Category: DVD Pick of the Week

The Complete Kubrick is the Pick of the Week

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A little late with this, but Criterion has just released a massive Stanley Kubrick boxed set that looks amazing. Right after it came out, they did a little 24-hour flash sale, and the sucker sold out.  Not permanently; they will make more, but that’s pretty amazing.  It is rightfully my pick of the week, though honestly it is a little more expensive than I can justify purchasing at the moment.  Maybe on the next sale I can find some coupons.  You can read about it and everything else coming out this week over at Cinema Sentries.

Little Shop of Horrors is the Pick of the Week

Little Shop of Horrors 1986 4K UHD

Welcome to another edition of what’s coming out this week on Blu-ray and UHD. It was a bit of an odd week for me as there were several popular releases that I have no interest in (another Harry Potter boxed set? No thanks). There are several other things I am interested in, but none that really stood out. So I picked a fun musical that reminds me of my childhood.

You can read all about everything I found interesting here.

I Love Boosters is the Pick of the Week

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My site isn’t very big. I do a lot of my movie writing for Cinema Sentries, which isn’t exactly a big site either. I do it for fun (and the occasional free Blu-ray). I’m not particularly well known in film critic circles. That’s ok. But every once in a while something kind of cool happens.

This week, Boots Riley, the writer/director of this week’s pick, retweeted Cinema Sentries tweet about my article. I didn’t actually write that much about the movie, and he may not even have read that. He’s probably in promo mode for the Blu-ray release, but its still kind of cool.

You can read the full article with that move and more here.

Supergirl (2026) is the Pick of the Week

Supergirl 2026 Blu

I’ve never been a huge superhero movie fan. I dug into the MCU for a while, but like so many others, they have given me fatigue. I’m definitely not much of a Superman fan (I’m a Batman guy), and I’ve never read any of the Supergirl comics (though I did enjoy some of the recent TV series). This recent movie did poorly at the box office and got lousy reviews. What I’m saying is, I shouldn’t be picking Supergirl as this week’s pick, but I did. You can read all about it and everything else that came out yesterday at Cinema Sentries.

Disclosure Day is the Pick of the Week

Disclosure Day Blu

A new Spielberg movie used to be an event. But the days of him making a colossal blockbuster seem to be behind us. Disclosure Day seemed like it might be one, but it seems to have just kind of come and gone. Maybe. I could be wrong; I don’t really pay attention to box office receipts.

I missed it in the theater, but now it’s getting a physical media release and I’m excited to see it. You can read about it and everything else coming out this week over at Cinema Sentries.

Project Hail Mary is the Pick of the Week

Project Hail Mary UHD

Hey, it is Monday, and that means I’m talking about this week’s new Blu-ray releases (except of course, I keep not writing about them when I’m not doing this post for Cinema Sentries – I should probably remedy that.)

This week’s big release is Project Hail Mary, the excellent sci-fi adventure story starring Ryan Gosling and an alien rock. But there are also several good horror flicks getting nice releases, an Elvis Presley documentary, and Martin Scorsese’s strangest film. Click here to read all about it.

Soylent Green is the Pick of the Week

Soylent Green Arrow

For years now, the Criterion Collection has partnered with Barnes & Noble and had a 50 percent off sale every July. It has become quite a big deal amongst collectors. There is always buzz before the sale begins, and once it starts, everyone posts pictures of their hauls.

More recently, other boutique Blu-ray companies have started having sales in July as well. Arrow Video is currently having one, and I believe Synapse is as well (and maybe Vinegar Syndrome and Kino Lorber too). I can’t keep up. I certainly can’t afford it. Sadly, this has been very true this month. Work has been slow, and we’ve had some major bills come in, so I’ve not been able to hit up any of the sales.

I do wish they would pace themselves. Maybe spread out the sales over the course of the year. Even if I had money right now, I could never afford to partake in all these sales.

None of this has to do with the peak of the week, except that there are a lot of cool discs out this week and my pick is an Arrow Video release, and I just found myself staring at it on the Barnes & Noble website trying to figure out how I can afford it.

Soylent Green is a great 1970s dystopian thriller with Charlton Heston in one of his finer roles and a terrific Edward G. Robinson in the last role he ever played. Learn more about this release and everything else coming out by clicking here.

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore Is the Pick of the Week

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Before I went on vacation last week, I rushed to write my Five Cool Things article.I usually write them on Tuesday evening, and they are published on Wednesday. But we were leaving early Tuesday morning, so Monday evening, while I was packing, I quickly wrote that article plus a comics review. I was so proud of myself. We drove back home this Monday. Somewhere on the ride, I told myself to remember to write this week’s Pick of the Week.

Then we got home, and I discovered that my keyboard was no longer working. All of the lower keys no longer worked at all. I tried unplugging it and messing with the wires, but nothing. Luckily (or so I thought), I had a spare keyboard lying around. I picked it up to discover that the cat had puked on it at some point in the past. Cleaned it off as best I could and plugged it in. Alas, it also had keys that weren’t working, but they were different keys. Luckily (or so I stupidly thought once again), I had yet another keyboard lying around. It is a wireless one. I grabbed it. No cat vomit, but the lid to the battery casing was missing.

I ordered one on Amazon (and then cancelled that order and purchased a different one – a story for another time). It arrived yesterday afternoon. I was swamped with catching up on everything I didn’t do while on vacation that I totally forgot to write my pick. Emailed the owner of Cinema Sentries about 11 last night, apologizing. We decided it would be okay to go ahead and write it today and be late with it.

So here we are. I intentionally try to not pick released from the Criterion Collection each week because that just feels like cheating. Or lazy. I like to highlight a variety of interesting releases from different companies. But this week, my favorite director, Martin Scorsese, is getting a new release, and I just had to pick it. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore isn’t my favorite Scorsese, but it’s still a very good film (you can read my review of it here.)

You can read all the details of the interesting new releases at Cinema Sentries.

Day of the Dead is the Pick of the Week

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I’ve been debating for days whether or not I should purchase this week’s pick. I’m obviously a physical media collector. I have well over a thousand DVDs, Blu-rays, and UHD discs. I especially like collector’s editions with cool covers, posters, lobby cards, and other collectibles, plus all sorts of in-disc extras.  But there is also a practical side to me. That part wonders why in the world I’d pay $40 for a single movie. A movie I could easily watch for less.  Is a cool cover and some lobby cards really worth that much? Of course, there is also the UHD aspect, and that’s something.

Still debating it.  But it is a fantastic looking set which is why it is my pick. You can read all about it and more over at Cinema Sentries.