Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of April 21st – ‘Foul Play’ and ‘Tombstone’ Are Among a Slate of 4K Re-Releases

Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we don’t really have any new releases to speak of, but we do have several 4K re-releases. They include Foul Play, The Hunt, and Tombstone, which features the just passed Val Kilmer in one of his best roles. This week also has a new Criterion Collection release hitting shelves as well. What wound up as the top pick? Read on to find out…

Joey’s Top Pick

Foul Play (4K)

Foul Play is a lot of things. It’s a comedy that’s also a noir thriller, with romantic elements thrown in. Arguably, it shouldn’t work. However, the performance by Goldie Hawn goes a long way to selling it all, as does a suave turn from Chevy Chase (not to mention scene stealing work in a supporting role from Dudley Moore). It can be very fun, while also surprisingly atmospheric. Interestingly, the Golden Globes gave this one a ton of nominations, though it ultimately only scored an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. Still, it’s an underrated one that deserves to be re-discovered, especially now that it’s available in 4K.

Also Available This Week

Captain Planet and the Planeteers: The Complete Franchise (TV)

Career Opportunities (4K)

The Hunt (4K)

Sneakers (4K)

Tombstone (4K)

Criterion Corner

Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring: Two Films by Claude Berri

From The Criterion Collection: “A sprawling tale of greed, betrayal, and revenge plays out amid the bucolic splendor of the French countryside in Claude Berri’s masterly two-film adaptation of a literary work by the legendary Marcel Pagnol. Spanning three generations in the lives of two families, Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring vividly recreate the provincial world of an early-twentieth-century village, where an outsider’s arrival sets in motion a devastating chain of events. With gorgeous cinematography, keen insights into human nature, and superb performances from icons of French cinema (Gérard Depardieu, Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, and Emmanuelle Béart), these richly absorbing moral tales—at the time of their production, the most expensive French films ever made—are triumphs of epic storytelling in the classical tradition.”

Stay tuned for more next week…