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Blu-ray Review – Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

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Pan’s Labyrinth, 2006. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, and Álex Angulo. SYNOPSIS: Umbrella Entertainment has released Guillermo del Toro’s classic Pan’s Labyrinth on Blu-ray in Region B, but it worked in all my American players, so I assume it’s actually an all-region release. This […]

Blu-ray Review – Man on the Moon (1999)

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Man on the Moon, 1999, Directed by Milos Forman. Starring Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, and Paul Giamatti. SYNOPSIS: Kino Lorber brings Milos Forman’s Andy Kaufman bio-pic Man on the Moon to Blu-ray, sporting a new 2K master and a new bonus feature to add to the archival materials. This one had a mixed […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Looper (2012)

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Looper, 2012. Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Piper Perabo, and Jeff Daniels. SYNOPSIS: Looper arrives on 4K for its tenth anniversary. The film looks stunning in that format, of course, and the included Blu-ray is no slouch either. All the bonus features from the original […]

Blu-ray Review – Wayne’s World (1992)

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Wayne’s World, 1992. Directed by Penelope Spheeris. Starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Tia Carrere, Rob Lowe, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Ed O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: Wayne’s World arrives on Blu-ray again in a new Steelbook to commemorate the film’s 30th anniversary. It’s the same disc that Paramount has issued before, but if you’re a fan and haven’t […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Last Night in Soho (2021)

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Last Night in Soho, 2021. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Terence Stamp, and Diana Rigg. SYNOPSIS: Edgar Wright’s latest, Last Night in Soho, arrives on 4K UltraHD with a solid batch of bonus features. It’s a film that loses its way in the third act, but fans […]

Blu-ray Review – Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife, 2021. Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Celeste O’Connor, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and Sigourney Weaver. SYNOPSIS: The Ghostbusters franchise continues with Afterlife, which features Egon Spengler’s grandkids taking up the ghostbusting mantle with some new friends. Now […]

Blu-ray Review – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1978. Directed by Philip Kaufman. Starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright. SYNOPSIS: Kino Lorber has released the Blu-ray that accompanied their 4K UltraHD edition of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, complete with all the bonus features found on it. The disc uses a 4K restoration, […]

Movie Review – Eternals (2021)

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Eternals, 2021. Directed by Chloé Zhao. Starring Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Harish Patel, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie. SYNOPSIS: Eternals arrives on digital with a smattering of bonus features. (The physical discs will be hitting online and physical retail stores […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Dune (2021)

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Dune, 2021. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem. SYNOPSIS: The highly anticipated first part of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune adaptation arrives on 4K with a reference-quality presentation and a solid […]

Movie Review – The French Dispatch (2021)

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The French Dispatch, 2021. Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Alex Lawther, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen Park, Bill Murray, and Owen Wilson. SYNOPSIS: Wes Anderson packs three stories, plus a prologue and an epilogue, into one film in his latest […]