Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of November 11th – ‘Seven Samurai’ Comes to Criterion

Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, the Akira Kurosawa epic masterpiece Seven Samurai comes to Criterion. That’s not the only classic joining the Collection this week, either. Plus, there’s a whole host of 4K re-releases hitting shelves. Read on for more…

Joey’s Top Pick

Seven Samurai (Criterion Collection)

From The Criterion Collection: “One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous war­riors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour-plus ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and enter­tainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.”

Also Available This Week

Afro Samurai: The Complete Series (TV)

Blue Christmas

Born on the Fourth of July (4K)

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (4K)

Gladiator (4K)

The King of Queens: The Complete Series (TV)

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (4K)

Silent Bite

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2 (TV)

The Sugarland Express (4K)

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 1 (TV)

Criterion Corner

Scarface

From The Criterion Collection: “Blazing across the screen in a spray of bullets, the gangster-film sensation Scarface helped set the standard for the genre for decades to come. Swaggering, scary, and unexpectedly charming, Paul Muni gives an iconic portrayal of criminal sociopathy as Tony Camonte, the ruthless, machine-gun-toting mobster who rises through the ranks of a bootlegging empire atop an ever-increasing body count, but whose possessive relationship with his wild-child sister (Ann Dvorak) threatens to be his undoing. With rat-a-tat command of editing and dialogue, and his trademark panache, director Howard Hawks creates an unstoppable sense of dynamism while pushing on-screen violence to new heights of brutality.”

*Reminder that Seven Samurai is also out on Criterion today and is our Pick of the Week*

Stay tuned for more next week…