Episode 453: Calling All Gangsters And Weekend Warriors

This week on the latest and greatest in physical media, Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk about a wealth of new titles in 4K. But also a film noir package dedicated to Edward G. Robinson, a restored version of the 1970s French giallo picture and a horror film about a necrophiliac doctor. That is mixed in with new upgrades for Stanley Kubrick’s first feature, a classic western with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas and Steven Soderbergh’s all too-prescient thriller about a pandemic. Peter discusses a 1980s teen comedy he believes deserves some reappraisal. There is also the pairing of James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart as well as one of the great early films from Walter Hill.

0:00 - Intro

1:42 - Criterion (The Roaring Twenties 4K))

8:00 - Kino (Film Noir XVII/Fear and Desire 4K/Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 4K)

26:23 - Altered Innocence (The Strangler)

30:10 - Vinegar Syndrome (The Horrible Dr Hichcock, Little Darlings 4K, Southern Comfort 4K)

49:45 - Warner Bros. (Contagion)

56:34  - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray

1:04:15 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:06:25 - Outro