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Lots and lots of bands go for the Sunny Day Real Estate sound, and the Appleseed Cast has won. This is better than their last one, and fans of SDRE will be happy.
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Don’t let the stats fool you. Zyzzyx Road may have been the lowest grossing movie in history, but is it worth checking out? Phil Bailey explores the new 4K UHD from Dark Arts Entertainment.
In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival ( Deep Digs). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The first film based on Junji Ito’s manga, Tomie, makes its US Blu-ray debut from Arrow Video.
J-Horror Rising, a curated collection from the late ’90s and early 2000s, spotlights three lesser-known gems from the influential J-Horror movement. Phil Bailey reviews Carved: The Slit Mouthed Woman, St. John’s Wort, and Inugami.