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Happy Justice League week and Happy Tuesday everyone! This is a better week than the last couple, some real solid releases. As promised things this week are getting a little atomic with this week’s pick, Atomic Blonde. There will be a Target exclusive and Best Buy exclusive along with the standard edition.
Best Buy exclusive
Photo Source: Best Buy
Target Exclusive
Photo Source: Target
Photo Source: Amazon
Sensual and savage, Lorraine Broughton is the most elite spy in MI6, an agent who’s willing to use all of her lethal skills to stay alive during an impossible mission. With the Berlin Wall about to fall, she travels into the heart of the city to retrieve a priceless dossier and take down a ruthless espionage ring. Once there, she teams up with an embedded station chief to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies. – Focus Features
Atomic Blonde is a blast and Charlize Theron is a badass. This is movie is based on a graphic novel titled The Coldest City and was directed by David Leitch the co-director of the first John Wick and director of the highly anticipated Deadpool 2. Having seen Atomic Blonde, I have no worries regarding Deadpool 2. This movie did receive some mixed reviews but I believe the marketing is to blame. The marketing for Atomic Blonde heavily implied that this film was going to be a “Lady John Wick,” which it was not. The fact that the co-director of John Wick was behind the film didn’t help. Atomic Blonde does have some John Wickesque action, which is incredible but this film is much more a spy thriller. Atomic Blonde has a star studded cast, a believable, authentic setting and some spectacular stunt work. This movie is a must watch for action thriller fans.
Included with the Blu-ray:
- Blu-ray disc
- DVD
- Digital HD
- Steelbook (Best Buy)
- Collectible packaging (Target)
- Art cards (Target)
- Special Features
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- Deleted/Extended Scenes
- Welcome to Berlin
- Blondes Have More Gun
- Spymaster
- Anatomy of a Fight Scene\
- Story in Motion: Agent Broughton
- Story in Motion: The Chase
- Commentary with Director David Leitch and Editor Elisabet Ronaldsdottir
Obviously I’m buying the steelbook but if that wasn’t an option I’d pick the standard edition, I like the packaging better than the Target edition.
You can buy the Best Buy exclusive steelbook here.
You can buy the Target exclusive here.
You can buy the standard edition here.
Before I jump in to the rest of this week’s releases. I’ve got a runner up this week.
Wind River
Photo Source: Amazon
I haven’t seen Wind River but it looked great and I haven’t heard anything bad about it. I plan on picking this up along with Atomic Blonde this week. You can buy it here.
The rest of this week’s releases:
- Brigsby Bear
- Harmonium
- In this Corner of the World
- Kedi
- 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain
- Amityville: The Awakening
- Aquarius
- Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
- Desert Hearts (1985) Criterion Collection
- Gilbert
- In Pursuit of Silence
- Le samouraï (1967) Criterion Collection
- The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature
- The Secret Scripture
- Unlocked
- Wasted! The Story of Food Waste
- Whose Streets?
- 24: Legacy Season 1
- D.C. Follies Complete Series
- Doctor Who Series 10
- Preacher Season 2
- Rake Series 4
That’s all folks, until next time.
