Episode 525: Get Some Blu-rays At The Gettin’ Place

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski continue to add to your Christmas carts with a variety of great gift ideas for the movie lovers in your life. They talk about the Coen Bros. big Oscar winner and Fellini’s most beloved film now both in 4K. Peter goes to bat for Abel Ferrara’s vampire tale and a Henry James adaptation from this year. Erik talks the 10th Anniversary of a Christopher Nolan film and offers some defense of Ron Howard’s collaboration with Geoge Lucas and Seth MacFarlane’s debut. A Martha Coolidge film that was part of the Why-Is-This-Not-On-Blu-Ray series finally gets its due and a controversial 1980s horror film gets an upgrade. Finally Peter shows love to a rockin’ high school movie as well the Cracking Collection of Wallace & Gromit.

0:00 - Intro

1:25 - Criterion (No Country for Old Men 4K, 8 1/2 4K, The Beast)

24:30 - Arrow (The Addiction 4K)

35:28 - Disney (Willow 4K)

46:39 - Paramount (Interstellar 4K)

1:00:11 - Kino (Rambling Rose, Daytime Revolution)

1:16:55 - Shout (Rock n Roll High School 4K, Ted 4K, Riddick 4K, Wallace and Gromit The Complete Cracking Collection 4K, Silent Night Deadly Night 4K)

2:11:25 – New Blu-ray Announcements

2:14:05 - Outro

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For just $1 a month (with the current first episode available for free) The Movie Madness Podcast presents this bonus extension of the show with a dive into the 2024-25 awards season. A breakdown of the various groups with their victories and nominations in an effort to present an ongoing State-of-the-Race up until the final Oscar nominations on Jan. 17, 2025. Statistics, commentary and a running scoreboard are in store for you starting with announcements from the Gothams and the New York Film Critics. Strap in cause its going to be a ride.