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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 27th, 2019 – All Monsters Attack!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 12:00:57 +0000

This Halloween week is inundated with monsters, ghouls, and beasties on Blu-ray, plus sparkling new 4k makeovers for a couple of genuine classics. October closes, however, without a single recent theatrical release of note – at least none I recognize. Ultra HD I have dutifully upgraded The Wizard of Oz through every video format from...

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Now Streaming – Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Deirdre Crimmins — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:00:33 +0000

Shudder’s Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror is an enlightening documentary that examines the role of black fandom and black filmmakers throughout the history of the horror genre. Featuring exclusively black interviews, Horror Noire is the rare documentary that focuses on giving voices to the people who actually should be talking about this underserved...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of November 25th, 2018 – Magnificent Obsessions

Josh Zyber — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:00:16 +0000

Hoping for a shopping break after all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales? This week doesn’t bring much in terms of new movies on Blu-ray, but classic film fans may not be able to resist Criterion’s latest offering. New Releases (Blu-ray) Searching – John Cho stars as a desperate father trying to track his...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of November 4th, 2018 – Above Parr

Josh Zyber — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 13:00:34 +0000

November gets off to an incredible start as one of the biggest movies of the year hits Blu-ray. I know, I can hardly believe that we’ve hit the end of the Sharknado franchise either! New Releases (Blu-ray) Incredibles 2 – After a stint in live-action, director Brad Bird finally returned to Pixar to deliver the...

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The Thing About 4K…

Josh Zyber — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:52 +0000

These days in the home theater world, it seems like everything is 4k this or 4k that. If it isn’t 4k, or doesn’t at least come from a 4k source, it must be garbage. Anyone can see that 4 is a higher number than 2, so logically 4k must always be better than 2k. Except...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Movies of 1982 (Not ‘Blade Runner’)

Josh Zyber — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 19:00:47 +0000

Even beyond ‘Blade Runner’, 1982 was a pretty momentous year for movies, especially (but not exclusively) for sci-fi movies. With the new sequel bringing Ridley Scott’s dystopian classic some fresh attention, this week’s Roundtable looks at other important films released that year. As a refresher, Wikipedia has a list of movies released in 1982. Shannon...

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SteelBook Alert: Would You Like to Know More?

Josh Zyber — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:00:01 +0000

A trio of sci-fi classics from the 1980s and ’90s are about to get freshly remastered and reissued in new SteelBook cases. Considering that all of them previously appeared on Blu-ray before (at least two of them even had earlier SteelBooks), the huge demand for these titles is a little surprising. Get ’em quick, if...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 9th, 2016 – Attention, Interest, Decision, Action

Josh Zyber — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:00:56 +0000

You know what it takes to release one of the most testosterone-fueled movies ever made on Blu-ray the same week a rival releases the controversial all-female ‘Ghostbusters’ reboot? It takes BRASS BALLS to do that. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Ghostbusters: Answer the Call‘ – From the moment Sony announced that the ‘Ghostbusters’ reboot would have an...

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Weekend Roundtable: Alien Invasions

Josh Zyber — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:00:58 +0000

Aliens are everywhere these days. No, not the immigrant type that certain blowhard political candidates want to build a wall to keep out of our country, I’m talking about extraterrestrial aliens who’ve come to take over our planet. They’re on TV this week in ‘Colony‘ and in theaters with ‘The 5th Wave‘. While neither of...

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Monster Madness: Godzilla vs. T-Rex – The Thing vs. Samael

Aaron Peck — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:00:19 +0000

In our last battle, the Kraken somehow snatched Mothra out of the air and dragged her to the depths, while the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog easily savaged Kuato. In today’s Monster Madness, two prehistoric lizards face off and the Thing battles the ancient beast named Samael. Now this is an interesting match-up. Both contestants happen...

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New to VUDU: Week of January 29th, 2012

Josh Zyber — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:00:58 +0000

What do you call the part-prequel/part-remake of a remake of an adaptation of a short story? How about the most promising streaming rental of the week? The following titles enter the VUDU stream this week: ‘The Big Year’ (1/31) ‘The Big Year – Extended Cut’ (1/31) ‘Dream House’ (1/31) ‘In Time’ (1/31) ‘Janie Jones’ (rental...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 1/31/12 – Engage!

Josh Zyber — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:02 +0000

The floodgates are really open now. This week sees another outpouring of new Blu-ray releases, including one that the Trekkies out there have been eagerly awaiting. Here’s the full list: ‘2-Headed Shark Attack‘ (Asylum) ‘Adaptation.‘ (Image) ‘Best Picture Academy Award Winners: 5-Film Collection‘ (Lionsgate) ‘The Big Year‘ (20th Century Fox) ‘Cold Mountain‘ (Lionsgate) ‘Das Boot:...

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