There’s a version of Wetiko that exists purely as a plot synopsis: a young Maya man takes a quick job delivering hallucinogenic toads into the jungle and finds himself trapped in a spiraling ritual run by outsiders playing shaman. But that version barely scratches the surface of what Kerry Mondragon is doing here. This is less a story you follow and more a space you enter, one that slowly shifts under your feet until you’re no longer sure what’s real, what’s performance, and what’s rotting underneath it all.
Read MoreMostly a True Story and Fully Unhinged: Chili Finger Is a SXSW Standout
Chili Finger opens with a title card informing you that what you are about to see is “mostly a true story,” which immediately sets the tone for what follows. This is a film deeply invested in the idea that reality is often stranger, dumber, and funnier than anything we could fabricate. From its first moments at SXSW, the movie announces itself as a small-town crime story with big personalities and a wickedly patient sense of escalation.
Read MorePour One Out for Logic: The Napa Boys and the Joy of Total Absurdity
From the jump, The Napa Boys feels like it starts halfway through its own mythology. Not in a clever mystery box way, but in a what did I miss and was I supposed to already love these people kind of way. The movie drops you into wine country with zero patience for orientation, which is either part of the joke or a dare to the audience to catch up or get out of the way.
Read MoreA Thousand Characters, Infinite Swords: Blades of the Guardians Goes for Broke
There is a certain kind of movie you discover as a teenager, usually late at night, half burned onto a DVD, that permanently rewires your brain. For me, that was stuff like Iron Monkey 2 and Legend of the Drunken Master. Movies where the plot barely mattered as long as the fights ripped.
Read MoreGore Verbinski Comes Back Swinging With a Batshit, Brilliant Time-Loop Nightmare
There is a moment early in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die where Sam Rockwell barrels through an 11-page monologue, soaked in sweat, paranoia, grief, and caffeine, and you either buy in completely, or you check out forever. Gore Verbinski knows this. The film knows this. It dares you to get on board, and once you do, it never looks back.
Read MoreJoe Finds Grace (2017)
Anthony Harrison’s Joe Finds Grace is the kind of indie oddity that feels like it washed ashore from a different decade and then stumbled into 2017 almost by accident. Shot primarily in black and white and punctuated with sudden bursts of color, TikTok-style needle drops, and occasional rotoscoped animation that recalls A Scanner Darkly, it is a micro-budget comic tragedy that does not follow rules so much as wander around them. That is both the film’s charm and sometimes its limitation.
Read MoreThe Walking Dead - Dead City: Season 2 (2025) #bluray
The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 is now available on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital from Acorn Media International. If you care about physical media or you collect genre television, this is one of the clearest must-own television releases of 2025. Not just because the show is excellent, however, this particular physical release offers the exact kind of high-detail visual clarity that Dead City was built for.
Read MoreOne Million Babes BC (2024)
Mark Polonia’s One Million Babes BC is a delightfully chaotic romp through prehistoric times, blending sci-fi and adventure with a heavy dose of campy charm. The premise is simple but engaging: Ogg, the leader of a wild band of cavemen, selects the young Nila for a ritual sacrifice to appease the sky gods, setting off a series of absurdly entertaining escapades. From the very start, the film establishes its uniquely offbeat tone.
Read MoreFallout: Season 1 (2025) #BluRay
For fans of the legendary video game franchise, Fallout: Season One is a spectacular adaptation that delivers everything you could hope for and more. Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has brought the irradiated wasteland to life with a limited edition 4K UHD Steelbook and Blu-ray & DVD releases, complete with collectible art cards and over an hour of incredible behind-the-scenes bonus content. The series, from Kilter Films with executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy at the helm, is a brilliant fusion of storytelling, visual spectacle, and dark humor.
Read MoreDune Prophecy: The Complete First Season (2025) #BluRay
The Bene Gesserit have spoken, and the prophecy is here. With the release of Dune: Prophecy: The Complete First Season on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital, fans of the ever-expanding Dune universe now have the opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the origins of one of sci-fi’s most enigmatic factions. Clocking in at just over six hours, the six-episode season invites viewers into a dense, richly stylized prequel that shines brightest when viewed with an understanding of the lore it’s built upon.
Read MoreBen 10: The Complete Series (2025) #DVD
Cartoon Network’s Ben 10 franchise has been a staple of animated sci-fi television since its debut in 2005. Spanning four major series—Ben 10, Alien Force, Ultimate Alien, and Omniverse—plus a handful of movies, the adventures of Ben Tennyson and his transformative alien watch, the Omnitrix, have captivated young audiences for nearly two decades. With Ben 10: The Complete Series, fans were promised a comprehensive, all-in-one collection of every alien-fueled adventure to date.
Read MoreRick and Morty: The Anime (2025) #BluRay
Say what you will about the Rick and Morty creative team, but they’re not afraid to experiment—even when it seems like the odds are stacked against them. With the main show weathering public controversy and creative turnover, Rick and Morty: The Anime arrives as both a bold reinvention and a gamble. It doesn’t always stick the landing, but there’s something admirable about watching a franchise throw itself into a whole new medium with this much enthusiasm.
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