Kid ‘N Play have a very interesting night while throwing the titular House Party in Reginald Hudlin’s hilarious but honest 1990 film, now on Criterion 4k UHD & Blu-Ray.
Iron Lung (2026)
The planets and stars have vanished leaving humanity to inhabit doomed space stations. A convict is sent to find humanity’s last chance of survival… Deep in an ocean of blood on a derelict moon.
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Send Help [2026]
A jerk corporate executive and a frumpy analyst with survival skills are marooned on an island in Sam Raimi’s deliriously entertaining horror-comedy story of power dynamics: Send Help.
The Bootleg Files: A Streetcar Named Desire
BOOTLEG FILES 928: “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1984 made-for-television film starring Ann-Margret and Treat Williams).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: As a VHS video release only.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: I have no idea why this is out of circulation.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Nothing on the immediate horizon.
Remaking a classic film is always a thankless task, for nine times out of ten the remake is a pallid shadow that is eons removed from the artistry that made the original a beloved work. During the 1970s and 1980s there were plenty of misguided small-screen remakes of big-screen classics. Even the presence of genuine talent in those made-for television remakes couldn’t save them from being weak carbon copies – think of the 1972 “The Man Who Came to Dinner” with Orson Welles and Joan Collins, or the 1974 “Brief Encounter” with Richard Burton and Sophia Loren, or the 1976 “Dark Victory” with Elizabeth Montgomery and Anthony Hopkins, or the 1986 “Stagecoach” with Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson.
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Mercy [2026]
A cop accused of murder has 90 minutes to prove his innocence to an AI judge in Timur Bekmambetov’s painfully bad Mercy.
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: A Witch’s Tangled Hare (1959)
A Witch’s Tangled Hare (1959)
Directed by Abe Levitow
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation by Keith Darling, Ken Harris, Ben Washam, Richard Thompson
Music by Milt Franklyn
“A Witch’s Tangled Hare” incorporates bits and pieces of William Shakespeare’s plays – along with a character who resembles Shakespeare – into a Bugs Bunny romp that brings back the zany Witch Hazel as the predator. It’s a cute idea for a cartoon, but the execution is off and it quickly becomes a bore.
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Ghost Train (2024) [Well Go USA]
A failing YouTuber looks to boost her viewership by adapting the true horror stories told to her by a weary manager of a subway station. However, her pursuit for online fame may lead her to a grim story all her own.
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