Movie Madness

Retail chain Best Buy announced they will abandon all physical media in their stores and online starting in 2024. In other words, shop anywhere else especially for the titles we discuss every week here on the show with Peter Sobczynski. This week you can be “one of us” with the latest from Criterion, swashbuck with Douglas Fairbanks or get held hostage by Humphrey Bogart on Blu-ray. There is more new 4K horror from Stan Winston, Robin Hardy, Barbra Streisand and one of the more underappreciated remakes of the 1980s. There is also an extensive documentary for a classic from that decade and one of the films we asked for on our Why Is This Not On Blu-Ray shows finally gets an upgrade from Kino. All that and more that you cannot get at Best Buy in the future.

0:00 - Intro

3:31 - Criterion (Freaks/The Unknown/The Mystic: Tod Browning's Sideshow Shockers, EO, The Innocent, No Bears)

20:52 - Arrow (The Desperate Hours)

25:31 - Cohen Media (The Three Musketeers / The Iron Mask)

30:20 - Cinedigm (RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop          )

38:22 - Kino (The Best of Times, The Blob (1988) (4K)

51:49 - Shout! Factory (Pumpkinhead (4K))

54:23 - Lions Gate (The Wicker Man (1973) (4K Steelbook))

1:02:56 - Sony (The Way We Were (50th Anniversary) (4K))

1:08:32 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray

1:16:37 – New TV on Blu-ray

1:17:13 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:20:35 - Outro

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Peter Sobczynski returns for a short week of new physical media titles with Erik Childress. On this episode for kids and most decidedly NOT for kids. To keep them busy there is a new 4K of Disney’s first landmark animated motion picture as well as a new collection of Wallace & Gromit’s short films. Then send them to bed so you can revisit the beginning of a horror franchise, Elizabeth Taylor trying to get screwed to death (literally) and James Woods mixing death, screwing and a whole lot of icky hallucinations with David Cronenberg. All that and new releases from the theatrical front for your home library.

0:00 - Intro

0:39 - Criterion (Videodrome (4K))

16:10 - Severin (Identikit)

26:44 - Paramount (Friday the 13th (4K Steelbook))

38:34 - Shout! Factory (Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection)

46:29 - Walt Disney (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (4K))

51:04 – Recent Theatrical Titles

56:09 – New TV Titles

58:30 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:04:17 - Outro

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A return to the weekly movie reviews brings ten new films into the fold for Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy. They include a documentary on an Oscar-winning producer (The Storms of Jeremy Thomas) and a baffling story of love featuring Peter Dinklage and two Oscar winners (She Came To Me). The horrors of October are starting to come out with another chapter in the long-running anthology (V/H/S/85), the first of two tales of families and possession this week (When Evil Lurks) plus what happens when you mix Scream with Back to the Future (Totally Killer). There is more real life horror revisiting the shifting power dynamics of a Sundance relationship (Fair Play), the true-life tale of when to remain silent (Miranda’s Victim) and the true-life-inspired tale of vacationing women and the toxic bar they get jobs in (The Royal Hotel). Finally it seems fitting that on the week that David Gordon Green attempts his own follow-up to one of the greatest horror films ever (The Exorcist: Believer), the late director of that classic would see the debut of his final film about how a new generation thinks they know more than the one they follow (The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial).

0:00 - Intro

1:31 - Fair Play

16:08 - Miranda's Victim

24:56 - The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

29:56 - She Came To Me

38:24 - V/H/S/85

44:43 - When Evil Lurks

53:24 - The Royal Hotel

1:05:47 - Totally Killer

1:19:37 - The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

1:34:52 - The Exorcist: Believer

1:55:12 - Outro

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Steve Prokopy returned to Austin for its annual Fantastic Fest and then came back to the podcast to talk about the barrage of films he saw along with Erik Childress who got to see a few titles as well. They include a Troma reboot with Peter Dinklage, retro screenings of French giallo and Roman softcore. Pet Sematary got a prequel, stopmotion creations come to life and Joe Lynch tries on some Lovecraft with Heather Graham. Steve takes you to a river with a time loop and Erik goes down to South America for an unique chef gig with Nick Stahl. There are documentaries about cinematic A.I. and a famous Halloween theme park. There are spiders, dogs and earthquakes. Michel Gondry revisits one of his own works and the guys split on a film “based” on true events. Finally there is a real gem featuring one of our favorites, Jim Cummings, and the gathering at a remote coffee shop. 19 films in all for you to consider a look at in the future, which may be doomed.

