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DVD Review – Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXVIII

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Brad Cook reviews Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXVIII… MST3K Volume XXXVII was what I would call, to use baseball lingo, a solid double into the gap, rather than a clean home run. The latest, MST3K Volume XXXVIII, is more of the same. That judgment doesn’t reflect the quality of the included episodes – it’s […]

Blu-ray Review – Moonlight (2016)

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Moonlight, 2016. Written and Directed by Barry Jenkins Starring Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland, Janelle Monae, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali. SYNOPSIS: Moonlight, fresh off its “Wait, what just happened?” Best Picture win at the Oscars, arrives on Blu-ray. The disc has a commentary track by director Barry Jenkins that’s worth a […]

Blu-ray Review – Midnight Run: Collector’s Edition (1988)

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Midnight Run, 1988. Directed by Martin Brest. Starring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina and Joe Pantoliano. SYNOPSIS: Midnight Run arrives on Blu-ray in the US in a new Collector’s Edition from Shout! Factory that includes a new interview with Robert De Niro along with the interviews that were part […]

Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series Blu-ray Collector’s Edition Review

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Freeks and Geeks: The Complete Series Starring Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Becky Ann Baker, Joe Flaherty, and Busy Philipps. SYNOPSIS: The modern classic, Freaks and Geeks, arrives on Blu-ray at last! Set in 1980 at the fictional McKinley High in Detroit, Freaks and Geeks […]

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXV Review

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Brad Cook reviews Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXV… Shout! Factory’s track record with MST3K sets has been pretty solid ever since they took over the license from Rhino. They’ve done a great job of including bonus features in every four-disc volume, along with four mini-posters based on the disc case covers. Some sets are […]

Blu-ray Review – The Good Dinosaur (2015)

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The Good Dinosaur, 2015. Directed by Peter Sohn. Featuring the voice talents of Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Marcus Scribner, Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Steve Zahn, Mandy Freund, Steven Clay Hunter, Anna Paquin and Sam Elliott. SYNOPSIS: In a world where dinosaurs and humans live side-by-side, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While The […]

DVD Review – Highlander Director’s Cut: 30th Anniversary Edition

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Highlander Director’s Cut: 30th Anniversary Edition Directed by Russell Mulcahy. Starring Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown and Sean Connery. SYNOPSIS: “There can be only one.” Cult classic film Highlander arrives on Blu-ray and two-disc DVD in a new 30th Anniversary Edition that features new interviews with director Russell Mulcahy and star Christopher Lambert, along […]

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 and Veronica Cartwright. SYNOPSIS: Philip Kaufman’s 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a minor classic that has received a nice Collector’s Edition treatment on Blu-ray by Shout! Factory, who commissioned a new 2K […]

Blu-ray Review – Journey To Space (2015)

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Journey To Space, 2015 Written and Directed by Mark Krenzien. Starring Patrick Stewart, Chris Ferguson, Serena Auñón and Lindsay Aitchison. SYNOPSIS: Journey To Space is a disjointed effort about the space program that skips over a lot of things but also spends a lot of time talking about NASA’s plans for a trip to Mars, […]