Mrparka's Video Reviews for the Week of January 13th (Episode 35)

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Time Stamps
Corrections – 0:12
“The Apartment” Review – 0:45
“Voice of the Moon” Review – 7:04
“Johnny Handsome” Review – 12:07
“Tiger Joe” Review – 17:01
“Robowar” Review – 21:42
“Kuso” Review – 27:03
“Leatherface” Review – 31:06
Pick a Movie Winner/Rules – 38:48
Q&A – 39:24
Update – 41:58

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Video Reviews

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"The Apartment" Blu-Ray Review (Arrow Academy) 

In 1960, following on from the success of their collaboration on Some Like it Hot, director Billy Wilder (Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard) reteamed with actor Jack Lemmon (The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross) for what many consider the pinnacle of their respective careers: The Apartment.

C.C. ''Bud'' Baxter (Lemmon) is a lowly Manhattan office drone with a lucrative sideline in renting out his apartment to adulterous company bosses and their mistresses. When Bud enters into a similar arrangement the firm's personnel director, J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray, Double Indemnity), his career prospects begin to look up... and up. But when he discovers that Sheldrake's mistress is Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine, Irma la Douce), the girl of his dreams, he finds himself forced to choose between his career and the woman he loves...

Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, The Apartment features a wealth of Hollywood's finest talent on both sides of the camera at the top of their game. By turns cynical, heart-warming and hilarious, Wilder's masterpiece now shines like never before in this all-new, 4K-restored edition from Arrow Films.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

Limited Deluxe Edition Blu-ray [3000 copies]
Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release
Original uncompressed PCM mono audio
Optional 5.1 remix in lossless DTS-HD Master Audio
Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with film producer and historian Bruce Block
New appreciation of the film and select scene commentary by film historian Philip Kemp
The Flawed Couple, a new video essay by filmmaker David Cairns on the collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon
Billy Wilder ABC, an overview by David Cairns on the life and career of the filmmaker, covering his films, collaborators and more
New interview with actress Hope Holiday
Inside the Apartment, a half-hour making-of featurette from 2007 including interviews with Shirley MacLaine, executive producer Walter Mirisch, and others
Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon, an archive profile of the actor from 2007
Original screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (BD-ROM content)
Theatrical trailer
Special collector's packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick
Collector s 150-page hardcover book featuring new writing by Neil Sinyard, Kat Ellinger, Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche, generously illustrated with rare stills and behind-the-scenes imagery

Buy “The Apartment “Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/apartment-the-blu-ray
Arrow Website - http://www.arrowvideo.com/

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"Voice of the Moon" Blu-Ray/DVD Combo (Arrow Academy) 

​The swansong of the great Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (La dolce vita, 8½), The Voice of the Moon emerged without fanfare: it played the Cannes Film Festival out of competition after its Italian premiere and failed to secure distribution in North America and the UK. This new restoration from the original negative seeks to right that wrong and provide the film with a second chance... Adapted from a novel by Ermano Cavazzoni, The Voice of the Moon concerns itself with Ivo Salvini (Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful), recently released from a mental hospital and in love with Aldini (Nadia Ottaviani). As he attempts to win her heart, he wanders a strange, dreamlike landscape and encounters various oddball characters, including Gonnella (Paolo Villagio, Fantozzi), a paranoid old man prone to conspiracy theories. Concluding a career that had stretched back more than fifty years, The Voice of the Moon combines the nostalgia of Amarcord (the film is set in Emilia-Romagna countryside of the director's youth), the surreal satire of City of Women and the naïf-adrift-in-a-brutal-world structure of La strada. Plenty for Fellini fans to get their teeth into.

