Happy St Patrick's Day! It hasn't really felt like that holiday without bars open, has it?
Time for our bi or tri-weekly listing of new titles to DVD and BluRay... plus a little new-to-streaming thrown in for good measure. Given that most of us are trapped at home withe coronavirus pandemic blu-rays and streaming are necessary.
New(ish) to Blu-Ray and DVD
• Black Christmas - horror remake
• Bombshell - Oscar winner for Best Makeup
• Charlies Angels - another iteration
• Dark Waters - Todd Haynes legal drama
• Jumanji the Next Level - hit sequel
• Queen & Slim - polarizing crime romance
• Richard Jewell - Eastwood dud
• Spies in Disguise - animated
• Uncut Gems - critical darling
• 5B - a doc on the AIDS crisis in 1980s San Francisco.
New to streaming recently
We've freeze-framed a few titles at entirely random places...
[In Unison] GOOD MORNING!
Orlando (on Criterion Channel)
Tilda Swinton is brilliant as the gender non-conforming (literally) hero/heroine in this arthouse classic. It's when we fell in love with her. It was nominated for two Oscars (Costumes, Production Design) for 1993 but it should have been many more including Best Actress. In this sequence Orlando, the young nobleman, has been asleep for 7 days and wakes up a woman. "Same person... just a different sex."
Wonderful wonderful Copenhagen... friendly ole girl of a town.
Hans Christian Andersen (on Criterion Channel)
Funny. If we're going to gender cities, I never thought of Copenhagen as particularly womanly, though it's one of my favourite places on earth. Have you ever been? This is a Danny Kaye musical about the fairy tale author.
Sorry Infinity [vomits]
Hello I Must Be Going (Hulu)
This is a rare and fine leading lady showcase for Melanie Lynskey who usually has to shine (and shine she does) from the sidelines as a supporting actress. Melanie guest-blogged right here to celebrate the film's release. That was such a good time.
ALSO NEW TO STREAMING
• Last Ferry (Netflix) gay thriller on Fire Island
• Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu) PREMIERES TOMORROW
• Lu Over the Wall (Netflix) TOMORROW
• Monos (Hulu) the Colombian Oscar submission
• Silver Lining Playbook (Netflix) A peculiar Oscar fixation, no?
• Starring Rita Hayworth (Criterion Channel) a selection of 8 films starring the love goddess
• Summer Night (Netflix)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Netflix)
Which of these titles will you be watching / purchasing?
P.S. Please remember to check out our reader's choice streaming film club for community watches and discussions. Next up is Only Angels Have Wings (1939) streaming on Criterion Channel.