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It’s the week before Thanksgiving and there are some heavy-hitters in theaters and trio of new Netflix titles for those stay-at-home viewers. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy cover eight movies for you this week including a fascinating documentary on a woman who may have crafted the soundtrack to your life (The World According to Allee Willis) and another about a unique love affair involving music and mascots (Adrianne and the Castle). Sylvester Stallone tries to take Jason Patric’s armored car (Armor) while Thomasin McKenzie and Bill Nighy show you who the true mother and father of IVF were (Joy). Denzel Washington’s family adapts August Wilson (The Piano Lesson) and Alan Menken returns to score an all-star cast in a nifty Netflix animated film (Spellbound). Finally, it may not be Barbenheimer but Ridley Scott returns to Rome with a new vengeance (Gladiator II) and the first act of a Broadway sensation finally makes it to the big screen (Wicked: Part One).
0:00 - Intro
1:40 - The World According to Allee Willis
15:49 - Armor
23:03 - Adrianne and the Castle
32:40 - Joy
46:50 - The Piano Lesson
55:44 - Spellbound
1:03:04 - Gladiator II
1:19:04 – Wicked: Part One
1:41:31 - Outro
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Christmas stockings should be filled with what is on the physical media slate this week. Erik Childress is joined by Peter Sobczynski to take you through everything including Barbra Streisand’s big Oscar win and one of the great adaptations of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel. Great things come in threes including Clint Eastwood and the works of Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker. They also come in twos with Buster Keaton and the works of Jim Henson. Though speaking of three, Warner Bros. has one of the 4K trifectas of the year with a Mel Brooks classic, one of Hitchcock’s most purely entertaining and James Cameron’s legendary breakthrough. Finally not to dampen the holiday mood but the film that may just be Sam Raimi’s finest achievement with the great Bill Paxton gets a new 4K upgrade as well.
0:00 - Intro
1:24 – Criterion (Funny Girl 4K, Riyuichi Sakamoto: Opus)
10:46 – Sony (Little Women 4K)
15:55 – Kino (Seven Chances & Sherlock Jr, The Visitors, Two Mules for Sister Sara 4K, Play Misty for Me 4K, The Eiger Sanction 4K)
41:26 – Shout (Rush 4K, The Dark Crystal 4K, Labyrinth 4K)
1:04:16 – Paramount (ZAZ Collection 4K)
1:16:41 – Warner Bros. (Blazing Saddles 4K, North by Northwest 4K, The Terminator 4K)
1:48:27 – Arrow (A Simple Plan 4K)
2:03:28 – New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray
2:10:56 – New Blu-ray Announcements!
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Mid-November and kind of a mid-week for releases, but Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy do have five reviews for you including a pair of documentaries on two icons in the film and music world (Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes, Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley). They look at the latest from Andrea Arnold (Bird) and try to look at the new musical from Jacques Audiard apart from its controversies (Emilia Perez). Finally, Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans team up to rescue Santa Claus from the Christmas Witch. Yes, really (Red One).
0:00 - Intro
1:38 - Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes
8:43 - Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
21:37 - Bird
29:54 - Emilia Perez
42:28 - Red One
55:27 – Next Week’s Titles & Outro
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A lot of good stuff on the physical media beat for those starting to make their Christmas lists. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to guide you through the lot which includes gangster and samurai classics from Criterion. There’s also a trio of 1980s puberty-starters and a reevaluation of the fourth Body Snatchers adaptation. You can also get new 4K releases of Steven Spielberg’s debut theatrical feature and one of Oliver Stone’s finest achievements.
