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The Physical Media Advocate

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The Physical Media Advocate is a monthly magazine dedicated to film, TV, and physical media. You can purchase the magazine in digital and paperback versions on Amazon or at brick and mortar shops in at least four countries.

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The Physical Media Advocate@tpmamagazine.bsky.social · 2d ago

Issue 34 has arrived, and it’s spookily full of incredible writing, reviews, and artwork from our amazing roster of contributors for this month's horror-themed issue. Thank you to Rachel Bellwoar, Jonas Bach Bjerre, Frankie Campisano, Stan Giesea, Chris Haskell, Christopher Higgins, Kron Howard...

The cover of issue 34 of The Physical Media Advocate. Magazine name along the top with Someone's Favorite Productions logo in top left below the banner. The cover is a collage of six characters from horror films released in 2026 over the yellow walls from the film "Backrooms." In bottom right, there is text promoting articles in the issue that reads "Robots," "I Bury the Living," "Evil Dolls," and "Stella Stevens."
The Physical Media Advocate@tpmamagazine.bsky.social · 2w ago

We want to highlight the incredible work being done by Second Run, so we chose them as this month's label spotlight! Launched in 2005, Second Run has consistently delivered high-quality releases with original extra features, uniform packaging, and almost always region-free discs.

Page from the magazine. There is a block of text on the left column with the Second Run logo beneath, which is their name in white font over a dark blue background. There are covers of Blu-rays in the right column with two headings: "Highlight Second Run Release" and "Recent Second Run Releases."
The Physical Media Advocate@tpmamagazine.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our appreciation for the physical experience extends to brick-and-mortar stores, and we’d love to reach more stores around the world, so please tag a store that you’d love to see carry The Physical Media Advocate! Contact us if you’re a store interested in carrying TPMA.

Collage of previous The Physical Media Advocate covers (three on top, three on bottom, all three partially obscured) with text in white in the center that reads "Tag a store that should carry The Physical Media Advocate!"
The Physical Media Advocate@tpmamagazine.bsky.social · 2w ago

We chose the “Annihilation” 4K UHD SteelBook from Paramount, “Sexy Beast” from Second Sight, and “Roy from Space” from Deaf Crocodile as our release highlights for this month. Have you ordered any of these? What would you choose for your SteelBook, 4K UHD, or Blu-ray release highlight for September?

SteelBook case for "Annihilation," which has a purple creature in the center among other highly-stylized nature imagery.Case for Second Sight's release of "Sexy Beast," which is a mostly white case with the title in pink along the top and bottom with a still that is an overhead shot of a man sun bathing nearly nude beside a pool.Cover for Deaf Crocodile's hard outer case for “Roy from Space, “written in Spanish as "Roy Del Espacio" on the cover. There is a person in a red spacesuit holding a futuristic gun over a space scene with a green planet and a yellow space ship behind the person in the space suit, along with blue cosmic bands.
The Physical Media Advocate@tpmamagazine.bsky.social · 2w ago

We want to shine a light on Uncle Kadaver, one of our regular contributors! Where is he located? “Connecticut, or as I like to say: Spooky New England! Originally I'm from Mansfield Ohio." What physical media formats does he collect? “DVD, Blu, and 4K, magazines and zines, books”

Banner at top says "The Physical Media Advocate" in gray text over black background. Underneath is text "contributor spotlight" in black text over a green background. Remainder of image is five overlapped screenshots of Atomic Disc Reviews by Uncle Kadaver from various issues of the magazine.
The Physical Media Advocate@tpmamagazine.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our selection for Off the Beaten Path this month is “Frightfest Guide: Japanese Horror Movies” by Tom Mes, published by Fab Press. The eighth book in a series of wide appeal books finds Mes taking a journey through a century of horror, exploring Japan’s unique takes on cat demons,...

Cover of "Frightfest Guide: Japanese Horror Movies" by Tom Mes. There is a scared woman stuck in a computer screen in a dark room.
The Physical Media Advocate@tpmamagazine.bsky.social · 4w ago

This month, Uncle Kadaver’s Atom!c Disc Reviews physical media review series takes on “Tarantula” from 1955, which was released by Shout! Studios via Scream Factory. Giant monster movie fans should give this a read if they need any convincing to pick up “Tarantula” on Blu-ray.

Atomic Disc Reviews (spelled “Atom!c Disc Reviews”) banner, with text over an orange background that reads “Atomic Disc Reviews A Physical Media Review by Uncle Kadaver” and below in the bottom half of the image, there is the film name “Tarantula” in large brown font wih additional text that reads “Big Spider. … Big Nasty H-” … Year: 1955.”
The Physical Media Advocate@tpmamagazine.bsky.social · 4w ago

“Car Wash” celebrated its 50th anniversary on September 3rd. Read Rachel Bellwoar’s (co-host of Beyond the Valley of the Discs) analysis of what makes this film special, including its transgender representation, in the latest edition of her column, Happy Birthday! Hollywood.

Article banner at top over the tops of three columns of text. The article banner has the article's title and author byline "Happy Birthday! Carwash by Rachel Bellwoar” over a photo of the Hollywood sign, along with a portrait of the character “Lindy” from the film.
The Physical Media Advocate@tpmamagazine.bsky.social · 4w ago

In this month’s edition of The Commentary Column by Christopher Higgins, Christopher reviews the commentary by Martyn Conterio & Kat Ellinger for “The Brood,” featured on the Second Sight 4K UHD release, Michael Brooke’s commentary for Radiance’s release of “Viridiana,”...

The banner at top has the title of the column and author byline “The Commentary Column by Christopher Higgins," both in blue text. There is a microphone over a blurred background. Below it there are three columns of text, showing the tops of the columns.
The Physical Media Advocate@tpmamagazine.bsky.social · last mo.

Retail locations in three continents and four countries—the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia—carry The Physical Media Advocate, so if you happen to be near a store that does, pick up your copy in person to get the full old school physical media experience.

Partial images of previous issues of The Physical Media Advocate line the top and bottom of the image (three along the top, three along bottom). There is text in the center that reads "The Physical Media Advocate Available online and in select stores around the world!" The text is in a white font over a gray background.
The Physical Media Advocate@tpmamagazine.bsky.social · last mo.

Publishing all sorts of content matters to us, so that’s part of why we love Jacob Bruhn’s Bees n Brain comic strip, which you can find in most issues. The main reason we love printing this comic strip is because every strip is unique and hilarious. Do you have a favorite strip from a past issue?

Drawn image from the Bees' n Brain comic strip. A man with a pot belly speaks to a grim reaper saying, "Did you hear, Ryan Gosling was casted to play the next Ghost Rider."