Shadow of the Thin Man, the fourth in the series, debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars William Powell and Myrna Loy and is out August 17th.
Strike Commando 2 is a more (on purpose) comedic than the first movie and while it’s still not good per se, I do think there’s enough to make this a fun evening viewing amongst friends to mock and laugh at.
Strike Commando might be an unabashed rip-off of Rambo but there’s plenty of be entertained by, well at least in how bad it is. This is the kind of movie to make fun off MST3K style although it is tough sitting through alone…
Overall, the Friday the 13th: 8 Movie Collection offers the movies under license by Paramount and while it does not include any new features from the Shout Factory box set, if you can get this at a reasonable price, you will get upgraded picture on the first four films.
F.P. 1 Doesn’t Answer is a sci-fi drama from 1932 from Germany and stars Hans Albers, Synille Schmitz and Paul Hartmann. The Kino Lorber release comes with an audio commentary and English-language version.
All in all, even as someone who doesn’t gravitates toward the western genre, I found these four films part of the Vengeance Trails box set to all be well made films, all with revenge as a central theme.
Profile arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from Universal Pictures on August 10th. This suspense-thriller stars Valane Kane and Morgan Watkins.
Moment by Moment was a swing and huge whiff of a romantic-drama where the two leads shared absolutely no chemistry and many awkward scenes that made the movie pretty tough to sit through.
Major Dundee, starring Charlton Heston and Richard Harris, arrives on Blu-ray including both the Extended and Theatrical Versions, and a good selection of bonus features.
Those Who Wish Me Dead is the pinnacle serviceable suspense-thriller, something that could’ve come out in the 1990s. Angelina Jolie is great in the lead and even the young Finn Little thankfully wasn’t obnoxious.
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage to me isn’t a great giallo movie but is notable being Dario Argento’s feature debut and has great style to it even when character actions aren’t entirely believable. Still, any Argento or giallo fans will get a kick out of this film.
Viva is an interesting satirical take on 1970s sexploitation and has some great segments from Anna Biller, however with a two hour running time it does ramble and probably could’ve shed 20-25 minutes.
A Quiet Place Part II might not be as good as its predecessor but I still would say it’s worth a watch as there are some moments of suspense even when characters make questionable decisions.
Die in a Gunfight looked like it could’ve been a fun, off-the-rails action-thriller and instead is a Romeo and Juliet story that never really clicks and there’s not a whole lot that was actually entertaining and the two leads didn’t have much chemistry.
Star Trek Discovery Season Three arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from Paramount and includes several featurettes, select episode deleted scenes and a gag reel.