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Criterion (Scarface 4K, Seven Samurai 4K)
17:25 - Universal (The Sugarland Express 4K)
29:44 - Fun City (Paradise, Heavenly Bodies)
44:28 - Arrow (Elvira 4K, The Invasion 4K)
1:04:25 - Shout (Born on the Fourth of July)
1:15:16 - Kino (Maniac, Circus of Horrors, One Two Three, Arabesque 4K, Merchant Ivory, Roseland)
1:43:00 – New Blu-Ray Announcements
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It’s a nine-movie week on the show with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy looking at a historical atrocity (Stockholm Bloodbath), WWII through the eyes of a boy (Blitz) and Pierce Brosnan as a 92 year-old veteran trying to atone for D-Day (The Last Rifleman). A 70+ year old is sent undercover in a money laundering scam – or is he? – in a documentary chosen for last year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival (Starring Jerry As Himself). Get into the spirit of the holiday season with one film based on a beloved book (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever) and another trying to give you a mood (Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point). Cillian Murphy sees bad nuns in Ireland (Small Things Like These) and Anthony Mackie teams up with Morena Baccarin to battle creatures who don’t like heights (Elevation). Finally, one of year’s best movies pits two Mormon female missionaries against Hugh Grant’s religion buster (Heretic).
0:00 - Intro
1:21 - Stockholm Bloodbath
6:53 – The Last Rifleman
12:14 – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
21:35 - Christmas Eve In Miller's Point
28:37 - Blitz
33:57 - Starring Jerry As Himself
41:14 - Small Things Like These
51:05 - Elevation
1:02:37 – Heretic
1:17:28 - Outro
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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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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return for a little crossover show including new titles this week and a recap of films from this year’s Chicago International Film Festival; some of which you can see right now. Reviews this week include a documentary on a legendary composer (Music By John Williams), one of the best animated films of the year (Memoir of a Snail) and the immigrant experience told through a heated kitchen (La Cocina). There is also the latest film from Clint Eastwood that Warner Bros. is burying (Juror #2) and a Forrest Gump reunion from Robert Zemeckis (Here). Then they look at ten more festival entries ranging from politics to coups and terrorists. Erik sees one of the best baseball films in years and Steve checks out a documentary about one of the great bands of the ‘90s. It’s a great mix of movies giving you something to look forward to both soon and later.
0:00 – Intro
1:50 – Juror #2
12:10 – Music By John Williams
27:10 – Memoir of a Snail
35:34 - La Cocina
46:58 – Here
1:02:13 – Separated
1:11:45 – Apocalypse in the Tropics
1:15:26 – Transplant
1:17:59 – Hard Truths
1:25:01 – Eephus
1:28:52 – September 5
1:37:10 – Vulcanizadora
1:42:58 – Pavements
1:48:48 – The Last Republican
1:56:55 – Armand
2:00:22 - Outro
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The horror month of physical media closes out Halloween with a couple choice titles, though the horror-adjacent ones may be even better. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk a trio of film noir and a giallo film with Audrey Hepburn and James Mason. One of the great heist movies is here along with an all-timer true crime film from David Fincher. Wes Craven and Sam Raimi get the 4K upgrade as does a cult anthology that almost didn’t see the light of day. But the real joy may be in reminding everyone of a sequel too often left off the discussion of films vastly superior to the original. And that’s altogether ooky.
0:00 - Intro
1:13 – Kino (Dark Side of Cinema XXII, Topkapi)
15:30 - Vinegar Syndrome (Bloodline 4K)
27:05 – Paramount (Addams Family Values 4K, Zodiac 4K)
44:57 - Shout Factory (Shocker 4K, Drag Me to Hell 4K)
1:00:44 – Arrow (Trick or Treat 4K)
1:17:13 – New Blu-ray Announcements
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We are still in the month of horror and Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk about all the horrific and supernatural offerings getting upgrades this month. Not to mention Harmony Korine and Rob Lowe as a hockey player. But moving on from that the pair discuss the Hellraiser series and their lack of enthusiasm for even M. Night Shyamalan’s better films. They talk about the surprise hit of the summer of 1990, one of the films that established the horror genre and another that took it to such uncomfortable lengths Erik has to dare himself to watch it. There’s also Robert Zemeckis, Joe “3-star” Johnston and even some ‘80s teen shenanigans not involving death and murder.
