Following her mother’s passing, Aim returns to her chosen home of New York City where she cares for her brother and suddenly finds herself faced with the reappearance of a past love.
Obex [2026]
An agoraphobic computer artist embarks on a strange journey of self-discovery in the engaging and off-kilter Obex, from writer-director-star Albert Birney.
Dead Man [1995] [Criterion 4k UHD & Blu-Ray]
An accountant embarks on a strange journey across the late 1800s American West in Jim Jarmusch’s 1995 alt-Western Dead Man, now on 4k via Criterion.
The Bootleg Files: A Salute to Stan Laurel
BOOTLEG FILES 925: “A Salute to Stan Laurel” (1965 TV special with an all-star cast).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: Not cleared for home entertainment release.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Doesn’t seem likely at the moment.
You may be wondering why there is a photo of Fred Gwynne’s Herman Munster on top of an article about “A Salute to Stan Laurel.” After all, “The Munsters” share no common ground with Stan Laurel, either as a solo performer or in his teamwork with Oliver Hardy. However, the inclusion of Herman Munster – playing a violin, no less – in a celebration of Stan Laurel is typical of the incoherent nature of this bizarre production, which arguably deserves to be considered on any list of the worst television specials of all time.
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Primate [2026]
Primate, from Johannes Roberts, is 90 minutes of murder monkey mayhem with much mean malice. Mmm..
Evil Dead Rise [2023] Arrow LE 4k UHD
The tenants of a dilapidated high rise deal with Deadites in Lee Cronin’s gloriously gleefully gory Evil Dead Rise. The 2023 film arrives with a new Arrow LE 4K UHD in January 2026.
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Backwoods Bunny (1959)
Backwoods Bunny (1959)
Directed by Robert McKimson
Story by Tedd Pierce
Animation by Warren Batchelder, Tom Ray, George Grandpré, Ted Bonnicksen
Music by Milt Franklyn
Bugs Bunny accidentally burrows his way into the Ozarks and decides it would be a fine place for a vacation. His arrival is detected by Pappy and Elvis, a father-and-son pair of buzzards. Pappy is a lazy, obese thing with flies swarming around him, while Elvis is a cheerful dimwit. Elvis volunteers to shoot the “eating rabbit” that turned up, but he is too stupid for the task and Bugs repeatedly humiliates him, to the point of tricking Elvis to repeatedly shoot Pappy.