Matt Hough
Spetters Blu-ray Review
Paul Verhoeven’s fifth Dutch film Spetters extended the international reputation he had earned with Soldier of Orange. It’s a long, stark, slice-of-life drama more depressing than exhilarating though certainly there are enough upbeat moments to keep the...
Matt Hough
The Woman in the Window Blu-ray Review
The Woman in the Window is a prime film noir from Fritz Lang featuring outstanding performances and a story that intrigues from the start and draws one into its ever-tightening noose around its protagonist’s neck.
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Matt Hough
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Blu-ray Review
An unusual musical revue featuring songs of one of the world’s most unique balladeers, Denis Héroux’s Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris may be visually grounded in the 1970s, but its songs reflect...
Mike Frezon
Weekly RoundUp 6-19-2018
Where to find the Best Deals on Movies & TV Shows on 4k/UHD, Blu-ray and DVD…
The Features
– Under Capricorn – 1949
– Pacific Rim Uprising – 2018
– The Woman in the Window – 1944
– Paul, Apostle of Christ – 2018
– Two Weeks in Another...
Todd Erwin
A Wrinkle in Time UHD Review
Disney’s second attempt to adapt Madeleine L'Engle’s classic children’s novel A Wrinkle in Time tries way too hard yet achieves so little.
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Todd Erwin
Early Man Blu-ray Review
Aardman Animation’s latest feature, Early Man¸ arrived with little fanfare in US theatres this past February, dwarfed by the runaway hit Marvel’s Black Panther and grossing just under $9 million domestically. Lionsgate brings the film to Blu-ray with an...
Josh Steinberg
A Lady Takes A Chance Blu-ray Review
It’s a clash of east coast vs. wild west when Jean Arthur and John Wayne meet in this romantic comedy that features a bit of a western flavor. The two leads have great screen chemistry, which more often than not makes up for writing and...
Todd Erwin
Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season UHD Review
HBO’s signature series Game of Thrones makes its 4K debut with Season One. But is it worth the upgrade?
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Todd Erwin
Tomb Raider (2018) UHD Review
Warner and MGM’s reboot of Tomb Raider arrives on 4K UHD Blu-ray with a stellar transfer, but the movie is seriously lacking in joy and humor.
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Todd Erwin
Jurassic Park 25th Anniversary Collection UHD Review
Steven Spielberg and Universal’s highly successful and popular dino franchise, Jurassic Park, roars on to 4K UHD Blu-ray with superb updated transfers and room-rumbling new DTS: X sound mixes sure to please any fan.
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Mike Frezon
Weekly RoundUp 6-12-2018
Where to find the Best Deals on Movies & TV Shows on 4k/UHD, Blu-ray and DVD…
The Features
– Tomb Raider – 2018
– Love, Simon – 2018
– Forrest Gump – 1994
– Designing Woman – 1957
– I Can Only Imagine – 2018
– King of Hearts – 1966
–...
Josh Steinberg
How Do I Love Thee? Blu-ray Review
In this notorious flop, Jackie Gleason leads a talented cast (including Maureen O’Hara and Shelley Winters) in a story about love and faith, and the cumulative effects of both on a family where one parent is devoutly religious and the other...
Kevin Collins
A few words about...™ Hilda Crane -- in Blu-ray
Make no mistake. Hilda Crane, which Twilight Time is now offering on Blu-ray, is a soap opera.
But it's a good one.
With a screenplay by Philip Dunne, (How Green Was My Valley, The Last of the Mohicans, Forever Amber) and...
Sam Posten
Vampyr - Game Review - For Xbox One, Steam / PC and PS4 (Reviewed on Xbox 1 X)
-Review in Progress -
Dontnod's Vampyr has been on my radar since about 2016. It is presented as an Xbox One X Enhanced game with terrific HDR and a spooky soundtrack. I'm a few hours into the game...
Matt Hough
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By Blu-ray Review
A nebbish out for revenge gets waylaid and settles instead for a cockeyed brand of wish fulfillment in Harold French’s The Man Who Watched Trains Go By.
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The PureAudioProject Trio15TB is not your typical speaker. The audio world is full of trendy products, all claiming to be the one true answer to all our sonic woes. Among speaker manufacturers, advances in materials science have enabled the production of transducers that exceed our wildest...
Todd Erwin
Peter Pan Signature Collection Blu-ray Review
Disney’s classic animated feature from 1953, Peter Pan, returns on Blu-ray sporting the same transfer as before, adding a handful of new special features and including most of the archival features.
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Mike Frezon
Weekly RoundUp 6-5-2018
Where to find the Best Deals on Movies & TV Shows on 4k/UHD, Blu-ray and DVD…
The Features
– Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – 1954
– The Big Country – 1958
– Peter Pan – 1953
– A Wrinkle in Time – 2018
– Death Wish – 2018
– Hurricane...
Josh Steinberg
Windjammer: The Voyage Of The Christian Radich (2017 Restoration) Blu-Ray Review
Windjammer: The Voyage Of The Christian Radich was the first and only feature made in the Cinemiracle process, which was nearly identical to Cinerama. While the film was originally released on...
Josh Steinberg
This Is Cinerama (2017 Restoration) Blu-ray Review
This Is Cinerama was the inaugural release in Cinerama, and was first released on Blu-ray in 2012. This brand new edition returns, for the first time, to the original three panel camera elements to present a restoration that...
Robert Harris
A few words about...™ The Birth of a Nation (1915) -- in Blu-ray
Yes.
I know.
Mr. Griffith's 1915, The Birth of a Nation, which in many ways helped to further the language of cinema, has been seen on every known video format, since the early days.
A quick count, shows, 347...
Mike Frezon
Weekly RoundUp 5-29-2018
Where to find the Best Deals on Movies & TV Shows on 4k/UHD, Blu-ray and DVD…
The Features
– Midnight Cowboy – 1969
– Annihilation – 2018
– Au Hasard Balthazar – 1966
– The Man Who Watched Trains Go By [aka The Paris Express] – 1952
– The...