The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: The Shape of Water, fresh off winning Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars, arrives in a Blu-ray + DVD + Digital edition that has a modest complement of […]
Blu-ray Review – Misery: Collector’s Edition (1990)
Misery, 1990. Directed by Rob Reiner. Starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Lauren Bacall, and Frances Sternhagen. SYNOPSIS: Rob Reiner’s 1990 adaptation of Stephen King’s very personal novel Misery comes to a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray from Shout! Factory. The disc features a new 4K restoration of the film, along with new interviews with Reiner […]
Blu-ray Review – Coco (2017)
Coco, 2017. Directed by Lee Unkrich. Featuring the voice talents of Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, Renee Victor, Ana Ofelia Murguia, and Edward James Olmos. SYNOPSIS: Pixar’s Golden Globe-winning Coco comes to Blu-ray in an edition that includes copious bonus materials, along with a rich presentation of the movie. Pixar keeps producing […]
Blu-ray Review – Castle in the Sky (1986)
Castle in the Sky, 1986. Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring the voice talents of Anna Paquin, James Van Der Beek, Cloris Leachman, Mark Hamill SYNOPSIS: GKids has secured the new home video distributor contract for Studio Ghibli films, and they’ve released a big batch of them on Blu-ray, with more bonus features than […]
Blu-ray Review – My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
My Neighbor Totoro, 1988. Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring the voice talents of Tim Daly, Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, and Lea Salonga. SYNOPSIS: The classic Hayao Miyazaki movie My Neighbor Totoro is on Blu-ray (again) in a new Blu-ray plus DVD edition released by GKids, which has taken over home video distribution of […]
Blu-ray Review – Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984. Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring the voice talents of Alison Lohman, Uma Thurman, Patrick Stewart, Edward James Olmos,and Shia LaBeouf. SYNOPSIS: GKids has secured the new home video distributor contract for Studio Ghibli films, and they’ve released a big batch of them on Blu-ray, with […]
Blu-ray Review – Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
Howl’s Moving Castle, 2004. Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring the voice talents of Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson, and Billy Crystal. SYNOPSIS: Disney was the source of Hayao Miyazaki movies on home video for a while, but GKids has taken on that effort now, and they’ve […]
Blu-ray Review – L.A. Confidential: 20th Anniversary Edition
L.A. Confidential, 1997. Directed by Curtis Hanson. Starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Kim Basinger, and Danny DeVito. SYNOPSIS: L.A. Confidential has been reissued on DVD and Blu-ray for its 20th anniversary. Unfortunately, nothing new was created for this release, so owners of the 2008 Blu-ray can skip this one, […]
Blu-ray Review – E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, 1982. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, and Drew Barrymore. SYNOPSIS: Anniversaries divisible by five remain popular with the Hollywood studios’ home theater divisions, so of course E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial needed (not really) that treatment for its 35th anniversary. If you have the Blu-ray issued […]
Blu-ray Review – Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
Prizzi’s Honor, 1985. Directed by John Huston. Starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, William Hickey, and Lee Richardson. SYNOPSIS: John Huston’s penultimate movie, Prizzi’s Honor, arrives on Blu-ray, but the bonus features leave a bit to be desired. You get trailers for five other movies and a commentary track featuring […]
