Welcome back to the latest episode of Slipped Discs, where I give you a head’s up on what nerdy stuff is available to come home with you, because I still believe in physical media!

Once more, all this information comes from Blu-Ray.com, but they list everything that will be in the stores, whereas I shall provide you with what I feel is the interesting genre fare.

So my pick of the week for last week, The Mask of Zorro, completely sold out at Best Buy by Wednesday. I take all the credit for everyone listening to me that this widely loved movie was worth picking up in 4K.

Mind you, it was before I could swing by and get my own copy, so how about letting me know when you’re all going to listen to me next time, my Physical Medians?

Anyway, we do have a lot of things coming out this week, so let’s jump right into our filthy business.

Fantasy Island (2020) “The enigmatic Mr. Roarke makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.” I heard that this movie was pretty terrible, but I still want to check it out. Because if my choices are to have cheesy 70s & 80s shows remade into either crap comedies or crap horror, I’ll choose crap horror every time. The scary ALF movie should be awesome.

Star Trek Trilogy: The Kelvin Timeline (2009 – 2016) “When the U.S.S. Kelvin is wrapped up in a temporal anomaly, the path of Starfleet and the future of the universe as we know it takes off in a new direction: the Kelvin Timeline. Up against the Romulans, the superhuman Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch), and the alien warlord Krall (Idris Elba), it’s all hands on deck for the U.S.S. Enterprise crew, led by the young and headstrong Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), Uhura (Zoë Saldana), McCoy (Karl Urban), and Scotty (Simon Pegg). J. J. Abrams’s reboot of the classic franchise has received dozens of accolades, including an Oscar. For devoted fans of the beloved benchmark sci-fi series, all three films now come together in the Kelvin Timeline Trilogy — a bold, new beginning and a must-have in anyone’s Star Trek collection.” Two really fun movies, and one watchable one, is a pretty decent track record. It’s starting to look like this particular version of Trek is over, which makes me sad, as I really like this cast. If you enjoyed them, you can now pick them up in this handy set, with all lens flares now in glorious 4K.

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) “After splitting up with The Joker, Harley Quinn and three other female superheroes – Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya – come together to save the life of a little girl from an evil crime lord.” I loved this movie when it came out, as you know if you read my review, and my love has only grown as time as gone on. You can pick it up in regular Blu-Ray/DVD, 4K, the Best Buy exclusive 4K steelbook, or a Target Blu-Ray/DVD combo exclusive that comes with a digital comic!

They’re Inside (2019) “When two sisters go to an isolated cabin in the woods to film a passion project, family secrets start to get in the way… as do masked strangers filming a passion project of their own.” Creepy poster is creepy. Still, it’s interesting premise, a found footage take on The Strangers, so horror fans will probably want to give this a look.

What the Waters Left Behind (aka Los olvidados) (2017) “The plot revolves around a group of young people that take a trip to the ruins in order to film a documentary about Epecuen. Ignoring the warnings, and after a brief tour, they get stranded…” Well, this one doesn’t look like it’s a found footage flick, but it’s definitely a bad week to be a filmmaker in the backwoods type areas. I keep warning people to stay out of these places, you won’t find anything good there!

The Great Escape (1963) “Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.” No, it’s not technically a genre film, but it is an absolute classic that influenced a lot of other movies. And if you enjoyed Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, then you should check out the movie that Dalton was almost in, just to compare the scenes, if no other reason. Plus, even though it’s Blu and not 4K, it’s a Criterion release, so if you love film, you know you need this.

Redcon-1 (2018) “After a zombie apocalypse spreads from a London prison, the UK is brought to its knees. The spread of the virus is temporarily contained but, without a cure, it’s only a matter of time before it breaks its boundaries and the biggest problem of all… any zombies with combat skills are now enhanced.” Low-budget military zombie movie with a mostly unknown cast and a director’s second movie? You had me at zombies.

Abrakadabra (2018) “In the tradition of giallos of the early 70s a magician finds himself the target of a sadistic serial killer.” From the poster, I thought that this was a giallo film that I had missed somehow (which there are a lot of them, so it’s easy to think I had done so), but no, this is a recent flick in that style. I’ve seen a lot of people try and imitate the Italian masters, but most fail. Hopefully this one can pull that rabbit out of the hat.

Wonder Woman: 2-Film Collection (2009-2019) “No synopsis for Wonder Woman: 2-Film Collection.” You let me down again, B-R.com! This is a combo pack of the two animated Wonder Woman movies, the Commemorative Edition of Wonder Woman which goes over her origin following the Perez version of the tale, and Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, which also retells her origin, before Diana faces off against Cheetah, Poison, and others in a pretty convoluted plot. Rosario Dawson voices her in both movies, so they have that going for them.

Idle Hands (1999) “The devil will find work for idle hands to do…but what happens when he chooses the laziest teen slacker in the world to do his dirty work? Anton Tobias is a channel-surfing, junk-food munching, couch potato burn-out who can’t control the murderous impulses of his recently possessed hand. With the help of his zombiefied buddies, Mick and Pnub, Anton’s got to stop the rampaging devil appendage before it takes total control of his life and ruins any chance he has with class hottie Molly.” An early Seth Green favorite, this is a fun little horror-comedy. It’s getting the patented SCREAM Factory Collector’s Edition treatment, and no, they’re still not paying me.

Other titles of note: Satanico Pandemonium (1975) (More Nunsploitation), Bloodtide (1982), Vivarium (2019), Terrifier (2016), Lucifer: The Complete Fourth Season (2019), Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

As I said, this was a pretty full week! Only one real “I Gotta Have It Right Now!” movie, but the rest are not too bad as well. Let me know which of these are a must-buy for you, a pass, or which ones I missed!