating\ndemon who may not only kill off their fans, but themselves as well. This independent\nhorror\/comedy earned a lot of good press at festivals early in the year and\nwith reviewers. In fact, as of right now everyone who has seen the film has enjoyed\nit. They wrote that the characters were likable and that the movie was a\nremarkably entertaining gross-out horror\/comedy that hits the right comic note\nthe majority of the time. It stars David Bluvband, Greg Maness, Chet Siegel,\nJeff Riddle, Ruby McCollister and David Littleton.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBlasts from the Past!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis is a particularly busy week for older flicks receiving\nhigh definition upgrades. Arrow Video get the ball rolling with a Special\nEdition Blu-ray of The Comic<\/em> (1985), a UK horror\/sci-fi fill about a\nstruggling stand-up comedian who starts murdering his competition to rise through\nthe ranks of talent and become a star. Described as a bizarre and at times\nbaffling 80s cinematic oddity, it certainly sounds like the kind of flick that needed\nsome time to find its audience. The distributor is providing a new 2K\nrestoration of the movie from the original camera negative and have included a\nnewly filmed interview and introduction to the flick with the director. <\/p>\n\n\n\nShout! Factory are bringing the Roger Corman monster movie, Attack\nof the Crab Monsters<\/em> (1957), to Blu-ray. This tale follows a group of\nscientists who arrive on an island in the Pacific searching for some missing\ncompatriots. They discover at atomic energy has caused crustaceans to grow and\nmutate, leaving the visitors to fight for survival. The disc includes a 2K scan\nof a fine-grain print of the movie, a film historian audio commentary, a salute\nto Roger Corman himself featuring Corman, Joe Dante, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter\nFonda and others as well as a trailer.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you enjoy Japanese animated features, you\u2019ll be excited\nto learn that Shout! are presenting special Steelbooks of two Studio Ghibli Hayao\nMiyazaki classics. Those titles are Kiki\u2019s Delivery Service<\/em> (1989) and Nausicaa\nof the Valley of the Wind<\/em> (1984). Features like audio commentaries and\nstoryboards will be the same as with previous editions, so this release is\nreally more about the collectable packaging. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThey are also putting out a Collector\u2019s Edition of the horror anthology, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie<\/em> (1990). This is a fun little genre flick with a trilogy of tales and a wraparound featuring all sorts of spooky creatures. If memory serves, the first segment featuring a mummy is a particularly strong one that stars Christian Slater and features Julianne Moore and Steve Buscemi in supporting roles. This release includes a new commentary with co-producer David R. Kappes. Additionally, there\u2019s an archived commentary that includes the director and co-screenwriter George Romero (he worked on the second segment). You\u2019ll also get a new feature-length documentary on the making of the film including interviews with the director, make-up team, producer, director of photography, editor and cast members James Remar and Rae Dawn Chong. It also comes with a wealth of publicity materials and behind-the-scenes material. <\/p>\n\n\n\nYou can also pick up their latest genre film box set, the Universal\nHorror Collection: Volume 6<\/em>. This one contains The Black Castle<\/em>\n(1952), Cult of the Cobra<\/em> (1955), The Thing That Couldn\u2019t Die<\/em> (1958)\nand The Shadow of the Cat<\/em> (1961). All of the films have been given a 2K\nscan from a fine grain film element and also include film historian audio\ncommentary, trailers and TV spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKino are also back with a large selection of Blu-ray\nreleases. All I Desire<\/em> (1953) is a melodrama from director Douglas Sirk\n(All That Heaven Allows<\/em>) with Barbara Stanwyck. The Balcony<\/em> (1963)\nstars Shelly Winters, Peter Falk and Lee Grant. It involves events occurring inside\na brothel as a violent revolution occurs outside. And Breezy<\/em> (1973) is an\nearly directorial effort from Clint Eastwood featuring Kay Lenz and William\nHolden about a teenage hippy who befriends a middle-aged divorced man. If you\nprefer westerns, Hell Bent<\/em> (1918) is an early picture from John Ford (The\nSearchers<\/em>) about a cowboy trying to cross the desert on foot. All of these\ndiscs include film historian commentaries as well as trailers, and a couple\nalso include interviews with cast or crew members.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThey are also releasing Hollywoodland<\/em> (2006) on Blu-ray.