0:00 - Intro

4:32 - The Toxic Avenger

10:07 - Infested

14:42 - Sleep 

20:17 - Strange Darling

26:48 - The Book of Solutions

30:38 - River

35:38 - Spooktacular!

41:45 - The Strangler

45:55 - Caligula

50:09 - So Unreal 

58:02 - Stopmotion

1:01:06 - Suitable Flesh

1:07:39 - What You Wish For

1:11:37 - Concrete Utopia

1:16:59 - Your Lucky Day

1:20:22 - Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

1:27:01 - The Sacrifice Game

1:29:56 - Dogman

1:33:13 - The Last Stop in Yuma County

1:40:15 - Outro

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It’s the month of Halloween and studios are delivering some of their spookiest titles n physical media. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk you into a pair of the greatest horror endings of all-time. Speaking of which you can now pick and choose your Universal horror classics in 4K alongside another sci-fi film from the next era. They discuss what they think could be the best film in one franchise and, arguably, the last tolerable one in another. A “cable classic” gets the 4K treatment as does a Best Picture winner celebrating your 50th anniversary that will cleanse your palette after a week full of gore and frights.

0:00 - Intro

0:54 - Criterion (Don't Look Now (4K))

8:43 - Lions Gate (Mob Land, Talk To Me, The Mist (4K))

28:06 - Shout! Factory (Night of the Demons (4K), Night of the Demons 2-3)

36:25 - Paramount (Scream 3 (4K))

42:17 - Fox (Prey (4K))      

50:06 - Universal (The Mummy (1932) (4K), The Bride of Frankenstein (4K), The Phantom of the Opera (1943) (4K), Creature from the Black Lagoon (4K), It Came from Outer Space (4K), The Sting (50th Anniversary) (4K))

1:11:40 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:15:21 - Outro

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Peter Sobczynski guides you through the latest in physical media. They include a couple music-based films from Criterion. Getting close to October the horror is ramping up with upgrades for Argento, Halloween and even an MST3K favorite. There are 4K upgrades for Godard, Cimino, Frankenheimer, Linklater and even Gregg Araki. Peter and Erik talk about the controversies over Oliver Stone’s attack on media culture and they both love the recent upgrade of one of Brian DePalma’s best films.

0:00 - Intro

0:49 - Criterion (La Bamba, Moonage Daydream)

8:04 - Blue Underground (The Girl from Rio 4K)

11:24 - Lions Gate (Contempt (4K))

18:14 - Kino (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 4K, The Train 4K, Death Wish 4/5)

40:39 - Film Detective (The Giant Gila Monster)

46:36 - Synapse (Tenebrae 4K)

52:40 - Sony (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 4K, Insidious: The Red Door)

1:00:55 - Paramount (Halloween H2O 4K, School of Rock 4K)

1:10:21 - RLJE (Sympathy for the Devil)

1:13:07 - Disney (Loki 4K, Elemental 4K,)

1:23:02 - Universal (Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken)

1:26:20 - Shout Factory (Lonely Castle in the Mirror, Natural Born Killers 4K,)

1:38:27 - Strand (The Doom Generation 4K)

1:41:59 - Arrow (Carlito’s Way 4K)

1:55:01 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:57:59 - Outro

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Erik Childress flies solo on this one detailing his full experience at this year’s event. He shares his thoughts on over 25 films ranging from new titles from Richard Linklater, Alexander Payne and Kitty Green to even actors getting behind the camera including Anna Kendrick, Michael Keaton and Patricia Arquette. There are films with songs, stories with cops, drug dealers, hit men and serial killers plus two of the year’s very best films about teachers. Tales of everything from WWII to Spring Break, apocalyptic combat to Chicago’s Cabrini Green. Not every film is a dream though one certainly has a fun time with them not to mention the emphasis on women’s stories and trying to find peace in a world of bad men and at least one they call their father. Good stuff, great stuff and some really bad stuff in another festival season.

