DVD/Blu-Ray Picks Of The Week - 5/31/11

Rupert Pupkin's Pick: BARRY LYNDON (Region 1 Blu-Ray; Warner Home Video)
BARRY LYNDON is certainly one of the less-championed films in Kubrick's oeuvre, but I feel that is a bit unfair. It is a period epic of sorts, but a really compelling movie. Beautifully composed and shot, as you'd expect from Kubrick. I am very excited to see this on blu!

Links:
Amazon Blu-Ray
Blu-Ray.com Review and Specs


Samurai's Pick: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (Region 1 Blu-Ray; Paramount)
Masterpiece of the Spaghetti Western genre...nuff said

Links:
Amazon Blu-Ray
Blu-Ray.com Review and Specs


Large William's Pick: BIUTIFUL (Region 1 DVD and Blu-Ray; Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate)
Inarritu may be one of the more divisive arthouse directors who gets relatively wide play in cinemas, but I've loved everything he's done thus far. I've been with him(and Gael Garcia Bernal) since a rental of Amores Perros on VHS back in the day. In fact, Biutiful was the film I was most heartbroken I didn't get to see at tiff this past year. It stars EASILY one of the best actors in the world today, Javier Bardem, who I simply can't heap enough superlatives on(another one I've followed for years, since, coincidentally, a VHS rental of Before night falls). Bardem stars as a man in a VERY desperate situation, who, despite being an extremely devoted family man and an adoring father to his children, finds himself working in the seedy Barcelona underworld to provide for his family. The film looks at the burden he bears for reasons I won't give
Away here.. I'm buying this one myself as soon as I finish writing this, I believe that much in the people involved in his project...

Kisses(from Barthelona)(notice my Catalan accent?),
William

Links:
Amazon DVD
Amazon Blu-Ray


Aaron's Pick: DRIVE ANGRY (Region 1 DVD and Blu-Ray; Summit Entertainment)
I'll be honest, I haven't even seen this movie yet, but of all the movies being released on DVD this week, DRIVE ANGRY is the one I'm looking forward to the most. Despite being blind as far as the content of the movie, I feel confident in recommending it to you because: A) it stars the undisputed modern-day king of scenery-chewing in the lead role, B) it co-stars the hottest genre actress woring today, and C) a reviewer on Amazon called it the "Worst Cage movie since Bad Lieutenant".

Links:
Amazon DVD
Amazon Blu-Ray

Oily Maniac (1976)

A young man (The Super Inframan's Danny Lee), crippled by polio, learns a spell that transforms him into the titular character whenever he's covered in oil. He then spends the rest of the film violently punishing the unjust.

What's interesting with the movie is that, as a metaphor for virility, it works decently well. It's an adolescent power fantasy where the hero is impotent until his unctuous metamorphosis. There are loads (pardon the pun) of images of oil splashing thither and yon as a substitute for ejaculation. The Oily Maniac himself usually makes his entrance erupting out of oil or water.

Tehcnically, as with most Shaw Bros. flicks, the images stay in focus, and the boom mic stays out of frame. The camerawork is decently kinetic, but the editing tends toward the jump cut, though never to the point of incoherence. The sets are fairly poverty-stricken with the edges and bumps of the grass carpets blindingly obvious.

Unfortunately, as an exploitation movie, it's not quite successful. Coming from Shaw Bros. in the late '70s, you expect a certain level of insane fun. What you get is mean-spiritedness. Almost every character is vile and cardboard, and all the women, save one, are in the film solely to have their blouses ripped off and be groped.

Normally with an exploitation film, that should be fine and dandy. The problem is there's no light to balance the dark. With a subject as off-the-wall as this one, there really needs to be some humor present. To be fair, there's some unintentional humor, usually centered on Lee's search for oil so he can transform, but it's not enough to remove the sleazy churlishness of the rest of the picture.

The film's biggest problem, however, is its repetitive, formulaic story structure. Once the pattern is established with the first kill, we're treated to only slight variations of same for the remaining runtime. This goes right down to the shot compositions, and, regrettably, the mechanical format only bogs the picture down. It feels like the Filmation version of a monster movie. From the studio that brought us Avenging Eagle and The Super Inframan, we expect a little more inventiveness and originality.