\nThis biopic deals with the unsolved murder of George Reeves (who played\nSuperman in the 1950s TV-series). It\u2019s a well-regarded drama with a great cast\nincluding Ben Affleck, Adrian Brody, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins and many others.\nThis one comes loaded with bonuses, including a new entertainment journalist commentary\ndiscussing the film and real-life crime, an archived director commentary, numerous\nfeaturettes on the production, deleted scenes and a trailer. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Reginald Denny Collection (1924 \u2013 1926)<\/em> contains\nBlu-rays of three comedies made with the actor during the silent movie period. This\nset includes The Reckless Age<\/em> (1924), What Happened to Jones?<\/em>\n(1926) and Skinner\u2019s Dress Suit<\/em> (1926). You can expect 4K restorations\nof the movies and multiple audio commentaries along with separate music score\ntracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Sign of the Cross<\/em> (1932) is a historical drama\nset during Roman times from director Cecil B DeMille (Sunset Blvd.<\/em>, The\nGreatest Show on Earth<\/em>, The Ten Commandments<\/em>). This release comes\nwith two movie expert commentaries and a trailer. Kino\u2019s last Blu-ray of the\nweek is another Douglas Sirk melodrama featuring Barbara Stanwyck. It\u2019s called There\u2019s\nAlways Tomorrow<\/em> (1955) and the disc also features a movie historian audio\ntrack and movie preview. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThere are plenty of other films arriving on Blu-ray as well.\nSynapse are releasing the independent comedy Suckers<\/em> (2001) as a Newly\nRestored Special Edition. Personally, I haven\u2019t seen it, but it\u2019s highly rated\nby voters on IMDB and is about sneaky used car dealers. The disc includes a\nsecond feature from the same filmmaker called Six Days in Roswell<\/em> (1999).\nBoth titles have been given 4K restorations, come with director, cast and crew\ncommentaries, making-of features, deleted scenes and other extras. <\/p>\n\n\n\nCold Heaven<\/em> (1991) is a psychological thriller from\nNicolas Roeg (Don\u2019t Look New<\/em>, The Man Who Fell to Earth<\/em>, Flash\nGordon<\/em>, The Witches<\/em>) about an unfaithful woman whose irritated husband\ncomes back from the death to haunt her. It stars Teresa Russell, Mark Harmon\nand James Russo. This hard-to-find flick is arriving through Scorpion Releasing\nand the disc comes with a trailer. If you\u2019re interested in a Blu-ray, you have\nto buy it through the company\u2019s official site, Ronin Flix.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNot to be outdone, Severin also have some impressive genre\ntitles hitting Blu-ray. Aenigma<\/em> (1987) is an Italian horror flick from\ndirector Lucio Fulci (the figure mentioned in the new documentary Fulci for\nFake<\/em>). Apparently, the film has been given new color grading for this\nrelease and comes with a commentary featuring an Italian horror authority, an\ninterview with the screenwriter and additional bonuses. They have another flick\nfrom the director in the form of Demonia<\/em> (1990) about satanic nuns on a\nkilling spree. This disc includes similar extra features. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Beast Must Die!<\/em> (1974) is an entertaining little Amicus\nhorror flick from the UK about a series of murders at a large estate that have\nbeen committed by a werewolf. It\u2019s something of a mystery film in which the guests\nhave to determine which of them is responsible for the killings. The flick is\nalso famous for having a thirty-second break during the climax with a ticking\nclock, in which you can process the evidence and discuss with your friends who you<\/em>\nthink is the monster before the final reveal. The movie has received a 4K restoration\nand comes with a director commentary, an archival interview with the filmmaker,\nadditional discussions with crew members and a trailer with an optional genre\nscholar track. <\/p>\n\n\n\nAnd fans of Jess Franco can pick up the possession genre\nflick, Shining Sex<\/em> (1977), on Blu-ray. This title arrives with a scholar\ncommentary, plenty of interviews from experts on the filmmakers, as well as a\ndiscussion with the producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDark Force are releasing The Last Victim<\/em> (1975) aka Forced\nEntry<\/em> on Blu-ray. This thriller stars Tanya Roberts as a woman being\nstalked by a psychotic mechanic. The disc includes the R-rated version as well\nas a PG cut which played in certain areas. They are also releasing a Special\nEdition Blu-ray of The Dead Pit<\/em> (1989). This is a low-budget zombie\nflick about an earthquake in a psychiatric hospital that releases the dead (and\nother creatures) to terrorize the patients and