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Blu-ray Review – Trekkies (1997)

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Trekkies, 1997. Directed by Roger Nygard. Starring Denise Crosby, Frank D’Amico, Barbara Adams, Denis Bourguignon, David Greenstein, Laurel Greenstein, Gabriel Koerner, Richard Koerner, Rich Kronfeld, Joyce Mason, Evelyn De Biase, Anne Kathleen Murphy, Male Barrett, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nicholas, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Kate Mulgrew, and Brent Spiner. SYNOPSIS: Roger Nygard […]

Blu-ray Review – Licorice Pizza (2021)

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Licorice Pizza, 2021. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, and Benny Safdie. SYNOPSIS: Licorice Pizza arrives on home video in a Blu-ray + DVD + digital code edition that’s light on bonus feature, although it does include a small poster, if you’re into that sort […]

4K Ultra HD Review – RoboCop (1987)

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RoboCop, 1987, Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O’Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer. SYNOPSIS: Arrow has reissued their excellent two-disc RoboCop set on 4K, even going so far as to source new 4K scans of the trims that were added back in for the Director’s Cut (and originally […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

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Beverly Hills Cop II, 1987. Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Jürgen Prochnow, Brigitte Nielsen, Allen Garfield, Dean Stockwell, and Paul Reiser. SYNOPSIS: Beverly Hills Cop II follows its predecessor onto 4K in an edition that doesn’t have any bonus features, nor a Blu-ray disc. However, you get […]

Blu-ray Review – The Way of the Dragon (1972)

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The Way of the Dragon, 1972. Directed by Bruce Lee. Starring Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Paul Wei, Huang Chung-hsin, Tony Liu, Unicorn Chan, Chuck Norris, Malisa Longo, Robert Wall, Hwang In-shik, and Jon T. Benn. SYNOPSIS: Bruce Lee’s classic The Way of the Dragon gets Umbrella Entertainment’s “Films of Fury” treatment on all-region Blu-ray with […]

4K Ultra HD review – 12 Monkeys (1995)

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12 Monkeys, 1995. Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Plummer. SYNOPSIS: Arrow has issued 12 Monkeys on disc again. This time it’s a 4K Ultra HD release that ups the image quality from their 2018 Blu-ray, albeit in ways that are likely only noticeable to people watching on […]

Blu-ray Review – Silverado (1985)

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Silverado, 1985. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. Starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, and Linda Hunt. SYNOPSIS: Australian company Umbrella Entertainment has reissued Lawrence Kasdan’s classic Silverado as a region-free Blu-ray that ports over the bonus materials from the original 2009 disc. If you’re a […]

Blu-ray Review – Heavy Metal (1981) – Beyond Genres #16

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Heavy Metal, 1981. Directed by Gerald Potterton. Starring Rodger Bumpass, Jackie Burroughs, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks, Martin Lavut, Marilyn Lightstone, Eugene Levy, Alice Playten, Harold Ramis, Susan Roman, Richard Romanus, August Schellenberg, John Vernon, and Zal Yanovsk. SYNOPSIS: If you’re a Heavy Metal completist, you may want this new region-free Umbrella Entertainment release […]

4K Ultra HD Review – For All Mankind (1989)

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For All Mankind, 1989. Directed by Al Reinert. Starring Jim Lovell, Russell Schweickart, Eugene Cernan, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, Alan Bean, Jack Swigert, Stuart Roosa, James Irwin, Ken Mattingly, Charles Duke, and Harrison Schmitt. SYNOPSIS: Al Reinert’s classic documentary about the Apollo moon missions, For All Mankind, arrives in 4K courtesy of the […]

Blu-ray Review – Ordinary People (1980)

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Ordinary People, 1980. Directed by Robert Redford. Starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, M. Emmet Walsh, Judd Hirsch, and Elizabeth McGovern. SYNOPSIS: Robert Redford’s directorial debut, the Oscar-winning drama Ordinary People, arrives on Blu-ray for the first time, courtesy of the Paramount Presents line. Redford oversaw a new 4K transfer that was used […]