Snakes on the Plane, the meme-heavy B-movie, slithers back onto 4K and Blu-ray in a new limited release via Arrow Video.
The Bootleg Files: Metropolis 2027
BOOTLEG FILES 926: “Metropolis 2027” (Fritz Lang’s 1927 science fiction classic, updated with color and a dialogue track).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: A fan film made without the clearance of the rights owners of the original classic.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Nein.
The other day, I received an email from a person named Garrett Guynn, who reminded me that I wrote a Bootleg Files review in September 2019 of “MetropolisRemix,” which took Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent black-and-white classic and reimagined it as a color film with spoken dialogue. Mr. Guynn included a link to my review, which was helpful because I had no memory of his film. And when I reread my review, I could only vaguely recall the production.
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple [2026]
Nia DaCosta’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is brutal, yet poetic, immediately continuing from the previous entry as Spike discovers the horrible truths about men and Dr. Kelson learns the wonders of monsters.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (2009) [Underrated Gems]
A hit man for the mob lives his life based on the ways of the samurai who finds himself targeted by his own employer. Now he has to balance honor with trying to stay alive.
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Wild and Woolly Hare (1959)
Wild and Woolly Hare (1959)
Directed by Friz Freleng
Story by Warren Foster
Animation by Virgil Ross, Gerry Chiniquy, Art Davis
Music by Milt Franklyn
“Wild and Woolly Hare” starts off with a wonderful parody of “High Noon” as the scruffy denizens of an Old West saloon nervously await the arrival of a gunslinging villain – in this case, it is Yosemite Sam in his first cowboy cartoon since “High Diving Hare” in 1949. The bellicose Sam declares his presence by bellowing, “Any one of you lily-livered, bow-legged varmints care to slap leather with me? In case any of you get any idee-ers, ya better know yer dealin’ with. I’m the hootinest, tootinest, shootinest, bobtail wildcat in the West! I’m the fastest gun north, south, east annnnnnnd west of the Pecos!”
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The Plague [2025]
A new member at a tween water polo training camp deals with the terror of popularity and bullies in The Plague, writer-director Charlie Polinger’s terrifying horror-drama.
Hoofs and Goofs (1957)
Notable as the first Three Stooges short with Joe Besser as part of the zany trio, “Hoofs and Goofs” is one of the most delightfully bizarre things ever captured on camera.
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