Episode 629: Sunday Is For Lovers…And Yakuza?

A lot of rescheduling leaves not a lot to talk about this week in physical media but Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski still power through. They include one of the most inventive (and expensive) comedies of all-time, a Johnnie To action film, Viggo Mortensen in one of his first starring roles. Finally, you have the cable staple that was the first pairing of Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner that in more ways than one led to the title of this week’s episode.

3:10 - Criterion (Playtime (4K))

17:06 - Alliance (Hanky Panky)

30:10 - Shout (The Big Heat (1988) (4K))

34:17 - Arrow (American Yakuza)

44:27 – New Theatrical Title On Blu-ray (Nuremberg)

45:59 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Critics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL

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