The Future<\/a><\/em>). Buzz from the festival circuit was very strong.<\/p>\nPoop Talk<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 It’s all there in the title. Doctors, scientists, and a bunch of comedians (including Kumail Nanjiani, Rob Corddry, and Nicole Byer) are interviewed for a documentary talking about that unspeakably filthy thing that all of us do most every day.<\/p>\nUHD<\/h2>\n
The new Halloween<\/strong><\/em> and Goosebumps 2<\/strong><\/em> both look to scare up some sales on Ultra HD as well as regular Blu-ray.<\/p>\nUpgraded to 4k for the first time is Sylvester Stallone’s dopey but fun 1993 mountaineering thriller Cliffhanger<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\nCatalog Titles<\/h2>\n
Criterion adds a little more Hitchcock to its collection with the director’s masterful 1946 romantic thriller Notorious<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\nBrian De Palma certainly had Hitchcock on his mind in 1979 when he made Obsession<\/strong><\/em>. The very blatant riff on Vertigo<\/em> stars Cliff Robertson, Genevi\u00e8ve Bujold, and John Lithgow. Arrow Video put out a Blu-ray of this in the UK a few years back. Scream Factory has the American rights. <\/p>\nAlso new from Scream Factory are the 1981 horror parody Saturday the 14th<\/strong><\/em> and the 1987 schlockfest Howling III<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\nWarner Archive has its eyes on The Prize<\/strong><\/em>, a 1963 Paul Newman thriller about fraud, murder, and conspiracies at the Nobel Prize awards. <\/p>\nJust three short years since it underperformed in theaters and was largely forgotten afterward, Arrow Video resurrects Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic horror drama Crimson Peak<\/strong><\/em> in a new Limited Edition package. The label presumably hopes that the director’s recent Oscar win will inspire some fans to re-evaluate one of his lesser-loved works. <\/p>\nAfter that, Arrow also unearths the colorfully-named 1970 giallo The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\nMill Creek introduces its new “VHS Retro Look” line with a couple of titles new to Blu-ray (the 1982 Chuck Norris actioner Silent Rage<\/strong><\/em> and the 1989 John Candy detective comedy Who’s Harry Crumb?<\/strong><\/em>) and a bunch more previously released by different labels (the 1981 slasher Happy Birthday to Me<\/strong><\/em>, the 1983 sci-fi fantasy Krull<\/strong><\/em>, the gross 1984 sex comedy Hardbodies<\/strong><\/em>, and the 1993 Arnold Schwarzenegger dud Last Action Hero<\/strong><\/em>). They’re all very attractively priced at less than $10 each right now.<\/p>\nMy $.02<\/h2>\n
Truth be told, I’ve never been much of a fan of the Halloween<\/em> franchise and am not particularly excited for the new one. I’d watch it if I came across it on cable, but that’s as much of a commitment as I’ll offer. <\/p>\nNotorious<\/em> is one of my favorite Hitchcocks, so that’s a must-buy. I also have some interest in Obsession<\/em>, and would give both Madeline’s Madeline<\/em> and The Old Man & the Gun<\/em> rentals.<\/p>\nDoes anything obsess you this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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