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4111. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Thor: Ragnarok (4K UHD Review)

Directed by Taika Waititi (best known for the Kiwi vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows), Thor: Ragnarok finds the titular hero (Chris Hemsworth) at something of a crossroads. His father’s time in ...

Created on 22 February 2018

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4112. [MY TWO CENTS] The Commuter on BD/4K, plus Rhino’s LOTR: Fellowship – Complete Records returns in CD, LP & BD-A

We’ve got a little bit more release news for you guys today… First up, Lionsgate is releasing The Commuter on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 4/17. The film stars Lia, Neeson and Vera Farmiga. You can ...

Created on 21 February 2018

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4113. [MY TWO CENTS] Disney & Lucasfilm officially announce Star Wars: The Last Jedi for Blu-ray, DVD & 4K UHD on 3/27

All right, just as we expected, Disney and Lucasfilm have just officially announced director Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi for Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release on 3/27, with the ...

Created on 20 February 2018

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4114. [BLU-RAY DISC] Silence of the Lambs, The (Criterion Blu-ray Review)

Few things can be said about The Silence of the Lambs that haven’t already been expressed ad infinitum. It’s everything that all of the critical praise laid upon it says it is, perhaps even more. A tight ...

Created on 20 February 2018

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4115. [BLU-RAY DISC] Orca (Blu-ray Review)

Arrows have been slung back and forth about whether or not Orca (aka Orca: The Killer Whale) is indeed a blatant rip-off of Jaws, which was released two years prior. At the time, anybody and everybody ...

Created on 20 February 2018

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4116. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Coco (4K UHD Review)

Disney and Pixar’s Coco is the tale of a 12-year-old Mexican boy named Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez). Miguel has a problem, which is that he loves music while his family wants nothing to do with ...

Created on 20 February 2018

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4117. [MY TWO CENTS] Star Wars: The Last Jedi should be announced this week, plus new BD/4K reviews & more

All right… today is the President’s Day holiday here in the States, but we do have a couple of announcements for you today... First, if our retail, industry, and studio sources are correct, Disney and ...

Created on 19 February 2018

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4118. [BLU-RAY DISC] Threads (Blu-ray Review)

Shocking and traumatizing a generation of TV watchers, Threads is a 1984 made-for-TV film that originally aired in the U.K. and later in the U.S. A fictionalized (but not totally unrealistic) take on what ...

Created on 19 February 2018

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4119. [BLU-RAY DISC] Valley of Gwangi, The (Blu-ray Review)

The most important aspect about 1969’s The Valley of Gwangi is that it’s Ray Harryhausen firing on all cylinders, doing some of his most creative work. A leftover project that King Kong stop-motion animator ...

Created on 19 February 2018

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4120. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Hell or High Water (4K UHD Review)

Toby and Tanner Howard (Chris Pine and Ben Foster) are on a crime spree, robbing rural bank branches in West Texas. Tanner is newly out of prison, a criminal his whole life. Toby’s new to the trade, but ...

Created on 16 February 2018

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4121. [MY TWO CENTS] Criterion announces its May 2018 Blu-ray slate, including Midnight Cowboy & more

This is just a quick update with news that the Criterion Collection has just announced its May Blu-ray slate… Look for it to include Frank Borzage’s Moonrise (Cat #921 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 5/8, Aki Kaurismäki’s ...

Created on 15 February 2018

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4122. [MY TWO CENTS] Ladybird, Batman vs Mr. Freeze: SubZero, Outlander: Season 3 & Panasonic’s new DP-UB9000 flagship 4K player

All right, we have another Blu-ray review for you today, and it’s a good one: Tim has checked out Criterion’s outstanding new Night of the Living Dead Blu-ray and he offers his thoughts on that in-depth ...

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4123. [BLU-RAY DISC] Night of the Living Dead (1968) (Blu-ray Review)

Night of the Living Dead is, unquestionably, one of the most important horror films ever made, and more so, one of the most important independent films ever made. While George A. Romero was initially reticent ...

Created on 15 February 2018

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4124. [MY TWO CENTS] Talking Blu with The Digital Bits begins, plus Batman Ninja, I Tonya, Doctor Who: Tom Baker BDs & more

Tim has another couple of disc reviews for you today, starting with the Pulp: Special Edition on Blu-ray from Arrow Video and Beyond the Seventh Door on DVD from Severin Films and Intervision. Do give ...

Created on 14 February 2018

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4125. [BLU-RAY DISC] Pulp: Special Edition (Blu-ray Review)

Pulp is nothing if not interesting. A combination of mystery, comedy, and thriller, it’s a rather laid-back affair with hardly any forward momentum behind it. It seems to exist in its own narrated universe ...

