Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 18th, 2017 – Sweet, Too Sh
No exciting blockbusters on Blu-ray this week, sadly. The biggest release of the week was a box office bomb. The few interesting new discs available are arty or cult catalog titles.
No exciting blockbusters on Blu-ray this week, sadly. The biggest release of the week was a box office bomb. The few interesting new discs available are arty or cult catalog titles.
New Blu-ray and Ultra HD releases this week bring us two of the darkest, broodingest, scowlingest badasses to hit cinema screens this year. One of them happens to be an inch and a half tall… and also kind of a doofus.
What goes around comes around. Among this week’s new Blu-rays are a nearly shot-for-shot live-action remake of an animated classic, plus plenty of catalog releases either making repeat appearances on the format or getting up...
Warner Bros.’ attempt to get in on the Marvel comic book universe game has been off to a rocky start. While the first few DCU movies have their supporters, the detractors are legion and vocal, tired of the studio’s ins...
This week’s poll is for the SteelBook collectors among those of you who still buy movies on physical media. How often, if at all, do you find yourself buying movies in metal case editions even if you don’t like the art...
It’s the end of a month and a holiday week. The assortment of interesting new Blu-rays is a bit thin. You’ll have to look beyond the recent theatrical releases to find a few goodies hidden among the catalog titles.
It’s almost impossible to remember a time when a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie qualified as a pleasant surprise hinged on an eccentric Johnny Depp performance that audiences couldn’t get enough of. That ...
After a very successful run at the box office, director James Mangold has brought his ‘X-Men’ spinoff ‘Logan’ to Blu-ray and Ultra HD in two versions: the original color photography or a new black-and-white...
Can you believe we’re expected to pay full price for a Blu-ray that leaves out all the movie’s colors? These Hollywood studios are getting to be real penny-pinchers. What’s next, are they going to forget the soun...
‘Prometheus’, Ridley Scott’s return to the ‘Alien’ franchise, was supposed to reignite excitement and deepen the series’ mythology. Instead, it was beautiful to look at but stumbled through fail...
New Blu-rays this week close one franchise and reopen another. More importantly, a cult rock-and-roll musical finally gets its proper due.
The Blu-ray scene looks awfully dark this week. The release calendar is kind of slim and the biggest title of the week is a sequel nobody wanted. If you’re hoping to find something worth buying, you’ll have to dig a li...