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3871. [BLU-RAY DISC] Maids, The (Blu-ray Review)

The Maids was originally a part of the second season of The American Film Theatre, a subscription series of motion pictures adapted from plays. Sisters Solange (Glenda Jackson) and Claire (Susannah York) ...

Created on 30 July 2018

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3872. [BLU-RAY DISC] Take a Girl Like You (Blu-ray Review)

Director Jonathan Miller, who spent most of his cinematic career either writing or directing TV movies, helmed just one theatrical movie, which was the 1970 British comedy Take a Girl Like You.

Created on 30 July 2018

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3873. [MY TWO CENTS] Mill Creek sets The Shield: The Complete Series for Blu-ray release in November, plus more news

All right, we’ve got a slow news day for you today, but we do have one great bit of news for you... Mill Creek Entertainment has announced their October and November release slate and the highlight is ...

Created on 27 July 2018

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3874. [MY TWO CENTS] Ocean’s 8, a Predator 4K update, Kino’s Trilogy of Terror, 2 new Talking Blus, BD reviews & RIP Jon Schnepp

We’ve got three new Blu-ray reviews for you to enjoy today, including David Steigman’s look at Eli Roth’s Death Wish remake and Phillipe de Broca’s 1966 French drama King of Hearts. We’ve also got Dennis ...

Created on 26 July 2018

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3875. [BLU-RAY DISC] A Ciambra (Blu-ray Review)

A Ciambra, the second feature from director Jonas Carpignano (Mediterranea), takes place in the Ciambra, a strikingly poor and isolated neighborhood of Romani (Gypsies) and African migrants in the Calabria ...

Created on 26 July 2018

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3876. [BLU-RAY DISC] King of Hearts (Blu-ray Review)

French film director Philippe de Broca, whose career as a director lasted for over 50 years, considers his anti-war parody, Le roi de coeur (known as King of Hearts to American audiences) to be his masterpiece ...

Created on 26 July 2018

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3877. [BLU-RAY DISC] Death Wish (2018) (Blu-ray Review)

The original Death Wish was a gritty drama from 1974 starring Charles Bronson that spawned several sequels over the years. Now in 2018, it joins the ranks of many other genre classics being remade for ...

Created on 26 July 2018

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3878. [MY TWO CENTS] Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Batman: TAS details, Night Stalker, Pink Panther: Vol 3, & Halloween in 4K?

All right, we’ve got a bunch more interesting news for you today… First though, two more new Blu-ray reviews… Tim has just turned in his thoughts on Scream Factory’s Piranha II: The Spawning on Blu-ray, ...

Created on 24 July 2018

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3879. [BLU-RAY DISC] Ready Player One (Blu-ray Review)

Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg, is a science fiction excursion into a virtual reality world where anything is possible. Based on the novel by Ernest Cline, the movie takes place in 2045. ...

Created on 24 July 2018

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3880. [BLU-RAY DISC] Piranha II: The Spawning (Blu-ray Review)

Piranha II: The Spawning (aka Piranha II: Flying Killers) is the sequel to the Roger Corman/Joe Dante hit from several years prior. In it, the military-developed superfish return to terrorize another local ...

Created on 24 July 2018

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3881. [MY TWO CENTS] Batman: TAS, Jonny Quest, and TONS of new Shout!/Scream titles announced at Comic-Con – we have the details!

Let’s catch you up on the Blu-ray announcements that came in at Comic-Con from the Warner Archive Collection and both Shout! Factory and Scream Factory. First up, just as expected, the Warner Archive ...

Created on 23 July 2018

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3882. [BLU-RAY DISC] Beyond Re-Animator (Blu-ray Review)

Beyond Re-Animator is the third entry in the Re-Animator series from 2003. Directed by Brian Yuzna, who produced the original film and also directed Bride of Re-Animator, the film continues the misadventures ...

Created on 20 July 2018

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3883. [BLU-RAY DISC] Dagon (Blu-ray Review)

Stuart Gordon has basically made a career out of adapting H.P. Lovecraft’s work, and nowhere is his love for it more prevalent than in Dagon. Based upon the short story “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”, it’s ...

Created on 20 July 2018

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3884. [MY TWO CENTS] Batman: The Animated Series on Blu-ray gets cover art, plus Bill at Comic-Con & 2 reviews

All right, we’ve got a pair of new disc reviews for you… Tim has taken a look at Lionsgate’s recent Vestron Video Collector’s Series titles, including Dagon and Beyond Re-Animator. Both are worth your ...

Created on 20 July 2018

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3885. [MY TWO CENTS] Zatoichi (1989) finally coming to Blu-ray, plus X-Files: S11, Olive’s Bound & a Jack Ryan 4K update

We’ve got more interesting announcements today, including a very nice surprise, plus new reviews too. First up, those reviews… Tim has taken a look at Richard Friedman’s Doom Asylum on Blu-ray from Arrow ...

