Movie Madness

Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress again to get you caught up on a couple weeks of new physical media. They include drama from Charlie Chaplin and Michael Mann’s feature debut. Godzilla returns as does the creepy Roger Corman sci-fi of the early ‘80s. Renny Harlin brings the sharks, Skippy from Family Ties battles a heavy metal killer and Peter reminds us of another piece of ‘80s horror that some parents would like to forget. There is also more weirdness including Steve Allen studying sex, John Travolta investigating sex and Eddie Murphy brought in to save a comedy. All that might be nothing compared to the visualization of The Who’s rock opera brought to life by Ken Russell.

0:00 - Intro

2:11 - Criterion (A Woman of Paris, Thief 4K, Godzilla vs Biollante 4K)

18:53 - Arrow (Deep Blue Sea 4K)

27:08 - Kino (College Confidential, The Godsend, Best Defense, The General’s Daughter 4K, The Black Tulip, Half a Chance)

58:46 - Sony (Bon Voyage)

1:03:57 - Synapse (Trick or Treat 4K)

1:13:01 - Shout (Forbidden World 4K, Tommy 4K)

1:40:27 – New TV on Blu-ray (The Penguin 4K, The Last of Us 4K, Tulsa King Season 2)

1:45:38 – New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray (Wildcat, Moana 2 4K, Wolf Man 4K)

1:48:00 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Movie reviews continue on the show with seven new releases this week. Steve Prokopy looks at the chaos of a young woman and her Zambian family (On Becoming a Guinea Fowl) while Samara Weaving plays a pop star dealing with a stalker (Borderline). John Malkovich is another pop star whom Ayo Edebiri discovers may be part of a cult (Opus). Daffy Duck and Porky Pig try to save the world from zombies and aliens (The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie) while Chris Pratt and Millie Bobbie Brown live in a world of robots (The Electric State). Jack Quaid can feel no pain while trying to rescue his girlfriend (Novocaine) and Steven Soderbergh gives us Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender as married spies (Black Bag).

0:00 - Intro

1:17 - On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

9:04 - Borderline

16:14 – The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

23:41 – The Electric State

36:24 - Opus

50:17 - Novocaine

1:03:08 - Black Bag

1:14:59 - Outro

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Physical media never takes a week off but sometimes they sleep in a little. Such as this light week that has Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress starting off with a stone-cold classic thriller from Criterion upgraded to 4K. Kino has more film noir, a double feature with Agatha Christie AND Bert I. Gordon plus the terrifying presence of Klaus Kinski as a Nazi. There’s an animated cat who gives massages and everyone’s favorite bear in a rain slicker.

0:00 - Intro

6:53 - Criterion (The Wages of Fear 4K)

13:32 - Kino (Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXIV, Crawlspace, Endless Night/Picture Mommy Dead 4K)

34:56 - Shout (Ghost Cat Anzu)

39:21 - Warner (Paddington 2 4K)

43:41 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Gladiator II, Red One, Kraven the Hunter, Den of Thieves 2, The Count of Monte Cristo)

52:36 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Another light week of releases, but are any of them good? Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy talk you through five of them including a documentary on a better person in charge of the Washington Post (Becoming Katharine Graham). Ed Harris factors into two releases this week including a woman manifestsing her PTSD through her fellow soldier (My Dead Friend Zoe) and a crime comedy with an all-star cast (Riff Raff). There is also a bitcoin hostage thriller (Cold Wallet) and an underwater true story that the filmmaker has re-made from their own documentary (Last Breath).

0:00 - Intro

1:56 - Becoming Katharine Graham

7:24 - My Dead Friend Zoe

16:28 - Cold Wallet

22:37 - Riff Raff

32:17 - Last Breath

46:52 - Outro

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Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski run down titles you can get on physical media this week and, not gonna lie, there’s a lot of baggage. There’s the Mick Jagger film that say on the shelf for two years along with Lindsay Lohan’s collaboration with Paul Schrader and William Friedkin’s infamous Al Pacino murder mystery set within the gay community. Not to mention John Wayne playing Genghis Khan and the poor timing for an Eric Red horror film. But even controversy can be put aside for cinema sunshine. You can now get Milos Forman’s Mozart film in its original theatrical incarnation. Maybe you don’t even remember the issue parents had with one of the loveliest coming-of-age films of the ‘90s. And why would you say anything controversial about Carol Reed’s masterpiece? All that plus Guillermo Del Toro’s debut and the genius of poking fun at documentaries on this week’s Blu-ray show.