0:00 - Intro

1:10 – Flipside

5:27 - We Grown Now

8:46 - Flora and Son

14:30 - The Teachers’ Lounge

18:01 – Getting To Toronto and The First Screening

20:15 - Gonzo Girl

22:39 - Working Class Goes To Hell

25:04 – Dicks: The Musical

28:23 - How To Have Sex

31:24 - Reptile

35:00 - Backspot

37:55 - Woman of the Hour

42:03 - Finestkind

44:23 - Boy Kills World

50:52 - Dream Scenario

57:59 - The Holdovers

1:04:27 - Lee

1:07:53 - The Zone of Interest

1:09:16 - The End We Start From

1:12:46 - Knox Goes Away

1:16:10 - Hell of a Summer

1:18:12 - The Movie Teller

1:20:31 - The Royal Hotel

1:27:25 - Hitman

1:32:11 - His Three Daughters

1:36:47 - Pain Hustlers

1:40:34 - Last Summer

1:43:10 - Outro

Peter Sobczynski returns for an epic round of catch-up on the latest and greatest in physical media. They include 4K upgrades of films from Orson Welles and Nicolas Roeg. The strange career of James Foley is discussed around one of his best films. Speaking of best, Lions Gate has one of the best comedies of the year and one of the year’s best period. Right in time for Cassandro this week, the first two Santo films are released. There is excellent television, an all-timer from the late, great William Friedkin as well as the Ghoulies movies and a whole trove of titles from master of disaster, Irwin Allen. Something from all the decades including an ‘80s favorite getting a major upgrade and the directorial debut of Robert DeNiro celebrating its 30th anniversary in 4K.

0:00 - Intro

2:24 - Criterion (The Trial (4K), Walkabout (4K))           

14:33 - Music Box (L’Immensità)

17:56 - Indicator (Santo vs. Infernal Men, Santo vs. The Evil Brain)

21:32 - Kino (After Dark, My Sweet, The Beast, Final Cut)

42:37 - Lions Gate (Cobweb, Joy Ride, Past Lives)

50:59 - Walt Disney (The Little Mermaid (2023) (4K))

55:10 - Paramount (Poker Face: Season One)

58:03 - Warner Bros. (Rick and Morty: The Complete Series 1-6, Succession: The Complete Series, Air, The Exorcist (4K))

1:14:14 - Shout! Factory (The Pack, My Bloody Valentine (1981) (4K), The Lost City of Z (4K), Irwin Allen: Master of Disaster Collection)

1:37:11 - MVD (Ghoulies (4K) / Ghoulies II)

1:44:57 - Sony (Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon (4K Steelbook))

1:50:12 - Tribeca (A Bronx Tale (4K))

1:56:24 – New Blu-Ray Announcements

2:02:58 - Outro

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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return to the review beat with eight new movies this week. They include a horror anthology (Satanic Hispanics), another coming-of-age werewolf love story (My Animal) and the film that reveals the truth about Augusto Pinochet being a vampire (El Conde). Michael Pena stars in the true story of a Mexican immigrant who dreamed of becoming an astronaut (A Million Miles Away) and Michael Jai White and the makers of Black Dynamite take on the western (Outlaw Johnny Black). The great Haley Lu Richardson finds love at the airport (Love At First Sight), a bunch of amateur stock traders game the system in a recent true story (Dumb Money) and Kenneth Branagh brings the latest in his Hercule Poirot Cinematic Universe (A Haunting In Venice).

0:00 - Intro

2:23 - Satanic Hispanics

8:29 - My Animal

19:53 - El Conde

26:07 - A Million Miles Away

40:56 - Outlaw Johnny Black

50:56 - Love At First Sight

1:06:19 - Dumb Money

1:21:51 – A Haunting In Venice

1:38:32 - Outro

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A half-dozen films highlight this Labor Day weekend with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy who guide you through the spectrum of new films from Juliette Binoche (Between Two Worlds) and Frank Grillo (King of Killers). Hilary Swank is kinda involved in solving her son’s murder (The Good Mother) while Simon Pegg tries to solve the mystery of an unseen but all-knowing entity (Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose). The history of the “erotic thriller” is examined in a nearly three-hour documentary (We Kill For Love) and Denzel Washington is back to provide brutal justice in Italy (The Equalizer 3).

0:00 - Intro

1:53 King of Killers

9:44 – The Good Mother

21:32 - Between Two Worlds

27:32 - We Kill For Love

47:52 - Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose

1:00:52 - The Equalizer 3

1:16:54 - Outro

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