Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of February 12th – ‘The Marvels’ Joins ‘Priscilla’ and More in a Busy Slate

Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, we finally have a busy slate to discuss again. Things are led off today by The Marvels as well as Sofia Coppola‘s Priscilla, but don’t sleep on the Universal Classic Monsters: Limited Edition Collection coming to 4K, either. What else is hitting shelves? Read on to find out…

Joey’s Top Pick

The Marvels

I think The Marvels got somewhat of a raw deal. Is it top tier Marvel? Not in the slightest. At the same time, the knives were out for this one in a way that feels unfair. It’s fun. There’s highs and lows, but it does manage to entertain, which is all these sorts of movies need to do, honestly. My review here has the following to say about the flick:

I consistently enjoy a new outing within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. At the same time, the more recent efforts, especially as they navigate the Multiverse and their latest buildup, has been a bit of a bumpy ride. In some ways, I miss the simplicity of the first few phases of the MCU. Well, The Marvels is here to be a bit of a throwback. In terms of how self-contained it mostly is, it’s similar to a middle of the road Phase One or Phase Two release. It ends up being a mid-tier Marvel outing, but that does mean that it’s a substantial amount of fun at its best.

The Marvels is much lighter on its feet than Captain Marvel, leaning into some very overtly comedic elements. One of the shortest MCU outings, it’s definitely a bit thinner than others, only really tying into the broader story with a very big swing of a credits sequence. Other than that, it’s just an adventure, almost like a Star Trek episode (or Star Trek Beyond, which did that pretty well, too). You’re not going to be blown away, but you’ll likely be pleasantly surprised by the good time this offers up.

Also Available This Week

Columbia Classics Collection: Volume 4 (4K)

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Hypnotic

Planet Earth III (TV)

Priscilla

The Stones and Brian Jones

Universal Classic Monsters: Limited Edition Collection (4K)

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – Season One (TV)

Criterion Corner

Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons

From The Criterion Collection: “The seasons may change, but the follies of the heart are constant in this ineffably lovely quartet of films by Eric Rohmer, one of cinema’s most perceptive chroniclers of the pangs and perils of romance. Set throughout France, Tales of the Four Seasons is a cycle to stand alongside the director’s two earlier acclaimed film series, Six Moral Tales and Comedies and Proverbs. By turns comic and melancholic, breezy and richly philosophical, these bittersweet tales of love, longing, and the inevitable misunderstandings that shape human relationships probe the most complex of emotions with the utmost grace.”

Stay tuned for more next week…