Created on 14 February 2018

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4126. [DVD] Beyond the Seventh Door (DVD Review)

The Canuxploitation rage throughout the 1980s and 1990s harbored a number of low budget schlockers, many shot on video, and all piled onto U.S. rental shelves with interesting or even outrageous VHS artwork. ...

Created on 14 February 2018

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4127. [MY TWO CENTS] Grease: 40th 4K details, plus The Matrix 4K coming & more new BD/DVD reviews

We’ve got three more new reviews for you today from Tim, each well worth your time, including his thoughts on Shout! and Scream Factory’s A Quiet Place in the Country and Umbrella Entertainment’s region-free ...

Created on 13 February 2018

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4128. [BLU-RAY DISC] Silver Bullet (Blu-ray Review)

Growing up in the 1980s, Stephen King was one of your mainstays if your were a horror fan. Few of his books drew you in quite as powerfully as “Cycle of the Werewolf”, a short novella featuring fantastic ...

Created on 13 February 2018

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4129. [BLU-RAY DISC] Quiet Place in the Country, A (Blu-ray Review)

Elio Petri’s A Quiet Place in the Country (aka Un tranquillo posto di campagna) is a difficult film to critique, particularly after a single viewing. As it’s about the eventual breakdown of a man suffering ...

Created on 13 February 2018

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4130. [DVD] Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume VII (DVD Review)

Here we are again with Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Shout! Factory’s Volume VII DVD set. Shout Factory’s boxed sets of the show are normally released three to four times a year with some nice extras ...

Created on 13 February 2018

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4131. [MY TWO CENTS] Die Hard: 30th & Grease: 40th coming to 4K UHD, plus celebrating Suspiria at 40 & more

We’ve got a pair of new Blu-ray reviews for you to start the new week off today… Our own Tim Salmons has checked in with his thoughts on Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell, now available as a new Collector’s ...

Created on 12 February 2018

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4132. [HISTORY, LEGACY & SHOWMANSHIP] Argento’s Fever Dream: Remembering “Suspiria” on its 40th Anniversary

“Horror movies are often overlooked or seen as being ‘less than’ other genres, but Suspiria truly is a work of art. Visually and sonically, it’s a beautiful piece of cinema.” — Vincent Pereira, Synapse ...

Created on 12 February 2018

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4133. [BLU-RAY DISC] Drag Me to Hell: Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray Review)

Drag Me to Hell was, above all things, a triumphant return by Sam Raimi to the genre he so prevalently took part in before becoming a major Hollywood director. After a string of more mainstream films, ...

Created on 12 February 2018

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4134. [BLU-RAY DISC] Class of 1999 (Blu-ray Review)

Class of 1999, Mark L. Lester’s follow-up to his grimy cult classic Class of 1984, takes a detour into a completely different story, but like the original, touches upon themes involving society, crime, ...

Created on 12 February 2018

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4135. [MY TWO CENTS] Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle on 3/20, plus new Kino Studio Classic BDs

We have just a couple release announcements for you today… First, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has set Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD formats on 3/20, ...

Created on 09 February 2018

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4136. [MY TWO CENTS] Phantom Thread, Incredible Hulk 4K, Cleopatra (1934), Planet of the Apes at 50, a new video blog & more

Okay, we’ve got a bunch of good stuff for you today… First up, we’ve posted a pair of new Blu-ray reviews from Tim, featuring his thoughts on Gidget (1959) from Twilight Time and also The Witches (1967) ...

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4137. [HISTORY, LEGACY & SHOWMANSHIP] Something Better Than Man: Remembering “Planet of the Apes” on its 50th Anniversary

“It’s hard to overstate the influence of Planet of the Apes on the sci-fi film genre. Until then, sci-fi didn’t get much respect, but the one-two punch of that film followed by Kubrick’s mind-blowing 2001 ...

Created on 08 February 2018

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4138. [BLU-RAY DISC] Witches, The: Special Edition (Blu-ray Review)

The product of five Italian directors and a talented and beautiful actress, The Witches (aka Le streghe) is a 1967 anthology film featuring five stories starring Silvana Mangano. The Witch Burned Alive ...

Created on 08 February 2018

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4139. [BLU-RAY DISC] Gidget (Blu-ray Review)

Billed as “The Story of the Beach Generation”, Gidget was later considered to be the original “beach party film” – a genre further popularized by American International Pictures, notably with movies starring ...

Created on 08 February 2018

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4140. [MY TWO CENTS] Tomb Raider 4K, Baskets, Sandlot: 25th, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Tremors, new Kino catalog & more

We’ve got more new Blu-ray reviews for you today... Tim Salmons has checked out Cannonball Run from Warner Bros, Cannonball Run II from Umbrella Entertainment (a Region Free disc), and also Lionsgate’s ...

Created on 07 February 2018

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