This is a pretty slow week.
Action Heroes of the Cliffhanger Serials | |||||||||
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Comments | Blaine: This appears to be a “best of” serials collection. It includes portions of Superman (see March’s podcast), Batman and Robin (February 2014’s podcast), Green Hornet, Iron Claw and more, but is one disc and 90 minutes long. | ||||||||
Batman: The Dark Knight (Special Edition with Batman mask) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: The podcast about this one will come out in November, 2014. | ||||||||
Battle Girls Time Paradox: Complete Collection | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Fanservice action series, involving gender-swapped characters from Japan’s Sengoku period. | ||||||||
Carol Burnett Show: This Time Together | |||||||||
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Chasing Mavericks | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
iTunes | |||||||||
Chronicle of a Summer (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Classic All-Star Commercials | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
The Client List: The Complete First Season | |||||||||
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iTunes | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: I watched the pilot episode because it was free on iTunes. It was entertaining, but not enough to draw me back for the rest of the season. | ||||||||
Diary of a Chambermaid | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Fushugi Yugi OVA Collection | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Contains seasons 1 & 2 of the Fushugi Yugi OVAs. | ||||||||
Garrow’s Law: The Complete Collection | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Heaven’s Lost Property: The Angeloid of Clockwork | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Spin-off film from the Heaven’s Lost Property anime series (which is a harem romantic comedy). | ||||||||
The Hudsucker Proxy | |||||||||
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iTunes | |||||||||
Lady for a Night | |||||||||
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Law and Order: The Twelfth Year | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: The first Lupin III movie. | ||||||||
Mad Bull 34: The Complete Series | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Cop action series based on a manga by Kazuo Koike, creator of Lone Wolf & Cub, founding member of the Gekiga movement – a manga movement based on realistic depictions of the world, set in a cargo-cult interpretation of the US through the eyes of someone whose only exposure to the US is through cop films where characters are referred to as “loose cannons” and/or are told to turn in their badge and their gun at some point in the film. This includes Predator 2. | ||||||||
Marvel Anime: Blade – Season One | |||||||||
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Marvel Anime: Wolverine – Season One | |||||||||
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The Master | |||||||||
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iTunes | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: Don’t let the title fool you. None of these characters come from Gallifrey. | ||||||||
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Season 2, Vol. 1 | |||||||||
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Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files – Animal Agents | |||||||||
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Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | |||||||||
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Quaser of Stigmata – Collection 2 | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: This is the “breast milk gives super-powers” show, and I still have no idea how this thing got licensed. | ||||||||
Samurai Cop (Special Edition) | |||||||||
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Comments | Alex: This special edition does not have the Joe Bob Briggs commentary, so I might recommend avoiding this release. | ||||||||
Sansho the Bailiff (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D | |||||||||
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Strangers in the Night | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rise of the Turtles | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (Extended Edition) | |||||||||
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iTunes | |||||||||
Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 | |||||||||
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Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 25th Anniversary Edition | |||||||||
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Comments | Four animated films intended to be faithful to Baum’s source material. | ||||||||
WWE Royal Rumble 2013 | |||||||||
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Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “if you have somehow managed to not get The Dark Knight now, get that. Otherwise, wait for stronger releases in March.” Alex says, “I’m probably going to rent Lupin the 3rd: Mystery of Mamo. Other then that there isn’t much that’s caught my attention.”