One Battle After Another was one of my favorite movies of 2025. I saw it in the theater, I watched it streaming at home, and now I’m going to own it on 4K UHD. It is a great movie. You can read my thoughts on it in my post about my favorite films of 2025 here.
Unfortunately, this disc comes with no extras. Apparently there is a Steelbook coming out in March that has some extras, but as far as I can tell, it has already sold out. Maybe Criterion will hook us up sometime in the future. Until then, this looks like it. I’m still making it my pick of the week because I love the movie, and I’m excited to own it on home video.
Also out this week that looks interesting:
Wicked: For Good: A movie based on a musical that was based on a book that was made into a movie that was adapted from a book. Or something. Wicked was a smash hit on Broadway. It was based on a book that adapted the beloved Wizard of Oz novel by Frank L. Baum (which of course became a beloved movie.) They stretched the musical into two movies, and this is the second one.
Roofman: Based on a true story, this drama/comedy stars Channing Tatum as a man who robbed a bunch of fast food joints by cutting through their ceilings. He got caught, went to prison, broke out of prison, and wound up living inside a Toys R Us. The trailers make it look like a silly, fun movie, but there is quite a bit of downer drama mixed in.
Doctor Who: Tom Baker Complete Season Two: If you like classic Doctor Who these Blu-ray sets of complete seasons are amazing. This one includes the following stories: Terror of the Zygons, Planet of Evil, Pyramids of Mars, The Android Invasion, The Brain of Morbius, and The Seeds of Doom.
Springsteen: Delivery Me From Nowhere: I still haven’t seen that Bob Dylan biopic, so don’t ask me about this one.
Snakes on a Plane 4K UHD: It seems so strange today to think about the build-up to this movie. People were so excited about it. Mainly because that clip of Samuel L. Jackson saying a very funny thing was everywhere. But then the movie came out, and it was kind of a dud, (or so I’ve been told – I still haven’t seen it), and we all moved on. But if you are a fan, then Arrow Video is giving it the UHD treatment.
Fackham Hall: This very silly comedy, which is basically a Downton Abbey spoof, was cowritten by Jimmy Carr, a British comedian who hosts about half the panel shows airing in England right now.
Captain Blood 4K UHD: Criterion is releasing this Errol Flynn swashbuckler about a physician who becomes a pirate after being unjustly imprisoned.
The Dead 4K UHD: John Huston’s adaptation of the James Joyce short story of the same name gets the Criterion treatment.
Death on the Nile 4K UHD: After the success of the Sidney Lumet-directed Murder on the Orient Express, EMI Films wanted to adapt another popular Agatha Christie story. This was the natural selection. Albert Finney bowed out of playing Hercule Poirot again, so Peter Ustinov jumped in his shoes. This star studded mystery has some lovely on-location shooting in Egypt. You can read my review here.
Evil Under the Sun 4K UHD: Death on the Nile was successful enough that they adapted yet another Agatha Christie. You can read my review here.
The Mirror Crack’d 4K UHD: Yet another Agatha Christie adaptation. This one doesn’t feature Poirot. Instead, Angela Lansbury is playing Christie’s other famed detective, Miss Marple. I watched this one several years ago and found it rather dull, which is why I do not have a review for you.
Lucifer: The Complete Series: Based on a DC Comics series, this show follows Lucifer Morningstar, aka Satan, as he abdicates his throne as ruler of Hell and moves to Los Angeles to run a nightclub.
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, No. 5: The famed director (my favorite) has been working with the Criterion Collection, creating these boxed sets of lesser known films from around the world. This set features Chronicle of the Years of Fire, Yam Daabo, Kummatty, and The Fall of Otrar.
Torso: A pretty sleazy Giallo finds beautiful women hiding out from a serial killer inside an isolated country villa. Naturally, the killer finds them there, and they have nowhere to run. I reviewed the movie (not this release) here.
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