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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy get back into their reviewing ways with 10 new films this week. They include documentaries about an infamous movie app (Moviepass, Moviecrash), a filmmaker and his unfinished projects (Flipside) and the career of a bonafide genius (Jim Henson: Idea Man). Steve looks at a story of a 19th century Jewish boy raised as a Catholic (Kidnapped) and Daisy Ridley as the first woman to swim the English Channel (Young Woman and the Sea). Apart from Flipside, there are three more films chosen as part of this year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival. They include a new western by Viggo Mortensen (The Dead Don’t Hurt), Nick Stahl as a chef on the run (What You Wish For) and you may have heard of (or at least part of) the “what if Gus Van Sant or Terrence Malick made a Friday the 13th film” (In a Violent Nature). Then its all downhill from there with looks at Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard revisiting their childhood (Summer Camp) and Tony Goldwyn trying to do Rain Man (Ezra).
0:00 - Intro
1:32 - Kidnapped
7:56 - Moviepass, Moviecrash
22:42 - Flipside
36:25 - Jim Henson Idea Man
51:03 - Young Woman and the Sea
59:30 - What You Wish For
1:08:02 – The Dead Don't Hurt
1:17:53 - In a Violent Nature
1:28:54 - Summer Camp
1:41:32 - Ezra
1:58:53 - Outro
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Peter Sobczynski returns to talk new Blu-rays with Erik Childress. This week includes the debut feature from Karyn Kusama and one of last year’s Oscar winners from Criterion. Arrow has some Guillermo Del Toro in 4K and Severin has a whole slew of Italian horror being upgraded. They talk about one of the films to get the rare “F” from Cinemascore and the film that Kevin Smith turned into a punchline. There are a pair of titles from Abel Ferrara and one of John Waters’ more mainstream efforts. Finally, it is time to rank some Star Trek and discuss the one celebrating its 40th Anniversary this summer.
0:00 - Intro
0:39 - Criterion (Girlfight, Anatomy of a Fall)
7:00 - Arrow (Pandemonium, Crimson Peak 4K)
15:52 - Severin (The Great Alligator 4K, The Devil’s Honey 4K, Cemetery Man 4K)
27:44 - Shout Factory (Darkness/Fear City)
37:09 - Vinegar Syndrome (Dangerous Game 4K, Navy Seals 4K)
45:19 – MPI (Into the Blue)
49:29 - Kino (Revenge of the Ninja, Cry Baby 4K, Sci Fi Chillers)
1:03:30 - Paramount (Star Trek III 4K)
1:13:00 - New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray
1:15:30 - New Blu-ray Announcements
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Six movies in theaters and on streaming are reviewed by Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy this week. They include a pair of documentaries about one of the greatest bands of all-time (The Beach Boys) and the death-defying pilots of the Air Force (The Blue Angels). The Monday-hating cat who loves lasagna gets the animated treatment (The Garfield Movie) and Jennifer Lopez tries to navigate both sides of the A.I. debate (Atlas). Then, quite simply, two of the best most enjoyable films begin their runs this week. In some theaters before it hits Netflix, Glen Powell stars in one of Richard Linklater’s best films (Hit Man) and George Miller returns to the apocalyptic wasteland to provide backstory to one of the greatest heroines of cinema (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga). Tune in to hear why they are so worthy of your attention.
0:00 - Intro
1:55 - The Blue Angels
7:02 - The Beach Boys
26:04 - The Garfield Movie
35:33 - Atlas
48:22 - Hit Man
59:55 - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
1:22:11 - Outro
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The latest and greatest of Blu-rays this week have Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski disagreeing on the films of Joe Carnahan. There are two Val Kilmer projects; one certainly better than the other (though it did produce a great John Frankenheimer story) as well as some early horror from Bob Clark and a more recent one from Osgood Perkins getting an upgrade. One of David O. Russell’s best films gets the same 4K upgrade plus Peter talks all about Philo Vance, Bettie Page and Peter Bogdanovich reteaming with Cybill Shepherd.
