Panic Room, 2002. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto, and Kristen Stewart. SYNOPSIS: David Fincher’s 2002 movie Panic Room gets not just its Blu-ray debut but its 4K Ultra HD debut too in this nice Steelbook from Sony. The film looks great, as you’d expect, and a code […]
Blu-ray Review – Play it Again, Sam (1972)
Play it Again, Sam, 1972. Directed by Herbert Ross. Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, and Susan Anspach. SYNOPSIS: Play it Again, Sam, which was based on Woody Allen’s Broadway play but directed by Herbert Ross, arrives on Blu-ray with a new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative. The only […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The Sacrifice (1986)
The Sacrifice, 1986. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Starring Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún S. Gísladóttir, Sven Wollter, Valérie Mairesse, Filippa Franzen, Tommy Kjellqvist. SYNOPSIS: Andrei Tarkovsky’s final movie, the hauntingly meditative The Sacrifice, arrives on 4K Ultra HD courtesy of Kino Lorber. This is my first experience with the film, but I believe […]
Blu-ray Review – My Name is Alfred Hitchcock (2022)
My Name is Alfred Hitchcock, 2022. Directed by Mark Cousins. Starring Alistair McGowan. SYNOPSIS: I imagine that hardcore Hitchcock fans may have various polarizing reactions to My Name is Alfred Hitchcock, Mark Cousins’ documentary that has Alistair McGowan imitating the director’s trademark voice in a narration written by him, but I found it a fascinating, […]
Blu-ray Review – Here (2024)
Here, 2024. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, and Kelly Reilly. SYNOPSIS: I have to file Here under the category “Experimental storytelling techniques in film that don’t quite work.” Based on Richard McGuire’s graphic novel of the same name, the latest from director Robert Zemeckis might have worked better for […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The Talk of the Town (1942)
The Talk of the Town, 1942. Directed by George Stevens. Starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, and Ronald Colman. SYNOPSIS: The Talk of the Town, hailing from 1942, arrives on 4K Ultra HD sporting excellent image quality but middling bonus features. To be fair, that should probably be expected, given its minor status in the careers […]
Blu-ray Review – The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
The Lords of Flatbush, 1974. Directed by Martin Davidson, Stephen F. Verona Starring Susan Blakely, Reneé Paris, Maria Smith, Paul Mace, Henry Winkler, Sylvester Stallone, Perry King SYNOPSIS: The Lords of Flatbush, which helped launch the burgeoning careers of Henry Winkler and Sylvester Stallone and was part of the 50s fad during the 1970s, makes […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Se7en (1995)
Seven, 1995. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. McGinley, Kevin Spacey, and R. Lee Ermey. SYNOPSIS: David Fincher’s 1995 classic Seven makes its 4K Ultra HD debut with beautifully remastered image quality that has some, what I think are unobtrusive, CGI enhancements. Nothing new was created in the […]
Blu-ray Review – Saturday Night (2024)
Saturday Night, 2024. Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, and J. K. Simmons. SYNOPSIS: Given Saturday Night’s lackluster box office […]
Blu-ray Review – For Your Consideration (2006)
For Your Consideration, 2006. Directed by Christopher Guest. Starring Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, and Fred Willard. SYNOPSIS: Christopher Guest’s hilarious Hollywood send-up For Your Consideration, which does to Tinseltown what This is Spinal Tap did to heavy metal […]
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