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Josh Steinberg My Cousin Rachel (1952) Blu-ray Review Versatile director Henry Koster gets strong performances from the stars Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton in this ambiguous tale of romance and suspicion. [review]

Josh Steinberg Dragonwyck Blu-ray Review Joseph L. Mankiewicz makes a memorable directorial debut in this Twentieth Century Fox classic starring Gene Tierney and Vincent Price. [review]

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Mike Frezon Weekly RoundUp 3-13-2018 Where to find the Best Deals on Movies & TV Shows on 4k/UHD, Blu-ray and DVD… The Features – The Shape of Water – 2017 – A Trip to the Moon – 1902 – The Lion in Winter – 1968 – Justice League – 2017 – Call Me By Your Name –...

Robert Harris A few words about...™ Joan of Arc -- in Blu-ray Victor Fleming's 1948 Technicolor Joan of Arc is an interesting film. Produced with a very large budget, and with three superb cinematographers at the helm, it's a gorgeous film to look at. As a production, it's big on process...

Robert Harris A few words about...™ While the City Sleeps -- in Blu-ray At the end of his very long career, the great Fritz Lang, made a few noir films for RKO. To me, his last great film was The Big Heat, for Columbia, in 1953. The two final American productions, both 1956, were While the...

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Neil Middlemiss Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Blu-ray Review Branagh brings a real energy and lush flavor to his adaptation of one of author Agatha Christie’s most treasured stories. A dazzling production with a terrific, if under-exploited cast, the film is wonderfully staged. While...

Josh Steinberg Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series Blu-ray Review Picking up twenty-five years later, David Lynch, Mark Frost and Kyle MacLachlan return to the scene of the crime in Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series. More continuation than reboot, the show once again seeks to redefine what...

Mike Frezon Weekly RoundUp 3-6-2018 Where to find the Best Deals on Movies & TV Shows on 4k/UHD, Blu-ray and DVD… The Features – Thor: Ragnarok – 2017 – Lady Bird – 2017 – Topaze – 1933 – The Man Who Invented Christmas – 2017 – L’eclisse – 1962 – Wonder...

I know what a lot of the acronyms commonly used here are, but by no means all, and having to go back and read entire lengthy threads to see if they are identified is cumbersome. Just today I hit several I'd not heard of (such as "LPCM"). I appreciate that many members here know all of this...

Todd Erwin Coco Blu-ray Review Coco is, quite possibly, Pixar's most colorful and beautifully animated feature to date. Disney’s Multi-Screen Edition contains the film on Blu-ray and DVD, plus an extra Blu-ray disc full of extras, and a digital copy to boot. [review]

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Richard Gallagher The L-Shaped Room Blu-ray Review The L-Shaped Room is, for its time, a surprisingly frank adult drama which features a brilliant lead performance by Leslie Caron. It has arrived on Blu-ray from Twilight Time with a superb black & white transfer courtesy of Sony. [review]

Todd Erwin Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life UHD Review Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Angelina Jolie’s second outing as the video game adventurer, manages to capture much of the fun of the first film despite its ridiculous plot involving Pandora’s Box. [review]

Todd Erwin Lara Croft: Tomb Raider UHD Review Paramount is releasing their two entries on 4K UHD Blu-ray. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, from 2001, benefits from a spiffy new 4K transfer. [review]

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Todd Erwin Lady and the Tramp Signature Collection Blu-ray Review Disney's all-time classic animal love story, Lady and the Tramp, returns to Blu-ray in a re-packaged Signature Collection edition that more or less recycles the video and audio transfer from the previous edition, adds a...

Neil Middlemiss Suburbicon Blu-ray Review As a finger pointing to the façade of the 1950s as a wholesome, morally unequivocal time, and the fallacy that the socially dispossessed (minorities, etc.,) were foes to decency, Suburbicon is able to make its point. Doing so through the prism of an...

Robert Harris A few words about...™ Lady and the Tramp -- in Blu-ray I've been trying with the Disney animated classics. Trying to like the new Blu-rays. I really have. I've even reviewed them well, hoping for something to change. For about a decade, I've been forgiving them their...

Mike Frezon Weekly RoundUp 2-20-2018 Where to find the Best Deals on Movies & TV Shows on 4k/UHD, Blu-ray and DVD… The Features – The Covered Wagon – 1923 – Same Kind of Different as Me – 2017 – Daddy’s Home 2 – 2017 – The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds – 1972...

Todd Erwin Daddy's Home 2 UHD Review Daddy's Home 2 is a waste of talent and time, an infrequently humorous attempt at a family Christmas film that is neither heartwarming nor charming. Although the 4K UHD Blu-ray from Paramount does boast a nice, colorful video transfer and somewhat...

Neil Middlemiss The Silence of the Lambs Blu-Ray Review (Criterion) Crafted with a gift for capturing the layers of complex characters, investigative pursuit, and the tightening screws of tension, The Silence of the Lambs builds its effective psychological horror. It is mesmerizing cinema...

Mike Frezon Weekly RoundUp 2-13-2018 Where to find the Best Deals on Movies & TV Shows on 4k/UHD, Blu-ray and DVD… The Features – Wonder – 2017 – Silence of the Lambs – 1991 – God’s Own Country – 2017 – Orchestra Rehearsal – 1978 – The Thomas Crown Affair – 1968 – Roman J...

Todd Erwin Cloverfield UHD Review Originally intended as a tie-in to the theatrical release of The Cloverfield Paradox (which has since been cancelled after being acquired outright by Netflix), Paramount has released Cloverfield in a new 4K UHD Blu-ray. Unfortunately, due to the film's...

Todd Erwin IT UHD Review The rediscovery of Stephen King's work in 2017 came to a successful close with the release of IT, a remake of the 1990 TV mini-series and based on King's 1986 best-selling novel. [review]

Matt Hough Casanova Brown Blu-ray Review An amiable comedy of miscommunication with delightful stars and touches of screwball comedy tropes of old, Sam Wood’s Casanova Brown is fairly lightweight material for two Academy Award-winning stars. [review]