There's a chance that I'm overlooking something special about this movie. Perhaps, on subsequent viewings, this supernatural revenge film will offer me something more. Nonetheless, as it stands now, I feel Oily Maniac is good for one watch, maybe with some friends and beers. Or just beers. Outside the wackiness of the core concept, there's just not enough to elevate the movie beyond "slightly above average."

MVT: The Oily one himself is really the reason to watch this. His costume is pretty shabby, though. You can see the ends of his sleeves and pants legs.

Make Or Break: The "Break" for me is the lack of originality and the formulaic structure. It really does start to border on tedium after the first few times. It's too bad that the same reason you'd watch this movie (the attacks) is the same reason it eludes greatness.

Score: 6/10

Episode #133: Freak Hill 60

Welcome to another episode of the GGtMC and our continued coverage of the Ladies Appreciation picks for the month of May!!

This week we cover Castle Freak (1995) directed by Stuart Gordon, selected by Becky and Beneath Hill 60 (2010) directed by Jeremy Sims selected by Rach from the Girls on Film Podcast.

We had to get creative this week due to some scheduling issues and unexpected curveballs, but the show is complete and it's here for your listening enjoyment.

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DVD/Blu-Ray Picks Of The Week - 5/24/11

Large William's Pick: PAPILLON (Region 1 Blu-Ray; Warner Home Video)
This was one of the most influential films from my youth; in fact, beyond standard kung-fu and 80's tough tit action, it was my intro to 70's cool. I'll never forget the first time I saw it; I was staying at my Uncle's house for a few weeks in the summer and he was a real Man's man; did time in the Navy, was a highway patrol officer, so you KNOW he fucking loved McQueen. I saw this on a double bill with Escape from Alcatraz, and even at 12 years of age, I dug the shit out of both films.

Now I'm sure most of you have seen Papillon, but this is still a must buy, it's the first time it's been on blu, and if you've not seen McQueen, it's as good a place to start as any. It will remind you how awesome Dustin Hoffman was before he was a Focker in 17 Sequels. It's a movie about friendship, escaping from prison, lepers, and the salty sea. It's based on the best-selling memoirs of one, Henri Charrière, a thief who had the plums to make a move when he could..

This one has something for everyone, and I can't recommend it enough. The only caveat to this, is that the disc is rather barebones, but despite that, it's Mr. Cool and one of the most under appreciated actors of our time, The REAL HOFF, fuck Michael Knight..

smooches and butterflies,
William

Links:
Amazon Blu-Ray
Blu-ray.com Review and Specs
High Def Digest Review and Specs


Samurai's Pick: LE MANS (Region 1 Blu-Ray; Paramount)
Steve McQueen had a passion for racing that was more like obsession. This film is an odd one, almost more of a documentary than an actual film in some ways...there are some quality releases this week but this one is such a unique film that I couldnt pass it up, also look closely for some GGtMC type casting with Luc Merenda....Viva Le Mans!!!

Links:
Amazon Blu-Ray and DVD
Blu-ray.com Review and Specs

Bonus Region 2 Pick Of The Week from Martijn of OMG Entertainment

Martijn's Pick: ONE-EYED JACKS (German Region 2 DVD; Intergroove Media)
My first pick for this section is a movie I've never seen. But I just started reading Alex Cox's "10.000 Ways to Die: A Director's Take on the Spaghetti Western" and the writer considers two movies that had a major influence on that genre: Kurosawa's Yojimbo and Brando's One-Eyed Jacks. So I was quite thrilled to come across this newly digital remastered version, reportedly the best version available worldwide. The trivia for this movie alone is interesting enough. Sam Peckinpah worked on the script but got fired by director Stanley Kubrick, who himself was fired by Brando later on. Brando's first cut is supposed to run over 5 hours long! It's number 20 in a German "forgotten western" DVD series, so maybe there is more to check out.

Links:
Amazon.de DVD

The Conversation (1974): Review

Directed and Written by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, and Frederic Forrest. Rated PG.

In THE CONVERSATION, Gene Hackman plays Harry Caul, a surveillance specialist who's been hired by someone referred throughout the film as "the director" to essentially spy on a young couple he knows nothing about (the female of the couple being played by Cindy Williams of LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY fame), record their conversation, and subsequently turn the tapes over to the aforementioned director. You'd think it would be a quick and easy job for Harry, who's regarded as the best "bugger" in the business by his peers, but once he listens back to the initially distorted tapes and realizes that there may be murderous conspiracy involved, his conscience comes into play and the desire to intervene becomes overwhelming.

