Sorry to Bother You, 2018. Directed by Boots Riley. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, David Cross, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Patton Oswalt, Terry Crews, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, Armie Hammer, and Kate Berlant. SYNOPSIS: Sorry to Bother You starts as a skewering of modern-day race relations and ends up going in directions that are impossible […]
Blu-ray Review – Get Shorty Collector’s Edition (1995)
Get Shorty, 1995. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Starring John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Rene Russo, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, and Bette Midler. SYNOPSIS: Barry Sonnenfeld’s early 90s classic, Hollywood-skewering Get Shorty gets the Shout! Factory Select Series treatment, complete with a new 4K transfer. The bonus features are from previous releases, but […]
Blu-ray Review – Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Ant-Man and the Wasp, 2018. Directed by Peyton Reed. Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Pena, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Tip “T.I.” Harris, David Dastmalchian, Hannah John-Kamen, Abby Ryder Fortson, Randall Park, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, and Michael Douglas. SYNOPSIS: The Marvel Cinematic Universe keeps chugging along with the Blu-ray release of Ant-Man […]
Blu-ray Review – Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Solo: A Star Wars Story, 2018. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Paul Bettany, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt, Ian Kenny, John Tui, and Warwick Davis. SYNOPSIS: The second (and last?) standalone Star Wars movie serves up the origin story of everyone’s favorite […]
DVD Review – Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, 2018. Directed by Morgan Neville Featuring Fred Rogers, Joanne Rogers, François Scarborough Clemmons, David Newell, James Rogers, John Rogers, Yo-Yo Ma. SYNOPSIS: A documentary about Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fame may seem like the height of corniness, but if you’re in the generational sweet spot for Won’t You […]
Blu-ray Review – Deadpool 2 Super Duper $@%!#& Cut (2018)
Deadpool 2, 2018. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand, T.J. Miller, Karan Soni, Leslie Uggams, Eddie Marsan, Stefan Kapicic, Bill Skarsgård, Terry Crews, Shioli Kutsuna, Lewis Tan, Jack Kesy, Hayley Sales, and Rob Delaney. SYNOPSIS: Wisecracking, indestructible mercenary Deadpool is back in a sequel […]
Blu-ray Review – Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War, 2018. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Don Cheadle, Peter Dinklage, Letitia Wright, Danai Gurira, Karen Gillan, Sebastian […]
4K Blu-ray Review – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991. Directed by James Cameron. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, and Edward Furlong. SYNOPSIS: Terminator 2 is available for the 1,000th time on home video in a 4K edition that also includes a Blu-ray disc and a code for a digital copy. If you’re not a fan of the […]
Blu-ray Review – Isle of Dogs (2018)
Isle of Dogs, 2018. Directed by Wes Anderson Featuring the voice talents of Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Bob Balaban, Kunichi Nomura, Ken Watanabe, Greta Gerwig, Frances McDorman, Live Schreiber, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, and F. Murray Abraham. SYNOPSIS: Wes Anderson is a modern day auteur who keeps cranking out movies for […]
Blu-ray Review – A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
A Fistful of Dollars, 1964. Directed by Sergio Leone. Starring: Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonte, Wolfgang, Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, and Joseph Egger. SYNOPSIS: If you’re a fan of director Sergio Leone’s “man with no name” trilogy of spaghetti westerns, you’ll want to snap up this new edition of A Fistful of Dollars. In […]