0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Arrow (Narc)
10:09 – Blue Underground (Deathdream)
18:09 – Shout Factory (Gretel & Hansel, The Island of Dr Moreau)
28:32 - Sony (Thunderheart, American Hustle)
35:12 - Kino: (Philo Vance Collection, Republic Horror Collection, Teaserama, Daisy Miller)
58:31 – MPI (Coup de Chance)
1:05:12 – New Blu-ray Announcements
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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at seven films this week. They include the latest directorial effort from Ethan Hawke (Wildcat) and the hilarious feature debut from Pamela Adlon (Babes). Horror gets a Danish sequel 30 years later (Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever) and Renny Harlin starts a new trilogy in the home invasion series (The Strangers: Chapter 1). Amy Winehouse gets the biopic treatment from the director of Fifty Shades of Grey (Back to Black). The duo catch up on the latest in the Apes franchise (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) and finally have a lot to say about John Krasinski’s baffling family film (IF).
0:00 - Intro
1:19 - Wildcat
9:58 - Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
21:21 – The Strangers: Chapter 1
31:44 - Babes
42:42 - Back to Black
58:50 - Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
1:16:01 - IF
1:35:25 - Outro
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This week certainly has the latest and the greatest in Blu-rays. Depending on who you ask of course. If you inquire with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski you will certainly here about one of the greatest westerns of all-time (Erik’s favorite) as well as a film that deserves to be among the very best of Sidney Lumet’s career. Michael Powell directs a creepy film about voyeurism and murder and the pair look again at the film where Brandon Lee lost his life. Shout Factory has a trio of horror oddities and there is also lament for the goofy sex comedies of the ‘80s. Clint Eastwood’s most successful film gets a 4K release and a number of Francis Ford Coppola efforts get the upgrade including one that Peter believes to be his finest work.
0:00 - Intro
1:50 - Criterion (Peeping Tom 4K)
10:54 - Arrow (Night Falls on Manhattan)
19:16 - Paramount (Once Upon a Time in the West 4K, The Crow 4K)
36:18 - Shout Factory (Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Dracula 2000, Orphan)
52:03 - MVD (Joysticks)
1:01:14 - WB (American Sniper 4K)
1:08:18 - Warner Archive (You’re a Big Boy Now, The Rain People)
1:15:47 - Lionsgate (One from the Heart 4K)
1:31:57 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray
1:35:17 – New Blu-ray Announcements
1:38:36 – Outro
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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy stick to just four films this week including the acclaimed comedy from Joanna Arnow (The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed) and an adaptation into Anne Hathaway scandalously falling for a Boy Band member. The scandal! (The Idea of You). Jerry Seinfeld and a giant cast of comedians tell their version of the Pop-Tarts origin (Unfrosted) while Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt try to bring life to another ‘80s television show (The Fall Guy). But there are still a lot more movies to talk about as they discuss this year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival which they produce and program. May 3-9 at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago and the lineup is stellar.
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed
10:42 – The Idea of You
24:03 - Unfrosted
38:52 – The Fall Guy
56:20 – Chicago Critics Film Festival
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This week’s physical media show has a little of everything and a lot of heartbreak. Nancy Savoca provides the latter as the “Savocaissance” continues on Blu-ray this year but there is also early James L. Brooks with Burt Reynolds missing out in a stacked year of Oscar nominees. We have an Anthony Mann western and a Roman Polanski thriller; a double-up of Mean Girls and a remake of a Peckinpah film. Plus a breakdown of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s films now all available on 4K.
