Joey Magidson
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have the Marvel Cinematic Universe showing off its previous 2025 offering in Thunderbolts*. Also hitting shelves today is The Phoenician Scheme from Wes Anderson, as well as a bunch of 4K and Blu-ray re-releases. What gets top honors? Read on to find out…
Joey’s Top Pick
Thunderbolts*
Right as The Fantastic Four: First Steps has hit theaters to solid reviews and strong box office, this prior 2025 Marvel outing comes to home video. Earlier this year, Thunderbolts* helped to settle down the worries that the MCU was headed toward a full on crash. The film was fun, well done, and showed what these adventures should be doing overall. So, especially after this past weekend, fans can breathe a sigh of relief. My very positive review here on the site from earlier this year began like so:
The Marvel Cinematic Universe needed this. The MCU has never been seen as less important or essential to film culture than currently, with a lot of that being self-inflicted wounds. Their upcoming Fantastic Four movie is somewhat make or break for Marvel, so the initial thought might be to dismiss Thunderbolts* as an also-ran. That would be a mistake, since this flick is one of Marvel’s more successful efforts or late.
Thunderbolts* comes at a crucial time for the MCU. As such, having a rock-solid film, one that does much more right than it does wrong, and points the needle towards a Marvel future that audiences are actually curious about, is truly a clutch maneuver. Plus, it’s just on its own a fun antihero adventure, one that mixes action, comedy, and even some emotional exploration.
Also Available This Week
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (4K)
Billy Madison (4K)
Dirty Work (4K)
Enter the Void (Blu-ray)
The Golden Child (4K)
Hiding Out (4K)
Jade (4K)
The Little Things (4K)
Nobody (4K)
To Catch a Thief (4K)
Where the Wild Things Are (Blu-ray)
*No Criterion releases this week, but the Collection will return soon!*
Stay tuned for more next week…
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