Monday, May 11, 2015

New Release Tuesday

Universal strikes again and puts out a set that contains four already released movies and four new movies to blu ray like they did with the Spielberg set last year (more on that in just a bit) but I will make an exception this time since it is Eastwood.  Finally, we get anamorphic releases of The Eiger Sanction, The Beguiled, Coogan’s Bluff, and Play Misty for Me.  

I will know make peace with Universal now that they have released the new Spielberg blu ray titles individually.  Spielberg directed one of the best movies ever in Jaws and created the summer blockbuster with that and Close Encounters of the Third kind.  How do you follow those up?  With a World War 2 comedy about hysterical Californians preparing for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor, that’s how.  This movie bombed at the box office but opinion of this has changed quite dramatically over the years and fans have been craving an anamorphic version of this since DVDs have existed.  This features and all-star cast and some surprising great dance numbers, highly recommended.

A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by a malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.  Spielberg’s first movie, a made for TV movie but it was so good it was released theatrically later on.  Think Jaws on wheels, highly recommended.

A vengeful Australian policeman sets out to avenge his partner, his wife and his son.  Scream Factory brings us this ultimate cult classic and it is awesome!  This is the little movie that started it all so watch this and the other sequels to prepare for Mad Max: Fury Road.

This is a re-issue with new cover art and a cool red case.  Reminds me of HD-DVDs, sorry if you bought in too early on that defunct format.  Now, come with me if you want to leave.

This movie chronicles Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.  I am interested in checking this out but this also took a lot of flack for taking some liberties with history.






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