If you need someone taken out and don’t care if your team comes back alive, you call in Task Force X. This time around, the team is pulled together under the supervision of writer/director James Gunn, an individual who knows… Read More ›
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Level up your game with “Space Jam: A New Legacy” on home video.
The things that we love as children don’t always age well. It could be the jokes, the narrative approach, or even the blending of CG: any or all of these things may not gracefully leave your youth or adolescence as… Read More ›
“Night of the Animated Dead” offers little new in its adaptation of the zombie classic beyond blood and gore.
**Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the DVD I reviewed in this Post. The opinions I share are my own.** Horror changed in 1968 when a small indie picture directed by George A. Romero from… Read More ›
“Space Jam: A New Legacy” Blu-ray Giveaway
Who is ready for a slam jam?! 1996’s Space Jam saw b-baller Michael Jordan come out of retirement in order to help the Looney Tunes from extraterrestrial enslavement. 25 years later, it’s LeBron James who needs help from the Tune… Read More ›
The HDR in the 4K UHD remaster of “The Shawshank Redemption” will dramatically shift how you react to the film you know.
“Get busy livin’ or get busy dying.” One of the more famous phrases in cinema history and originally uttered by Tim Robbins’s Andy Dufresne, the only innocent man in all of Shawshank Prison, is more often recalled as said by… Read More ›
Inherit the dreams of Dreamers with “In the Heights.”
In so many ways, truth is stranger than fiction. According to actor Olga Merediz (The Place Beyond the Pines) in the featurette “That Music in the Air,” playwright/actor Lin-Manuel Miranda told her that he’d begun writing songs that would appear… Read More ›
“The Shawshank Redemption” 4K UHD Giveaway
The Shawshank Redemption premiered September 1996 and, even after all this time, still manages to find a new audience. It could be the concept, the cast, the direction, or all of the above, but there’s something there which beckons audiences everywhere… Read More ›
“In The Heights” 4K UHD Giveaway
The Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) adaptation of writer/actor Lin-Manuel Miranda’s play (itself an adaptation) In The Heights landed in theaters and on HBO Max earlier this summer and, as of today, is available to own. Thanks to Warner Bros…. Read More ›
“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” Blu-ray Giveaway
Did you get the chance to check out the third Conjuring film when it hit theaters and HBO Max at the start of June 2021? Want to own it forever? Thanks to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment you can win a… Read More ›
Action thriller “Those Who Wish Me Dead” is the odd whiff from an otherwise great mixture of talent.
On paper, the adaptation of Michael Koryta’s 2014 novel Those Who Wish Me Dead sounds like an absolute cinematic slam dunk. It has Hell or High Water writer Taylor Sheridan as one of the screenwriters on the adaption, as well… Read More ›
While not a total revelation, “The Suicide Squad” certainly pushes the bounds of the subgenre.
After their first appearance in DC Comics’ “The Brave and the Bold” issue 25 in 1959, the subversive military group known as Task Force X has known many members over its lengthy run. It’s not just because the missions they… Read More ›
“Those Who Wish Me Dead” Blu-ray Giveaway
Director Taylor Sheridan’s adaptation of Michael Koryta’s novel starring Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Jon Bernthal, Aiden Gillen, Medina Seonghore, Tyler Perry, and Jake Weber hit theaters and HBO Max on May 14th, but now the only way to see it… Read More ›
The prophecy complete and the tournament on the horizon, it must mean 2021’s “Mortal Kombat” is out on home video.
29 years after the debut of the Ed Boon and John Tobias’s arcade cabinet classic Mortal Kombat, director Simon McQuoid and writers Greg Russo and David Callaham (Godzilla vs. Kong) unleash the third live-action adaption of the beloved martial arts… Read More ›
“Mortal Kombat” Blu-ray Giveaway
Did you look at director Simon McQuoid’s Mortal Kombat and scream “GET OVER HERE!” Thanks to the kind folks at Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, we’re set to help you make that dream come true. That’s right, we’ve got one (1) Blu-ray… Read More ›
Pop culture propagation and Looney Tunes nuttiness are just the tip-off for “Space Jam: A New Legacy.”
The last year or so has seen sequels to long-ago films released — Bad Boys for Life (2020), Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) — and we’ve still got Top Gun: Maverick (2021) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) still to… Read More ›
Absent special features to enhance it, Guy Ritchie’s “Wrath of Man” remains a solid experience on a rewatch.
May 2021 saw the release of a new Guy Ritchie-directed thriller, Wrath of Man, with actor Jason Statham in the lead role. It’s the first time this duo had worked together since 2005’s Revolver and both offer some of their… Read More ›
Hey everybody, it’s time to slam now with the OG “Space Jam” on 4K UHD.
Before heading to the theater or couch to watch LeBron James assemble the Looney Tunes to save his son from a rogue A.I. within the Warner Bros. server in Space Jam: A New Legacy, take a trip to 1996 when… Read More ›
Celebrate 50 years of Wonka goodness with “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” on 4K UHD.
Joining the long list of films receiving 4K UHD restorations is the Mel Stuart classic Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. Of all author Roald Dahl’s books to receive adaptations, this is the one… Read More ›
Let them fight anytime you want with “Godzilla vs. Kong” on home video.
In the blue corner, at a height of 394 feet, is the force of nature himself, Godzilla! In the red corner, at a height of 335 feet, is the one and only King, Kong! As all of humanity waits with… Read More ›
Wouldn’t it be loverly to enjoy “My Fair Lady” in 4K UHD?
Adaptation is the bread and butter of cinema. Whether it’s remaking novels, short stories, plays, or even other films, adaptations allow storytellers to offer their own perspectives on someone else’s work. Sometimes this comes out poorly (Psycho, 1998), while others… Read More ›