THE CONVERSATION features a great supporting cast, including the late John Cazale, who only made five films before his untimely death, including this one. Also appearing in the film is a young Harrison Ford, who plays the suspicious assistant to the mysterious "director" and the point of contact for Harry. The fact that Ford's character tries to acquire the tapes behind the director's back doesn't make things easier for Harry, who seems to be a naturally paranoid person and incapable of trusting anyone because of his line of work. There's a nice surprise towards the end when the identity of the "director" is revealed, as he's played by someone who, like Cazale, is no stranger to Coppola films.

Like any well-done film in which the theme of voyeurism is prominent, THE CONVERSATION has moments that can be considered very "meta". In watching the film's voyeur, we too become the voyeur. The film definitely plays on that idea, especially during the final scene which is kind of anti-climactic in the context of the film, but nonetheless an interesting conclusion that seems to break the fourth wall in a clever way. Because of certain filmmaking techniques utilized in THE CONVERSATION, and keeping in mind that I was more of a voyeur than a viewer at times, I often questioned the legitimacy of what I was seeing and/or hearing on screen. The overwhelming sense of paranoia on the part of Hackman's character seemingly transcends the film.

There's not really much else to talk about. Hackman's performance is great, Harrison Ford is indeed a handsome bastard, and it's a psychological film of the highest order. Very few notes were taken during the duration of the film because of how busy I was paying attention to what was going on. This is something you watch if you want to see some damn fine American filmmaking. Plain and simple.

Most Valuable Thing: When reviewing films for this blog, I rarely cite the director as the "most valuable thing", but in this case I make an exception without hesitation. Francis Ford Coppola put together a hell of a psychological thriller and that's all there is to it.

Make or Break scene: I was sold right from the beginning, but if there's a scene(s) I'm particularly fond of it would be a "wiretapper" gathering of sorts that took place following a surveillance convention. Harry and some of his fellow professional eavesdroppers talk shop while getting liquored up and behaving rather immaturely. It's a very real, non-Hollywood scene that portrays these surveillance specialists as blue collar, working class people, when in fact they're far from it. As anyone who's partied with co-workers on a regular basis knows, the desire to talk shop sometimes becomes unavoidable because "work" is the one common ground that everyone shares. This scene in the film captures it perfectly.

Score: 8.25/10

Bonus #33: Interview with Larry Karaszewski

This week, West Coast correspondent Rupert Pupkin got to talk with the Mr. Larry Karaszewski. He and his producing partner Scott Alexander have written some very memorable films including THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT(for which they won a best screenplay Golden Globe), ED WOOD(Writer's Guild nominated), MAN ON THE MOON and 1408. They also produced Paul Schrader's AUTOFOCUS. Additionally, he and Scott are working on the new PERCY JACKSON film due out next year. On top of all that, Larry is one of the fantastic Guru's over at the Trailers from Hell site(www.trailersfromhell.com) and has excellent taste in films. Check out all the films he's covered over at TFH for sure! In the interview, Larry was kind enough to discuss some favorite films, how he became a screenwriter and his writing process. Enjoy!

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Episode #132: Limey in the Grass

Welcome to the first of our Ladies Appreciation episodes this year, as we cover two picks from our mother's this week!!

We cover Splendor in the Grass (1961) from director Elia Kazan and The Limey (1999) directed by Steven Soderbergh.

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A Hero Never Dies (Hong Kong, 1998)

Will recently mentioned 'Too Many Ways To Be Number One' on the show recently, 'A Hero Never Dies' was made following that early era of Milkyway films. That era marked the early, unpredictable course of Johnnie To's production company, giving life to a gritty Cat III film (Intruder) to the formerly mentioned off-kilter Triad fairy tale. This is my favorite time for Johnnie To material, he either directed or helped produce (ie. also direct) a good few classics.




