Halloween is over, which means Christmas is creepin’ upon us so who better to start making your shopping lists with than Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski on this week’s physical media show. They include a pair of Christmas films including a perennial classic and a more modern one with a Wham twist. The king of the monsters has its origin upgraded to 4K by Criterion. Samuel L. Jackson goes to Yemen and Mel Gibson goes to Vietnam in a pair of military films just before Veterans Day. One of the original babysitter horror films gets a 4K upgrade and you can also see the first French adaptation remade as a particularly awful Ashley Judd film. Finally, there are a trio of film documentaries ranging from Powell and Pressburger to The Monster Squad to the year 1982 plus one of the all-time classic sitcoms gets the Blu-ray treatment.

0:00 - Intro

0:58 – Criterion (Godzilla 4K)

6:29 – Universal (Last Christmas 4K)

13:23 – Paramount (White Christmas 4K, We Were Soldiers 4K)

26:08 – Kino (Rules of Engagement 4K, Fright 4K, Deadly Circuit, Made in England, Wolfman’s Got Nards)

52:17 - MVD (1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever)

59:22 – Television on Blu-ray

1:06:42 – New Theatrical & Streaming Titles On Blu-ray

1:14:20 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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