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Movie Review – Primitive War (2025)

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Primitive War, 2025.Directed by Luke Sparke. Starring Ryan Kwanten, Jeremy Piven, Tricia Helfer, Nick Wechsler, Anthony Ingruber, Aaron Glenane, Carlos Sanson Jr, Ana Thu Nguyen, Albert Mwangi, Adolphus Waylee, Henry Nixon, Lincoln Lewis, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Marcus Johnson and Jake Ryan.SYNOPSIS:Vietnam. 1968. A recon unit known as Vulture Squad is sent to an isolated jungle […]

Blu-ray Review – The Pink Panther (1963)

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The Pink Panther, 1963.Directed by Blake Edwards. Starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Brenda de Banzie, Colin Gordon, Fran Jeffries, and Claudia Cardinale.SYNOPSIS:Blake Edwards’ 1963 classic The Pink Panther, which spawned not only a movie franchise (including a two-film reboot with Steve Martin in the Inspector Clouseau role) but a cartoon franchise too, […]

Movie Review – Song Sung Blue (2025)

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Song Sung Blue, 2025.Written and Directed by Craig Brewer. Starring Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Michael Imperioli, Fisher Stevens, Jim Belushi, Ella Anderson, King Princess, Mustafa Shakir, Hudson Hensley, Shyaporn Theerakulstit, John Beckwith, Cecelia Riddett, Jayson Warner Smith, Sean Allan Krill, Kena Anae, Darius Rose, Chacha Tahng, Faye Tamasa, Carey Van Driest, and Tom O’Keefe.SYNOPSIS:Lightning and […]

Blu-ray Review – Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

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Twilight Zone: The Movie, 1983.Directed by John Landis, George Miller, Joe Dante, and Steven Spielberg. Starring Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Scatman Crothers, John Lithgow, Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, and Burgess Meredith.SYNOPSIS:Warner Bros. has reissued their out-of-print Blu-ray of 1983’s Twilight Zone: The Movie. As far as I know, this is the same disc that was […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, 1991.Directed by Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper. Starring Eleanor Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, George Lucas, John Milius, and Martin Sheen.SYNOPSIS:If you’ve never seen Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, you’re in for a heck of a treat. The making of Francis Ford Coppola’s classic Apocalypse […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Bugonia (2025)

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Bugonia, 2025.Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone.SYNOPSIS:Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos’s eleventh feature film, arrives on 4K Ultra HD with a code for a digital copy and just one bonus feature. This was my first experience with one of his movies, and I’m now determined to catch […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Awakenings (1990)

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Awakenings, 1990.Directed by Penny Marshall. Starring Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, and Max von Sydow.SYNOPSIS:Penny Marshall’s minor classic Awakenings, a box office success with a trio of Oscar nominations, arrives on 4K Ultra HD with a solid restoration. The bonus features are scant and don’t include anything new, […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The House with Laughing Windows (1976)

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The House with Laughing Windows, 1976.Directed by Pupi Avati. Starring Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano, Gianni Cavina, Bob Tonelli, and Giulio Pizzirani.SYNOPSIS:An art restorer is drawn into a murder mystery after he discovers the deceased artist whose work he is restoring had some unorthodox creative methods.Having entered the world of 4K UHD with their excellent release […]

Movie Review – The Threesome (2025)

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The Threesome, 2025.Directed by Chad Hartigan. Starring Zoey Deutch, Jonah Hauer-King, Ruby Cruz, Jaboukie Young-White, Josh Segarra, Robert Longstreet, Arden Myrin, Kristin Slaysman, Allan McLeod, Julia Sweeney, Tommy Do.SYNOPSIS:A young man’s perennial crush leads him into an unexpected threesome, he thinks it’s his ultimate fantasy come true. When the fantasy ends, all three are left […]

Movie Review – Sentimental Value (2025)

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Sentimental Value, 2025.Directed by Joachim Trier. Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Cory Michael Smith, Catherine Cohen, Pia Borgli, Jonas Jacobsen, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jesper Christensen, Lena Endre, Andreas Stoltenberg Granerud, Øyvind Hesjedal Loven, Lars Väringer, Ida Marianne Vassbotn Klasson, Vilde Søyland, Mari Strand Ferstad, Julia Küster, Haakon Norum Albech, Bente […]