Created on 19 July 2018

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3886. [BLU-RAY DISC] Director’s Cut (Blu-ray Review)

Trying to describe what Director’s Cut is to anyone not already familiar with it is, in and of itself, a tall task if ever there was one. Since it’s a highly meta film with an unusual narrative thrust, ...

Created on 19 July 2018

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3887. [BLU-RAY DISC] Doom Asylum: Special Edition (Blu-ray Review)

Empire Pictures meets Fred Olen Ray meets Herschell Gordon Lewis is probably the best description I can come up with for Doom Asylum. Shot in a mere eight days inside an abandoned sanatorium, the story ...

Created on 19 July 2018

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3888. [HISTORY, LEGACY & SHOWMANSHIP] When Dinosaurs Ruled the Cinema: Remembering “Jurassic Park” on its 25th Anniversary

“It takes a filmmaker as deeply imaginative, but also technically savvy as Steven Spielberg to orchestrate and bring [all of the elements] together into a cohesive whole that works with his intricate vision ...

Created on 18 July 2018

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3889. [MY TWO CENTS] It’s official... Solo: A Star Wars Story hits Blu-ray, DVD & 4K on 9/25, plus a new Talking Blu

Disney has just announced that Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, directed by Ron Howard, will arrive on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 9/25 (just as we first predicted here on The Bits way back when), ...

Created on 18 July 2018

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3890. [MY TWO CENTS] Criterion’s October slate, Westworld: S2, Hereditary & more 4K, plus Amazon Prime $15 4K sale, 8 new BD reviews & more

All right, today’s post was meant to go live yesterday, but we had some server glitches and crashed that took us offline for a while. As such, we’re playing catch up a little bit today. But we’ve expanded ...

Created on 17 July 2018

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3891. [BLU-RAY DISC] In the Mouth of Madness: Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray Review)

Mixing a Phillip Marlowe private eye sensibility with an H.P. Lovecraft end of the world scenario, In the Mouth of Madness tells the story of an insurance investigator named John Trent (Sam Neill) who ...

Created on 17 July 2018

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3892. [BLU-RAY DISC] China Salesman (Blu-ray Review)

In this Asian production with a diverse cast, a Chinese engineer named Yan Jian (Dong-xue Li), referred to as “The China Salesman”, goes to North Africa for his employer DH Telecom to win an important ...

Created on 17 July 2018

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3893. [BLU-RAY DISC] Love, Simon (Blu-ray Review)

Love, Simon is both a coming-of-age story – the kind usually about lovesick teenagers – and a coming-out tale of apprehension. High school senior Simon Spier (Nick Robinson, Jurassic World), by his own ...

Created on 17 July 2018

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3894. [BLU-RAY DISC] Case of the Scorpion’s Tale, The: Special Edition (Blu-ray Review)

The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail (aka La coda dello Scorpione) is an Italian giallo horror thriller from 1971. Beautifully directed by Sergio Martino, who is no stranger to the giallo genre (The Strange ...

Created on 16 July 2018

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3895. [BLU-RAY DISC] Vigil: Special Edition (Blu-ray Review)

Prior to Vincent Ward’s more popular work The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey, he began his career as a filmmaker with one of New Zealand’s more interesting exports, Vigil. Telling the story of a family ...

Created on 16 July 2018

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3896. [BLU-RAY DISC] Godmonster of Indian Flats (Blu-ray Review)

Godmonster of Indian Flats may not be the worst monster movie ever made, but it comes pretty close. This 1973 film is set in Nevada near the site of the old Comstock lode, the first discovery of silver ...

Created on 16 July 2018

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3897. [MY TWO CENTS] Jack Ryan 5-Film, Robin Hood & Sherlock: S1 all in 4K, plus Criterion’s Bergman BD box & Gravity Falls reviewed!

Boy, have we got some big news today! First though, we’ve just posted a trio of new Blu-ray disc reviews... I’ve turned in my thoughts on Shout! Factory’s outstanding new Gravity Falls: The Complete ...

Created on 13 July 2018

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3898. [BLU-RAY DISC] Gravity Falls: The Complete Series (Blu-ray Review)

Dipper Pines (voiced by Jason Ritter) and his twin sister Mabel (Kristen Schaal) are a pair of California preteens sent by their parents to spent the summer with their great uncle (aka “Grunkle”) Stan ...

Created on 13 July 2018

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3899. [BLU-RAY DISC] Operation Red Sea (Blu-ray Review)

Operation Red Sea opens with an extended sequence showing the elite Chinese navy’s Jiaolong Assault Team foiling a Somalian pirate attack on a container cargo freighter. It’s exciting and sets the tone ...

Created on 13 July 2018

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3900. [BLU-RAY DISC] I Feel Pretty (Blu-ray Review)

I Feel Pretty, a comedy starring Amy Schumer, contains an important message sandwiched in among its many body-shaming gags. Drawing on a theme in movies from The Hunchback of Notre Dame to Fantastic Beasts ...

Created on 13 July 2018

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