Hellraiser<\/strong>‘ movies last year, I remarked that I don’t care for any of the sequels and would probably hold out for a standalone release of just the first film. Now it’s here, but unfortunately it’s packaged in a Mondo Pop Art SteelBook, so I find myself waiting again.<\/p>\nNew to Arrow are the 1976 Blaxploitation horror flick ‘J.D.’s Revenge<\/strong>‘ and the ‘George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn<\/strong>‘ box set, which contains three lesser-known features the director made between his famous zombie movies. <\/p>\nThe latest Twilight Time limited editions include Rex Harrison in the 1967 family musical ‘Doctor Dolittle<\/strong>‘ (from a new 4k restoration by Fox), Woody Allen’s 1971 political parody ‘Bananas<\/strong>‘, Sandra Dee in the original “beach party” flick ‘Gidget<\/strong>‘ (1959), Marlon Brando in the interracial romance ‘Sayonara<\/strong>‘ (1957), and the Japanese road trip drama ‘The Yellow Handkerchief<\/strong>‘ (1977).<\/p>\nPreviously, the three ‘Psycho<\/strong>‘ sequels were released individually by Scream Factory. Universal has now taken back the rights and bundled them all with the original Hitchcock film in a 4-movie collection. It seems to me that this will just emphasize the huge disparity in quality between the original and its follow-ups. <\/p>\nShout! Factory gives us a little Lily Tomlin in the 1981 comedy ‘The Incredible Shrinking Woman<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\nKino gets ‘The Last Laugh<\/strong>‘ with F.W. Murnau’s silent masterpiece about the plight of a working class doorman. <\/p>\nTelevision<\/h2>\n
The second season of AMC’s ‘Preacher<\/strong>‘ is perhaps even more uneven than the first, but the show is still overflowing with truly bonkers ideas that no other series would ever attempt, not the least of which is introducing Adolf Hitler as a sympathetic, even pitiable character. <\/p>\nMy $.02<\/h2>\n
‘Atomic Blonde’, ‘Wind River’ and ‘Brigsby Bear’ are all strong rental candidates for me. ‘Le samourai’ deserves a purchase. ‘The Last Laugh’ will go on my wish list for later. I’m going to continue holding out a little longer for the Arrow edition of ‘Hellraiser’.<\/p>\n
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