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4051. [BLU-RAY DISC] There’s Always Vanilla: Special Edition (Blu-ray Review)

After the passing of George A. Romero, I had the distinct feeling that many of us would be going back and reevaluating his work – specifically his less popular work. Post-Night of the Living Dead, he went ...

Created on 28 March 2018

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4052. [BLU-RAY DISC] Joan of Arc: 70th Anniversary (Blu-ray Review)

Based upon the 1946 Broadway play by Maxwell Anderson, director Victor Fleming’s Joan of Arc tells the story of the historical “Maid of Orléans,” from the point in her teenaged life where she’s compelled ...

Created on 28 March 2018

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4053. [BLU-RAY DISC] 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene (Blu-ray Review)

The importance of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Psycho can hardly be measured. It has the kind of influence that has informed generations of filmmakers and pop culture consumers the way very few films ...

Created on 27 March 2018

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4054. [BLU-RAY DISC] Colossus: The Forbin Project (Blu-ray Review)

Based upon the 1966 novel “Colossus” by D.F. Jones, Colossus: The Forbin Project (or simply The Forbin Project as its known in the U.K.) was released by Universal Pictures in 1970, theorizing what would ...

Created on 27 March 2018

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4055. [BLU-RAY DISC] Happy Death Day (Blu-ray Review)

In development since 2007, Happy Death Day had a 10-year journey to the big screen when Blumhouse Productions picked it up and Christoper Landon (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones and Scout’s Guide ...

Created on 27 March 2018

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4056. [MY TWO CENTS] Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, Isle of Dogs, Peter Rabbit & speculation on potential late-2018 4K catalog titles

All right, we’re starting the new week this afternoon with a trio of fresh Blu-ray reviews… First up, Tim has checked out Scalpel (1977) on BD from Arrow Video, as well as Val Guest’s When Dinosaurs Ruled ...

Created on 26 March 2018

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4057. [BLU-RAY DISC] Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (Blu-ray Review)

A continuation of storylines established in the classic Batman: The Animated Series, Warner’s animated movie Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero finds poor Victor Freeze (Michael Ansara) biding his time in hiding, ...

Created on 26 March 2018

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4058. [BLU-RAY DISC] When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (Blu-ray Review)

Preceded by two other Hammer Studios’ prehistoric film ventures, One Million Years B.C. and Slave Girls, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth took a left turn and attempted a more fictionalized view of primitive ...

Created on 26 March 2018

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4059. [BLU-RAY DISC] Scalpel: Special Edition (Blu-ray Review)

Feeling more like a long-running soap opera adapted for the big screen, Scalpel’s plot involving a deeply disturbed plastic surgeon who alters the appearance of a young woman to look like his missing daughter ...

Created on 26 March 2018

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4060. [MY TWO CENTS] Phantom Thread in 4K on 5/8, plus X-Files: Season 11 coming to Blu-ray, new BD reviews & more

We’re starting today with three new Blu-ray reviews from Tim, including Synapse Films’ Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary – Special Edition documentary and their Suspiria: Two-Disc Special Edition, ...

Created on 22 March 2018

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4061. [BLU-RAY DISC] Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary – Special Edition (Blu-ray Review)

For many who saw it at an impressionable age, Pet Sematary has always been one of the more frightening and effective adaptations of Stephen King’s material. Although it did a modest amount of business ...

Created on 22 March 2018

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4062. [BLU-RAY DISC] Suspiria: Two-Disc Special Edition (Blu-ray Review)

A beautiful, young American woman steps off a plane into a foreign land, enveloped by a torrential downpour. She arrives at a dance academy where another young woman runs out of the building, saying something ...

Created on 22 March 2018

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4063. [BLU-RAY DISC] Suspiria: 40th Anniversary Edition (Umbrella – Blu-ray Review)

A beautiful, young American woman steps off a plane into a foreign land, enveloped by a torrential downpour. She arrives at a dance academy where another young woman runs out of the building, saying something ...

Created on 22 March 2018

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4064. [MY TWO CENTS] Matrix 4K pre-orders, Black Panther date, South Park: S21 & 30 Rock, plus Mission: Impossible/Rambo in 4K

All right, we’ve got a couple of news items to cover for you today... First up, a quick reminder: Warner’s The Matrix is now available for pre-order in 4K Ultra HD on Amazon with a street date of 5/22. ...

Created on 20 March 2018

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4065. [BLU-RAY DISC] Crazies, The: Special Edition (Blu-ray Review)

After the passing of George A. Romero, I had the distinct feeling that many of us would be going back and reevaluating his work – specifically his less popular work. Post-Night of the Living Dead, he went ...

