ender's game

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski take a quick peek into what is available to own on physical media this week. Criterion upgrades one of the late films from a master and Arbelos delivers and Peter looks at one of the first “Sundance caution tales” from the end of the ‘80s. Ida Lupino directs a ‘50s film about sexual assault and Virginie Efira becomes attached to her partner’s child. Then a pair of cult classics get the 4K treatment including Wes Craven’s comic monster movie and the quintessential Bruce Lee film.

 

1:56 - Criterion (Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (4K))

9:39 - Lions Gate (Ender’s Game (4K Steelbook))

14:24 - Universal (Fast X (4K))

23:14 - Kino (Outrage, Scarlet (2022), Strangers in the House)

35:36 - Arbelos (Chameleon Street)

42:10 - Music Box (Other People's Children)

45:02 - MVD (Swamp Thing (4K))

51:24 - Warner Bros. (Enter the Dragon (4K))

1:01:01 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:04:29 - Outro

Listen in as we review four great new films: Frozen from Disney, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Ender's Game, and Planes which is now available in DVD/Blu-ray. Hear all this and more with Co-hosts Keefer Blakeslee and Raven Devanney.

Brad phones it in and the gang talks about the movie/book Ender’s Game.

Join TJ, Chad and Mike Fissel to discuss ‘Ender’s Game’ in all its facets. The film was both good and bad, glorious and disappointing. This produces much lively conversation on what was missed, the pacing, how it could have been better, and in general what it’s strengths and weaknesses are. Other topics of conversation include why there was no episode last week, some brief thoughts on ‘Escape Plan’, Movies all three are looking forward to, TJ’s new video podcast, ‘ByteSized’, and ‘Thor: The Dark World’! You won’t want to miss it!

In this inaugural episode, TJ reviews Ender’s Game. He found it to be fun and enjoyed it, but also found it lacking. The pacing was off and important things were left out of the film while unimportant things were kept. But it was still a lot of fun and it is recommended. 3.5 of 5 stars.