Can you ever really go home again? Nothing is ever as good as it was when you were younger, but that’s because you had the shield of adolescence to protect you. Luckily, when it comes to movies, as long as… Read More ›
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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 ›
4K release of “Trap” is absent satisfying trimmings.
Whether the films work for you or not, there’s no denying that an M. Night Shyamalan film is going to provoke a reaction; we’re not talking heavily divisive so much as generating conversation with audiences heralding the best parts and… Read More ›
“Blink Twice” Blu-ray Giveaway
Earlier this year, actor Zoë Kravitz released her feature film directorial debut, the thriller Blink Twice, starring Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) and Channing Tatum (This Is the End). If you missed the chance to explore this dramatic… 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 ›
“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 ›
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 ›
Blockbuster Bets: “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1” misses the zeitgeist.
Why do once-beloved directors fall out of favor with the public, even when they feel that they have grown as artists? Welcome back to Blockbuster Bets, an Elements of Madness series exploring one of 2024’s biggest stories: the directors, established… Read More ›
Seek out “Caddo Lake” and the secrets within.
In looking to distract the masses from the fact that their leader, David Zaslav, is a monster, Warner Bros. Pictures (along with its genre subsidiary, New Line Cinema) has been striking lucrative deals with industry titans to strengthen the brand… Read More ›
“Twisters” Digital Code Giveaway
This summer, if you could feel it, you chased it. And chase it you did. Now, director Lee Isaac Chung’s disaster flick Twisters is coming home with a digital-to-own premium edition and physical formats in the month of October. Courtesy… Read More ›
It’s no shared delusion that “Joker: Folie à Deux” may be one of the best recent DC properties.
As a huge fan of Batman, I can confirm and say confidently I thought Todd Phillip’s Joker was good, but that’s about it. It certainly was not the Clown Prince of Darkness we’ve come to see on screen or really… Read More ›
Don’t sign on the dotted line with “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” until you’ve read all the fine print.
Every family has demons, every house has spirits, but some are a bit more literal than others. That’s what audiences discovered in director Tim Burton’s 1988 horror comedy Beetlejuice, starring Alec Baldwin (The Departed), Geena Davis (The Fly), Winona Ryder… Read More ›
“Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three” Blu-ray Giveaway
At the start of 2024, WB Animation and DC Entertainment kicked off their animated adaptation of the 1985-1986 storyline created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciled by George Pérez, Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, with Part One. Over the course… Read More ›
Upconverted Blu-ray features of “Scooby-Doo! and the Alien Invaders” and “Scooby-Doo! and the Witch’s Ghost” deliver the “awe” with the “argh!”
Being a child in the ‘90s (fully aware I’m dating myself here) and being a product of my generation and growing up with a home theatre, satellite tv, not being athletic, and spending more time in a movie theatre or… Read More ›
Book-to-film adaptation “The Watchers” stumbles on pacing and dialog in Ishana Night Shyamalan’s feature debut.
Back in April, at the beginning of a particularly sleepy 12-hour shift manning the box office of the downtown Durham theatre in which I work, I opened A.M. Shine’s The Watchers on my Kindle, having impulsively downloaded it via the… Read More ›
“Watchmen: Chapter 1” offers a fresh adaptation that’s as close to the source graphic novel as it can be.
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” – Roman poet Juvenal in Satires. So often, the general public takes it for granted that someone will protect them. With stories featuring The Phantom and The Shadow as preludes to the birth of Superman and… Read More ›
The new 4K UHD release of the comedic thriller “Game Night” is worth adding to your tabletop game collection.
Before co-directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein had us roll for initiative (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves), they showed us that there’s another way to interpret the call for somewhat structured social play in the comedic thriller Game… Read More ›
Join the tornado wranglers from the safety of your own space with the “Twisters” digital release.
The world of Twisters swept up cineplexes barely one month ago. The latest disaster epic tells the story of Kate Carter (Daisy Edgar-Jones), now working as a meteorologist, when a friend from her storm-chasing past named Javi (Anthony Ramos) comes… Read More ›
Beyond Thunderdome, beyond vengeance, lies “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” on home video.
Filmmaker Dr. George Miller’s been entertaining audiences for nearly 40 years, either with tales of desperation (Mad Max (1979)), tales of greed (The Witches of Eastwick (1987)), or tales of hope (Happy Feet Two (2011)), to name a few. In… Read More ›