Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

After a bit of a break, we’re back with a big batch of new disc and streaming titles, including the latest from Pixar, a pair of stylish shoot-‘em-ups, two crime classics in 4K, a handful of blistering Westerns, and much, much more.

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There’s no shortage of underworld assassin action flicks these days – some just trying to ride the success wave created by “John Wick,” others trying to take it in a different direction. Thankfully, Netflix has one in “Gunpowder Milkshake” that harkens back to the classic assassin films of yore while also throwing a little Tarantino flavor and color in the mix to create a fun, ultraviolent adventure with a feminist spin.

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Navot Papushado’s new movie, “Gunpowder Milkshake,” makes two promises and keeps them both: Spent chemical explosives and sweet dairy drinks. One comes in higher quantities than the other, much, much higher, but Papushado takes an approach to action that’s equally as sugary as the title’s latter half. No false advertising, just lots of bullets and arterial spray. You can have a milkshake, as a treat. 

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“Gunpowder Milkshake” follows Sam, played as a teen by Freya Allan and as a woman by Karen Gillan.

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In 2013, Navot Papushado got the boost of a lifetime when Quentin Tarantino plugged the Israeli director’s “Big Bad Wolves” into the year’s best film. Not bad press at all coming from Mr. Revenge Cinema himself.  Papushado hasn’t been up to much since, but Tarantino’s endorsement will get viewers’ attention as his next film hits Netflix this summer.

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“Gunpowder Milkshake” definitely has a Tarantino vibe to its premise.

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One of the best parts of the “John Wick” franchise is the world-building that goes on in the three films. That film series isn’t just about Keanu Reeves kicking ass and murder folks, there’s also an entire world of underground assassins that slowly reveals itself. It would appear the same can be said about the upcoming action film, “Gunpowder Milkshake.”

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As seen in the first-look pictures from the upcoming action film, it’s clear that there are plenty of badass killers in the film, but the synopsis reveals that there’s more to it than just Karen Gillan shooting bad guys in the face.

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