Created on 19 March 2018

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4066. [BLU-RAY DISC] Season of the Witch: Special Edition (Blu-ray Review)

After the passing of George A. Romero, I had the distinct feeling that many of us would be going back and reevaluating his work – specifically his less popular work. Post-Night of the Living Dead, he went ...

Created on 19 March 2018

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4067. [MY TWO CENTS] Star Wars: Last Jedi reviewed, plus Maze Runner: Death Cure, Criterion’s June, Game of Thrones in 4K & more!

First up today, we have no less than three new disc reviews for you, starting with Tim’s thoughts on Fangs of the Living Dead from Scream Factory as well as The Hospital and Harry and Walter Go to New ...

Created on 16 March 2018

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4068. [BLU-RAY DISC] Fangs of the Living Dead (Blu-ray Review)

Amando de Ossorio’s Fangs of the Living Dead, or Malenka: The Niece of the Vampire as it was originally titled, is the Spanish director’s first foray into the world of horror before going on to create ...

Created on 16 March 2018

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4069. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Star Wars: The Last Jedi (4K UHD Review)

Having destroyed Starkiller Base, but lost Han Solo in the process, the heroes of the Resistance have no time to regroup, as the First Order launches an immediate counterattack. General Leia (Carrie Fisher), ...

Created on 15 March 2018

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4070. [BLU-RAY DISC] Harry and Walter Go to New York (Blu-ray Review)

It’s incredible to think that there was a time that a film which was directed by Mark Rydell, starred James Caan, Elliot Gould, Diane Keaton, and Michael Caine, was photographed by László Kovács, contained ...

Created on 15 March 2018

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4071. [BLU-RAY DISC] Hospital, The (Blu-ray Review)

A highly unusual film that wound up being ahead of its time satirically, The Hospital also gave its director, Arthur Hiller, the chance to stretch his filmmaking muscles after the release of Love Story ...

Created on 15 March 2018

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4072. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Dark Crystal, The: Anniversary Edition (4K UHD Review)

On another world, in another time, a powerful crystal has cracked in two, sending a previously green and healthy land into ruin. Two races emerged from this schism, the evil Skeksis, who have dominated, ...

Created on 13 March 2018

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4073. [MY TWO CENTS] Warner officially sets a remastered Matrix for 4K on 5/22, plus Die Hard on 5/15 & The Incredibles in 4K too!

All right, first up today we have two more Blu-ray reviews from Tim for you, including his thoughts on Warner Archive’s Doc Hollywood and also Dragonwyck from Twilight Time. Both are worth a look. And ...

Created on 13 March 2018

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4074. [BLU-RAY DISC] Doc Hollywood (Blu-ray Review)

Michael J. Fox’s career during the 1990s post Back to the Future and Family Ties was full of ups and downs when it came to box office and small screen success. He made several light-hearted comedies along ...

Created on 13 March 2018

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4075. [BLU-RAY DISC] Dragonwyck (Blu-ray Review)

The first film in a line of successful directorial efforts from Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Dragonwyck is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Anya Seton and was released to much acclaim and box office ...

Created on 13 March 2018

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4076. [MY TWO CENTS] The Matrix/Die Hard likely on 4K in May, plus Gladiator 4K will have both versions & more CBS TV DVDs

We’re starting the new week with a trio of Blu-ray reviews from Tim, all three Shout!/Scream Factory titles, including The ’Burbs: Collector’s Edition, The Strangers: Collector’s Edition, and Night of ...

Created on 12 March 2018

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4077. [BLU-RAY DISC] Strangers, The: Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray Review)

A young couple returns to a secluded home in the country after an evening out only to be terrorized by three mysterious figures in masks. Not exactly your typical slasher film, The Strangers was released ...

Created on 12 March 2018

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4078. [BLU-RAY DISC] Burbs, The: Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray Review)

In every neighborhood, there’s always one house that everybody talks about; nobody ever seems to be home, nobody ever sees who lives there coming or going, and everybody begins hearing rumors about what ...

Created on 12 March 2018

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4079. [BLU-RAY DISC] Night of the Seagulls (Blu-ray Review)

The fourth film in the Blind Dead series, Night of the Seagulls (aka La noche de las gaviotas, Don’t Go Out at Night, Terror Beach, and Night of the Death Cult) brings back director Amando de Ossorio to ...

Created on 12 March 2018

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4080. [MY TWO CENTS] Wild at Heart from Shout! Select, Hellraiser: Judgment commentary & Justice League 4K reviewed

We’re wrapping up the week with no less than four new disc reviews today, including Tim’s thoughts on The In-Laws from Criterion, the Viva L’Italia: Special Edition from Arrow Academy, and the Basket Case: ...

Created on 09 March 2018

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