New to View: May 26
By Bob Bloom
The following titles are being released on Tuesday, May 26, unless otherwise noted:
Lenny: Combo Edition (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray)
Details: 1974, The Criterion Collection
Rated: R, language, nudity, sexual situations, drug use
The lowdown: Dustin Hoffman gives an intense performance as comedian Lenny Bruce, who changed the face of stand-up comedy by discussing social topics and using language that shocked and provoked to make his points.
Bruce paid the price, of course, being arrested several times on profanity charges — as societal norms and statutes considered his observations vulgar and offensive.
Bruce paid the price, struggling with his inner demons and drug addiction. He was a performer who zeroed in on society’s hypocrisy, trying desperately to open people’s hearts and minds.
Comedy was the weapon he used to try to make the world a better place.
Hoffman’s performance is outstanding. His was one of the six Academy Award nominations the film received — the others were for best picture; Bob Fosse for best director; Valerie Perrine for best actress for her portrayal of Bruce’s wife, Honey; Julian Barry for best adapted screenplay; and Bruce Surtees for best cinematography.
“Lenny,” as expected, did not win a single Oscar — it was a movie ahead of its time for that conservative organization. At Rotten Tomatoes, “Lenny” received an 87 percent fresh rating on 30 reviews.
Technical aspects: 4K: 2160p ultra-high definition, 1.85:1 widescreen picture; English LPCM monaural; English SDH subtitles; Blu-ray: 1080p high definition, 1.85:1 widescreen picture; English LPCM monaural; English SDH subtitles.
Don’t miss: Bonus materials, all on the Blu-ray disc, include a 2015 commentary track by film historians Nick Redman and Julie Kirgo; archival interviews with Hoffman, Perrine and editor Alan Heim; an essay by critic Mark Harris and a 1975 interview with Fosse.
Dreams (Blu-ray)
Details: 2025, Kino Lorber-Greenwich Entertainment
Rated: Not rated
The lowdown: Academy Award-winner Jessica Chastain stars as a powerful socialite, and Isaac Hernandez portrays a promising ballet dancer who begin a dangerous affair.
When he secretly crosses the U.S.-Mexican border, she takes desperate steps to protect their future together.
The movie, directed by Michel Franco, is compelling, intense, uncomfortable and quietly tragic.
“Dreams” is a social commentary that makes you ponder privilege, power dynamics and the current immigration system. “Dreams” is a tough, uncompromising feature, but its lack of pacing and uneven script frustrated many viewers.
Rupert Friend, Eduardo Gonzalez, Hugo Costa Ramos, Julio Bernal and Marshall Bell appear in supporting roles.
Technical aspects: 1080p high definition, 2.39:1 widescreen picture; English and Spanish 5.1 and 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio; English and Spanish subtitles.
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Blu-ray + digital)
Release date: May 19
Details: 2025, Buena Vista-Disney Studios Home Entertainment-20th Century Studios
Rated: PG-13, intense sequences of violence and action, bloody images, language, thematic elements, suggestive materials
The lowdown: In this third outing on Pandora, Jake Sully and Neytiri guide their family through grief after the death of eldest son, Neteyam. The tragedy deepens Neytiri’s hatred of humans.
After the breathing mask of Spider, Jake and Neytiri’s adopted son, runs out of power, the couple decide he must return to the human scientist camp for safety.
Traveling with a fleet of flying merchant ships, they are attacked by raiders of the Mangkwan, an aggressive Na’vi clan led by their matriarch Varang. Many people are killed as the ships are set afire and the Sully family is scattered.
After Jake is captured by his nemesis, Miles Quaritch, the two decide to work together to save Spider, who is Quartich’s son. Spider collapses after his breathing mask loses power, but he is saved by Kiri, Jake’s adopted daughter.
The two-disc set of this 197-minute sequel includes betrayals, shifting alliances romance and solid special effects.
The cast is led by Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang, and also features Oona Chaplin, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Jack Champion, Giovanni Ribisi and David Thewlis.
The sequel garnered a 66 percent fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
Technical aspects: 1080p high definition, 1.85:1 widescreen picture; English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 2.0 Dolby digital, 2,0 Dolby digital descriptive audio, family friendly 5.1 Dolby digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby digital; English SDH and Spanish subtitles.
