If ever there was a week to talk about the importance of physical media it is this one. Especially with the number of oddball titles you will probably never see on a streaming service. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk some of these rare titles including Alan Ladd as Jay Gatsby, a Paris cat man, Michael Parks in love with Ann-Margret, an old Jane Fonda film recently making headlines and a film written by Ruby Dee. There are also your general weird titles like perhaps a couple of the best films made by Roland Emmerich and Jason Statham as well as Peter’s choice for the best film transition in cinema history. Plus, if physical media is not there to preserve this week’s Criterion offering for generations, then what are we even doing?

0:00 - Intro

1:31 - Criterion (Petite Maman)

6:39 - Imprint (Bus Riley's Back In Town, The Catman of Paris, The Great Gatsby (1949), The Long Voyage Home, The Spiral Road, Stargate (Ultimate Edition), Uptight)

26:33 - Kino (Joy House, My Man Godfrey, The Worst Ones, Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece + Tintin and the Blue Oranges)

36:27 - Lions Gate (Crank (4K Steelbook))

38:44 - Warner Bros. (Creed III (4K), Shazam! Fury of the Gods (4K))

45:08 - Shout! Factory (Brotherhood of the Wolf (4K))

51:16 – New Blu-ray Announcements

56:19 - Outro

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