The Andromeda Strain, 1971. Directed by Robert Wise. Starring Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, David Wayne, Paula Kelly, and George Mitchell. SYNOPSIS: The Andromeda Strain arrives on 4K Ultra HD courtesy of Arrow Video. This is the same disc as the Blu-ray Arrow issued in 2019, but the image quality is even better here, […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director’s Edition (1979)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director’s Edition, 1979. Directed by Robert Wise. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta, Stephen Collins. SYNOPSIS: The Director’s Edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture has finally received its 4K upgrade, which includes many new updates to the […]
October Horrors 2021 – The Haunting (1963)
The Haunting, 1963. Directed by Robert Wise. Starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson and Russ Tamblyn. SYNOPSIS: A paranormal investigator gathers together a group of people to spend a night in the ominous Hill House as part of an experiment to determine if the building is haunted, oblivious to the terror that awaits them. […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Star Trek: The Original 4-Movie Collection
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 […]
Blu-ray Review – Citizen Kane: 75th Anniversary Edition
Citizen Kane, 1941. Directed by Orson Welles. Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, George Coulouris and Agnes Moorehead. SYNOPSIS: Warner Bros. is celebrating Citizen Kane‘s 75th anniversary with a Blu-ray that’s the same one included in the previous 70th anniversary set. However, the DVDs with the Battle Over Citizen Kane and RKO […]
It’s Okay To Prefer A Remake, Really
Edward Gardiner on why it’s okay to prefer remakes… If it’s not a sequel, it’s a remake. Always a hot topic in film discussion, the phenomenon of film remakes is something many of us still can’t entirely wrap our heads around. It’s been going on for decades, to varying degrees of quality, but only in recent […]