Don’t miss: Bonus offerings include a making of featurette, that looks at the writing of the sequels, Pandoran designs, RDA design, the women of Pandora, Varang and the Mangkwan, capturing performances and stunts; a Jon Landau tribute; an RDA official language orientation; and a music video.
The Phantom President (Blu-ray)
Details: 1932, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment-Allied Vaughn
Rated: Not rated
The lowdown: I suspect that most people recognize the name of George M. Cohan because of James Cagney’s performance of the showman in the bio-pic “Yankee Doodle Dandy.”
Cohan, himself, appeared in five movies — silent film adaptations of three of his plays — and two sound movies.
In “The Phantom President,” his first sound picture, Cohan plays a dual role — presidential hopeful Theodore K. Blair, a charmless businessman, and Peter J. “Doc” Varney, a look-alike medicine-show huckster hired to impersonate Blair during the campaign.
The movie, which features a few songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, as well as some dancing by Cohan, is a rare opportunity to see the legendary performer strut his stuff.
The plot is really secondary, as Blair becomes jealous of Varney’s growing popularity as well as the attraction between Varney and Blair’s girlfriend, Felicia Hammond (Claudette Colbert), that he instigates a kidnapping plot to get him out of the way.
Jimmy Durante almost steals the picture as Varney’s partner and sidekick. Others in the cast include George Barbier, Sidney Toler and, as picture-frame presidents, Alan Mowbary as George Washington and Charles Middleton as Abraham Lincoln.
The Blu-ray can be found at www.movizyng.com or other online dealers.
Technical aspects: 1080p high definition, 1.33:1 full-screen picture; English 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio monaural; English SDH subtitles.
“Fleischer Cartoons: Greatest Hits, Volume 1” (Blu-ray)
Details: 1923-41, Classic Flix
Rated: Not rated
The lowdown: This Blu-ray spotlights 20 cartoons from the Fleischer Studios featuring such popular characters as Betty Boop, Popeye the Sailor, Koko the Clown, Bimbo and Superman.
For more than a couple of decades, the Fleischer factory was noted for its ingenious animated, sometimes surreal, entertainment.
Both silent and sound cartoons are featured in this collection. The featured shorts are inventive and funny.
The disc includes “The Fortune Teller” (1923), “Ko-Ko at the Circus” (1926). “Barnacle Bill” (1930), “Dizzy Dishes” (1930), “Hot Dog” (1930), “Betty Boop’s Crazy Inventions” (1933), “Betty in Blunderland” (1934), “Betty Boop and Grampy” (1935), “Somewhere in Dreamland” (1936), “Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves” (1937), “Small Fry” (1939) and “Mechanical Monsters” (1941).
There are others as well, all restored in 4K.
Technical aspects: 1080p high definition, 1.33:1 and 1.37:1 full-screen picture; English audio; English subtitles.
Don’t miss: Extras include commentaries by Fleischer experts Paul Dini, Will Friedwald, Bob Jacques, Charlie Judkins, Mark Kausler, Thad Komorowski, Leonard Maltin, Ray Pointer and Rob Waldman.
Nickelodeon (Blu-ray)
Release date: May 19
Details: 1976, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Rated: PG, language, sexual situations, violence
The lowdown: Director Peter Bogdanovich’s comedy-drama looks at the wild, early days of moviemaking and while not a commercial or critical success, it does spotlight the filmmaker’s love of movies.
Ryan O’Neal stars as hapless lawyer Leo Harrigan who, through a series of preposterous circumstances becomes a screenwriter and director. Burt Reynolds costars as cowboy Buck Greenway, who by sheer chance, becomes a movie star. Tatum O’Neal is Alice Forsyte, the tough little girl who rents — or gets — props and other things needed by moviemakers — using brains and audacity.
And Jane Hitchcock is Kathleen Cooke, who through happenstance, becomes a leading lady.
The cast also includes Brian Keith as the movie mogul with chutzpah, Stella Stevens is the glamourous screen queen and John Ritter is the harried cameraman.
They meet and begin making films. Later, to escape thugs from the movie patents company, they move to California.
A subplot centering on a love triangle between Harrigan, Greenway and Kathleen are more of a distraction as Bogdanovich should have concentrated more on the moviemaking aspects of the story.
Cinema buffs will appreciate the film, which can be bought at www.moviezyng.com or other online sellers, more than the casual movie attendee.
