Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of April 29th – The Ocean’s Trilogy Joins ‘Madame Web’ Alongside Some Marvel and ‘Star Wars’ Limited Series

Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have the Ocean’s Trilogy coming to 4K, alongside the decidedly less well received (wannabe) blockbuster Madame Web. Throw in some Disney+ shows, as well as a Criterion release, and it’s an interesting slate this week. Read on for more…

Joey’s Top Pick

Ocean’s Trilogy

At this point, Ocean’s Eleven is considered a bit of a modern classic, with Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen no slouches themselves. George Clooney and the cast are doing a lot of the work, to be sure, but the other bit of secret sauce is that they’re helmed by Steven Soderbergh. The craftsmanship, as well as fun, evident in this trilogy is what sets it apart. Now available in 4K, this is a fun series to revisit!

Also Available This Week

Andor: The Complete First Season (TV)

Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors

Lawmen: Bass Reeves (TV)

Madame Web

Mean Girls (2024)

Moon Knight: The Complete First Season (TV)

Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Complete Series (TV)

Criterion Corner

Dogfight

From The Criterion Collection: “An ineffably bittersweet portrait of youth in the 1960s, Nancy Savoca’s funny, sensitive tale of love and war etches two vividly alive characters: aspiring San Francisco folk singer Rose (Lili Taylor) and hotheaded, Vietnam-bound marine Eddie Birdlace (River Phoenix), who meet on the occasion of a cruelly misogynistic party where men compete to bring the most unattractive dates they can find. But what begins as a night to forget unexpectedly develops into something far more meaningful. Featuring music by folk legends Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Pete Seeger, Dogfight captures the miracle of human connection while gracefully subverting ideas surrounding machismo, patriotic duty, and the very meaning of America itself.”

Stay tuned for more next week…