MATINEE Directed by Joe Dante

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MATINEE is one of my favorite movies. It's a great nostalgic look back at a simpler time, and a time of movie showmanship, played out against a threat to our national security, which makes it relevant still today.

Universal never seemed to care much about this movie, (nor does it seem to care about others I like, even ones that were among their top-grossers) and it took a long time before they even bothered to release a DVD. Meanwhile it was licensed out to another company, where it appeared without any extras, despite the fact that the director has thoughtfully archived a bunch of fascinating and fun things that could easily be included. Uni's own DVD when it finally came out is again a stripped-down affair.

Now I'm yearning for a Blu Ray, and again Universal does nothing, while a foreign company has put them to shame by releasing MATINEE with several extras! Unfortunately it's on a locked Region 2 disc. That, plus the untimely failure of my top of the line LG BDP, makes me want to buy an all-region player.

Let's start the discussion among fans of MATINEE so maybe Uni will at least notice that people want to buy it.