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4K Ultra HD Review – The Color Purple (1985)

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The Color Purple, 1985. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, and Oprah Winfrey. SYNOPSIS: The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the award-winning novel by Alice Walker, makes its 4K Ultra HD debut. There isn’t a Blu-ray platter in the package too, […]

Blu-ray Review – The Last Tycoon (1976)

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The Last Tycoon, 1976. Directed by Elia Kazan. Starring Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Nicholson, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Dana Andrews, Ingrid Boulting, and Theresa Russell. SYNOPSIS: Elia Kazan’s 1976 film The Last Tycoon, with Robert De Niro leading a talented cast, arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber, which […]

Blu-ray Review – Buster Keaton Collection Vol. 5: Three Ages and Our Hospitality (1923)

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Three Ages and Our Hospitality, 1923. Directed by Buster Keaton. Starring Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Natalie Talmadge, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, and Lillian Lawrence. SYNOPSIS: Kino Lorber has reissued a pair of early Buster Keaton classics, Three Ages and Our Hospitality, with new restorations, thanks to Cohen Media Group, that have the century-old movies looking […]

Blu-ray Review – Oppenheimer (2023)

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Oppenheimer, 2023. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh. SYNOPSIS: Christopher Nolan’s epic bio pic Oppenheimer arrives on disc with an excellent batch of bonus features. It’s a great movie, and fans will want to grab this […]

Blu-ray Review – Stalag 17 (1953)

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Stalag 17, 1953. Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Peter Graves, Sig Ruman, Richard Erdman, and Gil Stratton. SYNOPSIS: Billy Wilder’s minor classic Stalag 17, which earned three Oscar nominations and one win, arrives again on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber Studio Classics, which commissioned a […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Fugitive (1993)

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The Fugitive, 1993. Directed by Andrew Davis. Starring Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas, and Jeroen Krabbé. SYNOPSIS: The Fugitive celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new 4K Ultra HD edition from Warner Bros. The film has undergone restoration work, leaving it in a condition that should be the final […]

4K Ultra HD Review – American Graffiti (1973)

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American Graffiti, 1973. Directed by George Lucas. Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams, Wolfman Jack, and Harrison Ford. SYNOPSIS: American Graffiti, the movie that blew the doors off movie theaters and paved the way for director George Lucas to make a follow-up called Star […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Terms of Endearment (1983)

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Terms of Endearment, 1983. Directed by James L. Brooks. Starring Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, and John Lithgow. SYNOPSIS: Best Picture winner Terms of Endearment comes to 4K Ultra HD as part of the Paramount Presents line-up. In addition to a new transfer, the studio commissioned a new interview with […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Black Hawk Down (2001)

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Black Hawk Down, 2001. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, and Sam Shepard. SYNOPSIS: If you missed Sony’s fabulous 4K Ultra HD edition of Black Hawk Down in 2019, here’s a chance to nab it again in a handsome SteelBook package. You get the theatrical and […]

Exclusive Interview – Producer Jeremy Coon talks about new Star Wars Holiday Special documentary: “Han Solo was married to a Wookiee”

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Brad Cook chats with producer Jeremy Coon about his Star Wars Holiday Special documentary Disturbance in the Force… Before the prequels and the current crop of movies and TV shows from Disney, nothing agitated most Star Wars fans more than the Holiday Special that aired in 1978. It was part new Star Wars story, which […]