There is so much physical media this week that Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski moved some of it to next week’s show. (You can still get them now.) Regardless there is still plenty to talk about this week including a French adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel and the debut feature from James Gray. Another of the Broadway Melody films has been released along with more film noir from Kino and the bizarre films of Duke Mitchell. One of the great Peter O’Toole performances gets an upgrade as does Abel Ferrara’s underappreciated take on the Body Snatcher invasion. Erik & Peter mince no words on their feelings of one of the dumbest screenplays ever but turn it all around with one of the best coming-of-age films of recent years and, frankly, maybe ever.

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have seven new reviews for this week, including an early one that is a call to arms. Steve goes solo this week on a documentary about tornado chasers (Never Stop Chasing), a bizarre sci-fi film featuring Noomi Rapace (Hot Spot) and the sixth film in a still very profitable horror franchise (Insidious: Out of the Further). The duo also look at Willem Dafoe as a former poet whose work is rediscovered (Late Fame). Enid Plyton’s WWII-era children’s book gets a modern telling (The Magic Faraway Tree). Jason Statham is back to avenge his boss and bust up some human traffickers (Mutiny). Finally, they are getting the word out on next week’s release of the rescued film that Warner Bros. and David Zaslav had no intention of releasing and why you should see it (Coyote vs. Acme).

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have the latest and greatest in physical media this week which includes a few personal favorites as well as not one, but two of the films they lobbied for on their “Why Is This Not On Blu-Ray?” shows. (TWIST: There are actually three – even without the songs.) The show includes a cameo from Odysseus from over a decade ago, one of John Ford’s lesser efforts and a wartime film with Gregory Peck. Peter was happy to see a strange Bogart film get the upgrade as was Erik with one of the best political satires ever and James L. Brooks’ infamous non-musical. All that plus a look at the insanity of a Michael Caine pirate film, Robert Zemeckis’ terrific return to live-action filmmaking and the glory of a movie (with songs) that was not nearly the bomb its reputation has suggested.

It is a busy, wild week at the movies as Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review 11 of the best and worst of them in quite the divide in the lineup. They replay their thoughts on a recovery drama from Sundance (Union County). A kidnapped woman is told she is infected with something deadly (Hellcat). Kids took a road trip believing their band is going to open for Green Day (Nimrods) while Kristen Stewart & Alia Shawkat are in a stoner comedy (The Wrong Girls). Willem Dafoe is a Greek billionaire with family issues (The Birthday Party) plus Jeff Daniels & Jared Harris have their own issues as Reagan and Gorbachev (The Brink of War). Sunny Sandler handles the pressure of a school musical and an ill mother (Don’t Say Good Luck) while Jane Schoenbrun humorously connects sex and violence through reality and fantasy (Teenage Sex and Death At Camp Miasma). Matt Johnson directs a coming-of-age version of Anthony Bourdain (Tony) and Matthew McConaughey is a beekeeper reconnecting with his foster child in the unique new film from the director of The Vast of Night (The Rivals of Amziah King). Finally, Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor’s neighborhood is connected to prehistoric times in the Amblin-coded tribute from the director of It Follows (The End of Oak Street).

Physical media certainly has a theme this week with a number of interesting couplings and the music they make between them. Speaking of interesting couplings, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are your guide through it all. They include a little Martin & Lewis, Rock Hudson & Claudia Cardinale and even Lana Turner & Ricardo Montalban. ¿Quién Es Más Macho? There is J-horror and modern horror, a less-anointed Scorsese film plus Catherine Deneuve & Alain Delon. Peter makes the case for a Tim Burton film celebrating its 30^th Anniversary as one of his best and Erik recounts the personal connection to a still underseen film from the director of Once.

After a week off the Friday reviews are back in what looks to be a jam-packed August. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy do a little catch-up to get Steve’s thoughts on the new Spider-Man and Erik’s on the dumped M3GAN universe film (Soulm8te). They have a pair of documentaries to talk about including the latest from the great Penny Lane about an owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo (Wild Inside) and the Girl Scouts annual sale through the eyes of the labor force (Cookie Queens). There is a comedy about a Jewish summer camp (The Floaters). Mysteries are abound when a lord takes a stand against a warlord in 16^th century Japan (The Samurai and the Prisoner) and a strange storm keeps a family from leaving their house (The Last House). Eli Roth is back with some sinister child mayhem (Ice Cream Man) as are the Broken Lizard gang with the characters that put them on the map (Super Troopers 3). Finally, can you make a rom-com set on the evening when pre-marital sex is legal? The duo have questions (One Night Only).

The beginning of each month always seems to be slow for physical media but Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have some choice titles for you, especially if you ever wanted to see James Cagney and Mickey Rooney do Shakespeare. A couple hit comedies from Universal get a 4K upgrade as does one of Christopher Nolan’s favorite movies. You can also see the Todd Haynes film that helped put Julianne Moore on the map and one of the great films about defending the First Amendment, as timely today as it was 30 years ago about a time a couple decades before then.

Time for another special episode as Erik Childress is joined by comic book expert, Erik Laws, to break down the latest entry in the Tom Holland Spider-Man Universe. After perhaps reaching a peak with No Way Home, the series has a new director and an opportunity to rebuild in more ways than one. The dynamic Erik duo discuss what works and what doesn’t work about the film. What is The Punisher’s role in all this and does he even belong? Literally, what is Sadie Sink’s role and does her mystery reveal add or detract from the future of the MCU? There is a lot to cover from the action to Holland & Zendaya’s chemistry in another super-sized look at the latest from Marvel.

A bit of a super-sized week of physical media (box sets will do that to you) but one worthy of appreciation and curiosity. Thankfully there are a number of very economical (in length) classics from the film noir era to appreciate. If you don’t already know one of the big plot twists of the ’70s sci-fi era you get your chance. You get one of the best films from the respective careers of Mario Bava and Elvis Presley. There is some early Wes Craven and late Tobe Hooper. Rock Hudson and Doris Day’s classic rom-com gets an upgrade. A brat packer become a serial killer (no, not Andrew McCarthy). WE GOT ONE of our Why-Is-This-Not-On-Blu-Ray titles, a classic farce from the 1980s. Plus, Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill is edited into one singular complete vision.

In a week where Hollywood studios have cleared the deck in the wake of The Odyssey, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy still have a bunch of reviews for you. They revisit one of the year’s best protest documentaries from Sundance (Everybody to Kenmure Street). Steve talks about seeing the musical on stage that was filmed for cinema (Hadestown: The Musical). Yorgos Lanthimos’ co-writer crafts another quirky, unpleasant family (Rosebush Pruning) and Nicolas Winding Refn delivers a tale of fathers, daughters and a serial killer (Her Private Hell). Kevin Hart joins a Gen-Z bachelor party weekend (72 Hours) while Jake Johnson plays pickleball to save his family club (The Dink). Reacher’s Alan Ritchson seeks revenge of both the deadly and silent type (Motor City). Finally, Sundance isn’t the only revisitation this week. As part of “Review Catch-Up” Erik took a second look at Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Did another viewing change his opinion at all?