Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski were off last week at the Chicago Critics Film Festival but return to catch you up on the world of physical media. There are serial killers played by Matt Dillon and another stopped by Charles Bronson. Criterion puts out more Kurosawa and there’s a documentary on George Stevens as well. A Disney animated film from the ‘50s gets the upgrade as does a sci-fi film from the era. A comedy classic and one of the great baseball films celebrate their 15th anniversaries. The pair look back at the lasting power of David Fincher’s adaptation of male insecurity and culminate with one of the great action films of the 1980s and the TV series it spawned in its wake.

1:36 - Criterion (Stray Dog (4K))

5:04 - Warner Archive (George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey)

7:41 - Universal (It Came from Outer Space (4K), Bridesmaids (4K))

19:04 - Cult Epics (Girls 4K)

22:51 - Disney (Alice In Wonderland (1951) (4K), Fight Club (4K Steelbook))

37:44 - Sony (Moneyball (4K))

46:48 - Kino (Bend of the River, 10 to Midnight (4K), A Kiss Before Dying (1991), Charli XCX: Alone Together)

1:12:03 - Arrow (Blue Thunder (4K))

1:26:35 - New TV on Blu-Ray) (Blue Thunder (The Complete Series), IT: Welcome to Derry (The Complete First Season), Gilmore Girls: The Complete Series)

1:28:04 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Wuthering Heights (2026) 4K, GOAT (4K), Dracula, Obex, Solo Mio, Mistress Dispeller, I Can Only Imagine 2, Youngblood (2025), Twinless)

1:29:49 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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