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Blu-ray Review – Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

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Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2022.Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr., James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis.SYNOPSIS:Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s kinetic, crazy multi-verse movie Everything Everywhere All at Once arrives on Blu-ray with a solid line-up of bonus features and […]

Blu-ray Review – Out of Sight (1998)

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Out of Sight, 1998.Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Albert Brooks, Michael Keaton, and Steve Zahn.SYNOPSIS:Steven Soderbergh’s electric classic Out of Sight — part heist caper and part rom-com — arrives on Blu-ray again with a print based on a new 4K master approved and color […]

4K Ultra HD Review – True Romance (1993)

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True Romance, 1993.Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Michael Rapaport, Tom Sizemore, Bronson Pinchot, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gandolfini, and Saul Rubinek.SYNOPSIS:True Romance arrives in 4K in time for its 29th anniversary. With an early script by Quentin Tarantino and […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

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Lawrence of Arabia, 1962.Directed by David Lean. Starring Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Omar Sharif, and Peter O’Toole. SYNOPSIS:Lawrence of Arabia makes its standalone 4K debut in this new four-disc edition from Sony. The film is split across a pair of 4K Ultra HD platters while […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Northman (2022)

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The Northman, 2022.Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe.SYNOPSIS:Robert Eggers’ latest tour de force, The Northman, arrives on 4K Ultra HD disc not long after its theatrical run. The film looks amazing in 4K, as you might imagine, and Universal commissioned a nice […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

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The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957.Directed by David Lean. Starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, and James Donald. SYNOPSIS:David Lean’s classic The Bridge on the River Kwai has been reissued on 4K by Sony in honor of the film’s 65th anniversary. This is largely the same 4K edition released in 2017, […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Untouchables (1987)

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The Untouchables, 1987.Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, and Patricia Clarkson.SYNOPSIS:Brian De Palma’s classic The Untouchables arrives on 4K looking about as good as it did in theaters 35 years ago. No new extras were commissioned for this release, but Paramount ported over […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Double Indemnity (1944)

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Double Indemnity, 1944.Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Byron Barr, John Philliber, and Tom Powers.SYNOPSIS:Criterion continues its string of 4K upgrades of classic movies with Billy Wilder’s 1944 film, Double Indemnity. The 4K presentation is sublime, and Criterion threw in a pair of Blu-rays, one […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Batman (2022)

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The Batman, 2022.Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell.SYNOPSIS:Matt Reeves’ grim-and-gritty The Batman arrives on 4K with a presentation as stellar as you’d expect, along with a big batch of bonus features that do an excellent job of telling the […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962.Directed by John Ford. Starring John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, and Woody Strode.SYNOPSIS:John Ford’s classic western The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance gets the 4K treatment courtesy of the Paramount Presents line of classic films. The movie looks gorgeous, and the studio has ported over the […]