Blue Thunder, 1983. Directed by John Badham. Starring Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, and Malcolm McDowell. SYNOPSIS: John Badham’s Blue Thunder makes its 4K Ultra HD debut courtesy of Arrow Video. I think it’s very much the lesser of the two films the director released in 1983 (WarGames was the other one), […]
Blu-ray Review – Dillinger (1973)
Dillinger, 1973. Directed by John Milius. Starring Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Michelle Phillips, Harry Dean Stanton, John Ryan, and Richard Dreyfuss. SYNOPSIS: John Milius’s Dillinger arrives in a new Blu-ray edition that lacks the bonus features found on the 2016 Arrow Video Blu-ray disc. That one sells for a lot these days, so […]
Blu-ray Review – The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Wild Bunch, 1969. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien, Warren Oates, Jaime Sánchez, Ben Johnson, Emilio Fernández, Strother Martin, and L.Q. Jones. SYNOPSIS: If you’re a fan of Sam Peckinpah’s classic film The Wild Bunch, you probably have this Blu-ray that Warner Bros. recently reissued. If you […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Stripes (1981)
Stripes, 1981. Directed by Ivan Reitman. Starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, John Candy, Sean Young, Judge Reinhold, and John Larroquette.’ SYNOPSIS: Sony has issued their 4K Ultra HD edition of Stripes previously found in Columbia Classics: Volume Two as a standalone Steelbook with the same mix of old and new […]
Blu-ray Review – Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, 1974. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Starring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernández, and Kris Kristofferson. SYNOPSIS: A bartender and his girlfriend go on a road trip through Mexico to collect the bounty on the head of a dead man accused of fathering […]
