On this – the final new Blu-ray show of 2020 – Erik Childress & Sergio Mims present some great last minute ideas for…presents…if you still need them. From 2001-03, Christmas also meant The Lord of the Rings as they look back on Peter Jackson’s trilogies in 4K. Paramount gets in on the 4K party with a pair of new Tom Cruise & Eddie Murphy releases and even a title finally new to Blu-ray from the comedian’s ‘80s output. They thrill to get another of their “not-on-Blu-ray” choices finally released in time for its 40th Anniversary and they re-examine Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Part III as it celebrates its 30th Anniversary with a new Coda. Umbrella Entertainment does their part in bringing a pair of Paramount’s ‘70s releases to Blu-ray overseas. Finally they look at a slew of new Clint Eastwood releases from Kino along with a comedic 1980s anthology.   (0:00 – 3:05) (Intro) (3:05 - 21:27) (Umbrella – The Longest Yard, King Kong 1976) (21:27 - 28:13) (WB – The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 4K, The Hobbit Trilogy 4K) (28:13 - 39:12) (Imprint – The Day of the Locust) (39:12 - 1:10:59) (Paramount – Coming to America 4K, Beverly Hills Cop 4K, Trading Places, The Golden Child, Top Gun 4K, Collateral 4K, Popeye, The Godfather Coda) (1:10:59 - 1:24:18) (Indicator – The Columbia Film Noir Collection) (1:24:19 - 2:18:36) (Kino – Ulysses, The Chalk Garden, The Ipcress File, Play Misty for Me, Two Mules for Sister Sara, The Beguiled, High Plains Drifter, Amazon Women on the Moon) (2:18:37 – 2:21:47) (Outro)

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