Night and Fog<\/strong>‘ are challenging yet rewarding works of cinema art.<\/p>\nThe Warner Archive finally completes its Bogie and Bacall collection with Howard Hawks’ adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s ‘To Have and Have Not<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\nArrow Video puts up a defense for ‘Crimes of Passion<\/strong>‘, director Ken Russell’s campy 1984 erotic thriller starring Kathleen Turner as a fashion designer by day \/ hooker by night. <\/p>\nBRAAAAAAAAINS!!! I tend to doubt that zombies and werewolves would get along with each other if either was real, but Scream Factory serves them up together with 1985’s ‘The Return of the Living Dead<\/strong>‘ and 1996’s ‘Bad Moon<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, Shout! Factory lets loose Sylvester Stallone’s 1981 action flick ‘Nighthawks<\/strong>‘.<\/s> [Looks like this one has been delayed until October, sorry.]<\/p>\nMill Creek falls hard for schlockmeister William Castle by pairing up double features of his ‘Homicidal<\/strong>‘ with ‘Mr. Sardonicus<\/strong>‘, or ‘13 Ghosts<\/strong>‘ with ‘13 Frightened Girls!<\/strong>‘. The only of these I’ve personally seen is the ‘Psycho’ knockoff ‘Homicidal’ – the gimmick behind which is that the movie stops for a “Fright Break” time-out before the climax to give viewers time to steel themselves for the shocking twist ending to come. It’s not what you would classify as a “good” movie, but Castle never had any pretentions of making good movies, just fun ones.<\/p>\nTelevision<\/h2>\n
The TV scene is pretty busy this week. Among the newly available box sets are the fourth season of ‘Orphan Black<\/strong>‘, the third season of ‘The 100<\/strong>‘, the first season of Syfy’s ‘The Magicians<\/strong>‘, and a first collection for the popular anime ‘Bleach<\/strong>‘. Also, Warner finishes off ‘Person of Interest<\/strong>‘ with a Complete Series box set or a standalone release for the final season.<\/p>\nMy $.02<\/h2>\n
I may wind up regretting it, but I plan to blind-buy ‘Batman v. Superman’, mostly because I’m a sucker for a good SteelBook and my completist tendencies sometimes overwhelm my better sense. <\/p>\n
I feel a lot more confident about ‘To Have and Have Not’, ‘Night and Fog’, ‘A Touch of Zen’ and ‘The Return of the Living Dead’, all of which will go on my wish list.<\/p>\n
Will you enjoy some Bat Soup this week, or will you spend your money elsewhere?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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