Toward the end of Summer 2023, the new film from Along with the Gods franchise director Kim Yong-Hwa, The Moon, hit theaters as an action/adventure sci-fi drama about an astronaut trying to survive on a solo mission in space. Now, that… Read More ›
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Now justice has a new face, and it’s in 4K UHD thanks to Scream Factory’s release of “Darkman.”
Before he took audiences on an adventure through the Multiverse of Madness (2022), or swinging through the streets of New York several times with Spider-Man (2002, 2004, 2007), or battling the Army of Darkness (1992) in the medieval period, filmmaker… Read More ›
Arrow Video elevates the look and sound of “The Shaolin Plot,” now in 2K.
You gotta love ‘70s Kung-Fu cinema. Within the first 15 minutes of Huang Feng’s The Shaolin Plot, a man is killed with a chicken leg, an assassination attempt is flawlessly averted, and a disobedient guest’s head is cut off by… Read More ›
A clearer vision with a robust list of featurettes serve as great selling points for the new “Avatar: The Way of Water Collector’s Edition” 4K release.
How do you bounce back from making the highest grossing film of all time? How do you follow up to such a film with a sequel? Do you double down or do you subvert expectations and sweep the floor out… Read More ›
The world of Pandora has never looked more enhanced and beautiful than it does on the “Avatar: Collector’s Edition” 4K release.
One man, an uncharted world, romance, war, destiny. You could apply these five things to any big-budget adventure films that have been released over time. For this review, we’re discussing James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi adventure epic Avatar. The rundown: set… Read More ›
“Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny” rocks out on Blu-ray release from Shout! Studios.
Earlier this winter I embarked on a project of finishing all of the excessively thorough special features on my David Fincher movies, The Social Network (2010), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Gone Girl (2014), etc.. Hearing artists of… Read More ›
Paramount Pictures celebrates 4 years of cutting loose on the dance floor with a first-time 4K UHD edition of “Footloose.”
If you’re a child of the ‘80s, there are some songs that are deeply tied to your adolescence and almost all of them come from musician Kenny Loggins. “Danger Zone” from Top Gun (1986), “I’m Alright” from Caddyshack (1980), “Meet… Read More ›
Radiance Films welcome a new Damiano Damiani-directed film to their collection, the spy thriller “Goodbye & Amen.”
During the debut year for physical media boutique Radiance Films, a distributor interested in lesser-available/known international cinema, they released a wonderful three-film collection of director Damiano Damiani’s film dubbed “Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani.”… Read More ›
2023 lo-fi sci-fi time loop comedy “River” drifts onto home video via Third Window Films.
If you’re not familiar with Japanese theatrical troupe Europe Kikaku, they are the talent behind 2021’s lo-fi sci-fi comedy Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes and 2023’s lo-fi sci-fi rom-com River. Both directed by Junta Yamaguchi and written by Makoto Ueda,… Read More ›
It’s your birthday and Scream Factor has a 4K UHD edition of horror comedy “Willy’s Wonderland” available just for you.
There are few actors who can seamlessly blend into any genre so that when they pop up in a movie, there’s no disruption the flow of the film. Comedy, action, drama, horror, satire — he appears and your first thought… Read More ›
Nia DaCosta’s MCU space action comedy “The Marvels” blasts off from space and arrives at home.
Higher. Further. Faster. Together. This is the name of the game for Marvel Studios’s 33rd release, the Nia DaCosta-directed sci-fi actioner The Marvels, as it sees Brie Larson reprise her role as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel and being joined by WandaVision’s… Read More ›
“A Creature Was Stirring” Blu-ray Giveaway
There’s been a wonderful rise in genre-centric holiday films with films like Violent Night (2022) and It’s a Wonderful Knife (2023) blending in a little bloodshed with the ho-ho-hos. In 2023, Well Go USA released the Damien LeVeck-directed horror thriller A Creature Was… Read More ›
Kino Lorber re-issues the 50th anniversary 4K Blu-ray restoration of Norman Jewison’s crime caper “The Thomas Crown Affair.”
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom. – Arthur Schopenhauer 56 years ago, the writer of Bullitt, Alan Trustman, and the director of In the Heat of the Night, Norman Jewison, released their sexy crime thriller The… Read More ›
What’s inside DECAL Releasing’s home release edition of “Waitress, the Musical – Live on Broadway!” is very little, yet still deeply satisfying to those seeking another slice of pie.
“Sugar. Butter. Flour.” These are the first words we hear in Waitress, The Musical, the Diane Paulus-directed (Cirque du Soleil: Amaluna) stage production that adapts the 2007 Adrienne Shelly-written/directed/starred romantic comedy non-musical Waitress. These three words signify the start of… Read More ›
“Conan the Destroyer” battles on in glorious 4K UHD via Arrow Video.
Two years after Conan the Barbarian was released on the world, there was a change in guard on the creative side and director Richard Fleischer (Soylent Green) took over the director’s chair, returning with lead actor Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator;… Read More ›
Give us a kiss, a-holes! “Joe’s Apartment” receives a first-time Blu-ray remaster that’ll have you dancing with your funkiest towel.
If you were a kid in the ‘90s, you likely watched MTV and remember some of its original programming like Beavis and Butt-head (1993-1998), Total Request Live (1998-2008), and The Real World (1992-2008). Those are merely three of the *many*… Read More ›
What is best in life is the 4K UHD edition of “Conan the Barbarian” from Arrow Video.
The year is 1982 and the most impressively-formed human being finally gets his big Hollywood break — Arnold Schwarzenegger in John Milius’s Conan the Barbarian. While watching the movie today in 2024, it is evident that Conan is certainly a… Read More ›
It’s the beginning of the end of the TomorrowVerse with “Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One,” available on home video now.
In 2020, DC Entertainment kicked off what’s become known as the TomorrowVerse via Superman: The Man of Tomorrow, introducing a new animated universe centered on the introduction of the biggest hero of DC Comics, Superman. After, six more films would… Read More ›
Dig your claws into the Third Window Films release of Reiki Tsuno’s “Mad Cats.”
After its world premiere during Slamdance 2023, the feature-length debut from writer/director Reiki Tsuno (Crying Bitch), Mad Cats, traveled the globe jumping from one film festival to another. At each stop, audiences were invited to enter a world in which… Read More ›
Bathe in ‘90s pop nostalgia via the special feature-loaded home release edition of “Trolls Band Together.”
Nostalgia is all the rage these days. Perhaps it was less noticeable when I was younger as the only things being sold to me where the “hip” and “popular” things as I was in the range of folks with disposable… Read More ›