The two-disc set includes the original 122-minute theatrical release and 125-minute director’s cut of the movie.
Technical aspects: 1080p high definition, 1.85:1 widescreen picture; English 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio monaural; English SDH and English subtitles.
Don’t miss: Bonus materials include an audio interview with co-screenwriter W.D. Richter on the first disc and, on the second disc, a commentary track by Bogdanovich and a video essay by Bogdanovich biographer Peter Tonguette.
Hi, Mom! (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray)
Details: 1970, Radiance Films
Rated: R, sexual content, nudity, language, violence
The lowdown: Robert De Niro and director Brian De Palma, worked together on this counter-culture, black comedy in which De Niro’s Jon Rubin, a Vietnam War veteran, wants to make pornographic movies, approaches sleazy producer Joe Banner (Allen Garfield) about directing.
Rubin also becomes obsessed with his neighbor, Judy Bishop (Jennifer Salt). He seduces her and secretly films them having sex. However, the camera tilts, spoiling the shoot.
Rubin next joins a militant Black experimental acting troupe headed by another of his neighbors. The show is a success, despite the indignities heaped on audience members.
Rubin, who marries Judy and decides to stay in the city, next turns to domestic terrorism by planting a bomb in the building where they live, demolishing it.
“Hi, Mom!”, which received mostly favorable reviews, also featured Gerrit Graham, Ruth Alda, Charles Durning and Paul Bartel.
Technical aspects: 4K: 2160p ultra-high definition and 1080p high definition, 1.85:1 widescreen picture; English LPCM monaural; English SDH subtitles.
Don’t miss: Extras include a commentary track by writer Travis Woods, an interview with critic Ellen E. Jones, an archival interview with co-writer Charles Hirsch, “Dionysus in ’69, ”an experimental theater production of “Euripides’ “The Bacchaei,” filmed by De Palma, and a booklet.
“Film Noir Classics Double Feature” (Blu-ray)
Details: 1949-50, VCI Entertainment
Rated: Not rated
The lowdown: “Borderline” (1950) stars Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor as a pair of undercover officers who, unbeknownst to each other, are working on the same side of the law to bring down a drug kingpin, played by Raymond Burr.
The Los Angeles Police Department has been constantly stymied to arrest Pete Ritchie (Burr) and smash his drug operation. They resort to using police woman Madeleine Haley (Trevor) to seduce her way into Ritchie’s circle.
Before she can get anywhere, she is abducted by Johnny McEvoy aka John Macklin (MacMurray), a government agent posing as a thug.
The two don’t know that they are on the same mission, causing some misunderstandings and comedic moments.
It is that uneven tone that keeps “Borderline” from being an above average film noir. The movie, directed by William A. Seiter, also features José Torvay, Morris Ankrum and Roy Roberts.
Edmund O’Brein is the focal point of “D.O.A.” (1949) in which his Frank Bigelow, an accountant, learns he has been poisoned with a slow-acting toxin and only has hours to live.
Bigelow begins to investigate his own death — trying to determine the who and why, which leads him into a shadowy world of crime, betrayal and fatal secrets.
Helping him is his assistant-girlfriend Paula Gibson (Pamela Britton. Others in the cast include Luther Adler, Beverly Garland, Lynn Baggett, William Ching and Neville Brand, all under the direction of Rudolph Maté.
“D.O.A.” is regarded as one of the best offerings in the film noir genre.
Technical aspects: 1080p high definition, 1.37:1 full-screen pictures; English stereo; English subtitles.
Don’t miss: Bonus materials include profiles of O’Brien, Maté, MacMurray and Seiter.
The Snowman (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray)
Details: 2017, Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Rated: R, grisly images, violence, language, sexuality, brief nudity
The lowdown: Michael Fassbender portrays Harry Hole, the lead detective of an elite Norwegian crime squad, who while investigating the disappearance of a victim on winter’s first snow, fears that an elusive serial killer may again be active.
With the help of a brilliant recruit, Katrine Bratt (Rebecca Ferguson), the detective must connect decades-old cold cases to his latest one if he hopes to outwit and stop the killer before the next snowfall.
This icy psychological thriller, based on the best-selling novel by Jo Nesbø and directed by Tomas Alfredson, costars Val Kilmer, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chloë Sevigny, Toby Jones and J.K. Simmons.
“The Snowman,” though is marred by a confusing plot, muddled storytelling and uneven pacing.
