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4K Ultra HD Review – Santa Sangre (1989)

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Santa Sangre, 1989. Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Starring Axel Jodorowsky, Guy Stockwell, Blanca Guerra, Thelma Tixou, Sabrina Dennison, and Adan Jodorowsky. SYNOPSIS: A former circus artist escapes from a mental asylum and begins to commit murders in the name of his mother, a religious cult leader who has no arms. As with all Alejandro Jodorowsky […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Run Lola Run (1998)

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Run Lola Run, 1998. Directed by Tom Tykwer Starring Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Joachim Król, Armin Rohde, Heino Ferch, Suzanne von Borsody, Sebastian Schipper SYNOPSIS: The 1998 German classic Run Lola Run gets an encore release on 4K Ultra HD, courtesy of Sony. This is the same disc they released in […]

Blu-ray Review – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956. Directed by Don Siegel. Starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes, Ralph Dumke. SYNOPSIS: Philip Kaufman’s excellent 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers gets tons of attention, and deservedly so, but the 1956 original should get some love too. Kino Lorber […]

4K Ultra HD Review – A Bittersweet Life (2005)

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A Bittersweet Life, 2005. Directed by Kim Jee-woon. Starring Lee Byung-hun, Shin Min-a, Kim Yeong-cheol, Hwang Jung-min, and Jin Goo. SYNOPSIS: A mobster with a conscience falls foul of his boss when he disobeys an order, forcing him on a path of revenge. No country does revenge movies quite like South Korea, and Kim Jee-woon’s […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Captain Phillips (2013)

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Captain Phillips, 2013. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener, Michael Chernus, David Warshofsky, Corey Johnson, Chris Mulkey, Barkhad Abdirahaman, Faysal Ahmed, and Yul Vazquez. SYNOPSIS: Captain Phillips, a 2013 film directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks, arrives on 4K Ultra HD in a SteelBook edition that also includes […]

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 […]

Blu-ray Review – The Last Starfighter (1984)

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The Last Starfighter, 1984. Directed by Nick Castle. Starring Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Kay E. Kuter, Catherine Mary Stewart, Dan O’Herlihy, and Dan Mason. SYNOPSIS: A video game whizzkid ends up being recruited to join a team of starfighters to defend an alien planet from attack. It takes about five seconds of the opening credits […]

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 […]

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 […]