When it comes to holiday films with major casts, there have been *many* of them over the years. But if we narrow the field just a little to those specifically focused or centered on/around a holiday, we end up with… Read More ›
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Shout! Studio’s 4K UHD edition of “Clue” is no red herring.
In today’s theatrical market, making a movie off an established intellectual property (IP) is standard practice. Successful book? Make it a movie. Successful television series? Make it a movie. Successful video game? Keep attempting to make it a movie. Successful… Read More ›
Yo, Johnny! I see you in 4K as Studio! Studios releases “Point Break” in first-time 4K UHD.
There are movies which, whether you’ve seen them or not, no matter where your cinematic knowledge or pleasures come from, you have knowledge of and the understanding that the film is generally received well. Some of these movies are regarded… Read More ›
Explore Gareth Edwards’s dramatic sci-fi actioner “The Creator” more deeply via home video.
Writer/director Gareth Edwards has his celebrators and detractors due to past works like Godzilla (2014) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), which are not controversial to the general public but can be seen as such within their respective… Read More ›
With John Curran’s thriller on home video, do you dare to travel “Mercy Road”?
Back in October 2023, in the spirit of chills and thrills, Well Go USA released director/co-writer John Curran’s (Chappaquiddick) latest project Mercy Road, a high-octane thriller that doesn’t let up from the moment of ignition. The film walks the line… Read More ›
“Kill Butterfly Kill” Blu-ray Giveaway
This month, Cauldron Films is set to release a new 4K restoration using the surviving elements of the IFD Films crime thriller Kill Butterfly Kill. But it’s not just a 4K restoration, it’s a two-disc release that includes bonus features… Read More ›
“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” is mandatory fun you can have while running with scissors at home during a bad hair day thanks to Shout! Studios.
“Life is like a parody of your favorite song. Just when you think you know all the words: surprise, you don’t know anything.” – Grizzled Narrator, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story It’s so incredibly easy to take a musician like… Read More ›
Sony Pictures re-releases Rob Reiner’s “Stand by Me” in a limited edition 4K UHD Blu-ray combo steelbook.
“The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” When it comes to premiere tales of horror in the modern era, novelist Stephen King is among the first names mentioned. His novels and short stories alike… Read More ›
“Titanic” embarks on home video in 4K with a large cargo of special features.
It was such a strange sensation excitedly signing up for covering Titanic’s 4K Blu-ray release. I figured that delving into such a task would be easy for me as I (sometimes ashamedly) broadcast to the world that amongst everything else… Read More ›
Regulators! Mount up for this 35th anniversary first-time HD and 4K UHD edition of “Young Guns.”
“We regulate any stealing of his property. We’re daaaamn good, too. Mr. Tunstall’s got a soft-spot for runaways, derelicts, vagrant types. But you can’t be any geek off the street. You gotta be handy with the steel, if you know… Read More ›
“Mercy Road” Blu-ray Giveaway
Back in October, director John Curran’s latest project, the high-octane thriller Mercy Road led by Luke Bracey, hit theaters and digital services. Filled with paranoia as Bracey’s Tom desperately tries to save his daughter from an enigmatic voice on the other… Read More ›
4K Home release of “Oppenheimer” explodes with special features as it flies off the shelves.
Honestly, what is there to say about Oppenheimer that hasn’t been plastered all over Twitter (currently rebranded to X) and Letterboxd ad infinitum? The last movie Christopher Nolan did without involvement from Warner Bros. Pictures was 1999’s Momento. During the… Read More ›
“Full Body Massage” Blu-ray Giveaway
Last month, Unearthed Films released the 1995 Nicolas Roeg drama Full Body Massage on Blu-ray for the first time. The bonus materials are meager, but if you’ve wanted to enjoy this particular Mimi Rogers/Bryan Brown tale in high-definition, then your… Read More ›
Like Alice, the latest “Resident Evil” collection returns with a worthy upgrade.
In a series of purposely timed events, Sony Pictures has decided to re-release the 4K edition of the Resident Evil collection (the Milla Jovovich live action movies) in a package of sleek looking steelbooks housed in a steel house nearly… Read More ›
“Shaun the Sheep: The Complete Series” Blu-ray Giveaway
There are many respected names in animation and one of them is Aardman Animations. They are the house of Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run (and its soon to be released sequel), Arthur Christmas, and, of course, Shaun the Sheep. Now, Shout! Studios is set… Read More ›
Chose to raise or call on VCI Entertainment’s Blu-ray restoration of dramedy “The Gamblers.”
You never count your money When you’re sittin’ at the table There’ll be time enough for countin’ When the dealin’s done – “The Gambler,” made famous by singer Kenny Rogers. When it comes to gambling, there aren’t many songs as… Read More ›
See ripped hacker Hemsworth in 4K, and “Blackhat” Director’s Cut in 2K via Arrow Video.
You’ll believe a computer nerd can be handsome and ripped. Or maybe you won’t. It’s Michael Mann’s (Thief, Heat) Blackhat (2015), and it’s finally releasing in 4K UHD from Arrow this Tuesday, November 28th. But more importantly, the 2K Director’s… Read More ›
Enjoy the 1996 Graboids in all their 4K glory in Arrow Video’s restoration of “Tremors 2: Aftershocks.”
There can be an argument made that since the beginning of film there was always going to be the inherent other side of prestige and relative opposite of the term “good” because there is always an audience for something dumb… Read More ›
Yang Bingjia’s blind swordsman tale “Eye for an Eye” thrusts its way onto home video thanks to Well Go USA.
There’s a long history of the blind swordsman in storytelling, though the style of action-oriented martial arts films are often referred to as within the subgenre called “zatoichi,” itself a reference to the title character of a Kan Shimozawa story… Read More ›
The kids are not alright: Shinji Sōmai’s “Typhoon Club” makes it’s Blu-ray debut from Third Window Films.
A typhoon’s coming… Typhoon Club (1985) that is! Arriving November 27th from Third Window Films, Shinji Sōmai’s youth cinema masterpiece debuts on Blu-ray. Note: This review is based on a pre-production check disc and will not cover any packaging or… Read More ›