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Chances are, you haven’t heard of The Family Affair. The UK band only released one album in 1968, and their solitary single, “Hanging Around,” apparently didn’t make much of a dent in the charts. The record has since become a bit of a collector’s item for sunshine pop aficionados and completists. Now the self-titled album from The Family Affair has been reissued on both vinyl and CD by Morgan Blue Town, allowing musicologists a fresh chance to discover these tunes from nearly 60 years ago.  In an era defined by one-hit-wonders, The Family Affair didn’t even have the luxury of a hit. Their only single, “Hanging Around,” was recorded on July 28, 1967 at EMI Studios in London. To put things in context, The Beatles had just released Sergeant Pepper in May of 1967 and the British charts were chockablock with genuine hits that have stood the test of time: “Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix, “Bernadette” by The Four Tops, “Waterloo Sunset” by The Kinks, “Itchycoo Park” by Small Faces, and “R...

In this PHYSICAL MEDIA SUPER SHOW, we're checking out a stack of new 4Ks, Blu-rays, and limited edition Steelbooks from 88 Films, Arrow, Eureka, Celluloid Dreams, Lionsgate Limited, Sony, and more! **************************************************************** Need collecting storage solutions? Use code CAM15 to save 15% on your order at  https://bit.ly/t3lshopCAM  and see how it works here:  https://youtu.be/GX0fTq_VYs4 **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive and ad free videos, early access, and much more at  Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight  or through YouTube Memberships at  https://www.youtube.com/@CerealAtMidnight/membership **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please use Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel:  https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt **************************************************************** Movie Review Arc...

Sinners is a tour de force from Ryan Coogler, the director of  Creed  and Black Panther. The movie takes the viewers on a magical mystery tour of music and horror that spans 24 hours in Clarksdale, Mississippi during the early 1930s. The film is so vast and ambitious in its scope that it's almost impossible to fully wrap one's arms around it in a single viewing. Against the setting is the segregated Deep South at a time when racial tensions were high, we meet two brothers (twins, both played by Michael B. Jordan) who have taken their future in their own hands and tried to forge a path for themselves outside of the law. But that's just part of this tale, which is also about the blues and the rich history of American folklore and occult beliefs that have been bleeding into one another for hundreds of years. African traditions meld with those of Ireland, with Native American culture adding seasoning, too.  At the center of the story is a burgeoning bluesman (Miles Caton), th...

J.S. Wingfield from THE BIGGER PICTURES discusses film restoration, the pitfalls of AI, and how he got involved restoring archival film and video elements for the brand new documentary NOT JUST A GOOF, which chronicles the making of A GOOFY MOVIE, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary! Not Just A Goof is now streaming on Disney Plus https://www.biggerpicturesfilmrestoration.com The Bigger Pictures on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLfMXih0q00ImRD4HcRLKtg **************************************************************** Need collecting storage solutions? Use code CAM15 to save 15% on your order at  https://bit.ly/t3lshopCAM  and see how it works here:  https://youtu.be/GX0fTq_VYs4 **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive and ad free videos, early access, and much more at  Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight  or through YouTube Memberships at  https://www.youtube.com/@CerealAtMidnight/members...

Jason Statham is back, scowling and shooting his way through a mountain of bad guys that only exist to be immediately turned into corpses. In A Working Man , Statham (now in his late 50s) is a former British soldier: highly trained and very lethal. He's a widower with a young daughter, living in the USA where he works as the foreman for a construction company run by Michael Peña and his family, all of whom treat Statham like one of their own. But he's also a man filled with rage. We learn early in the film that his wife committed suicide, and this has left him consumed with anger. When the daughter of his boss is kidnapped while clubbing, Statham vows to bring her back. In order to do this, he has to utilize his very special set of skills, laying waste to human traffickers and mobsters alike.  Sound familiar? That's because A Working Man  is a series of cliches and tropes from many other, better, action movies. We've got the obligatory human traffickers as bad guys, but...

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In this complete spotlight of every Kino Lorber release for March, 2025, we're looking at nearly 30 new Blu-rays, 4Ks, and DVDs from all genres--including 3-D! **************************************************************** Need collecting storage solutions? Use code CAM15 to save 15% on your order at  https://bit.ly/t3lshopCAM  and see how it works here:  https://youtu.be/GX0fTq_VYs4 **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive and ad free videos, early access, and much more at  Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight  or through YouTube Memberships at  https://www.youtube.com/@CerealAtMidnight/membership **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please use Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel:  https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt **************************************************************** Movie Review Archive:  CerealAtMidnight.com/p/rev...

