Movieman's Guide to the Movies
The Final Word on Physical Media
Mad Love, starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive and Ted Healy, arrived on Blu-ray on October 19th from Warner Bros.’s Archive Collection and includes a new HD transfer and comes with an audio commentary and trailer.
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Dinner at Eight comes to Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection and stars Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow and Lionel Barrymore.
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Children of the Damned debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris and Alfred Burke. The Blu-ray was released on October 26th.
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Needle in a Timestack is a sci-fi romantic drama featuring Leslie Odom Jr., Freida Pinto, Cynthia Erivo and Orlando Bloom. The Blu-ray and DVD was released on October 19th.
Deep Red, flaws and all, is a top-tier giallo film co-scripted and directed by horror-maestro Dario Argento, featuring some impressive gore and make-up effects.
The Spider Woman Strikes Back is not a sequel to the Sherlock Holmes story but features the same actress in Gale Sondergaard credited as a different character. The Blu-ray from Kino Lorber comes out on November 2nd.
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The Amazing Mr. X is a film noir thriller-horror that is in the public domain however gets a proper transfer versus poorly sourced releases in the past. The film stars Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari and Cathy O’Donnell.
Overall, I can’t say it enough that the original Scream is right up there with Halloween and Friday the 13th with an amazing cast ensemble and a production that overcame the odds and made an iconic movie.
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins wasn’t a big disappointment since I went in with zero expectations. Although Henry Goulding was good in the lead role, he didn’t get much to work with both with the script and supporting cast.
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The Suicide Squad might not hit the levels of something like Guardians of the Galaxy (still an MCU favorite of mine), but it does take the material in the right direction when compared with Ayer’s 2016 original with a better story and characterization.
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Kull the Conqueror, originally conceived as a third Conan movie before Arnold Schwarzenegger passed on the role, stars Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere and Ian Thomas Griffith, arriving on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment.
Hawthorne: The Complete Series was a medical drama that ran from 2006-2011 and starred Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan. The series DVD was released on October 12th.
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The Protégé isn’t quite as good compared to Anna but I still was consistently entertained even with some of the flaws, which were overcome thanks to solid direction from Martin Campbell and a good core cast with Michael Keaton, Maggie Q and Samuel L. Jackson.
The Flash: The Complete Seventh Season arrives on Blu-ray and DVD October 12 from Warner Bros. and includes deleted scenes, two featurettes and a gag reel.
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Survive the Game is another severely lackluster direct-to-video movie co-starring Bruce Willis who looks as uncommitted as ever. There’s really nothing redeeming for this and should absolutely be skipped.