0:00 - Intro
1:25 – Criterion (Gummo)
6:43 – Kino (Up the Creek, Youngblood, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari)
29:50 – Disney (The Sixth Sense 4K, Signs 4K)
47:29 – Paramount (Ghost 4K)
59:13 - Warner Archive (The Hitcher 4K)
1:12:46 – Arrow (Hellraiser Quartet of Torment 4K )
1:32:44 - Shout: Death Becomes Her 4K/The Wolfman 4K
1:56:33 – New Theatrical and TV Titles On Blu-ray
2:02:43 – New Blu-ray Announcements
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Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to get you caught up on all the upgraded (not elevated) horror that you can add to your physical media library this week. But first there is some Jackie Chan, Rian Johnson, Jon Favreau and Sidney Lumet. Oh yes and some Hitchcock and Borchardt. But for your Halloween parties you can get probably the best J-horror remake from Gore Verbinski. Wes Craven delivers one of the most iconic horror characters of all-time. George Romero returns to the Land of the Dead and Tobe Hooper’s landmark cinematic achievement celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
0:00 - Intro
1:07 - 88 Films (Project A Collection 4K)
9:27 - Kino (Garbo Talks, Brick 4K, Cowboys and Aliens 4K)
25:09 - Sony (American Movie 4K)
34:21 - Paramount (To Catch a Thief 4K, The Ring 4K)
46:36 - WB (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4K)
1:06:04 - Shout (Land of the Dead 4K)
1:19:32 - Dark Sky (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4K)
1:35:01 – New Blu-ray Announcements
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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy dive into 11 films this week including a documentary that debuted three years ago at SXSW about a unique theatrical production (Alien On Stage). There is also a documentary about Pharrell Williams told through Legos (Piece By Piece) and another chronicling the week John & Yoko took over the Mike Douglas show (Daytime Revolution). A dysfunctional family tries to get through the weekend in Chicago (All Happy Families) and another has a loss in theirs exploited by an evil entity (Daddy’s Head). A high school student devises an elaborate cheating scheme (Bad Genius) while a missing child sets off a mysterious manhunt (Caddo Lake). Laura Dern hooks up with a Hemsworth (Lonely Planet) while Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh’s relationship is presented in a fractured timeline (We Live In Time). Finally you have your choice of evil this week in the third chapter of Art the Clown (Terrifier 3) or the beginning of Donald Trump (The Apprentice)
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Alien On Stage
13:45 - All Happy Families
21:29 - Daddy's Head
29:07 - Bad Genius
37:17 - Piece by Piece
45:41 - Caddo Lake
53:02 - Daytime Revolution
1:05:58 - Lonely Planet
1:15:33 - We Live In Time
1:26:43 – The Apprentice
1:40:04 - Terrifier 3
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While there is not much on the physical media side this week there are definitely some choice titles to upgrade into your collection. It is also October and that means horror. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk about a must-own double feature from Criterion from the genre’s yesteryear as well as Tim Burton’s solid tribute to Hammer horror. Not to mention Lara Flynn Boyle getting blown off a roof. Alas though there is also some solid new theatrical horror titles on disc now as well as Peter Berg’s finest directorial effort getting an upgrade.
0:00 - Intro
1:49 – Criterion (I Walked with a Zombie, The Seventh Victim 4K)
16:03 – Kino (Riot in a Women’s Prison)
21:04 – Universal (Friday Night Lights 4K)
27:00 - Shout Factory (Devil 4K)
35:42 – Paramount (Sleepy Hollow 4K)
45:16 – New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray
57:02 – New Blu-ray Announcements
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Steve Prokopy went to Austin for this year’s annual Fantastic Fest and he talks about a number of the titles he saw along with Erik Childress who caught up with some as well. They range from documentaries about Christopher Lee and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to the latest from the directors of Bodied and Psycho Goreman. There is action, sexual games along with other body merging and munching. They talk the latest anthology in the V/H/S series and find a real family adventure charmer with Elijah Wood.
