New to Home Video 12/3/24

by · Published December 3, 2024 · Updated December 10, 2024

Check out our reviews of what’s new to home video 12/3/24:

Alex Kendrick’s The Forge is a terrible movie. Normally, I would not be quite so blunt but, after twenty years of trying to see the good in Kendrick’s films, I simply don’t have the strength to sugarcoat my opinions. By any metric, this movie is undeniably awful. So much so, in fact, that I feel I am paying it a compliment by referring to it as a movie at all. This has long been a problem for Christian films in general and Kendrick’s films in particular. Everything about them is so strangely off that it feels somehow unfair to compare them to even the most mediocre of Hollywood productions. Nothing fits together quite the way it should. If cinema is a language, then Alex Kendrick and his brother/co-writer Stephen are illiterate… Review

Also new to home video 12/3/24: Alien: Romulus, The Wild Robot, Never Let Go, The Dead Don’t Hurt, Scala!!!, White Bird

Battleship Pretension is a movie discussion podcast started in 2007 by Tyler Smith and David Bax. Since then, we’ve done live comedy shows, written reviews, commentaries and more.

Battleship Pretension is a film discussion show and a film review website founded by Tyler Smith and David Bax. Beginning in March 2007, Battleship Pretension the show (known to fans simply as “BP”) embodies the type of laidback, free-flowing conversations had by lovers of film around the world. Battleship Pretension the website is dedicated to being a destination for those seeking worthwhile opinions on current releases, be they foreign, independent, studio pictures, theatrical, home video releases, etc. From its meager beginnings in Los Angeles, Battleship Pretension has amassed a worldwide audience and readership. From Germany to Korea to Australia, people have tuned in to share in Tyler and David’s love of film. As Battleship Pretension’s following continues to grow, the purpose remains the same: Reach out to the international cinephile community, invite them to join in the discussion and perhaps even start one of their own.