Phil was intrigued<\/a> but a little unsatisfied with it. \t<\/p>\nUHD<\/h2>\n
Arriving in Ultra HD alongside their standard Blu-ray counterparts are ‘The Lego Batman Movie<\/strong>‘ and ‘John Wick: Chapter 2<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\nIn preparation for the impending new sequel, Fox upgrades ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes<\/strong>‘ and ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes<\/strong>‘ to 4k. <\/p>\nCatalog Titles<\/h2>\n
While you’re picking up the ‘Chapter 2’ SteelBook at Best Buy, you might as well grab the new SteelBook for the original ‘John Wick<\/strong>‘ too.<\/p>\nAlso a Best Buy exclusive is the ‘Spider-Man Legacy Collection<\/strong>‘ SteelBook, which bundles both previous iterations of the character (the three movies with Tobey Maguire and<\/em> the two with Andrew Garfield) to remind you of exactly why this franchise needed to be rebooted one more time. [Note: Sony originally announced a simultaneous UHD version of this, but that appears to have been pulled.]<\/p>\nCriterion’s release of ‘They Live by Night<\/strong>‘ should not be confused with Ben Affleck’s recent gangster flop ‘Live by Night’. This one’s a 1948 film noir that marked the directorial debut for Nicholas Ray (‘Rebel Without a Cause’, ‘Johnny Guitar’).<\/p>\nThe Warner Archive goes cruising with the madcap 1976 car-racing comedy ‘The Gumball Rally<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\nArrow Video opens the doors to the 1981 Italian slasher flick ‘Madhouse<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\nTwilight Time offers new limited editions of the WWII drama ‘The Bridge at Remagen<\/strong>‘, Samuel Fuller’s Cold War submarine thriller ‘Hell and High Water<\/strong>‘, the 1958 romantic political thriller ‘The Quiet American<\/strong>‘, the 1972 prison drama ‘The Valachi Papers<\/strong>‘ starring Charles Bronson, and a double feature of the early Jackie Chan classics ‘Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow<\/strong>‘ and ‘Drunken Master<\/strong>‘. Sadly, the cover art for the Jackie Chan movies is kind of hideous, and Twilight Time’s notes indicate the sections of the original Cantonese audio for ‘Drunken Master’ are missing and had to be replaced with the English dub.<\/p>\nTelevision<\/h2>\n
Finally ending their runs this year are ‘Grimm<\/strong>‘ and ‘The Vampire Diaries<\/strong>‘. Both are available in your choice of just the final season or a Complete Series collection. Meanwhile, ‘South Park<\/strong>‘ is still plugging along after 20 seasons.<\/p>\nNewer shows include the second season of Syfy’s ‘Dark Matter<\/strong>‘ and the third season of Starz’s ‘Power<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\nMy $.02<\/h2>\n
I fear this could be an expensive week for me. I’m definitely down for the SteelBook editions of ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ and ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’. I’ve long been disappointed that the first ‘John Wick’ didn’t come out in a SteelBook, so I suppose I have to replace my copy of that one as well. <\/p>\n
Those are my priorities. Wish list items for later include ‘They Live by Night’, ‘Hell and High Water’, ‘The Bridge at Remagen’, the Jackie Chan double feature, and perhaps ‘The Gumball Rally’.<\/p>\n
What’s your plan for this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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