0:00 - Intro
4:20 - Ghost Killer
8:22 – Get Away
14:07 – Bone Lake
18:59 – Gazer
22:03 – House of Spoils
29:59 – V/H/S Beyond
38:28 – Else
40:38 – Ick
43:29 – Chain Reactions
49:05 – The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
56:35 - Frankie Freako
1:03:58 – Little Bites
1:08:28 – Bookworm
1:16:56 - Outro
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It’s a light week for physical media as we prepare for the onslaught of horror to arrive in October. The month does start off with a couple decent titles in the thrills department including a package Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress catch-up on featuring the works of Lewis Allen. Paramount has put together the second of their “Scares” package which features at least one title worth getting in 4K that may also be more of a thriller than a horror film. Kino does deliver some witchy fun along with one of the best boxing films as well a young romance that may have you repeating the title of the episode. Finally, they look back on a series receiving numerous celebrations recently for its 25th Anniversary.
0:00 - Intro
1:40 - Kino (Body & Soul, First Love, Burn Witch Burn)
22:13 - Shout Factory (As Above, So Below)
27:20 - Imprint (The Uninvited)
35:00 - Paramount (Paramount Scares Vol. 2 4K)
58:59 – Warner Bros. (The West Wing: The Complete Series)
1:05:50 – New Blu-ray Announcements
1:07:23 - Outro
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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back on the review beat this weekend with eight new releases, many of them from the festival circuit. Horror comes in the form of sleepwalking for a couple (Sleep), for the woman that came before Rosemary (Apartment 7A) and creatures after a silent Samara Weaving (Azrael). Joseph Gordon-Levitt investigates a potential murder for Shailene Woodley (Killer Heat). Will Ferrell accompanies his newly transitioned friend on a road trip (Will & Harper) while Kate Winslet is the war photographer who captured the Holocaust (Lee). The director of How To Train Your Dragon has another heartwarming adventure (The Wild Robot) and the one who brought us The Godfather, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now finally delivers his passion project and the duo make no apologies for the final effort.
0:00 - Intro
4:29 - Sleep
12:47 - Apartment 7A
23:08 - Azrael
33:49 - Killer Heat
41:39 - Will & Harper
52:53 - Lee
59:16 - The Wild Robot
1:09:22 – Megalopolis
1:28:06 - Outro
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It’s a 4K-packed week with classics of the genuine and cult variety with Peter Sobczynski catching you up on the week’s physical media releases. There are titles from the emerging queer cinema of the ‘90s as well as, arguably, the best of the Todd Solondz oeuvre. There will be little argument about the best of British comedies and Peter makes one for what he considers may be the finest final film of any directorial career. Sidney Lumet does Agatha Christie justice and John Carpenter remakes a sci-fi classic. There is Woody Allen, Bob Hope and Elisabeth Shue facing off against a chimpanzee. Finally, Brian DePalma gets an upgrade on one of his most underappreciated, albeit controversial, films.
0:00 - Intro
1:08 – Criterion (Happiness 4K, Gregg Araki Teen Apocalypse Trilogy 4K)
27:08 – Mediabook (Go Fish 4K)
33:42 – Paramount (Stardust 4K)
38:44 – Kino (My Favorite Spy, The Ladykillers 4K, Murder on the Orient Express 4K, Link 4K)
1:11:16 - Warner Archive (Journey Into Fear, Conflict, A Prairie Home Companion)
1:29:51 – Shout Factory (Village of the Damned 4K)
1:37:25 – MGM (A Midsummer’s Night Sex Comedy, September)
1:52:04 – Sony (Body Double 4K)
2:12:43 – New TV & Theatrical Blu-ray Releases
2:19:33 – New Blu-ray Announcements
2:22:09 - Outro
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Erik Childress spent six days at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and is here to dish on a bunch of the films he saw. They include the latest works from Francis Ford Coppola, Pedro Almodovar, Ron Howard and Sean Baker. Films about the aging plight of women in entertainment with Demi Moore, Elisabeth Moss and Pamela Anderson run the gamut from great to dismal. The Vatican and religion have their share of bad guys too. Erik splits his votes on a pair of relationship dramas as well as films about Press Your Luck and Saturday Night Live. Nicole Kidman and Amy Adams handle their unsatisfying home lives in wildly different manners. Plus, the latest Stephen King adaptation from Mike Flanagan wins both the festival’s Audience Award as well as Erik’s heart. All this and more on a recap of this year’s fest.
