If you haven’t heard of Rich Peppiatt’s newest feature, Kneecap, it’s because it flew so under the radar for everyone and its theatrical window was relatively short. However, it has now hit home release on DVD only, but don’t be… Read More ›
Home Release
WB’s U.S. 4K release of “The Hitcher” goes hard on visuals but lacks much else.
After some turmoil about who was releasing it, where it was being released, and what editions there would be, we finally have the 1986 movie The Hitcher on a magnificent looking 4K UHD restoration in the United States and the… Read More ›
Mystery thriller “Blink Twice” lacks bonus features but delivers on visuals in its Blu-ray release.
When a new director arrives on the Hollywood scene, they often come in one of two distinct flavors: they’re either a fresh “voice” in the industry or someone who can be molded to be a studio darling. The second category… Read More ›
Book adaptation “It Ends with Us” disappoints as much as a home release as it does as both a drama and rom-com.
Trigger Warning: It Ends with Us explores domestic abuse and includes an instance of attempted sexual assault. In 2024, a film released in theaters in which a woman has a meet-cute with a man, finds herself falling love, struggles to… Read More ›
Techno-thriller “AFRAID” comes home, but should you let it in?
Artificial Intelligence, more commonly referred to as A.I., is a staple of science fiction. The incorporation of it within novels, television programs, film, and video games is often in a supportive role toward humanity. Batman uses it to help solve… Read More ›
“Frankie Freako” has come to party at your place in Shout! Studios’s home release.
Frankie Freako and his freaks are ready to dominate your television sets, so don’t adjust the motion smoothing (actually turn it right off), kick your feet up and get ready to get lost in this absolute maddening blast-from-the-past nostalgia kick… Read More ›
“In a Violent Nature” is ready to come home in all the gutsy glory of a collector’s edition Blu-ray.
In January, the Sundance Film Festival kicks off the new year with buzzy crowd-pleasers, indie dramas, and a host of other films that send the film community in a tizzy. One of the buzziest “midnight” program films was the horror… Read More ›
The digital release of the 4K UHD version of Alexander Payne’s “Sideways” leaves audiences asking why.
Here is a very weird take for someone who loves physical media: not everything needs an upgrade. And, certainly, some things are more deserving (or better served) than others. I love everything I’ve seen of Alexander Payne (there are some… Read More ›
“Trick ‘r Treat” is chock full of eye and ear candy in Arrow’s 4K release.
I’ll be the first to admit, I wasn’t really into horror until my partner and I got together. I had seen some of the classics (the first Nightmare on Elm (1984), first Friday (1980), first Halloween (1978), etc.), but there… Read More ›
“Hellraiser: Quartet of Torment” is summoned to North America in 4K via Arrow Video.
That time has come yet again; its October and Arrow wants to scare you silly with their re-release of Hellraiser: Quartet of Torment — the first four Hellraiser films on 4K for the first time in North America. Now, this… Read More ›
“Addams Family Values” dons the brightness of the Camp Chippewa veneers and sharpness of Debbie’s blades in 4K.
As though itself inhuman, cartoonist Charles Addams’s creation, The Addams Family, rises into popularity, disappears, and then rises again. It’s never far from fans’ memories, but the wider general populace occasionally needs a reminder that being macabre doesn’t mean being… Read More ›
Hanover sucks, but the 4K UHD limited edition steelbook edition of “Thanksgiving” does not.
In 2007, directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino took their regular collaborations further (Tarantino acting in both Desperado (1995) and From Dusk Till Dawn (1996); Tarantino writing Dusk, which Rodriguez directed; both directing segments of the 1995 anthology Four Rooms)… Read More ›
“Gummo” is a very timely release as The Criterion Collection adds a 4K and Blu-ray version to its library.
Last Month, Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina, washing away Chimney Rock and much of Asheville. A week and a half later, Hurricane Milton swung across Florida, hitting areas already recovering from Helene, and dropping 41 tornados on the state…. Read More ›
“Twisters” on home video reminds audiences why it matters to respect the wind in 4K.
1996’s Jan de Bont action-drama Twister changed a lot of lives. Led by Bill Paxton (True Lies) and Helen Hunt (Cast Away), the film would be responsible for endless quotes when a storm would hit (“Cow.”), when folks are hungry… Read More ›
Hunter Schafer is extraordinary in surreal body horror “Cuckoo,” a fierce commentary on bodily autonomy on home video now.
Body horror is a fascinating subgenre and one that tends to make a lot of people particularly squeamish. With films like The Fly (1986), about a scientist who becomes a human fly hybrid, and Crimes of the Future (2022), where… Read More ›
You know the cameos of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” so go under the hood with the home release edition to learn everything else.
In the history of cinema, there are more stories of the films not made than of the ones made — the stories deemed uninteresting or lacking an audience; the stories deemed unsellable or absent in creativity. Sometimes there’s a happy… Read More ›
What a twist! You may want to wait on this 4K UHD edition of M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Sixth Sense.”
By this point in 2024, there’ve been three M. Night Shyamalan projects released in theaters or on streaming. In August, serial killer thriller Trap starring Josh Hartnett (Oppenheimer; The Faculty) and Shyamalan’s daughter, Saleka Shyamalan, landed in theaters and comes… Read More ›
After the beep, girl, Nancy’s bringing “A Nightmare on Elm Street” home on 4K Blu-ray.
Rapid fire. When I say the word “horror icon,” what’s the first thing that springs to mind? Jason Voorhees? Leatherface? Chucky? The Xenomorph? Maybe a new school pick like Art the Clown? Or as it is for so many other… Read More ›
“Brick” is duck soup for Kino Lober to release in 4K.
Long before Knives Out (2019) and Poker Face (2023 – ?), Rian Johnson was starting his whodunnits by showing us the dead body. Brick (2005) has a new release out from Kino Lober, and, surprising no one ever, the compositions… Read More ›
Believe. “Signs” in 4K is happening.
In 2002, two-time Academy Award nominated writer and director M. Night Shyamalan was still trying to live up to the hype from The Sixth Sense (1999), a massive success and guarantor for a career that would become one of the… Read More ›