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Wednesday
Jan022019

Watch at Home: Eighth Grade, Bad Times at the El Royale

What's newly available for home viewing? Herewith a very quick survey of new releases and/or great deals. Links go to reviews.

DVD/Blu-Ray
Bad Reputation a doc for Joan Jett fans
Bad Times at the El Royale seven strangers, each with "a secret to bury" meet at a hotel. So like Clue + 1 only noirish?

Also new: AXL, Love Gilda, Night School, and White Boy Rick

iTunes 99¢ Deals of Note This Week
Eighth Grade -Bo Burnham's inspired you-are-there comedy about everyone's favourite existential horror: middle school
12 Angry Men - the legendary courtroom drama was nominated for 3 Oscars including Best Picture of 1957 (pssst. it's also available right now on Prime)
The Apartment -1960's big Oscar winner starring Jack Lemmon & Shirley Maclaine and an over-extended bachelor pad.
Fargo -This freezing cold comic noir is still the best Coen brothers movie, right? Best Actress winner 1996 Frances McDormand.
Platoon - Oliver Stone's bracing 1986 Vietnam war drama and Best Picture winner

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Reader Comments (5)

This freezing cold comic noir is still the best Coen brothers movie, right?

not even in the top three - raising arizona, inside llewyn davis, blood simple

January 2, 2019 | Unregistered Commenterpar

Bad Times at the El Royale was one of my absolute favorite movies of 2018, and the one movie that I was clearly in the minority for with critics (there's one every year). I thought it was super fun, some really great scenes (that one where Erivo is singing with Dakota Johnson watching), and while it isn't perfect, it was such an enjoyable ride I didn't really care.

January 2, 2019 | Unregistered CommenterJohn T

Am I the only one who thought Fargo was extremely overrated? I thought Siskel & Ebert were playing a prank on audiences by praising such a bad movie as much as they did.

January 2, 2019 | Unregistered CommenterReady

What READY said. Probably wouldn't make my top 5.

January 2, 2019 | Unregistered CommenterArkaan

Damn right it is.

1. Fargo
2. Miller's Crossing
3. Llewyn Davis
4. No Country
5. my soft spot for Blood Simple

January 2, 2019 | Unregistered CommenterMike in Canada
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