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4K Ultra HD Review – Interstellar 10th Anniversary Limited Edition

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Interstellar, 2014. Directed by Christoper Nolan. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine. SYNOPSIS: Interstellar is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, which is nice but also scary, given how much closer we are to the future world it depicts. Paramount has commemorated the event with an excellent […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Galaxy Quest (1999)

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Galaxy Quest, 1999. Directed by Dean Parisot. Starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Daryl Mitchell. SYNOPSIS: By Grabthar’s Hammer, Galaxy Quest has made its long-awaited 4K Ultra HD debut! The film arrives in a snazzy Steelbook with a code for a digital copy. You don’t get a Blu-ray, but […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)

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Watchmen: Chapter II, 2024. Directed by Brandon Vietti. Starring Kelly Hu, Katee Sackhoff, Adrienne Barbeau, Grey Griffin, Titus Welliver, Matthew Rhys, Troy Baker, Jeffrey Combs, Yuri Lowenthal, Kari Wahlgren, Phil LaMarr, Dwight Schultz, Geoff Pierson, Michael Cerveris, Corey Burton, Jason Spisak, John Marshall Jones, Rick D. Wasserman, Max Koch. SYNOPSIS: Warner Bros. Animation’s faithful adaptation […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Alfred Hitchcock: The Iconic Film Collection

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Alfred Hitchcock: The Iconic Film Collection SYNOPSIS: Six of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest movies (yes, film fans can argue all day about his six best movies; I’m sure this one required various deals since three film studios are represented) are collected here in a limited edition set that features unique oversized-book-style packaging and codes for digital […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Terminator (1984)

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The Terminator, 1984. Directed by James Cameron. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen and Earl Boen. SYNOPSIS: James Cameron’s classic The Terminator makes its 4K Ultra HD debut in an edition that sports a solid transfer (your mileage may vary, of course) and a smattering of bonus features from previous […]

4K Ultra HD Review – A Simple Plan (1998)

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A Simple Plan, 1998. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, and Brent Criscoe. SYNOPSIS: Sam Raimi’s 1998 minor classic A Simple Plan gets its 4K Ultra HD debut (and, I believe, Blu-ray debut too, in a separate release) from Arrow Video. It’s a bummer that current interviews weren’t shot […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, 2024. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Arthur Conti, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega, and Willem Dafoe. SYNOPSIS: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which I thought was a solid sequel to the 1988 original, arrives on 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. There’s no Blu-ray found here, but you get […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Blazing Saddles (1974)

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Blazing Saddles, 1974. Directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras, Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, and Madeline Kahn. SYNOPSIS: Did Blazing Saddles need a 4K Ultra HD release? Why the heck not? It may not rank up there with about a billion genre movies on people’s wish lists, but this […]

4K Ultra HD Review – North by Northwest (1959)

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North by Northwest, 1959. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, and Jessie Royce Landis. SYNOPSIS: Warner Bros. has bowed North by Northwest on 4K Ultra HD, and it doesn’t disappoint. The image quality is superb, and nearly all the legacy extras are found here, along with a pair of […]

Blu-ray Review – 1982: The Greatest Geek Year Ever! (2023)

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1982: The Greatest Geek Year Ever!, 2023. Directed by Roger Lay Jr. Featuring Ron Howard, Paul Schrader, John Sayles, Amy Heckerling, Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Sean Young, Joanna Cassidy, Keith David, Cameron Crowe, Michael Deeley, Lisa Henson, Dean Devlin, Bruce Campbell, Dee Wallace, Felicia Day, Susan Seidelman, Roger Corman, Barry Bostwick, Marc Singer, Bryan Fuller, […]