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Blu-ray Review – The Ladykillers (1955)

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The Ladykillers, 1955. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. Starring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner, Frankie Howerd, and Katie Johnson. SYNOPSIS: The Ealing Studios classic The Ladykillers arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. This disc features the same 4K restoration done by Studio Canal in 2020 (it’s excellent, of […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

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The Chronicles of Riddick, 2004. Directed by David Twohy. Starring Vin Diesel, Thandiwe Newton, Karl Urban, Colm Feore, Linus Roache, Keith David, Yorick van Wageningen, Alexa Davalos, Nick Chinlund, and Judi Dench. SYNOPSIS: Arrow Video is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Pitch Black follow-up The Chronicles of Riddick with a three-disc 4K Ultra HD […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

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Bringing Out the Dead, 1999. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, and Tom Sizemore. SYNOPSIS: Martin Scorsese’s 1999 film Bringing Out the Dead, which underwhelmed at the box office but connected with many critics, makes its debut on both Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD in this Paramount Presents […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Mexico Trilogy

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The Mexico Trilogy Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Starring Carlos Gallardo, Antonio Banderas, Consuelo Gómez, Peter Marquardt, Reinol Martínez, Jaime de Hoyos, Joaquim de Almeida, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin, Quentin Tarantino, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Enrique Iglesias, Marco Leonardi, Rubén Blades, Willem Dafoe. SYNOPSIS: It’s a bit of a misnomer […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Watchmen: Chapter 1 (2024)

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Watchmen: Chapter 1, 2024. Directed by Brandon Vietti. Featuring the voice talents of 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, and Max Koch. SYNOPSIS: […]

Movie Review – Watchmen: Chapter 1 (2024)

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Watchmen: Chapter 1, 2024. Directed by Brandon Vietti. Featuring the voice talents of 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, and Max Koch. SYNOPSIS: […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, 2024. Directed by George Miller Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, and Alyla Browne. SYNOPSIS: George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which serves as a prequel to Fury Road that’s focused on Mad Max’s sidekick from the last movie, arrives on 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. There’s […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Collateral (2004)

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Collateral, 2004. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill. SYNOPSIS: Paramount is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Michael Mann’s edge-of-your-seat action film Collateral with a reissue of the 2020 4K Ultra HD disc in a new SteelBook package. The film looks great, and you […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Run Lola Run (1998)

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Run Lola Run, 1998. Directed by Tom Tykwer Starring Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Joachim Król, Armin Rohde, Heino Ferch, Suzanne von Borsody, Sebastian Schipper SYNOPSIS: The 1998 German classic Run Lola Run gets an encore release on 4K Ultra HD, courtesy of Sony. This is the same disc they released in […]

Blu-ray Review – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956. Directed by Don Siegel. Starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes, Ralph Dumke. SYNOPSIS: Philip Kaufman’s excellent 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers gets tons of attention, and deservedly so, but the 1956 original should get some love too. Kino Lorber […]