Along with 'The Mission', 'A Hero Never Dies' marks Johnnie To's individualistic stamp onto Hong Kong action cinema, beyond the basic work he had done up to that point. To had directed movies and television since the late 170s but it's hard to discern his calling cards that would mark his work until the late 1990s. There are sparks here and there, 'The Big Heat' and the later 'Loving You' come closest but still lack that individualistic taste that marked Johnnie To's later work.

'A Hero Never Dies' concerns two triad gunslingers, namely Martin (Lau Ching-Wan) and Jack (Leon Lai) both work for two arsehole bosses who aren't worth the DNA they are encoded with. They trade shots with another, their feud even extending to a bizarre duel centered around a bar at night involving crashing their cars and smashing wine glasses.

After a shoot out in Thailand, Martin is crippled and Jack is betrayed, injured and assumed dead. Their arsehole bosses unite over their fallen men, and of course both parties feel more than slightly pissed off at being being pissed on from a great height. Bloodshed and tragedy follows.



So far, so John Woo. Yet To, for all his movie riffs on 1980s gangster movies, keeps it fresh. Martin looks like an urban cowboy, Jack carries himself like a mournful Ronin. The shootouts are compact, shot with superb tension and thrills. The gunfight in Thailand is superb. Martin and Jack blasting away at each other through a wall is a modern highlight of Hong Kong action. So is the finale, despite cheesy use of a wheelchair.

It plays out like a pastiche of John Woo but layered with the Milkyway flavour of cinema style. The only downside to the film is possibly the middle section where the girlfriends and melodrama take centre stage above action. And I mean extreme melodrama! Hong Kong fans will be used to this, anyone else is advised to start with Johnnie To's filmography elsewhere and working back.



Make Or Break: This film is made by the Thailand gunfight, with corpses falling from the roof and blazing pistols shot in elegant blue lighting.

Most Valuable Thing: Lau Ching Wan in his cowboy hat owns this mother.

Score 8/10. An acquired taste but a classic of Asian gangster films in the 90s.

DVD/Blu-Ray Picks Of The Week - 5/17/11

Large William's Pick: DEEP RED (Region 1 Blu-Ray; Blue Underground)
Slamdunk. Anyone who knows me, Sammy and Roop included wouldn't have to be The Amazing Kreskin to know that I'm picking Blue Underground's impressive blu-ray release of one of the true masters of genre cinema's (arguably). Say what you will about Bava, but for me, Argento is Gialli, and for those of you unfamiliar with his work or Gialli in general, here's a great jump off point. I've heard great things about the transfer, which does Argento, a visual maestro absolute justice. This one is absolutely a b-u-y.

hugs and kisses in black leather gloves,
William

Links:
Amazon
Diabolik DVD
Blu-ray.com Review and Specs


Matt-suzaka's Pick: BEVERLY HILLS COP (Region 1 Blu-Ray; Paramount)
While I haven’t seen it in more than a decade, a staple of my cinematic youth was 1984’s Beverly Hills Cop, the film that would launch Eddie Murphy’s career into the stratosphere as well as be the influence (for better or worse) for numerous copycat cop comedies to come (that sure is a lot of Cs). Eddie Murphy as the fast-talking, wise-cracking Axel Foley remains one of best comedic performances of all-time, and, all jokes aside, the action and cop elements are simply spot on. As a whole, Beverly Hills Cop encompass the ‘80s as much as any film of the decade, and you are guaranteed to start poppin’ n lockin’ once that synth score hits you like a banana in yer tail pipe.

Links:
Amazon
Blu-Ray.com Review and Specs
High-Def Digest Review and Specs


Samurai's Pick: THE HUSTLER (Region 1 Blu-Ray; 20th Century Fox)
Maybe my favorite Paul Newman performance and definitely my favorite Jackie Gleason performance in a film ever...this film is slow paced and in some ways very bleak but it has stuck with me since the first time I saw it when I was about 8 years old on a recorded beta tape!!! Great direction and George C. Scott fucking owning every scene he is in my friends!!!

