The new 4K UHDs of “Poltergeist” and “The Lost Boys” bring new dimensions to the horror classics.
The Criterion Collection 4K UHD of “Blow Out” looks and sounds great and goes deep into the making of the film.
The 1997 Mark Dacascos vehicle “Drive” looks great on 4K UHD as he kicks around the Hong Kong style martial arts movie.
Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald brought The Karate Kid back. Now in season 5, they’ve been able to expand even the world of the sequels, not just the original. They brought Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) back for season 4, and now season 5 sees him fulfilling the promise hem […]
Cobra Kai Season 4 left John Kreese (Martin Kove) without the upper hand for once. Terry Silver had him arrested for beating up Stingray (Paul Walter Hauser), which Silver arranged for Stingray to point the finger at Kreese. Season 5 finds Kreese in prison, and Kove said that thrusts his character into the unknown. “He […]
Paramount has upgraded the last two films of the Star Trek original cast to 4K, making a complete six-film set. It now also includes the the Director’s Edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The first four films were previously available in a 4K collection so this review will focus on the new ones. I […]
Minions in 4K give you the yellowest yellow you can ever imagine. For Minions: The Rise of Gru, purple is a striking color too. Belle Bottom (Taraji P. Henson) sports a purple jumpsuit as she rides a purple motorcycle and even the clouds are purple. Gru (Steve Carell) drives a purple car and there’s even […]
The most famous flying guillotine movie is Master of the Flying Guillotine, but it’s a whole franchise. In fact, it’s a shared universe as Master pitted the One-armed boxer against the Flying Guillotine. Flying Guillotine 2 is now on Blu-ray from Arrow. Now there’s a whole army of Flying Guillotines so it’s like the Aliens […]
Flatliners may be a relic of a time when high concepts ruled Hollywood. Many people revived from a flatlined heartbeat reported expereinces with an afterlife. So if you could do it on purpose, what could you find? The film played out with a satisfying set of consequences for the A-list cast including Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin […]
The Eventissance (Horizissance?) has been good to us. Last year we got the Scream Factory special edition Blu-ray. Now Paramount themselves have presented the cult favorite Event Horizon in 4K. Space movies really show off 4K’s ability to capture the subtle nuances of deep space, and Event Horizon is no exception. Exterior shots show the […]