0:00 - Intro
2:21 – The Luckiest Man In America
8:09 - The Substance
15:24 - The Last Showgirl
19:28 - The Life of Chuck
25:28 - We Live in Time
28:22 - Anora
34:06 - Eden
38:41 - Nightbitch
44:36 - Shell
46:54 - Conclave
50:22 - All of You
53:35 - Heretic
1:00:16 - Friendship
1:02:51 - The Room Next Door
1:05:01 - Relay
1:09:18 - The Assessment
1:13:53 - Saturday Night
1:22:02 - Megalopolis
1:29:20 - Babygirl
1:33:38 - Riff Raff
1:37:05 - Outro
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Peter Sobczynski returns to catch you up on a couple weeks of physical media releases with Erik Childress. They include one of the great British crime thrillers with Bob Hoskins. They dive into the Friday the 13th and Riddick series while highlighting an even better ‘80s horror film. One of the great stand-up concerts ever filmed gets the 4K upgrade and a new film noir set highlights one of the inspirations for Top Secret. Peter highlights an overlooked Scorsese and goes Doomsday on Neil Marshall. One of the films featured in It Came From Hollywood gets the Blu-ray treatment as does the infamous Caligula whose history is documented this week as well.
0:00 - Intro
1:40 – Criterion (The Long Good Friday 4K)
9:02 - Arrow (Torso 4K, Friday the 13th 4K, The Chronicles of Riddick 4K)
38:01 - Sony (Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip 4K)
47:33 - Shout (The Stepfather 4K, Clockwatchers, Doomsday, The Strangers 4K, Man of the Year)
1:17:33 - Kino (Film Noir XXI, Two Weeks in September, Rolling Vengeance)
1:39:40 – Paramount (Bringing Out the Dead 4K)
1:51:45 - Warner Archive (Black Belt Jones)
1:59:22 – Drafthouse (Caligula 4K)
2:11:16 – New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray
2:15:20 – New Blu-ray Announcements
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Erik Childress returns to the Toronto Film Festival this week and he has some films worthy of putting on your schedule if you are attending or to keep an eye out for the future. He also has a schedule in place that he walks through letting you know what he plans on seeing day-by-day providing a little preview of both the daily grind of a festival and even more films that caught his eye and may catch yours as well.
0:00 - Intro
1:20 – Shook
3:26 – Shepherds
5:29 – Mr. K
10:19 – Matt and Mara
14:38 - Do I Know You From Somewhere
19:18 – Day-by-Day Schedule Plan
38:10 - Outro
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Peter Sobczynski returns to offer up some of this week’s Blu-ray offerings with Erik Childress. They include Alex Cox’s cult classic debut, the role that Gregory Peck was not crazy about and one of the enduring baseball classics getting an upgrade. There is also Brigitte Bardot, Margot Robbie and a Woman from a Lucky McKee film that you do not want to mess with. Speaking of which there is also a ghostly horror film worth rediscovering and the ‘80s ick fest involving Michael Caine and his best friend’s daughter.
0:00 - Intro
0:54 - Criterion (Repo Man 4K)
10:31 - Sony (A League of their Own 4K)
19:11 - WB (Focus 4K)
24:03 – Kino (Naughty Girl)
28:04 – Sandpiper (Blame It on Rio, Moby Dick (1956), Lady in White)
56:29 – Arrow (The Woman/Offspring 4K)
1:06:12 – Shout (The Amityville Horror (2005) 4K, The Boy 4K)
1:19:56 – New Blu-ray Announcements
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