doctors. <\/p>\n\n\n\nBad movie fans are encouraged to pick up Dark Force\u2019s Special\nEdition DVD of Yeti: Giant of the 20th<\/sup> Century<\/em> (1977) on\nAmazon. This is a low-budget Italian flick shot in Canada and made to ride on\nthe wave of publicity for the 1976 King Kong<\/em> remake. It features a\u2026 he\u2019s\nactually more of an enormous, hairy, caveman-like guy who is found frozen in a\nblock of ice in Newfoundland. When he\u2019s thawed out, he goes on the rampage in\ndowntown Toronto. Thankfully, there are a couple of kids who befriend the troubled\nfigure and try to help him out. It\u2019s incredibly ridiculous and has developed a\ncult following because of its cheesy effects, bad acting, nonsensical plot and,\nwell, everything else about it. If you want a high-quality version, you may be\nable to find a Blu-ray of it too if you do a search on Dark Force\u2019s store page,\ndarkforcesuperstore.com. Check the site out \u2013 but if you can, leave me the last\nBlu-ray of Yeti<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\nBlue Underground are presenting another Jess Franco adult-themed\ntitle, Cecilia<\/em> (1983), on Blu-ray. The flick has received a 2K\nrestoration and comes with some extras, interviews with the filmmaker,\npublicity materials and a full-length documentary about Franco\u2019s career. In the\npast, the company have released some spectacular Blu-rays of Lucio Fulci horror\nflicks. They\u2019re rereleasing a couple of them with upgraded 4K transfers, so now\nyour can see The House by the Cemetery<\/em> (1981) and The New York Ripper<\/em>\n(1982) with crystal clear clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFlicker Alley are putting out a Blu-ray of the Austrian silent\nfeature The City Without Jews<\/em> (1924). This remarkable picture tells a\nstory about an antisemitic metropolis removing all Jewish citizens from the\npopulation and suffering as a consequence. According to reports, it\u2019s depicts a\nshocking forecast of what happened in Europe shortly after the movie was released.\nAll copies of the movie itself were thought to have been destroyed by the Nazis\nafter their rise to power. A few bits and pieces were located, for the most\npart the film was believed to have been lost. Yet nearly a century after its\nrelease, a complete nitrate print of the film was found in 2015 at a Parisian\nflea market. In addition to the movie, this release includes numerous discussions\nwith historians about the importance of the film and its rediscovery. <\/p>\n\n\n\nToni<\/em> (1934) is a French classic and early work from\nJean Renoir (who would later helm The Rules of the Game<\/em> and La Grande\nIllusion<\/em>) about a community of immigrants in the south of France and a love\ntriangle that leads to tragedy. Criterion are presenting the film on Blu-ray with\na 4K digital restoration and newly translated subtitles. Bonuses include a film\ncritic commentary track, an introduction to the film with Renior that was shot\nin 1961, a TV special on the making of the film, a video essay on the feature and\na movie scholar essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThose with a taste for science will be please to see Corinth\nFilms releasing a Blu-ray of the documentary Einstein\u2019s Universe<\/em> (1979).\nThis picture was produced to celebrate the centenary of Albert Einstein\u2019s birth\nand features renowned physicists explaining many of the historic figure\u2019s ideas\nin the Theory of General Relativity as well as other advancements he made in his\nfield. The disc doesn\u2019t offer bonuses, but is considered a solid introduction\nto the figure\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFinally, Warner Archive have three more made-to-order\nBlu-ray selections. They include the romance\/war picture The Big Parade<\/em>\n(1925) as well as two Spencer Tracy\/Katharine Hepburn rom-coms, Pat and Mike<\/em>\n(1952) and Without Love<\/em> (1945).<\/p>\n\n\n\nYou Know, For Kids!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s a quiet week for kid\u2019s entertainment, but there is one\nrelease featuring a famous Looney Tunes character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taz-Mania<\/em>: Season 3 (Warner Archive)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOn the Tube!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nHere is a selection of TV-themed releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chicago Fire<\/em>: Season 8 Chicago Med<\/em>: Season 5 Dead Still<\/em>: Season 1 Endeavour<\/em>: Season 7 (PBS)The Flash<\/em>: Season 6 SEAL Team<\/em>: Season 3 Strike Back<\/em>: Season 7 – Final Season (Warner Archive) Taz-Mania<\/em>: Season 3 (Warner Archive) Washington<\/em> (History Channel Biopic) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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