0:00 - Intro
1:41 – Criterion (Dogfight)
8:45 - Kino (True Love, Bluebeard, Starting Over)
22:57 - Music Box (Signature Move)
25:38 – Arrow (The Tin Star, Basket Case)
37:48 – Shout Factory (Death and the Maiden, The Getaway)
47:09 – Warner Bros. (Oceans Trilogy 4K)
56:25 - Paramount (Mean Girls 2004 4K, Mean Girls 2024)
1:05:05 – New TV & Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray
1:12:05 – New Blu-ray Announcements
1:15:05 - Outro
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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at a half-dozen movies this week. If fashion design is your thing then Steve has a documentary for you (John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger). He has also been telling Erik about this great big spider movie since last year. Does he share the sentiment? (Infested). Steve catches up a pandemic-era comedy from Sundance (Stress Positions) and the first film from the daughter of David Cronenberg (Humane). Erik reveals what was different about the latest kick-ass extravaganza when he saw it at Toronto (Boy Kills World) and both have a lot to say about Luca Guadagnino’s tennis film (Challengers).
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger
8:43 - Infested
19:17 - Stress Positions
25:39 - Boy Kills World
38:03 - Humane
48:58 - Challengers
1:09:00 - Outro
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This week’s physical media show features Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress talking about a seminal propaganda film from the ‘60s that inspired a ‘70s scene in Boogie Nights plus some science-fiction from the 1980s from Imprint. The ‘80s also across an all-star cast that helped launch Julia Roberts and a Nancy Savoca film from the ‘90s due for a rediscovery. They discuss the film that inspired The Untouchables, plus Paul Schrader writes a religious comedy and then gets the 4K treatment to a project he disavowed. Then his frequent partner in crime, Martin Scorsese, also gets his Oscar-winning effort upgraded. Is it now considered underrated? Come for the discussion. Stay for Peter’s tale of presenting with William Devane at an awards show.
0:00 - Intro
2:14 – Criterion (I Am Cuba)
7:02 – Imprint (Batteries Not Included, Strange Invaders)
21:30 – Sony (Steel Magnolias 4K)
25:20 – Kino (Household Saints)
30:33 – Vinegar Syndrome (Touch)
35:38 – Shout Factory (Rolling Thunder 4K)
51:06 – Arrow (The Scarface Mob)
55:32 – Warner Bros. (The Departed 4K)
1:06:47 – New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray
1:10:06 – New Blu-ray Announcements
1:12:37 - Outro
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Eight movie reviews this week from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy include both surprises and disappointments. Steve checks out a new crime film with Scoot McNairy and Kit Harington (Blood for Dust) and Erik goes to space briefly with the new IMAX short (Deep Sky). There are some lovely films to find including the latest and possibly last from Ken Loach (The Old Oak) and a tale of childhood set amidst the former Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago (We Grown Now). A pair of part twos are out there but who made out better, Steve (The Three Musketeers – Part 2: Milady) or Erik (Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver). Finally, Guy Ritchie releases his third film in 13 months (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) and the Radio Silence duo goes back to mayhem in gothic houses with the vampire tale (Abigail).
0:00 - Intro
1:46 - Blood for Dust
8:51 - Deep Sky
15:09 – The Three Musketeers - Part 2: Milady
20:23 - We Grown Now
28:40 – The Old Oak
36:02 - Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
48:08 – The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
58:49 - Abigail
1:12:02 - Outro
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This week in physical media, Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress look at new releases from Bela Tarr to Luc Besson. Sony finalizes releases one of the best films from John Sayles and Shout Factory puts out an Oscar winning film from Paul Schrader. They discuss the merits of a classic western now in 4K as well as go through the entire Jack Ryan franchise. Finally, it’s all ball bearings nowadays. And if you don’t know what that means, clearly you need to find out and add it to your collection.
