This week in physical media, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski look at some classic genre fare, classics of the cult variety and some films still overlooked. They include films from Douglas Fairbanks, John Wayne and Howard Hughes. Harrison Ford’s screen debut can be found as can one of the better Mike Myers comedies and one of the films chosen for this year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival. For the cult crowd there is a foursome of Chucky films, two versions of a Stephen King adaptation and a cable staple from the late ‘80s. An early MST3K favorite gets a Blu-ray upgrade and even earlier music videos get themselves a collection. The discussion is bookended with a pair of must-own titles though including a sci-fi classic from the 1950s and the film which launched the great Bill Paxton into the next phase of his great career.

0:38 - Criterion (One False Move (4K))

8:27 - Cohen Media (Robin Hood (1922) / The Black Pirate (1926))

12:36 - Arrow Films (Blood Money: Four Classic Westerns)

17:45 - Lions Gate (My Best Friend Is a Vampire (Vestron Collector's Series))

21:43 - Indicator (Jet Pilot, Thunderbolt, Night Has a Thousand Eyes, The Song of Songs)

33:39 - Music Box (Revoir Paris)

36:49 - Kino (Soundies: The Ultimate Collection, T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets, Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, Needful Things (4K))

53:45 - Shout! Factory (Bride of Chucky (4K), Cult of Chucky (4K), Curse of Chucky (4K), Seed of Chucky (4K), Team America: World Police)      

1:02:11 - Sony (So I Married An Axe Murderer (4K))

1:09:18 - Bayview (Robot Monster)

1:17:48 - Paramount (The War of the Worlds (1953) (4K))

1:27:27 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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