Phil was a big fan of this<\/a>, as were most other critics.<\/p>\nCatalog Titles<\/h2>\n
Hot off the success of his mega-budget ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ sequel, Scream Factory digs up James Gunn’s darkly comic creature feature, ‘Slither<\/strong>‘. The movie was a box office failure back in 2006, but found a cult audience on video. Its appearance on Blu-ray now ends years of HD DVD exclusivity. <\/p>\nAfter that, Scream Factory celebrates director John Carpenter with new SteelBook reissues of ‘Escape from New York<\/strong>‘, ‘The Fog<\/strong>‘ and ‘They Live<\/strong>‘. I’m fairly certain that these are all the same discs released previously, just in new packaging that’s a little too Pop Art-y for my taste.<\/p>\nThe Sony Choice manufactured-on-demand program offers BD-R copies of Rob Reiner’s notorious flop ‘North<\/strong>‘ (the film that caused Roger Ebert to coin the phrase “I hated, hated, hated this movie”<\/em>) and Frank Capra’s controversial 1933 wartime melodrama ‘The Bitter Tea of General Yen<\/strong>‘. <\/p>\nUniversal marches out the military bio-pic ‘MacArthur<\/strong>‘, starring Gregory Peck as the famed WWII general. <\/p>\nRemember when adorable Macaulay Culkin tried to get edgy by starring in a psycho thriller about a murderous young boy? Kino dredges up ‘The Good Son<\/strong>‘, along with the 1968 ‘Dirty Dozen’ knockoff ‘The Devi’s Brigade<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\nTelevision<\/h2>\n
I have no doubt that HBO’s stupidly-titled ‘Big Little Lies<\/strong>‘ miniseries will pick up a bunch of Emmys next year, but one episode was more than enough for me. <\/p>\nI somehow completely missed the existence of HBO’s ‘Crashing<\/strong>‘, a comedy about stand-up comics created by and starring Pete Holmes. The first season of that is also available this week.<\/p>\nFinally, PBS delivers the second season of the British mystery drama ‘Fortitude<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\nMy $.02<\/h2>\n
I’m inclined to rent ‘Colossal’ and ‘Shin Godzilla’. I still have ‘Slither’ on HD DVD, but I recall that being a pretty mediocre disc that might need upgrading. <\/p>\n
What are you up to this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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