0:00 - Intro
1:16 – Criterion (Werckmeister Harmonies)
8:04 – Shout Factory (Affliction)
16:07 – Paramount (Jack Ryan Collection 4K)
38:49 – Sony (You’ll Never Get Rich, City of Hope)
47:10 – Samuel Goldwyn (Taxi)
52:26 – Kino (High Noon 4K, Fletch, Fletch Lives)
1:18:31 – TV & New Blu-ray Announcements
1:23:07 - Outro
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Another seven movies on the docket for Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy and a lot of variations on horror. Not so much with the third film from director Goran Stolevski that Steve suggests a look at (Housekeeping for Beginners). But Larry Fessenden crafts a werewolf metaphor for America (Blackout), there is a new giant spider film (Sting), Nicolas Cage’s sons, at least, fighting hairy snapping creatures (Arcadian) for a few minutes plus Lea Seydoux on the lookout from unimaginable dread for over a century (The Beast) and a new Woody Allen film (Coup de Chance). But the biggest discussion lies with the new film from Alex Garland whose title wants to say it all (Civil War).
0:00 - Intro
1:18 – Housekeeping for Beginners
9:47 – Blackout
22:21 – Coup de Chance
30:27 – Sting
41:34 – Arcadian
50:13 – The Beast
1:03:15 – Civil War
1:23:03 - Outro
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This week’s physical media edition has Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress looking at films with people getting lost as well as ones with murderers, looters, variations on classic horror and family fare plus a '70s era Kong. They include films by Peter Weir and the writer of Blade Runner plus a film hammered by MST3K and a dog murdered for their inheritance. Admit it, you’re intrigued.
0:00 - Intro
2:24 - Criterion (Picnic at Hanging Rock)
7:25 - Shout (Lost in Space)
12:11 - Film Masters (Tormented 4K)
20:04 - Kino (The Minus Man/The Looters/You Never Can Tell)
31:29 - Paramount (King Kong (1976) 4K)
42:23 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray
44:36 – New Blu-ray Announcements
47:19 - Outro
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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have eight reviews this week that range from one of the best surprises of the year thus far and a film that could be destined to give Tommy Wiseau’s The Room a run for its money. They begin with a pair of documentaries including the natural follow-up to Boys State (Girls State) and how the rise of memes and conspiracy theories came into modern fold (The Antisocial Network). Erik looks at a mystery thriller starring Elizabeth Hurley and directed by her son (Strictly Confidential). The co-star of Sing Street uses music to travel back in time (The Greatest Hits). Across the pond we get a dramatization of the infamous Prince Andrew interview and his association with Jeffrey Epstein (Scoop) while Olivia Colman thinks she is getting vulgar postages from Jessie Buckley (Wicked Little Letters). Then the origins of little devil Damien are fleshed out (The First Omen) and Dev Patel punches his way through his directorial debut (Monkey Man).
0:00 - Intro
1:31 – The Antisocial Network
7:46 - Girls State
16:12 - Strictly Confidential
23:39 - The Greatest Hits
33:25 - Scoop
44:07 - Wicked Little Letters
51:41 – The First Omen
1:06:46 - Monkey Man
1:17:48 - Outro
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Do not mistake a light week for physical media as evidence that it is dying. Even they need a break after Easter. Nevertheless Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress are here to tell you about five titles making the rounds this week. They include a debut from a one-time up-and-coming actor/director plus an early effort from George Lucas’ Huyck friends. There’s an Oscar-nominated documentary from last year and a film that is hardly good for post-Easter or post-anything. Finally, there’s a baseball film celebrating its 35th anniversary and is getting the 4K treatment. (Apologies in advance for work being done around the recording domain.)
