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Blu-ray Review – Black Widow (2021)

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Black Widow, 2021. Directed by Cate Shortland. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, and Rachel Weisz. SYNOPSIS: Disney brings Black Widow to home video on a high-definition Blu-ray disc that comes with a code for a digital copy. The film is good but not great, and the […]

Warner Bros. announces Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition 4K box set

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In celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment that all six films in Peter Jackson’s epic saga are set for release in a 31-disc Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition box set featuring the movies in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray; check out the […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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The Shawshank Redemption, 1994. Directed by Frank Darabont. Starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore. SYNOPSIS: The Shawshank Redemption arrives on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. The film looks beautiful, but no new bonus features were commissioned for this edition, so all of the extras were ported […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Star Trek: The Original 4-Movie Collection

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Star Trek: The Original 4-Movie Collection Directed by Robert Wise, Nicholas Meyer, and Leonard Nimoy. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta, Stephen Collins, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Kirstie Alley, Ricardo Montalbán, Christopher Lloyd, and Catherine Hicks. SYNOPSIS: The first four […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Dune (1984)

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Dune, 1984. Directed by David Lynch. Starring Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino, Brad Dourif, José Ferrer, Linda Hunt, Freddie Jones, Richard Jordan, Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Silvana Mangano, Everett McGill, Kenneth McMillan, Jack Nance, Siân Phillips, Jürgen Prochnow, Paul Smith, Patrick Stewart, Sting, Dean Stockwell, Max von Sydow, Alicia Roanne Witt, and Sean Young. SYNOPSIS: David […]

Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders coming to 4K with extended cut

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Earlier this month it was announced that Francis Ford Coppola has put together a Director’s Cut of his debut feature, the Roger Corman-produced Dementia 13, and now comes word that the legendary filmmaker has revisited another of his former films in 1983’s coming of age drama The Outsiders for an extended version titled The Outsiders […]

Blu-ray Review – Blind Beast (1969)

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Blind Beast, 1969. Directed by Yasuzô Masumura. Starring Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori and Noriko Sengoku. SYNOPSIS: A model is kidnapped by a blind sculptor and embarks on an intense masochistic relationship as they seek to stimulate each other’s senses. You know what it’s like when you fancy a massage and book a masseur to come […]

Star Trek: Discovery Seasons 1-3 coming to Blu-ray and DVD in November

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CBS Home Entertainment has announced that the first three seasons of the sci-fi series Star Trek: Discovery will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD this November, bringing together all 42 episodes from the Paramount+ original series so far, along with more than eight hours of special features; check out the cover artwork and details below… Marking […]

Blu-ray Review – Nashville (1975)

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Nashville, 1975. Directed by Robert Altman Starring David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Timothy Brown, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert DoQui, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, David Hayward, Michael Murphy, Allan F. Nicholls, Dave Peel, Cristina Raines, Bert Remsen, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles, and […]