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Through the Decades: 10 Film Collection has a random sampling of movies from the 1980s and 1990s, at least ones licensed under Mill Creek Entertainment including Roxanne, The Freshman, Anaconda and I Know What You Did Last Summer amongst many others.
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The French suspense-thriller film Armageddon arrives on Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics and stars Alain Delon and Jean Yanne, and comes out April 5th.
A Star is Born comes to Blu-ray finally getting the long-awaited restoration work from the folks at the Warner Archive Collection. This original 1937 version stars Janet Gaynor and Fredric March.
Magnum, P.I. was an iconic show from the 1980s and succeeded through its eight seasons thanks to the charm of Tom Selleck along with a fun core supporting cast, led by John Hillerman.
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Captains of the Clouds debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars James Cagney, Dennis Morgan and Brenda Marshall, arriving on Blu-ray March 22nd.
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Neither Schizoid or X-Ray are very good movies yet they’re at least watchable and even a bit of trashy fun at times, and probably better suited for group viewing for an “MST3K” style setting.
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While movies like The Sword and the Sorcerer aren’t really my thing (that includes Excalibur), but it was at least an enjoyable little flick with respectable make-up and production designs.
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The Flag of Iron is the 29th film in the 88 Films line and features top-notch martial arts sequences and includes a new audio commentary. Available now for purchase on Amazon.com.
Silent Night is a dark drama-comedy featuring Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Annabelle Wallis and Lilly-Rose Depp and arrived on Blu-ray and DVD on March 8th.
Reform School Girls is a fun and entertaining 1980s sexploitation featuring some lovely women and decent enough acting all things considered, along with a wild, chaotic finale.
While An American Werewolf in London wasn’t quite the cult classic some feel it is, but it is quite entertaining experience with a good performance from David Naughton alongside some respectable make-up and special effects.
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Vikings: The Complete Series arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and includes all of the extras from the individual season releases and is out this past Tuesday, March 15th.
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On the 3rd Day is a supernatural-horror film coming out of Argentina and stars Mariana Anghileri and Gerardo Romano. The Blu-ray is available from Shout Factory on March 29th.
The Godfather Trilogy is another (almost) great set from Paramount with a plethora of bonus features and excellent video and audio transfers. My only qualm is, like the DVD set, they’ve gone back to the cardboard digi-pak which means you’re SOL if any of them get damaged.
Shooter is a film that works with Mark Wahlberg’s strengths as an action hero and combined with the fine direction by Antoine Fuqua makes this worth checking out if you hadn’t already in the 15 years since the release.