Technical aspects: 2160p ultra-high definition, 1.85:1 widescreen picture; English 5.1 and 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio; English subtitles; Blu-ray: 1080p high definition, 1.85:1 widescreen picture; English 5.1 and 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio; English subtitles.
Don’t miss: Supplemental materials include two commentary tracks on both discs — one by filmmaker-film historian Steve Mitchell and screenwriter Michael Charles Hill, and the second by film historians Howard S. Berger and Marc Edward Heuck; Blu-ray extras include featurettes on the characters, an exploration of Nesbø’s world, a profile at the Snowman killer and looks at the Norwegian landscape and the “Stunt Files: The Sinking Lake.”
“Brit Noir Collection I” (Blu-ray)
Details: 1950-61, Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Rated: Not rated
The lowdown: This two-disc set features three British postwar film noirs featuring such performers as Jean Simmons, David Farrar, James Donald, Bernard Lee, a pre-James Bond Sean Connery and Herbert Lom, who has different roles in all three films.
“Cage of Gold” (1950) stars Simmons and Farrar. She is a young bride who believes her husband has been killed, only to have the “dead” man return with devious intentions. Lom, Donald and Lee have supporting roles. Basil Dearden was the director.
In “The Ringer” (1952), Lom portrays a crooked lawyer hounded by a vengeance-seeking master of disguise called “The Ringer.” Observant film buffs can assuredly guess his identity before the final reel.
The movie, which marked the directorial debut of Guy Hamilton (“Goldfinger”), is based on a play by Edgar Wallace. The supporting cast includes Donald Wolfit, Mai Zetterling, Greta Gynt, William Hartnell and Denholm Elliott.
Lom is a London accountant in “The Frightened City” (1961) who, with the help of ex-thief Paddy Damion (Connery), plans to merge six criminal gangs into a single syndicate. John Lemont was behind the camera, and the cast also includes John Gregson, Alfred Marks and Yvonne Romain.
Technical aspects: 1080p high definition, 1.37:1 full-screen picture (“Cage of Gold,” “The Ringer”) and 1.85:1 widescreen picture (“The Frightened City”); English DTS-HD Master Audio; English subtitles.
Don’t miss: Extras include commentary tracks on all three movies — entertainment journalists-authors Bryan Reesman and Max Evry on “Cage of Gold”; film historian-writer Julie Kirgo and writer-filmmaker Peter Hankoff on “The Ringer”; and author-screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner and film historian Bruce Scivally on “The Frightened City.”
Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (Blu-ray)
Details: 1966, Leomark Studios-Allied Vaughn
Rated: Not rated
The lowdown: The wild west really went wild in this low-budget Western-vampire mish-mash featuring John Carradine as Dracula, a role he played twice in the mid-1940s at Universal Pictures.
In this outrageous oater, Dracula, traveling by stagecoach, plans to make ranch owner Betty Bentley (Melinda Casey) his vampire bride. He masquerades as her uncle, Mr. Underhill to get into her good graces. But he did not count on Betty’s fiancée, William Bonney (famed stuntman Chuck Courtney), aka Billy the Kid, to intervene and protect her.
Billy soon realizes that bullets cannot stop the sinister bloodsucker and, when Dracula takes Betty to an abandoned silver mine, he follows. Aided by the town sheriff and a country doctor, Billy uses a silver scalpel given him by the doctor to destroy Dracula.
The movie, shot in eight days, was the last by veteran director William Beaudine, who helmed more than 350 movies, dating back to 1915, as well as dozens of television shows.
The cast of “Billy the Kid vs. Dracula” featured other faces familiar to Western and serial fans, including Virginia Christine, Roy Barcroft, Olive Carey, Walter Janovitz, Harry Carey Jr., Bing Russell (father of Kurt Russell) and William Forrest.
This Blu-ray can be ordered at www.moviezyng.com or other online sellers.
The movie was released on a double bill with “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter,” also directed by Beaudine.
Technical aspects: 1080p high definition, 1.85:1 widescreen picture; English 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio monaural.
The Great Outdoors (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray)
Details: 1988, Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Rated: PG
The lowdown: Dan Aykroyd and John Candy star in this comedy about easygoing Chester “Chet” Ripley (Candy) and his strait-laced clan who must contend with uninvited, unwelcome family members, led by wheeler-dealer Roman Craig (Aykroyd), his sexually repressed wife and eerie twin daughters.
