New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of September 1 - September 7
Harley Lond - wrote on 08/31/20 at 07:35 PM CT
BUZZIN' THE 'B'S:
Written and directed by Jon Stewart, "Irresistible" (2020), starring Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Topher Grace and Natasha Lyonne, is a comedy about what happens when a small Wisconsin town becomes the main attraction of our political circus. After the Democrat’s top strategist Gary (Carell) sees a video of a retired Marine Colonel (Cooper) …
Weekend Box Office: New Mutants Lands with a Yawn, Tenet Has Promising International Debut
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/30/20 at 09:23 PM CT
As the summer closes out and theaters begin to reopen, the long-delayed X-Men spinoff New Mutants finally opened after a series of delays. I'm sure Disney would have been more than happy to shift this to streaming, but with the merger it sound like that just wan't an option. What it means is that New Mutants, which didn't screen for many critics, didn't please those who showed up in theaters and …
New in Theaters August 28: The New Mutants
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/27/20 at 09:52 PM CT
The Long and Winding Road is one of the greatest songs ever written - and while I'm sure The Beatles didn't have The New Mutants in mind when creating the masterpiece, no other description best describes the path this film took to finally get into theaters. Made all the way back in 2017, New Mutants has suffered a series of delays (though, not emphatically for reshoots as director Josh Boone has …
Not Much in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/26/20 at 11:29 AM CT
The roller coast ride that is the MPAA Ratings Board has hit the down slope and we're now at the low point. How low you ask? Whereas most weeks I can stretch and parlay a streaming title or limited release into something to discuss this week offers absolutely nothing for me to work with. In fact, there is only a single film on the list that even has a release date at this point, thus most of …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of August 25 - August 31
Harley Lond - wrote on 08/25/20 at 12:40 AM CT
THIS WEEK'S BEST BETS:
In 1934, Jean Renoir stepped off the soundstage and headed to the South of France, where he captured vivid human drama amid the bucolic splendor and everyday social rituals of the countryside. Based on a true story and set in a community of immigrants living, working, and loving on the margins of French society, "Toni" (1934 -- France) follows the eponymous Italian …
Weekend Box Office: Unhinged Scores a Modest but Encouraging Opening
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/23/20 at 09:02 PM CT
The biggest question going into this weekend was where Russell Crowe's violent thriller would land as the first, big movie to open in a Covid-19 world. While the film was never going to have a massive opening (the exclusion of California and New York played a big factor) the question was would it have a good enough opening. It turns out that even with social distancing and other measures in …
New in Theaters August 21: Unhinged, Words on Bathroom Walls
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/20/20 at 08:18 PM CT
Well, it's been a long time since I had a weekend preview blog to write, going all the way back to March 11th to be exact. These Covid-19 times wiped out the Spring/Summer season, even though technically we're still in "summer" season, obviously this is far outside the norm. With theater chains slowly re-opening, with many restrictions in place, it remains to be seen if the remainder of the year …
Antebellum, The Little Things and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/19/20 at 12:01 PM CT
Theaters are slowly re-opening so stay tuned for an actual weekend preview later this week - but there are still films that are wary of returning to the big screen. Case in point, this week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin features Antebellum, surely one of the year's most intriguing horror titles, and one that is skipping theaters to go straight to PVOD in September. It has also been announced that Run, …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of August 18 - August 24
Harley Lond - wrote on 08/17/20 at 09:43 PM CT
THIS WEEK'S BEST BETS:
"Gamera: The Complete Collection Limited Edition Blu-ray Boxset" is a limited collectors' edition package, housed in a large-format rigid box, fully illustrated by Matt Frank; case bound, fully-illustrated disc book containing eight Blu-ray discs; High Definition (1080p) versions of all 12 films ("Gamera the Giant Monster," "Gamera vs. Barugon," "Gamera vs. Gyaos," …
Let Him Go, Trial of the Chicago 7 and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/12/20 at 11:37 AM CT
For once, no news of any major delays or shifts on the movie front - though woe is you if you're a college football fan. In fact, after everything that's happened recently, who would have thought that the oft-delayed New Mutants could be the film that jump-starts the domestic box office? Both Mulan and Tenet are gearing up for some major international release dates while the U.S. continues to …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of August 11 - August 17
Harley Lond - wrote on 08/11/20 at 01:05 AM CT
THIS WEEK'S BEST BETS:
The Criterion Collection is celebrating the boundless creative vision of Agnès Varda with a comprehensive collection of her genre-blurring, culture-shaping films. Bringing together all 39 of her features, shorts, and documentaries for the first time, the 15-Blu-ray box set "The Complete Films of Agnès Varda" also contains extensive special features - many created by …
Hillbilly Elegy and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/05/20 at 08:25 PM CT
Once again, the biggest news this week has nothing to do with ratings and everything to do with the way we watch movies - even ones with $200 million plus budgets. That's right, Mulan, Disney's tentpole summer film, is now being released on Disney+ as a "premium" title for $29.99. For a family of four that's probably still less than what they would have dropped in a theater to watch the same …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of August 4 - August 10
Harley Lond - wrote on 08/04/20 at 12:44 AM CT
THIS WEEK'S BEST BETS:
In "Shanghai Triad" (1995 -- China), starring Wang Xiaoxiao, Gong Li and Li Baotian, naive teenager Shuisheng, hired to be a servant to pampered nightclub singer and mob moll Xiao Jinbao, is thrust into the glamorous and deadly demimonde of Shanghai's crime syndicates in the 1930s. Over the course of seven days, Shuisheng observes mounting tensions as triad boss Tang …
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