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New on video store shelves and up for extensive discussion in this episode is...

• Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) and Jackie Brown (1997) on Blu-ray - Both films making their debut on blu-ray, with Pulp Fiction getting a little extra love in the form of newly produced special features: New Interviews with the Cast and a Critic's Retrospective on the Movie's Place in Film History with Elvis Mitchel and Scott Foundas.
• The Honeymooners: Lost Episodes 1951-1957 - The Complete Restored Series on DVD - A 15-disc set running more than 3,000 minutes. It's everything a Honeymooner's fan could want. Really. There's 30 sketches in the set that have never been on DVD, 18 of which haven't been seen since they originally aired in the 1950s. It's $139.00, but all sorts of goodness.
• Poltergeist II (1986) on Blu-ray - John recalls the horrors of that "attack of the braces" scene. "A dental nightmare."
• Hero's Island (1961) on DVD - From the MGM Limited Edition Collection, starring James Mason and a young Harry Dean Stanton.
• Irvin Kirshner's Robocop 2 (1990) on Blu-ray - Featuring all those pre-CGI go-motion effects by the wizardly Phil Tippet.
• Manhunter (1986) on Blu-ray - Starring a young Stephen Lang (Avatar and Terra Nova) and featuring another psycho bad guy performance by Tom Noonan (Robocop 2)
• Vidal Sassoon: The Movie (2011) on DVD and Blu-ray - Who would have thought we'd enjoy this film? You've got to love the way Mr. Sassoon did Mia Farrow's hair for Rosemary's Baby, and this doc shows you how that transpired.
• Ken Burn's and Lynn Novick's Prohibition on DVD and Blu-ray - I'm 4-hours into this 6-hour doc (a 3-disc blu-ray set). Where did the time go?
• Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill (1980) on Blu-ray - a film that must be seen again to be appreciated. This new Blu-ray offers some nice special features, including The Making of Dressed to Kill and An Appreciation by Keith Gordon Featurette, which is rather insightful.

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Shawn Levy's 'Real Steel' and George Clooney's 'The Ides of March' get the full-on review treatment.Also on tap ... - I recommend 'Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone,' which is now playing in New York and L.A.- John recomends 'The Hollies: Look Through Any Window,' which is new to DVD- I'm inspired to take a stand for journalists before Boston's 'Real Steel' screeningLet us know what you think of the show! Send us an email at [email protected] us a review on iTunes (because it's morally the right thing to do).Visit us online at post-movie.net

New Blu-ray and DVD releases are reviewed.Noted titles ...Poltergeist 2 (MGM)Manhunter (MGM)Hannibal (MGM)Robocop 2 (MGM)The Last House on the Left: Special Edition (MGM)And titles discussed at length...Friday the 13th: The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)The Sophia Loren Collection (Kino Loerber)Beauty and the Beast 5-disc Set 3D (Disney)The Lion King 4-disc Set 3D (Disney)Carolos (The Criterion Collection)Les Cousins (The Criterion Collection)Going Postal (NTI)Master of the World (MGM Limited Edition Collection)Trigun: Badlands Rumble (Funimation)Le Beau Serge (The Criterion Collection)Bridesmaids (Universal)Prohibition (PBS)Prom (Disney)The Revolutionary (MGM Limited Edition Collection)The Others (Lionsgate)

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Directors Jonathan Levine's '50/50' and Mark Mylod's 'What's Your Number?' get the full-on review treatment.Other subjects discuessed, particularly ... what's happening at The Coolidge Corner Theater (Coolidge.org) ...- The forthcoming film 'Blackthorn'- 'Jimmy Tingle's America' at the Brattle Oct 7-9- IFFBoston award winner 'Litterock' at ArtsEmerson's Paramount Theater Oct 7-9- More about the Stephen King flicks at the Coolidge Corner Theater this monthApologies for the hissy audio quality of this episode. We now know what NOT to do when saving files :)Let us know what you think of the show! Send us an email at [email protected] us a review on iTunes (because it's morally the right thing to do).Visit us online at post-movie.net

Bennet Miller's 'Moneyball' and Gary McKendry's 'Killer Elite' get the full-on review treatment.Other subjects discussed, particularly ... what's happening at The Coolidge Corner Theater (Coolidge.org) ...- 'Tucker and Dale vs Evil' at midnight- Diggin' 'The French Connection' in 35mm- Stephen King adaptations- The strangeness of Kevin Smith's 'Red State'- And John implores everyone to see 'A Dolphin's Tale' ... but NOT in 3-DLet us know what you think of the show! Send us an email at [email protected] us a review on iTunes (because it's morally the right thing to do).Visit us online at post-movie.net

Rod Laurie's 'Straw Dogs' and Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Drive' get the full review treatment.Other areas traversed...- 'Rolling Thunder' at midnight and the latest Q&A ever at the Coolidge.- 'Sophie's Key' and a film introducer's worst nightmare- 'The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training' actually and deservedly gets honored- 'Dr. Detroit' and Dan Aykroyd at his best (yes, there was a time)- Recalling the '80s films of Chevy Chase- What's up with Boston's Stuart Street Theater?Let us know what you think of the show! Send us an email at [email protected] us a review on iTunes (because writing is fun).Visit us online at post-movie.net

New Blu-ray and DVD releases are reviewed, including- 'Scarface: Limited Edition' (dir. Brian De Palma, 1983) on Blu-ray - 'Straw Dogs: The Unrated Version' (dir. Sam Peckinpah, 1971) on Blu-ray- 'Trainspotting' (dir. Danny Boyle, 1996) on Blu-ray- 'If....' (dir. Lindsay Anderson, 1969) on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection- 'Disco Worms' (2011) on DVDOther valued concerns ... - Get on over to The Coolidge Corner Theater and see 'The Debit' starring Helen Mirren!- John tells of the strangeness that was 'Trainspotting: The Play' in Los Angeles- Susan George knows how to make an entrance in 'Straw Dogs'- Steve's resentment of Danny BoyleLet us know what you think of the podcast! Send us an email at [email protected] us a review on iTunes (because it's morally the right thing to do).Visit us online at post-movie.net

Steven Soderbergh's 'Contagion' and Gavin O'Connor's 'Warrior' get the full review treatment.Other areas traversed... - The Harvard Film Archive's 'American Punk' series ruled, like way seriously.- Matt Damon is a great leading man because he's a great character actor.- 'Suburbia' in 35mm is a trip.- Sonny Chiba needs his own retrospective at Harvard.- Eating during a movie can be exceptionally disruptive; sometimes as much as talking or texting.- Gweneth Paltrow is a good sport. How can you not love what she lets Soderbergh do to her character in 'Contagion'?- Find and watch 'Linda, Linda, Linda.'Let us know what you think of the show! Send us an email at [email protected] us a review on iTunes (because writing is fun).Visit us online at post-movie.net

Steve Head and John Black turn their attion to the new Blu-ray & DVD releases: Secret Sunshine, Nikita, The Perfect Host, Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy, Rebirth, If a Tree Falls, Meek's Cutoff, and The Best of Jack Benny. John asks, How amusing are those Lucky Strike cigarrette ads during The Jack Benny Show? And Steve remembers Elke, the cat from The Towering Inferno.Let us know what you think of the show! Send us an email at [email protected] us online at post-movie.net

Directors David R. Ellis' "Shark Night 3D" and David Robert Mitchell's "Myth of the American Sleepover" get the full review treatment.John and I also discuss the slate of films playing this month at the Brattle, The Coolidge Corner Theater, and the Harvard Film Archive; "Class of 1984," "The French Connection," and the films of Woody Allen.

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