There’s a little something for everyone this week on the Blu-ray scene. Especially if you like it weird. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress again to talk about Criterion’s release of one of the landmarks of international cinema. Barbara Hershey takes on apartheid and Rory Calhoun explores as Marco Polo. Peter chimes in on the Black Panther sequel while there are also new 4K releases of an Oscar-winning musical and a charming zombie romcom. Then it gets weirder with a campy sequel getting its own 4K release, Bill Paxton fighting the homeless and a bizarre internet thriller featuring Peter’s favorite actress and one of Erik’s favorite musicians. Last but certainly not least and weird in the best ways, another tribute to arguably the best performance of Bruce Campbell’s career. Now in 4K.

0:00 - Intro

0:47 - Criterion (Three Colors Trilogy 4K)

5:27 - Kino (If I Were King, Marco Polo, A World Apart, Sorrowful Jones)

18:06 - Walt Disney (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (4K))

22:52 - Paramount (Chicago 4K)

31:59 - Warner Bros. (Warm Bodies (4K))

37:52 - Lightyear (The Return of Swamp Thing (4K))

44:47 - Arrow Films (.Com for Murder, The Vagrant)

1:01:52 - Shout! Factory (Bubba Ho-Tep 4K)

1:10:21 – New Blu-Ray Announcements

1:13:03 - Outro

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