by Nathaniel R
Do any of you buy Blu-Rays or DVDs anymore? The release dates of such used to be a big deal for film fans but now it's but another random date and everyone is on their own timetable. Nevertheless we should probably check in once in a while, shouldn't we? (New to streaming titles are also listed after the jump)
New to DVD/ Blu-Ray (Feb 3rd-25th)
If we've written about the film it's linked up...
• 21 Bridges - the Russo brothers attempt to step away from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (albeit with Black Panther himself in tow)
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - the misunderstood and underrated Mr Rogers hosted drama
• Color Out of Space - Nicolas Cage again...
• Doctor Sleep - a sequel (of sorts) to The Shining
• Frankie - Ira Sach directs Isabelle Huppert
• Ford V Ferrari - Oscar winner for Editing and Sound Editing
• Frozen II - the musical sequel
• The Good Liar - Dame Helen & Sir Ian's thriller romp
• Jojo Rabbit - Oscar winner for Adapted Screenplay
• Last Christmas - a flop rom-com
• Knives Out - Rian Johnson's surprise whodunnit blockbuster
Midway
• Midway - Roland Emmerich's WW II picture starring just about every familiar-faced good-looking B list white guy in Hollywood: Ed Skrein, Darren Criss, Nick Jonas, Keean Johnson, Patrick Wilson (who should be A list but you can't have everything), Luke Kleintank, Brandon Sklenar, Luke Evans, and many more. We're tempted to watch it just for all the square jaws but Emmerich's movies haven't been good since the mid 90s and even then they weren't "good" in the true definition of words sense. Have any of you reading seen this picture?
• The Nightingale - Jennifer Kent's brutal rape drama
• Roma (Criterion Classics Edition) - The Oscar favourite and critical darling from Alfonso Cuarón
• Synonyms - An Israeli man tries to reinvent himself in Paris
• Wild Nights with Emily - Molly Shannon's lesbian comedy
New to Streaming (since February 15th)
• 47 Meters Down Uncaged (2019) on Prime
• Annabelle Comes Home (2019) on HBO
• The Prince (2014) on Hulu. Action thriller with Jason Patric and Bruce Willis
• Run the Race (2019) on Hulu. A Christian high school sports drama.
• Super 8 (2011) on Hulu. J.J. Abrams' Spielberg homagey sci-fi drama starring Kyle Chandler and Joel Courtny as father and son. A then 13 year-old Elle Fanning steals it, though.
• System Crasher (2019) on Netflix. Germany's Oscar submission last season and a 3 time European Film Award nominee. We should probably watch this one, yes?
Mini Film Festivals on Criterion Channel (since Feb 15th)
• Anna Karina (8 films) - The Danish born French New Wave icon made 8 films with Jean-Luc Godard all but one of which are included in this lineup. The sole non-Godard film featured is Jacques Rivette's The Nun (1966)
• Dame Wendy Hiller (7 films) - This package includes her breakthrough film (Pygmalion, 1938), her Oscar winning role (Separate Tables, 1958), and her final film appearance (The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, 1987) among other films.
• Montgomery Clift (3 films) - three major classics starring our favourite brooding actor of the 1950s: Red River (1948) a winkingly gay western, A Place in the Sun (1951), a primary Nathaniel obsession recently discussed on the podcast And the Runner Up Is...,
And From Here to Eternity (1953), the sudsiest and sexiest of the Oscar-winning WWII films. For what it's worth Clift's centennial is coming up in October this year so we will be celebrating in a major way. Since he only made 17 films we're thinking of just writing about each and every one of them by October. What'cha think?