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4K Ultra HD Review – Bad Biology (2008)

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Bad Biology, 2008. Directed by Frank Henenlotter. Starring Charlee Danielson, Anthony Sneed, R.A. The Rugged Man, Ginger Starr, John A. Thorburn. SYNOPSIS: A man and a woman who both have specific sexual proclivities eventually meet and fall in love… sort of. “I was born with seven clits” may not be as iconic an opening line […]

Blu-ray Review – North Dallas Forty (1979)

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North Dallas Forty, 1979. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, Charles Durning, Dayle Haddon, Bo Svenson, John Matuszak, Steve Forrest, G.D. Spradlin, Dabney Coleman, Savannah Smith Boucher. SYNOPSIS: One of the greatest football movies, if not sports movies, of all time, North Dallas Forty returns to Blu-ray with a new 4K scan […]

Ken Russell’s The Lair of the White Worm gets new Blu-ray Steelbook release

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Lionsgate has announced that Ken Russell’s The Lair of the White Worm is coming to Blu-ray in May with a new Steelbook release of the cult 1988 horror romp which is loosely based on Bram Stoker’s novel of the sable name and stars Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant and Catherine Oxenberg.  Hugh Grant, Amanda Donohoe, and […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Green Room (2015)

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Green Room, 2015. Directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Starring Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, and Callum Turner. SYNOPSIS: A punk band fight for survival in a neo-Nazi bar after witnessing a murder. As if you haven’t been spoilt enough by Second Sight Films in the past year with their fantastic limited […]

Blu-ray Review – Fear City (1984)

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Fear City, 1984. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith, Michael V. Gazzo, Rae Dawn Chong, and Maria Conchita Alonso. SYNOPSIS: A killer stalks exotic dancers in New York, so two agents go vigilante to try and catch the psychopath. When you think of gritty, sleazy 1980s New […]

Blu-ray Review – Fear and Desire (1953)

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Fear and Desire, 1953. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Frank Silvera, Paul Mazursky, Kenneth Harp, Steve Coit, and Virginia Leith. SYNOPSIS: Kino Lorber has issued Stanley Kubrick’s debut, Fear and Desire, on Blu-ray before, but this time they’ve commissioned a 4K restoration of the film, along with the presentation of the long-lost original version that […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)

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Nightmares in a Damaged Brain, 1981. Directed by Romano Scavolini. Starring Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke, Danny Ronan, and John L. Watkins. SYNOPSIS: A mental patient is released from hospital and goes on a bloody murder spree. This month sees Severin Films released two very different but equally unpleasant movies on 4K UHD in […]

The Crow comes to 4K Ultra HD with 30th anniversary release

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Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that the 1994 cult classic The Crow will arrive on 4K Ultra HD this May in celebration of its 30th anniversary; check out the cover artwork and details below…   Originally released on May 13, 1994, THE CROW entranced audiences and critics alike with its gothic aesthetic, breathtaking action, and […]

Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West comes to 4K Ultra HD for 55th anniversary

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In celebration of its 55th anniversary, Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the 4K Ultra HD release of Sergio Leone’s classic 1968 Spaghetti Western Once Upon a Time in the West which goes on sale this May; check out the cover artwork and details below… Set in the dying days of the Old West, a struggle […]

4K Ultra HD Review – McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller, 1971. Directed by Robert Altman. Starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois, and William Devane. SYNOPSIS: Robert Altman’s classic McCabe & Mrs. Miller, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie in what could be called an anti-western movie, arrives on 4K Ultra HD courtesy of Criterion Collection. The film and nearly all […]