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The first film that springs to mind is Ghost Rider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Rider_(2007_film)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Rider_(2007_film) I'll also second the recommendations for The Rocketeer and V for Vendetta. You could also do a lot worse than the 1990 Teenage Mutant...

Never heard of her but you've got to hand it to anyone who lives to that age. I remember being shocked to read once that there were over 500 people in the UK over the age of 105. Sad to lose another person from the golden age of cinema. May she RIP.

My BR copy has an aspect ratio of 2:4:1. I haven't actually got round to watching this copy of it yet but I have seen other films that have had their ARs changed from 2:35:1 to 2:4:1. I'm not sure why these changes are made but I haven't noticed much of a difference. This is a film I've...

The funny thing is that the advertising on VHS is actually one of the main reasons why I still like to watch VHS tapes from time to time. Whether it's the Coca Cola one on the Ghostbusters rental release or the Nintendo Gameboy one on the Terminator 2 rental release, they're just part of the...

The decline of DVD actually strikes a chord with my recent experience. I recently got my first 4K TV and I feel that BR is the minimum standard I want for films to look and sound at their best. DVD definitely feels like it has become a lower tier with my new TV while with my old TV DVD was...

I recently got my first Kino Lorber product. The UHD for Needful Things. I'm in the UK so Kino isn't as readily available over here and I've only recently branched out to 4K UHD so I've only just become able to take advantage of the region free status of UHD. I'm absolutely delighted with...

A Touch of Frost - 28 years worth of great content for just under £50. Probably the best value TV boxset I've ever bought. Black Adder - not quite the same value proposition as Frost but the complete series and specials on BR is still a great deal at £50. Malcolm in the Middle - haven't got...

It's really the only sensible thing to do. If it's done properly and therapeutically, there's no danger involved.

That's the motherlode, there. I've been playing them for years but this release has everything I could ask from Konami in relation to the TMNT franchise so I'm buying. These are games that continue to give me great enjoyment and they'll be a welcome addition to my Switch Lite library. The...

No Berzerk? The Jaguar version of Tempest 2000 is a good inclusion. I wish they had included more games from the Jaguar and the Lynx (the Lynx in particular has some excellent arcade ports) instead of focusing on the early 80s stuff.

Yes. I only have experience of the German release and the Time Life box set but I can say the sound and video is better in the former and also has the Tahiti music (the pop songs like Hometown Hero and Driving Me Crazy) which the TL set has removed. The German release is also infinitely more...

The Real Ghostbusters. I have the long out of print Time Life box set and I would say it's the least replaceable item in my film/TV collection: https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Real_Ghostbusters_DVD_Box_Set I also have the German Turbine release for the first two seasons (which is...

May I ask what you guys see in Burton's later work? Any particular films to recommend? If there is something I'm not getting in relation to Burton, I'm happy to be proved wrong.

I was just thinking that it's odd that this hasn't been given a sequel. It's a very popular and well-liked film and it's an 80s staple. I wouldn't want Tim Burton to have anything to do with it. I don't like the way his career has gone. Take a pseudo-Gothic concept, throw in some CGI, a...

Crystal Lake Memories: the Complete History of Friday 13th Six hour documentary that covers every film from the original to the reboot in in-depth detail. Most of the acting and production talent are there for interviews and there is much insight into the making of these films. These films...

I saw Goldeneye in 4k at the Prince Charles Cinema in London a couple of weeks ago. It really drew my attention to how good the action scenes are in the film. There have been plenty of Bond films making the rounds on the big screen recently but for all the other ones I was already engaged to...

I actually picked up a very nice 25th anniversary box set for OHMSS on VHS a couple of years ago in a charity shop. Comes with a special magazine and artcards: https://webimg.secondhandapp.at/w-i-mgl/58a633cd173bcabf77d02d3f I had a great time collecting and watching cheap VHS tapes 15 years...

I have a friend like that. He spends £400 a month on comic books that he never reads and never even come out of the box they're shipped in. The boxes are improperly stored all over his home and take up space which could be occupied with things he actually uses. With film purchases, he is very...

For those who are Amazon Prime members and live in the UK, this film is currently available to stream for free.

That's something I'm glad hasn't happened. I wouldn't want to see B&B done in anything other than the original 90s animation style.

I'm not sure which one to consider as my first purchase: 1) the copy of Ghostbusters my father bought me because I kept obsessing over it 2) the copy of Airplane! my mother bought me for doing well at school 3) the copy of Spontaneous Combustion I bought when I had £5 burning a hole in my...

I like the Bond music more than the actual films. It's something that's always been consistently good. I have the John Barry scores for Goldfinger and From Russia with Love and a greatest hits compilation of all the pop songs. Watched Goldeneye in my local independent cinema today. This is...

I'm annoyed that this is a streaming only thing but the good news is that I'll be able to access Paramount+ through my Amazon Prime membership so I won't be missing out on this. I think Do America has to go down as one of the best executed TV spin-offs ever and I'm looking forward to this one...

The two main chains in the UK are Odeon and Cineworld and they both offer that "Unlimited Cinema" deal. They're both currently doing it for £9.99: https://www.cineworld.co.uk/static/en/uk/unlimited https://www.odeon.co.uk/offers-membership/ Of the two, I think Odeon is the better experience...

I'm in the UK. If we go back 30 years, more people still rented the video or waited for it to come on TV than saw it in the cinema. "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" informed buying decisions then just as it does now, it's just that the people who don't pay to see the film...

I went to see the new Candyman yesterday and I was shocked at the pricing. £12.99 ($18.01) for a standard adult admission and it was £17.69 ($24.53) for IMAX and 4DX. I can't see cinema lasting for much longer with prices like that. You can get heavily discounted monthly passes but not...

My friend uses a JBL soundbar and is very happy with it. I'm always taking films round there so I can't be too unhappy with the sound quality either. As long as you avoid anything off the shelf from the local supermarket you should be ok. I don't know how much my friend paid but he definitely...

Like the sound of this. Thanks for sharing. There was also a Paul Hogan film called Almost an Angel which you don't hear about so much these days: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_an_Angel

I have FBDO in the HMV exclusive VHS edition: It appears to have exactly the same content as the steelbook so nothing much to shout about here. This is a bit of an aside but has anyone here seen Taking Care of Business? It stars James Belushi and Charles Grondin and it's kind of like FBDO...