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National Post
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- National Post
Adventures in Streaming: Gary Oldman, John Le Carre and a series worth sitting through ads for
Article content Back in the '80s, before I became an entertainment journalist, I worked my way through university at a video distributor, that is, a company that sold movies, mostly on VHS tapes, to video stores around the province. For a movie-crazy guy, it was an interesting gig, with benefits including unlimited posters, screeners and merch. Article content Few of those companies are around these days since physical media has been relentlessly downgraded due to the convenience of digital streaming. Article content Article content But one lesson I took from the marketing end of the home video business is the concept of 'piggybacking.' The word describes the art of selling one title using another title. To use a terrible '80s-era example, video marketing would tell you that if you loved Louis Gosset in his Oscar-winning turn in An Officer and a Gentleman, you'll love him playing a veteran pilot in the Canadian produced Top Gun knock-off Iron Eagle. Article content Slipstreaming is a column devoted to taking that concept to streaming services. If you like that, maybe you'll like this. Let me be your algorithm. Article content For example, if you liked seeing Gary Oldman play John Le Carre's legendary spy George Smiley in the movie Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011), you'll love seeing him tweak the character outrageously in the series Slow Horses (Apple TV), bringing his wry, Oldman-esque aplomb to the character of flatulent, put-to-pasture spymaster Jackson Lamb. The seemingly decrepit Lamb is in charge of Slough House, a purgatory-like espionage station populated by agents that have, in one way or another, messed up an assignment. Article content Article content With each of its four seasons based on a novel by Mick Herron, the series updates Le Carre's espionage universe with slick technology and slicker action. Unlike Le Carre, women have a more active role in the story, especially in the case of Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas), an MI-5 director frequently at odds with the wily Lamb. Article content If the show's internecine intrigue captivates, you may want to return to the obvious source of Herron's inspiration. Article content The 1979 TV series Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (BritBox and also available for free on YouTube) starred Alec Guinness as Smiley, just two years after he played Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars (1977) and you would never know it. Guinness looks pouchy and depressed, like a Prufrockian bureaucrat. But he has talents, which is why Smiley is brought out of retirement to find a Russian mole in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, a.k.a. The Circus.
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Best New Blu-ray and 4K Releases in June 2025
Physical media culture is alive and thriving thanks to the home video tastemakers hailing everywhere from The Criterion Collection to Kino Lorber and the Warner Archive Collection. Each month, IndieWire highlights the best recent and upcoming Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K releases for cinephiles to own now — and to bring ballast and permanence to your moviegoing at a time when streaming windows on classic movies close just as soon as they open. The summer movie season is upon us, with 'Lilo & Stitch' and 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning' smashing records and luring audiences back to theaters for blockbuster spectacle and family-friendly fare. As the weather improves, you may not feel like going out to a movie or staying at home to watch one, and after a dreary East Coast winter and spring, you wouldn't be faulted for preferring to get out and smell the roses rather than stare at a screen. But with this June's top new Blu-ray and 4K releases, hopefully, you're doing more than staring at a screen: You're hopefully being absorbed into a cinematic world that asks more of you than passive viewing. More from IndieWire Best Buy Is Out of the DVD and Blu-ray Business, and Now So Is Disney The Best DVD Commentaries on Filmmaking Best TV & Movie Box Sets: Criterion Collection, TV Classics, and More As we do every month, IndieWire here highlights our eight best recommended physical media releases to add to your collection, and there's something here to appeal to all quadrants of the audience. Sidney Lumet's Black-centered musical 'Wizard of Oz' reimagining 'The Wiz,' Paul Schrader's kaleidoscopic literary biopic 'Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters' (IndieWire's #2 best film of the 1980s), and William Friedkin's epic 'The Wages of Fear' remake 'Sorcerer' are among the new Criterion Collection titles hitting shelves this month. But we also round up classic releases from Kino Lorber, Warner Archive, and more, as well as a long-awaited (OK, long awaited by this writer anyway) Blu-ray release of Julia Leigh's fairytale-turned-sex-work-nightmare 'Sleeping Beauty' from IFC Films. These and more in IndieWire's lineup of the best eight new 4Ks and Blu-rays coming to retailers this month. Best of IndieWire The Best Thrillers Streaming on Netflix in June, from 'Vertigo' and 'Rear Window' to 'Emily the Criminal' All 12 Wes Anderson Movies, Ranked, from 'Bottle Rocket' to 'The Phoenician Scheme' Nightmare Film Shoots: The 38 Most Grueling Films Ever Made, from 'Deliverance' to 'The Wages of Fear'
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Thunderbolts* Sets Digital, 4K, & Blu-ray Release Dates, SteelBook Revealed
After Thunderbolts* underwhelmed in theaters, failing to reach $400 million at the box office, the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie is heading to digital and Blu-ray. Marvel Studios has announced that Thunderbolts*, a.k.a. *The New Avengers, will hit VOD platforms like Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home on July 1, 2025. However, those wishing to make Thunderbolts* a permanent, yet physical addition to their movie collection will have to wait until July 29, which is when the MCU blockbuster will be released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD. The 4K UHD release comes with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos for a truly cinematic superhero experience. Marvel is also releasing this edition as a limited-edition SteelBook featuring custom artwork and premium packaging. There will also be a Walmart-exclusive Blu-ray featuring pop-up artwork. Check out both below: A MCU movie's home release is nothing without its bonus features, and Thunderbolts* is packed with them. In addition to the standard gag reel, director's audio commentary, and deleted scenes, Thunderbolts*'s digital, 4K UHD, and Blu-ray releases include the following behind-the-scenes featurettes: Assembling a Team to Remember – Spend a bit of quality time with the cast and crew of Thunderbolts* as they divulge how the film's fictional team of superpowered mavericks, misfits and antiheroes was assembled. Around the World and Back Again – Discover the eclectic locations and astounding production design that helped make Thunderbolts* a rousing reality, including a visit to the sprawling sets in Kuala Lumpur where we join Florence Pugh performing stunts atop one of planet Earth's tallest buildings and blowing up buildings on the streets. All About Bob, Sentry & The Void – Deep dive into the making of three different characters: Bob, Sentry, and The Void – all performed by Lewis Pullman. Directed by Jake Schreier, Thunderbolts* assembles 'an unconventional team of antiheroes with Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster, and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission. Forced to confront the darkest corners of their pasts, will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite before it's too late?' reads the synopsis for the MCU movie. Thunderbolts* arrives on digital on July 1, followed by a home video release on July 29. A Disney+ premiere date has not been set at this time.
Daily Mail
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE MAUREEN CALLAHAN: An insider has revealed the Royal verdict on THAT Meghan twerking video. It's so devastatingly cutting, she may never recover
It's the twerk seen round the world — and regrettably, there is no unseeing it. Truly: what's more royal, more regal — more befitting an American woman who married into her title and never lets us forget that she is a duchess — than releasing a home movie of yourself lifting up your dress, spreading your legs and gyrating while on the verge of giving birth?