The movie, written by John Hughes, deals with family tension and conflict, attempts at one-upmanship and summer romances.
The performances and on-screen chemistry of Aykroyd and Candy drive the movie as they provide plenty of laughs. But the movie plays more like a series of sketches instead of a cohesive whole.
“The Great Outdoors” supporting cast includes Annette Bening, Stephanie Faracy, Chris Young, Lucy Deakins and Robert Prosky.
Technical aspects: 4K: 2160p ultra-high definition, 1.85:1 widescreen picture; English 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio; English subtitles; Blu-ray: 1080p high definition, 1.85:1 widescreen picture; English 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio; English subtitles.
Don’t miss: Extras include three commentary tracks on both discs — one with director Howard Deutch, moderated by filmmaker Douglas Hosdale; a second by Joe Ramoni of “Hats Off Entertainment”; and a third by film historians Paul Anthoy Nelson and Lee Zachariah.
Terror Train (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray)
Details: 1980, Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Rated: R, bloody violence, language
The lowdown: Basically, this slasher movie, marking the directorial debut of Roger Spottiswoode, is “Halloween” on rails, even going so far as to cast Jamie Lee Curtis as the main damsel in distress.
A group of fraternity and sorority members gather for a New Year’s Eve costume party aboard a train. Three years earlier, at a fraternity party, a reluctant Alana Maxwell (Curtis) is pressured into a prank, luring an awkward, virginal pledge into a bedroom under the promise of sex.
Instead, he discovers a corpse taken from the medical school in the bed. Traumatized, he is committed to a psychiatric facility.
So, of course, the old friends begin dropping like flies as the train proceeds on its journey.
The identity of the killer, despite donning various costumes, can easily be surmised.
Besides Curtis, the cast features Ben Johson as the train’s conductor, and a group of Canadian actors — since the movie was filmed there — including Hart Bochner, Sandee Currie and Anthony Sherwood — as well as Vanity (credited as D.D. Winters) and magician David Copperfield.
Technical aspects: 2160p ultra-high definition and 1080p high definition, 1.85:1 widescreen picture; English 5.1 and 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio; English SDH subtitles.
Don’t miss: Extras include two commentary tracks — one by Paul Corupe of Canuxploitation.com and film historian Jason Pichonsky and the other by film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson — as well as interviews with Spottiswoode and screenwriter Judith Roscoe.
Bunny Yeager’s Nude Camera / Nude Las Vegas (Blu-ray)
Details: 1963, Kino Lorber
Rated: Not rated
The lowdown: This double feature, #49 in the Kino Cult series, looks at the career of Bunny Yeager, who began her career as a popular model in the 1950s, but quickly found greater notoriety as a photographer — especially for her collaboration with pin-up queen Bettie Page.
In 1963, sexploitation filmmaker Barry Mahon documented Yeager’s methods of recruiting and photographing amateur models in the two films in this set.
In “Bunny Yeager’s Nude Camera,” the photographer’s pragmatic approach to nude modeling is showcased as she persuades a young newlywed to shed her clothing (and overcome her husband’s objections) for a magazine spread.
“Nude Las Vegas” finds Yeager using her camera to help big-wigged Peggy Pepper out of a financial jam.
“Nude Camera” was reconstructed from the first generation 16mm camera elements and a 35mm release print, while “Nude Las Vegas” was mastered in 4K from two 35mm prints.
Technical aspects: 1080p high definition, 1.37:1 full-screen picture; English DTS-HD Master Audio; English subtitles.
Don’t miss: Extras include commentaries on both movies by film historians Gentry Austin and Casey Scott of “The Sin Syndicate” podcast, a visual essay by photo historian Christopher Velasco, 45 minutes of “Nude Camera” outtakes with commentary by restoration producer Brett Wood and a gallery of artwork and images.
Fungicide: Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray)
Details: 2002, Visual Vengeance
Rated: Unrated
The lowdown: In this horror outing, five strangers meet at a secluded bed and breakfast within a tranquil forest.
One of the guests, however, is a mad scientist who uses his vacation to accidentally create an army of killer mushrooms, which are unleashed on the other guests.
Naturally, the body count begins to rise — and it can’t be that much of a body count if only five people are at the b ‘n’ b — and the survivors must arm themselves and fight back against the menacing shrooms in hopes of stopping them from taking over the world.