0:00 - Intro
1:36 - Criterion (La Haine)
7:39 - Radiance (Messiah of Evil)
16:40 - MPI (Stigmata)
21:20 - Kino (Four Daughters)
26:07 - Paramount (Major League 4K)
39:56 - New Blu-ray Announcements
41:48 - Outro
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Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy review seven new movies over Easter weekend. They include a documentary about an evil son-of-a-bastard-fuck and his attempt to erase the memory of dead children (The Truth vs. Alex Jones) and another doc about one of the most legendary composers (Ennio). David Krumholtz is dying and just going about his deadpan remaining days (Lousy Carter) while Tessa Thompson oversees a chat line for lonely and troubled people (The Listener). The great Steve Martin gets his own documentary. Two of them in fact (Steve!: A Documentary in 2 Pieces) and Liam Neeson is an assassin on the trail of the IRA led by Kerry Condon (In the Land of Saints and Sinners). Finally, another pair of titans return to free stop an uprising in Hollow Earth (Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire)
1:54 – The Truth vs. Alex Jones
9:31 - Ennio
24:44 - Lousy Carter
34:43 – The Listener
43:43 - Steve!: A Documentary in 2 Pieces
1:04:07- In the Land of Saints and Sinners
1:15:47 - Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
1:35:10 - Outro
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Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to get you (and Carrie Coon) up to date on the latest in physical media. There are crime stories drenched in noir and including Nicole Kidman as a seductive weather lady and Edward Norton in his screen debut. There are all sorts of bizarre westerns including Jack Nicholson behind the camera, John Wayne babysitting and Clint Eastwood singing. There are inspirational teachers, courtroom dramas and ants. Plus one of the great football movies, John Turturro doing the Marx Bros. in an underrated comedy and one of the most delightful romantic charmers of the last 25 years.
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Criterion (To Die For, Saint Omer)
9:41 - Paramount (Primal Fear)
15:03 - Vinegar Syndrome (Phase IV, Five Card Stud, Goin' South)
29:31 - Kino (Paint Your Wagon, North Dallas Forty, Brain Donors, Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XVIII)
1:02:32 - Warner Archive (They Drive by Night, 3 Godfathers, The Little Drummer Girl, Stand and Deliver, Money Talks)
1:22:07 - Shout (The Crow:Salvation)
1:27:58 - Sony (Amelie)
1:32:53 – New Theatrical Titles and TV On Blu-ray
1:37:46 – New Blu-ray Announcements
1:41:10 - Outro
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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review seven new movies this week, a couple of them even good. Which ones could they be? Is it this week’s killer with amnesia thriller starring Russell Crowe (Sleeping Dogs). Maybe the two-hander horror film from Shudder (You’ll Never Find Me)? Regina King plays the first black woman elected to Congress (Shirley) and Jake Gyllenhaal steps into the shoes of Patrick Swayze (Road House). David Dastmalchian is a 70s talk show host dabbling with forces live on-air (Late Night with the Devil) and Sydney Sweeney is a nun who finds herself in a mysterious convent (Immaculate). Finally, the original cast returns with the new generation in a 40 year-old franchise (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire).
0:00 – Intro
1:45 - Sleeping Dogs
8:36 - You'll Never Find Me
14:34 - Shirley
28:49 - Road House
42:29 - Late Night with the Devil
53:00 - Immaculate
1:04:04 - Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
1:17:29 - Outro
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Catching up on a couple weeks of releases, Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk westerns from the end of John Wayne’s career to the middle-ish of Tom Selleck’s. There are documentaries about art, filmmaking plus Harrison Ford with a Russian accent. Remakes of Stephen King, American J-Horror and just American remakes leading into political conspiracies and Liza Minnelli as a sex worker. That is all just a warm-up to the 4K releases everyone has been waiting for from James Cameron.
0:00 - Intro
1:54 - Criterion (All That Money Can Buy, All the Beauty and Bloodshed, Lynch/Oz)
13:49 - Arrow (Dark Water, The Shootist)
24:05 – Shout Factory (Quigley Down Under, K-19, The Shining, Carrie, Ring Collection, Child’s Play 4K)
54:43 - Kino: (The Manchurian Candidate (2004) 4K, The Lincoln Conspiracy, The President’s Analyst, Target, Rent-a-Cop, Changing Lanes 4K)
1:31:34 - Fox (Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies)
2:00:33 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray
2:04:13 – New Blu-ray Announcements
2:06:54 - Outro
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