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Discussed in this episode:
Brazil (1985): Read the Canonically Weird entry! Nothing new here except for the 4K upgrade; it’s on a UHD disc, with an additional Blu-ray copy of the film and a second Blu-ray for the special features (including the studio’s “Love Conquers All” cut Terry Gilliam rightfully despised.) Buy Brazil.
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974): Read Giles Edwards’ review. Sam Peckinpah‘s bizarro existential classic gets a 4K UHD (no Blu-ray) upgrade from Shout! Select, with two previously-released commentary tracks and a new discussion with writer Julie Kirgo. Buy Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.
Dick Toes (202?): A detective with ten dicks for toes uncovers a cult of lesbian Canadian vampires. From Lee Demarbre, based on a throwaway joke from Enter the Drag Dragon, it will feature kung fu (of course) and be finished when it’s finished (we’ll guess 2027). Here’s an article from a PR firm.
Dragon Heart: Adventures Beyond This World (2025): Two kids go to hell* but can come back if they find their life’s mission. Anime with an afterlife that appears to be a mashup of Buddhist, Christian, and Hindu ideas, with some material that looks inappropriate for kids; it may be weird, or it may just be cultural dissonance. In a few theaters in California and Hawaii this week, expected to appear on DVD and VOD later. Dragon Heart: Adventures Beyond This World official site.
Heads or Tails? (2025): John C. Reilly stars as Buffalo Bill Cody in a surreal Spaghetti Western musical from the filmmakers behind Tale of King Crab (which we have yet to see). The film had a successful debut in Un Certain Regard, garnering praise from Variety, but as far as we know, there is no U.S. distributor yet—but we’d lay better than even odds that someone will flip over Heads or Tails? No official site located.
Hurry up Tomorrow (2025): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. A sort-of psychological thriller/lot-of vanity project from Abel Tesfaye (the Weeknd) about a singer and a cray-cray groupie (Jenna Ortega). Hurry up Tomorrow on VOD.
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985): Read Raphael Moreira’s review. Another Criterion Collection 4K upgrade (UHD + Blu-ray) that’s otherwise identical to the previous Blu-ray release. Buy Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.
On the Silver Globe [Na Srebrnym Globie] (1977/1988): Read El Rob Hubbard’s review. The good news: Andrzej Zulawski‘s bizarre sci-fi epic is finally available in North America on 4K UHD (only). The bad news: both the special and limited editions appear to be sold out already. Check On the Silver Globe availability.
Sunlight (2025): A man on a quest to dig up his father’s grave for one last “f.u”. encounters a woman dressed in a monkey suit. The fiction directorial debut of ventriloquist Nina Conti. Sunlight listing on Nina Conti’s website.
NEPOTISM CORNER:
Our own “Penguin” Pete Trbovich has organized a Go Fund Me campaign to help pay for a care home for his handicapped son Phillip. As a sort-of informal crowdfunding thing, he is making a new “10 Weird Things” video every time the fund earns $100 (first episode is coming up next week). Any help is greatly appreciated.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
No guest scheduled on Pod 366 next week, but Greg and Giles will be back to discuss the week’s weird movie news and new releases. In video content, as announced directly above, Pete Trbovich will be returning to his “10 Weird Things” curation series, starting with Nothing but Trouble. Meanwhile, in written content, Shane Wilson tackles another that Came from the Reader-Suggested Queue in Fruit Chan’s The Midnight After (2014), El Rob Hubbard covers the Czech horror-comedy Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987), Enar Clarke goes mad for the forgotten curiosity Furious (1984), and Gregory J. Smalley keeps it in the 80s with a look at Godfrey Ho‘s cut-n-paste monstrosity Ninja Terminator (1986). Onward and weirdward!