Vince Guaraldi band members Mike Clark (Herbie Hancock), Eliot Zigmund (Bill Evans Trio), and Seward McCain reunite to discuss the newly-discovered recordings from IT'S THE EASTER BEAGLE, CHARLIE BROWN, plus how they created NEW MUSIC where it all began 50 years ago! Go behind the scenes of the Woodstock Medley recording session: https://youtu.be/qm1mNoytNOs?si=uwTJ9A7W1ZuBrGwL It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown: Original Soundtrack Recording vinyl, CD, and digital at Amazon: 
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Once upon a time, there was Disney magic. What is it? Hard to say. We only know how it makes us feel, and we know that as we get older, that feeling becomes more and more difficult to recapture. It doesn't help that Disney floods the market with remakes, reboots, and sequels, watering down a once-potent brand that many of us associate with originality. Disney Head Honcho Bob Iger calls it "IP mining," a term that is as accurate as it is cynical.  With this baggage, I went into Snow White hoping for a spark of that thing that largely now only survives as nostalgia. Enthusiasm was low and my guard was up. After all, the discussion around this film has been exhausting, and it began long before any of us even had a chance to see it. Movies made before this modern era never had to overcome so much outrage before a single second had been projected for an audience.  But before long, probably about 20 minutes in, my defenses began to lower. I found myself smiling. The music--lar...

Jack Quaid is having a moment. The Boys , the ensemble superheroes-gone-wrong streaming series he stars on, is firing on all cylinders. Just six weeks ago, the movie Companion , in which he shares co-lead status, opened to great reviews and decent ticket sales. Now his latest film, Novocaine , is the number one movie in the country, securing his box office appeal and putting him on the it-list.  The premise of Novocaine is unique in the action movie pantheon: our lead character, Nathan Caine, suffers from a genetic disorder in which he cannot feel pain. This impacts him in a variety of ways, as he is constantly injuring himself without knowing it. In a scene early in the film during a first date with bank co-worker Sherry ( Prey 's Amber Midthunder), he hesitantly tries cherry pie for the very first time and we learn that he's heretofore been living on a liquid diet for fear of chewing off his own tongue. His life has been gray, but with the arrival of Sherry, everything has b...

Steven Soderbergh makes it look easy.  The filmmaker behind Sex, Lies, and Videotape , Out of Sight , The Limey , Erin Brockovich , Traffic , and The Ocean's Trilogy conquered Hollywood long ago by making movies that appealed to both audiences and critics. He was the rare creator who was able to translate his unique style and approach into movies that pretty much everyone enjoyed...and then, about a decade ago, he retired--frustrated by a system that valued dollars more than creativity and art. It didn't last long, but when Soderbergh returned from his brief hiatus, he seemed like a creator reinvigorated, telling stories in just about every medium available: he painted, he made a movie on an iPhone, he worked in television, and he created an off-Broadway play. He sought out challenges and set goals.  Black Bag is the latest result of one of these challenges, Soderbergh's mission to bring the 90-minute movie back to prominence. With running times of everything from kids m...

Bob Trate is the Director of Programming at The Colonial Theatre--the historic cinema from The Blob! He joins Cereal At Midnight with his unique insight and experience for a discussion about the current state of movie theaters, film fandom, and how movies can survive the changing times.   Thecolonialtheatre.com  @TheMovieLord on YouTube and Social Media Check out Bob's toy review channel,  Total Toy Recon   **************************************************************** Need collecting storage solutions? Use code CAM15 to save 15% on your order at  https://bit.ly/t3lshopCAM  and see how it works here:  https://youtu.be/GX0fTq_VYs4 **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive and ad free videos, early access, and much more at  Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight  or through YouTube Memberships at  https://www.youtube.com/@CerealAtMidnight/membership ***************************************...

There's a version of Mickey 17 that fully explores the big questions: the ethics of cloning, the nature of the soul, and humankind's infinite quest to know why and how we exist. If every human is unique, then what are the ramifications of technology that makes the artificial creation of life possible? This is, after all, the fundamental quandary of countless science fiction stories spanning the last one hundred years. Beyond that, our quest for self goes back to the dawn of time.   Bong Joon-ho, the South Korean filmmaker behind Snowpiercer and Parasite , is apparently not interested in that. These elements simply make up the window dressing of Mickey 17 , a movie that stars Robert Pattinson in the titular role of Mickey, a man who sold his life away in a quick attempt to outrun some bad decisions that involve a loan shark and a crooked business partner (Steven Yeun). His chance of escape comes in the form of becoming an expendable--a person who willingly subjects themsel...

Award-winning author Max Allan Collins returns for a discussion about our Top 5 Comedy Films! Will your favorite make our list?  Channel Members have access to the UNCUT 85-minute discussion! https://youtu.be/OxkizvIuZU4 MaxAllanCollins.com Too Many Bullets https://amzn.to/3W66RLz Quarry https://amzn.to/4bUgvGr Eliot Ness Box Set https://amzn.to/4aoHkkC Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction https://amzn.to/3K1KfVM Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher https://amzn.to/3UY0NEf Scarface and the Untouchable https://amzn.to/3ytWmYY Black Hats https://amzn.to/3JYjOjA Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life https://amzn.to/3wxxG1m The Road to Perdition https://amzn.to/3QFO7Q3 Further Viewing:  Top 5 Film Noir with Max Allan Collins - https://youtu.be/GB94fXJR9Ps Film Noir: Exploring the Dark Side of Cinema with Max Allan Collins - https://youtu.be/a_okQg2cFdM The Max Allan Collins Interview - https://youtu.be/Kf1uMJdgOl4 Top 5 Westerns with Max Allan Collins: https://youtu.be/eqcxlMW1Z3o Max Allan Collins...