There’s nothing like a good underdog story with a terrific director and phenomenal cast to get one excited about a new 4K restoration, especially for a movie without calls for a restoration. This release of The People vs. Larry Flynt… Read More ›
Home Release
“EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” utilizes found footage from the WB film archives to display the joy The King got from performing and the toll it took on him.
I am more of a casual observer of Elvis’s life and legacy than a fan. After Baz Luhrmann’s chaotic 2022 non-fiction film, Elvis, I didn’t know what else could come from The King’s story. Three years later, EPiC: Elvis Presley… Read More ›
“Hokum” beautifully spins yarns of Irish folklore into a modern, meditative, supernatural tale, now available in 4K Ultra HD via DECAL Releasing.
If you’re an indie horror fan you might have noticed that Irish horror is having a moment. There has been so much Irish horror released during the last couple of years and it’s almost always been guaranteed to be good… Read More ›
The infamous “Henry & June” gets a Blu-ray release via Imprint Films.
There is inherently no point in pretending I had a single inkling of an idea of what I was getting into before watching Philip Kaufman’s (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) adaptation of Anaïs Nin’s diary. Reading that it was the… Read More ›
Aleshea Harris’s confident, vibrant directorial debut, “Is God Is,” arrives home.
It’s almost a testament to independent cinema that a film like Is God Is exists. Based on her critically-acclaimed play, Aleshea Harris’s film follows sisters Racine and Anaia (Kara Young and Mallori Johnson), two women badly burned by their father… Read More ›
Lionsgate Limited offers a first-time 4K UHD edition that celebrates the happy-sad musical, coming-of-age tale “Sing Street.”
“For our art, Cosmo. You can never do anything by half.” — Raphina to Conor in Sing Street There are films that, once seen, never leave you. It could be because of the shared experience of seeing something that feels… Read More ›
Imprint Films’s 4K release of 1993’s “A Bronx Tale” arrives in a fancy case with one new feature.
“But you can ask anybody from my neighborhood, and they’ll just tell you this is just another Bronx tale” the final words spoken by C (Lillo Brancato) at the end of A Bronx Tale; a melodramatic ending that, while poignant,… Read More ›
“Soylent Green” IS….. available on a new 4K UHD edition from Arrow Video.
The future we currently live in with food and resources being sparce and us needing to find a way to continue as a society is not as dark a future as Harry Harrison’s book Make Room! Make Room! predicted. In… Read More ›
The Criterion Collection’s “I’ll Remind You of Everything: The Films of Mike Mills” box set does not disappoint in restoration or special features.
There are so many boutique labels out there that it is hard to keep track of what is coming out from who and when — from Arrow to Umbrella and everything in between, with releases, re-releases, and restorations varying across… Read More ›
Give into “Obsession” now on 4K UHD.
Have you discovered your new Obsession yet? Did you fall down the rabbit hole of Curry Barker (Milk & Serial) if you didn’t already know his YouTube works before watching one of the most chilling horror movies of the year?… Read More ›
Via Vision Entertainment calls school back into session with a brand-new 4K UHD restoration of Robert Mandel’s “The Substitute.”
For a period of time, setting stories within schools was pretty common. Whether in television (Welcome Back, Kotter; Saved by the Bell) or film (Dead Poets Society; Summer School), the relationship of teacher and student was utilized to explore everything… Read More ›
Controversial to this day and timely to a fault, Joel Schumacher’s darkly comic “Falling Down” comes home via Arrow Video.
You couldn’t make a film like this today. Joel Schumacher’s (Flatliners) dark and comedic rage-against-the-machine thriller, Falling Down, is truly a ballsy product of its time — the loud, colorful 1990s. Boasting a terrific against-type performance from Michael Douglas (Basic… Read More ›
Explore the various realms free from kombat with “Mortal Kombat II” on home video.
The Mortal Kombat series created by Ed Boon and John Tobias managed to survive parental outrage over the violence, the destruction of arcades during the rise of at-home gaming, and even, remarkably, Annihilation (1997). Yet, even with its expansion of… Read More ›
Paul Newman’s 1963 film “Hud” arrives on 4K from The Criterion Collection with new special features in tow.
Paul Newman is considered by many to be one of the best actors of his generation. His charm, humor, and dramatic heft in films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), and The Verdict (1982) are… Read More ›
Characters are in this year via David Frankel’s “The Devil Wears Prada 2” and you can bring them home.
Photosensitivity Warning: As much of the film deals with fashion, there are press in attendance at various points of the film which results in quite a few flashing cameras. Scenes like these are also used in the supplemental materials of… Read More ›
The Criterion Collection re-commissions David Lynch’s “The Elephant Man” via a brand-new 4K UHD restoration.
As preservation dwindles, those who continue to offer physical editions of films are going to be hailed as heroes. It’s not just that a movie in the digital era can get lost amid the various digital streamers, it’s that, sometimes,… Read More ›
Wanna be in the room where it happens? Save your cash and don’t opt for the 4K UHD edition.
“Legacy. What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.” – From “The World Was Wide Enough” from Hamilton At this point, just about everyone knows the story. While on vacation, recouping from In… Read More ›
“Deep Water” crashes into a Blu-ray release without any special features.
Since his heyday in the 1990s, filmmaker Renny Harlin has had some ups and downs in terms of critical reception to his work. It’s been a while since the decade that brought us Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, The Long Kiss… Read More ›
The 4K UHD quality rewatch of “Crime 101” is the only reason to snatch up the home release with no supplementary materials.
Being a physical media collector is tough as we constantly are barraged (thankfully) with new releases from studios, boutiques, and prestige labels; some weeks have three, four, five, plus releases; and chasing the first printing before it goes out of… Read More ›
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” offers out-of-this-world bonus features on the home release edition of an adventure that’s barely left the atmosphere.
Photosensitivity Warning: More than the previous film, Galaxy is filled with light designs that may prove triggering for photosensitive individuals; consider taking precautions before starting the film. In 2023, Illumination, with Nintendo as a partner, released The Super Mario Bros…. Read More ›