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4K Ultra HD Review – McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller, 1971. Directed by Robert Altman. Starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois, and William Devane. SYNOPSIS: Robert Altman’s classic McCabe & Mrs. Miller, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie in what could be called an anti-western movie, arrives on 4K Ultra HD courtesy of Criterion Collection. The film and nearly all […]

Blu-ray Review – Fear and Desire (1953)

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Fear and Desire, 1953. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Frank Silvera, Paul Mazursky, Kenneth Harp, Steve Coit, and Virginia Leith. SYNOPSIS: Kino Lorber has issued Stanley Kubrick’s debut, Fear and Desire, on Blu-ray before, but this time they’ve commissioned a 4K restoration of the film, along with the presentation of the long-lost original version that […]

Blu-ray Review – North Dallas Forty (1979)

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North Dallas Forty, 1979. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, Charles Durning, Dayle Haddon, Bo Svenson, John Matuszak, Steve Forrest, G.D. Spradlin, Dabney Coleman, Savannah Smith Boucher. SYNOPSIS: One of the greatest football movies, if not sports movies, of all time, North Dallas Forty returns to Blu-ray with a new 4K scan […]

4K Ultra HD Review – First Blood (1982)

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First Blood, 1982. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, and Brian Dennehy. SYNOPSIS: First Blood, the movie that kicked off the Rambo phenomenon, returns to 4K Ultra HD in a new SteelBook edition that’s exclusive to Walmart. Collectors will want to snap this one up, but keep in mind that the transfer […]

4K Ultra HD Review – RED: 2-Film Collection

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RED: 2-Film Collection. The action-packed movies RED and RED 2, starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, and a bunch of great actors in smaller roles, arrive on 4K Ultra HD in a nice SteelBook edition. You get both Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD discs, along with digital copies of the […]

Exclusive Interview – Producer Jeremy Coon talks about new Star Wars Holiday Special documentary: “Han Solo was married to a Wookiee”

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Brad Cook chats with producer Jeremy Coon about his Star Wars Holiday Special documentary Disturbance in the Force… Before the prequels and the current crop of movies and TV shows from Disney, nothing agitated most Star Wars fans more than the Holiday Special that aired in 1978. It was part new Star Wars story, which […]

Blu-ray Review – The Desperate Hours (1955)

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The Desperate Hours, 1955. Directed by William Wyler. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin, Mary Murphy, Richard Eyer, and Robert Middleton. SYNOPSIS: Prolific director William Wyler’s minor classic The Desperate Hours, which failed at the box office in 1955 but found new appreciation in later decades, is out now on […]

Exclusive Interview – CJ Valin and Jaime Castle on their Harrier superhero trilogy

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Brad Cook chats with CJ Valin and Jaime Castle about their Harrier superhero trilogy… The comic book medium tends to be synonymous with superheroes, but you can really tell any kind of story in it. Check out Art Spiegelman’s Maus, Joe Kubert’s Fax From Sarajevo, and Will Eisner’s A Contract with God and Other Tenement […]

Exclusive Interview – Authors Justin Berger and Jamie Benning on Return of the Jedi Unauthorized Timeline

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Brad Cook chats with authors Justin Berger and Jamie Benning about their Star Wars book Return of the Jedi Unauthorized Timeline 1976 – 2023… Recent years have witnessed the 40th anniversaries of the theatrical releases of many classic genre films from the 1970s and 80s. Aside from reminding Gen Xers of their mortality, those milestones […]

Exclusive Interview – Jimmie Robinson on his “Swamp Thing meets RoboCop” comic Junk Rabbit

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Brad Cook chats with Junk Rabbit writer/artist Jimmie Robinson… Jimmie Robinson has been plying his trade in the comic book industry since 1994, when he dipped his toe in self-publishing with the series CyberZone. He later signed with Image Comics and has been with the company since then, producing multiple series, including Amanda & Gunn, […]