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Blu-ray Review – Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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Brokeback Mountain, 2005. Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, and Randy Quaid. SYNOPSIS: Ang Lee’s 2005 classic Brokeback Mountain arrives on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber, which commissioned a sparkling new 4K scan of the original camera negative. The company also […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Civil War (2024)

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Civil War, 2024. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno, and Nick Offerman. SYNOPSIS: Alex Garland’s harrowing film Civil War arrives on 4K Ultra HD in an edition that also includes a Blu-ray as well as a code for a digital copy. There’s only one bonus […]

Digital Review – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, 2024. Directed by Wes Ball. Starring Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, and William H. Macy. SYNOPSIS: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes arrives in a digital edition that has scant extras (just a short making-of and deleted and extended scenes). The so-called “raw cut” […]

Blu-ray Review – True Detective: Night Country

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True Detective: Night Country, 2024. Directed by Issa López. Starring Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett, Isabella Star LaBlanc, John Hawkes, and Christopher Eccleston. SYNOPSIS: The fourth and latest season of True Detective, sub-titled Night Country, arrives on Blu-ray with a smattering of bonus features. While it would have been nice for the […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Twister (1996)

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Twister, 1996. Directed by Jan de Bont. Starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Alan Ruck, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lois Smith, and Todd Field. SYNOPSIS: Jan de Bont’s Twister arrives on 4K Ultra HD with impressive image quality, along with some visual tweaks by the director that he couldn’t pull off way back […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, 2004. Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Fred Willard, and Vince Vaughn. SYNOPSIS: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy makes its 4K Ultra HD debut in an edition that ports over all of the very funny bonus features found in […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)

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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, 2024. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun, Henrique Zaga, Til Schweiger, Henry Golding, and Cary Elwes. SYNOPSIS: Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare arrives on 4K Ultra HD, with a code for a digital copy and a […]

4K Ultra HD Review – South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)

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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, 1999. Directed by Trey Parker. Starring Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, George Clooney, Eric Idle, Mike Judge, and Brent Spiner. SYNOPSIS: Did South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut need a 4K Ultra HD release? Probably not, since Blu-ray was really good enough for that one, […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Team America: World Police (2004)

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Team America: World Police, 2004. Directed by Trey Parker. Featuring the voice talent of Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masasa Moyo, Daran Norris, Phil Hendrie, Maurice LaMarche, Chelsea Marguerite, Jeremy Shada, and Fred Tatasciore. SYNOPSIS: Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s satire Team America: World Police may not have aged well, but Paramount is celebrating […]

Blu-ray Review – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, 2024. Directed by Gil Kenan. Starring Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and William Atherton. SYNOPSIS: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire feels like it freezes the franchise in place, with so many call-backs to the original movie and very little […]