Home Use America Inside Out with Katie Couric: Season 1 (DVD 16110) Norman:The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (DVD 16111) Molly’s Game (DVD 16112) The Durrells in Corfu: The Complete First Season (DVD 16113) Kedi (DVD 16114) Last Men in Aleppo (DVD 16115) The Chinese Exclusion Act (DVD 16116) Jane […]
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Bernardo Bertolucci and Stephen Hillenburg
This week saw the death of two artists, giants in their respective fields. On Monday, Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci died at age 77. Bertolucci rose to fame with the 1973 release of Last Tango in Paris, a controversial film that was earned an X rating after extensive cuts. One of these scenes depicted a middle […]
Continue readingRandom Movie Monday — Moral Orel
Happy Cyber Monday! Take a break from scouring the internet for deals and give this week’s random movie a watch. Or should I say “Random TV Show.” Moral Orel Volume 1 (DVD 12994) collects the first season of Adult’s Swim’s award-winning mid 2000s tv show about an Evangelical boy in Middle America. Because it’s Adult Swim, […]
Continue readingNew DVDs for Thanksgiving Break
Can’t go home for Thanksgiving? Check out our newest acquisitions: Home Use: Henry Miller: Asleep and Awake (DVD 16056) Dolores (DVD 16091) Deadpool 2 (DVD 16097) Daniel Day-Lewis Triple feature (DVD 16108) Annihilation (DVD 16107) A Ghost Story (DVD 16106) From Caligari to Hitler (DVD 16105) Beirut (DVD 16104) Hereditary (DVD 16102) Jane (DVD 16101) […]
Continue readingFive Movies Featuring… Death by TB
I don’t cry very often at movies, except for one, glaring reason. If someone snuffs it due to tuberculosis (aka Consumption), I will ugly cry. Not a couple of poignant tears, but full-on weeping. It doesn’t matter how bad the movie is, I will bawl my eyes out. Unfortunately for me, TB is a popular […]
Continue readingRandom Movie Monday — A Tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story
This week’s random movie seems appropriate for the week of Black Friday: A tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story (DVD 16523). Here’s our summary: In early 2009, more than 34,000 American workers lost their jobs and one of retail’s greatest stories of entrepreneurship abruptly came to an end. After 60 years in business […]
Continue readingNews DVDs! New DVDs!
Here’s a huge batch of new acquisitions! Home Use Memories of Underdevelopment: DVD 429 Midnight Cowboy (Criterion Collection): DVD 4987 In Search of History: The Plot to Overthrow FDR: DVD 16068 Nothing Sacred: DVD 16069 My Letter to the World: DVD 16071 Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curios George’s Creators: DVD 16070 Little Women: DVD […]
Continue readingA Tribute to Stan Lee
American pop culture lost one of its patriarchs today. Stan Lee, born in 1922, revolutionized the comic book industry, helping it to evolve from a niche industry into cultural force. Lee built an incredible, interconnected world at Marvel Comics, and I don’t know where I’d be personally if I hadn’t had Uncanny X-Men to get me […]
Continue readingRandom Movie Monday — Stalag 17
Our WWI series has come to an end, and today’s random movie is all about the Second World War: Stalag 17 (DVD 5384). Here’s our summary: A group of American G.I.s in a POW camp suspect a spy is among them. A short summary, but I think it adds to the suspense, don’t you? It’s […]
Continue readingWhat’s the Point of a War Film: War Requiem
We’re ending our series on WWI films with War Requiem. I’d never seen this movie before I watched it for this blog post, but I chose it for this series because it seemed nontraditional. Little did I know. This film was probably the weirdest movie I’ve ever seen. Well, I shouldn’t say “weird,” I should […]
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