0:00 – Intro

3:13 - Criterion (Performance 4K, Cronos 4K)

22:43 - Vinegar Syndrome (The Joy of Sex, Virtuosity 4K, The Canyons)

48:18 - Arrow (Cruising 4K)

1:05:54 - Kino (The Conqueror, Graveyard Shift 4K, Body Parts 4K)

1:24:14 - Sony (My Girl 4K)

1:37:39 - LionsGate (The Third Man 4K)

1:44:22 - Warner (Amadeus 4K)

1:55:51 – New Television on Blu-ray (Noble House, Documentary Now: The Complete Series)

2:01:01 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Hard Truths)

2:05:13 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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It’s a light week for movies so Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy work with what they have with four titles that you may or may not want to work with. They include a new Chicago horror film from director Mickey Keating (Invader). Daisy Ridley is a window washer who goes from pane to McClane when eco-terrorists take over her building (Cleaner). Christoph Waltz is an aging hitman with a protégé (Old Guy). Finally, Osgood Perkins is back with a Stephen King adaptation where things do not go well for anybody. (The Monkey)

0:00 - Intro

2:22 - Invader

9:26 - Cleaner

22:19 - Old Guy

31:00 - The Monkey

45:19 - Outro

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It’s physical media time with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski guiding you through this week’s releases which includes a pair of late indie staples from the ‘80s now in 4K. There’s a pair of John Candy comedies from the same decade, Burt Reynolds directing a comedy about suicide and one about the life of Frances Farmer. Pick your poison in Richard Dreyfuss directing porn (within the movie) and the unspeakable horrors of Roger Corman mutant rapists. Keanu Reeves is a demon hunter and David Fincher gets upgrades for his underrated B-movie thriller and the origin story of another demon.

0:00 - Intro

2:37 - Criterion (Crossing Delancey 4K, Drugstore Cowboy 4K)

19:24 - Kino (Summer Rental, Uncle Buck 4K, Frances)

41:13 - MGM (Inserts, The  End, Uptown Girls)

1:01:51 - Shout (Humanoids from the Deep 4K)

1:13:16 - Warner (Constantine 4K)

1:21:52 - Sony (Panic Room 4K, The Social Network 4K)

1:41:21 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Last Summer, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Nosferatu, The Order, September 5, Weekend at Taipei)

1:46:15 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return to regular reviewing duties this week and they put a nine-spot on the board. There are a pair of documentaries involving Sly Stone (Sly Lives) and the Zep (Becoming Led Zeppelin). The director of Saint Frances & Ghostlight shows the horror of being a doctor (Rounding) while a young woman involved in one night stands may have been literally ghosted (The Dead Thing). Paolo Sorrentino has another tale of beauty (Parthenope) while Miles Teller & Anya Taylor-Joy snipe themselves into each other’s hearts fighting monsters (The Gorge). Then it’s a week of sequels including a continuation of Renee Zellweger’s beloved character (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy), everyone’s favorite marmalade-loving bear (Paddington In Peru) and the tale of a new Captain and a new President (Captain America: Brave New World).

0:00 – Intro

1:13 - Becoming Led Zeppelin

7:54 - Rounding

17:02 - Sly Lives!

23:00 - The Dead Thing

32:25 - Parthenope

39:22 - Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

55:43 - The Gorge

1:06:50 - Paddington in Peru

1:15:46 - Captain America: Brave New World

1:31:08 - Outro

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The next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is here and so is comic book expert Erik Laws to talk with Erik Childress on how it plays out. Does it follow through on some of the ideas raised by The Falcon and the Winter Soldier or is it merely just continuing a story most many have forgotten about? Laws fills in the blanks left by the treatment of Shira Haas’ Widow and the remnants of the Serpent Society. Is this a genuine new beginning for the Universe or does it continue the rut that has befallen the MCU since Endgame.

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Erik Childress & Peter Sobczynski bring you this week’s physical media roundup which includes a great upgrade for the family involving a cat and a mouse. Horror fans get some 4K upgrades from four different decades. Film Noir gets several different takes including through the mind of Woody Allen. A legendary black filmmaker championed over the years by Sergio Mims gets his whole collection. There are early appearances by Sam Elliott, Sean Penn and John Cusack along with a reappraisal of a current Oscar contender. A more positive reappraisal has been happening for years with a Shane Black film now in 4K and Peter takes us down the rabbit hole of the time Jean-Luc Godard made a Shakespeare adaptation for Cannon Films.

0:00 – Intro

3:09 - Criterion (King Lear)

17:26 - Warner Archive (Tom and Jerry: The Complete CinemaScope Collection)

21:31 – Warner Bros. (The Nice Guys 4K)

30:18 - Kino (Oscar Micheaux: The Complete Collection, Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXIII (Rope of Sand / Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye / Never Love a Stranger), Play It Again Sam, Hot Pursuit)

57:11 - Fun City (Lifeguard, Racing with the Moon)

1:08:50 - Universal (Conclave 4K)

1:13:42 - Arrow (Alice Sweet Alice 4K)

1:22:52 - Shout Factory (Galaxy of Terror 4K, Ghosts of Mars 4K, The Last Voyage of the Demeter 4K)

1:35:21 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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