Links:
Amazon
Blu-Ray.com Review and Specs


Aaron's Pick: GARGOYLES - European Theatrical Version (Region 1 DVD; Hen's Tooth)
You can't go wrong with any of the above picks, but seeing as I don't own a Blu-Ray player, I had to represent for all the people out there who are too stubborn (or cheap, broke, etc) to upgrade to high-def. My pick this week is the cult made-for-TV movie GARGOYLES. Hen's Tooth Video is releasing the film's "European Theatrical cut", which apparently consists of some extra footage that wasn't aired on American television. GARGOYLES, by today's standards, is pretty cheesy, but when you put it into perspective, it's amazing that some television executive back in the day took a look at this movie and said "Hey, this would make great prime time television!" That being said, I can only imagine the size of the turd I would have unleashed in my pants if I were an unsuspecting child who caught GARGOYLES on TV late one night in the '70s.

Links:
Amazon
Diabolik DVD

Episode #131: Daisies McCain

Welcome to another episode of the GGtMC!!!

This week the Gents cover Machine Gun McCain (1969) starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk on Blu Ray and Daisies (1966) directed by Vera Chytilova. Both films we received from diabolikdvd.com. Click on the link on our blog page and purchase to your hearts desire!!!

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DVD/Blu-Ray Picks Of The Week - 5/10/11

Sammy's Pick: I SAW THE DEVIL (Region 1 Blu-Ray; Magnolia)
William and I disagree on this one slightly but I found this film was beautiful to look at and if you like mean and viscous killing? You will be entertained by the set pieces in this film...I found it flawed but it has an amazing scene in a taxi cab you will NEVER forget. Check it out!!!
Links:
Amazon Blu-Ray and DVD
Diabolik DVD and Blu-Ray


Large William's Pick: STEVEN SEAGAL COLLECTION (Region 1 DVD; 20th Century Fox)
Here it is gang, yet another more than reasonably priced boxset with some great films. Did you wake up this morning and say to yourself, "y'know, this Tuesday has been good so far, but I'm in the mood for something with some nonstop mini ponytails, black mandarin collar shirts, bad New York accents and general badassery" Look no further. The Steven Seagal collection serves up our man Gino Felino in 3 seminal films from his early work, before it became easy to make fun of the man. This is when he was still the baddest Motherfucker on the block. People can chant "JCVD! JCVD!" all they want, but I'll take my man S.Seagal every day of the week..

kisses(and aikido),
William

Links:
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Rupert Pupkin's Pick: HANG 'EM HIGH (Region 1 Blu-Ray; MGM)
HANG 'EM HIGH. I haven't seen this film in a long long time, but I remember loving it when I when I saw it 20 years ago. Watched it during my Clint Eastwood phase, which was followed quickly by my Bruce Lee phase, my Chuck Norris phase and my Charles Bronson phase. Anyway, it's a solid little western, cool it's coming to blu.

Links:
Amazon Blu-Ray
Blu-ray.com Specs and Review

Bonus #32: Another Chat with Lars Nilsen

This week our West Coast Correspondent Rupert Pupkin did a second round interview with the amazingly knowledgeable Mr. Lars Nilsen(the head programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse). It's a random grab bag of questions regarding Lars' favorite films in many genres and styles. Lots of great under-appreciated gems mentioned here. We also briefly discuss the upcoming films in his Weird Wednesday series (which you can see a list of right here: http://alamoweirdwednesday.blogspot.com/2011/04/coming-to-weird-wednesday-in-may-and.html). I can almost guarantee there are a few films mentioned in this interview that you've never heard of!

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Cafe Flesh, 1982

This review is a little delayed but since the show did an adult feature I thought I would dip by toe into the murky waters of adult video. But rather than some random spunk fest, I have gone for the self proclaimed cult move 'Cafe Flesh'.



I don't know why, perhaps it's my driving lust for rock n' roll but 'Cafe Flesh' really reminds me of the band Killing Joke. Lurid, weird and slightly out of sync; welded onto post-punk aesthetic dreamed up in the Cold War shadows of the 1980s. Mix these sensibilities with art house erotica and pornography as performance art and you have the film 'Cafe Flesh'.

I am by no means an expert or even viewer of pornographic feature films from the 1980s but 'Cafe Flesh' really feels like something different than say 'Spunk In Jenny II'. Whilst not perfect, it's an interesting meld of skin flick and art house statement. It was also a genuine Midnight Movie, playing in late night slots throughout the 1980s in Europe as well as the US. Though it gained a larger audience mainly through a R-rated version.

