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Blu-ray Review – For Your Consideration (2006)

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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 […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Searchers (1956)

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The Searchers, 1956. Directed by John Ford. Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, and Natalie Wood. SYNOPSIS: One of Warner Archive’s most anticipated releases is here: a 4K Ultra HD edition of John Ford’s 1956 classic The Searchers, which features a beautiful restoration of the movie along with a couple new bonus […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Wild Robot (2024)

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The Wild Robot, 2024. Directed by Chris Sanders. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara, Matt Berry, and Ving Rhames. SYNOPSIS: DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot, based on the book by Peter Brown, arrives on 4K Ultra HD after its theatrical run earlier this year. In addition […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Shaun of the Dead (2004)

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Shaun of the Dead, 2004. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy, and Penelope Wilton. SYNOPSIS: Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg’s classic Shaun of the Dead gets the 20th anniversary treatment with a nice Steelbook that mimics the covers of those EC Comics horror comic […]

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 […]