Bonus Materials
Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements, produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
Original 1.0 mono sound (uncompressed on the Blu-ray)
Optional English subtitles
Towards the Moon with Fellini, a rarely seen hour-long documentary on the film’s production, featuring interviews with Fellini, Roberto Benigni and Paolo Villagio
Theatrical trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Pasquale Iannone

Buy “Voice of the Moon” DVD/Blu-Ray Combo – https://mvdshop.com/products/voice-of-the-moon-the-blu-ray-dvd-blu-ray
Arrow Website - http://www.arrowvideo.com/
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"Johnny Handsome" Blu-Ray Review 

Mickey Rourke is John Sedley, a petty gangster whose facial deformities earned him the nickname "Johnny Handsome." When Johnny and a friend are double-crossed during a robbery by two partners, his friend is killed and Johnny is sent to prison. There, a sympathetic surgeon makes a deal to give Johnny a new face - and a new shot at life. Once on the outside, Johnny discovers that staying straight isn't easy. But his new look does open one door for Johnny - revenge. An electrifying tale from the director of 48 Hrs, this thrilling crime drama features superb performances from Rourke and costars Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Morgan Freeman, Lance Henriksen and Forest Whitaker.

​Features
Wordsmith Featurette
Eye Of The Beholder Featurette
Action Man Featurette
Original Theatrical Trailer
Video Still Gallery
Buy “Johnny Handsome” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Handsome-Blu-ray-Mickey-Rourke/dp/B003KV3E2C/
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"Tiger Joe" Amazon Streaming Review 

On one of his last trips before retirement, a plane of an illegal gunrunner in Vietnam is shot down where he hooks up Annie Belle, a humanitarian rebel.

Watch “Tiger Joe” – https://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Joe-David-Warbeck/dp/B0764MPH6T/
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"Robowar" Amazon Streaming Review

Reb Brown stars in this action-packed adventure story of fighting men pitted against an unseen enemy, a force more powerful than the fiercest weapons.

Watch “Robowar” – https://www.amazon.com/Robowar-Reb-Brown/dp/B0711N9R8H/
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"Kuso" Shudder Streaming Review

Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, KUSO is a shifting series of vignettes tangled in the aftermath of Los Angeles's worst earthquake nightmare. Travel between screens and aftershocks into the twisted lives of the survived. Blending nightmarish visions, animation and a shocking image of a distorted America, this is the daring debut and Sundance sensation from director Steve, aka renowned musician Flying Lotus. Delirious, provocative and darkly hilarious, KUSO is as verbose with macabre, music, melancholy and unimaginable imagery. You won't believe your eyes, or your mind. A SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE.

Watch “Kuso” Shudder – https://www.shudder.com/watch/kuso/3236144/1
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Pick a Movie - "Leatherface" Vudu Streaming Review

Product Description
In Texas, years before the events of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, in the early days of the infamous Sawyer family, the youngest child is sentenced to a mental hospital after a suspicious incident leaves the sheriff's daughter dead. Ten years later, he kidnaps a young nurse and escapes with three other inmates. Pursued by authorities, including the deranged sheriff out to avenge his daughter's death, the Sawyer teen goes on a violent road trip from hell, molding him into the monster now known as Leatherface.

Special Features:
Behind the Mask: the Making of LEATHERFACE
Six deleted scenes
Play feature with alternate ending 

Buy “Leatherface” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Leatherface-Blu-ray-Stephen-Dorff/dp/B075FL83YJ/

Put your name in the hat to pick a review for the following show!!!! Comment below and mention you would like to be entered. 

This weeks winner is James Grimmer!!!

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Q&A 

​Please ask a question in the comments below and have it answered in the next show. 

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Update

​Blu-Rays 
1. Emmanuelle and the Deadly Black Cobra
2. Seven Blood Stained Orchids 
3. 68 Kill 

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Film Notes

​The Apartment – 1960 – Billy Wilder 
Voice of the Moon – 1990 – Federico Fellini
Johnny Handsome – 1989 – Walter Hill
Tiger Joe – 1982 – Antonio Margheriti
Robowar – 1988 – Bruno Mattei 
Kuso – 2017 – Flying Lotus
Leatherface – 2017 – Alexandre Bustillo/Julien Maury