The plot concerns a future where society is divided into two camps, Sex Negatives and Sex Positives. Due to nuclear shit going down, most of the population are Sex Negative, meaning that when they try to copulate they vomit big style. By law, the Sex Positives fuck live for the visual pleasure of the Sex Negatives. At the venue, Cafe Flesh, the entertainment is hosted by stand up comic Max Melodramatic (Andrew Nichols). During the Cafe Flesh show, one of the female negatives,Lana, begins to question her position as her and her partner, Nick, begin to drift apart.



'Cafe Flesh' was directed by Rinse Dream, a pseudonym for adult movie director Stephen Sayadian. His filmography is sparse and I have only viewed 'Dr. Caligari' from 1989 which is even weirder, like a XXX Eraserhead. Another movie that gets the nod is 'Night Dreams' but of it I know bugger all. Sayadian makes his film like Devo's idea of a porno, or even the aesthetics of Neil Young's Live Rust video, where the band is surrounded by a strange post-nuclear junk yard populated by odd scientists and dwarfs.

If anything, the sex acts that punctuate the film are too odd to act as erotica, men dressed as babies sit in highchairs whilst a man dressed as a rat seduces their 'mother'. Ooh rat porn! The stage sequences roll on, each more bizarre than the last. You get the feeling that Sayadian wanted to say something with 'Cafe Flesh', indeed some have claimed it as a parable for AIDS which is fucking stupid. If anything, due to its abrupt angst ending, Sayadian wanted to comment something on the segregation of society and sexual taboos but the movie is so strange and so indebted to XXX sequences, that having it as a vehicle for sociological statement is like me writing War And Peace on my pants.



In 2011, we are far removed from the days where something like 'Cafe Flesh' would make an impact on screen, 'Cafe Flesh' works best as a snapshot of underground film of its era. It's Mad Max styled ideas of a forlorn sexual future are he most interesting aspects of it, along with just how odd it all is. 'Cafe Flesh' is far from a great film, but to the audience of the Gentleman's Guide that should be no barrier, unless it is 'Zoo Zero' of course.



Make Or Break: The Rat sequence. It will either hypnotise you, or send you scurrying for a Rambo film.

Most Valuable Thing: Probably the Post-apocalypse vibe from the film, very low budget but there is something in the ambiance and visuals that add to the watchablity of the flick itself.

Score: 6/10 Is it porn? Is it a film? Is it both?! Who knows. I don't know if 'Cafe Flesh' is a good film but I enjoyed watching it. Take some points off if you can't abide pretentious performance art containing penetration.

Bonus #31: Interview with Spenser Hoyt

This week our West Coast Correspondent Rupert Pupkin speaks with Spenser Hoyt, who is one of the contributors to the excellent Destroy All Movies book. Spenser is also a longtime employee at the magnificent Scarecrow Video in Seattle and is one heck of a knowledgeable film dude! Check out Scarecrow's website and twitter feed below if you get the chance.

http://www.scarecrowvideo.com/
twitter.com/ScarecrowVideo

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Episode #130: Wild Lovelines

Welcome to another episode of the GGtMC!!!

This week Sammy and Rupert Pupkin tackle a couple of 80's comedies for the listeners, a little something different but really very similar to most of our content. We cover Lovelines (1984) directed by Rod Amateau and The Wild Life (1984) directed by Art Linson.

We had a blast talking about these films and we covered quite a bit of feedback as well!!!

It's Casual...

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DVD/Blu-Ray Picks Of The Week - 5/3/11

Rupert Pupkin's Pick: STUDENT BODIES/JEKYLL AND HYDE TOGETHER AGAIN (Region 1 Blu-Ray; Legend Films)
Haven't even seen JEKYLL, but have always been a fan of the dopey slasher spoof that is STUDENT BODIES. Will be interesting to see how that looks on blu-ray. Mickey Rose is the writer/director and he worked with Woody Allen on some of his early comedies. I can see a certain kinship between this film and BANANAS, which I love.

Links:
Amazon
Diabolik DVD


Sammy's Pick: FAT GIRL (Region 1 Blu-Ray; Criterion)
I saw this film about 5 years ago and some of the imagery in it has stuck with me ever since, I have never forgotten the ending which is quite shocking. This is another in a long list of Criterion Blu's I would like to own and the film comes highly recommended from The Samurai!!!

Links:
Amazon
Criterion
High-Def Digest Review and Specs