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Every Kino Lorber Disc Release for April, 2025 | Seven New 4Ks!

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In this spotlight of every new release from Kino Lorber and all other partner labels, we're checking out SEVEN new 4K releases, film noir from the dark side of cinema, and new titles for every genre: horror, western, war, comedy, drama, and documentary. **************************************************************** Commentaries:  https://www.cerealatmidnight.com/p/commentaries.html **************************************************************** 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...

Album Review: The Family Affair (1968)

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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...

Physical Media Super Show | New Discs From Arrow, 88 Films, Eureka, Celluloid Dreams, & More

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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...

Review: Sinners (2025)

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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...

Positive Proof: Not Just A Goof - An Interview with The Bigger Pictures (Film Restoration)

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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...

Review: A Working Man (2025)

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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...

Unscripted | Another One Bites the Dust

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Members Exclusive Update Video: What I've Been Up To Lately

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In this Members Only episode, I talk about all the new things that are happening with Cereal At Midnight!  **************************************************************** 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/reviews.html Cereal At Midnight Swag:  CerealA...