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Tonight at The Alamo: Fistful of Dollars

The Alamo Drafthouse will be hosting the film that started it all for Clint Eastwood tonight at 7:30.  This will be my first time to catch this on the big screen so really looking forward to this one and will be hanging with some buddies and shoving down some pizza to go with this Spaghetti Western classic.  See you tonight.  Get your ticket here: Alamo Drafthouse

Tonight at the Alamo: Hatchet

Come out to the Alamo tonight to see Adam Green’s Hatchet.  I am pretty sure this is the only time this has been on the big screen in this area so this is a real treat and hopefully they will get part 2 in November for its tenth anniversary.  This is a great horror-comedy that will play great with a crowd and there are some seats left so join us tonight, it will be a blast!  Victor Crowley himself might even be there tonight.  Get your tickets at the link here: Alamo Drafthouse

New Release Tuesdays

There's been some good stuff come out the last couple of weeks and except for the Warner Archive titles below I was able to score all the rest at physical stores.  After you read below go read this excellent article on physical media: https://www.mediaplaynews.com/in-defense-of-the-disc/?fbclid=IwAR1LoV8SXJ5iyjFJmfvyOAqQXToLV4G4RCaQGOUbpOszqc8pnVwQ4AdYBck

If you are into collecting media it is a cool read.  Now onto the new releases:

Color Out of Space- A secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has apocalyptic consequences for the family living there and possibly the world. Before you see this go to Amazon Prime and watch Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau.  Director Richard Stanley was off to a great start especially with Hardware and got the gig to do Dr. Moreau’s Island so watch the doc so see what a clusterf that movie turned out to be.  Now after all these years he is back and has made the best H.P. Lovecraft movie out there now, sorry Re-Animator.

JoJo Rabbit- A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.  Seems like director Taika Waititi can do no wrong as I have absolutely loved everything he has put out so far.  This is a great whimsical comedy about a young German boy in the Hitler youth group that has a pretend friend that is Adolf himself.  This is one of my favs of the year, highly recommended.

Midway- The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.  This is a great war movie that seemed to have gone under the radar and got lost during the holiday season when it came out.  Woody Harrelson seems to be great in anything he does lately and anchors a good cast in this flick.  If you like war movies give this a spin.  I went with the Target steelbook.

Tex Avery-   This is a great collection of old cartoons from Warner Archive.  These cartoons are hard to come by these days and you have to get lucky to catch them on Boomerang or whatever network the kids watch cartoons on these days.  Hopefully this is just the beginning so buy this volume one so we get some more of these released.    

Knives Out- A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.  I missed this one so looking forward to catching this whodunit real soon.

Victory- As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.  This is a pretty good war flick that had Stallone working with a big-time director in John Huston and was looking for some success outside of the Rocky franchise.  This broke even at the box office and Stallone would have to wait another year before he it hit big with First Blood and showed everyone he can do more besides just Rocky movies. 

Hot Dog: The Movie- Harkin Banks heads to skiing championships in California. A teen runaway goes along as he parties and competes with friends and foes.  I am not sure how many times I caught this on Skinamax back in the day.  This movie was one where teenage boys dropped everything to check this out.  They do not make like this anymore.