I guess they could sauté, grill, fry or roast them, but that could take a while. Nonetheless, any movie that includes mushroom samurai fighting, puppet karate decapitations and weird CGI goings-on is worth a look-see.
Technical aspects: 1080p high definition, 1.33:1 full-screen picture; English 8mm digital; English subtitles.
Don’t miss: Supplemental materials include a new commentary by director Dave Wascavage and co-writer-co-producer Mary Wascavage; an archival commentary by the Wascavages and actor David Weldon; a commentary by Sam Panico of B&S About Movies and Bill Van Ryn of Drive-In Asylum; a commentary by Schlock and Awe Films; the complete RIFFTRAX version of the movie; alternate opening credits; a deleted scene; outtakes; and a folded mini-poster.
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray)
Details: 1977, Kino Lorber-Kino Cult #48
Rated: Not rated, sexual content, nudity, violence
The lowdown: Dyanne Thorne returns as Ilsa in the final installment of this controversial saga, with Euro-sleaze director Jess Franco behind the camera.
Ilsa is now operating a psychiatric clinic in an unnamed Latin American country, where political prisoners are tortured — which is right up Ilsa’s alley.
Aby (Tania Busselier), a young woman, has herself committed as a way to locate her captive sister. Aby soon realizes that she has entered a hell-hole of sexploitation and degradation from which she may never escape.
It is Lina Romay’s Juana, as Ilsa’s pet prisoner, who steals the movie, enduring Ilsa’s abuse, manipulating her fellow patients and doing whatever is necessary to stay alive and turn the tables on her abuser.
The “Ilsa” movies appeal to a specific clientele that enjoys the over-the-top goings-on these films provide.
Technical aspects: 4K: 2160p ultra-high definition, 1.66:1 widescreen picture; English DTS-HD stereo; English subtitles; Blu-ray: 1080p high definition, 1.66:1 widescreen picture; English DTS-HD stereo; English subtitles.
Don’t miss: Extras include a commentary track by film historian Troy Howarth; a second commentary by Thorne and co-star Howard Maurer, moderated by Martin Lewis; a look at the movie by Stephen Thrower; part two of a “Sidebar Conversation” with novelist-critic Tim Lucas and author-artist-film historian Stephen R. Bissette; and vintage promotional short featuring Franco and producer Erwin C. Dietrich.
Other titles being released in the upcoming week include:
Heel (Blu-ray & DVD & VOD) (Magnolia Home Entertainment)
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, STREAMING or VOD
My Best Friend’s Dead (Lionsgate Home Entertainment)
Kangaroo Island (Blue Harbor Entertainment)
MAY 27
Criminal Record: Season 2, Episode 6 (Apple TV)
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed: Episode 3 (Apple TV)
Widow’s Bay: Episodes 6 & 7 (Apple TV)
MAY 28
5 Women (Viaplay)
Black Sands: Season 2, Episodes 5 & 6 (Viaplay)
I Gotta Ask (Prime Video)
Legend of the Mountain (Kino Film Collection)
Macunaima (Kino Film Collection)
MAY 29
Eternal You (Film Movement+)
For All Mankind: Season 5, Episode 10 (Apple TV)
Girls Town (Film Movement+)
The Last Viking (Zentropa Entertainments)
Nesting (Breaking Glass Pictures)
Propeller One-Way Night Coach (Apple TV)
Smothered (Shudder)
Star City: Episodes 1 & 2 (Apple TV)
The Testaments: Episode 10 (Hulu)
Unconditional: Episode 5 (Apple TV)
Your Friends and Neighbors: Season 2, Episode 9 (Apple TV)
MAY 31
Speed Demon (Maverick Film-Complex Corp.)
JUNE 1
Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light (Apple TV-Prime Video-Cargo Film & Releasing)
The Inner Circle (Viaplay)
I am a founding member of the Indiana Film Journalists Association. I review movies, 4K UHD, Blu-rays and DVDs for ReelBob (ReelBob.com), The Film Yap and other print and online publications. I can be reached by email at bobbloomjc@gmail.com. You also can follow me on X @ReelBobBloom, on Facebook at ReelBob and on Bluesky at @bobbloom1948@bsky.social or the Indiana Film Journalists Association. My movie reviews also can be found at Rotten Tomatoes: www.rottentomatoes.com.