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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 […]

Blu-ray Review – American Fiction (2023)

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American Fiction, 2023. Directed by Cord Jefferson. Starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Issa Rae, and Sterling K. Brown. SYNOPSIS: Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, based on Percival Everett’s novel Erasure, arrives on Blu-ray bereft of bonus features, which is kind of crazy for a movie this good […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Chinatown (1974)

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Chinatown, 1974. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, and John Huston. SYNOPSIS: The classic Chinatown makes its 4K Ultra HD debut with a stunning transfer, a trio of new bonus features (along with legacy content), and a copy of the sequel, The Two Jakes, on a […]

Blu-ray Review – Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

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Drive-Away Dolls, 2024. Directed by Ethan Coen. Starring Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, Bill Camp, and Matt Damon. SYNOPSIS: Half of the famous Coen brothers filmmaking duo teamed up with his wife to write and direct Drive-Away Dolls, which, unfortunately, doesn’t quite clear the bar established by so many of […]

Blu-ray Review – The Lawnmower Man Collection

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The Lawnmower Man Collection Directed by Brett Leonard/Farhad Mann. Starring Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Geoffrey Lewis, Dean Norris, Patrick Bergin, Camille Cooper, and Matt Frewer. SYNOPSIS: Box set containing the groundbreaking The Lawnmower Man and its lesser-seen sequel. The problem with basing a movie around a new technology is that you can guarantee […]