From the slightly twisted mind of Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN is a dark delight that reminds me of the power of having Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson together in a movie. In 2007’s great IN BRUGES (also directed by this film’s Martin McDonagh), I noticed the chemistry of these two right away. Cut […]
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Saturday Night Fever on 4k Blu Ray – Staying Alive & Restored
From the famous music by the Bee Gee’s to the exact point in time that Disco music thrived, there is something incredibly special about SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER and especially seeing the picture 35 years later. I have seen the movie a few times over the years and have always loved watching the story of Tony […]
MEAN GIRLS on Blu Ray Steelbook – Time for a Fetch Upgrade!
Oh, MEAN GIRLS and all of its quotable dialogue and high energy. I love it! I still vividly recall the opening night screening I attended all the way back in 2004 and the loud, laugh-filled reaction from the audience. and love that it still gets quoted and admired after all this time; both being a […]
FATAL ATTRACTION on 4k Blu Ray – It’s All So Complicated
FATAL ATTRACTION was a first-time viewing for this moviegoer, having being way too young and age inappropriate to watch this in the 1980s and then just kind of slipping through the cracks of my watch-list over the decades. It was even one that my parents would even scare me away and ban me from watching […]
THOR LOVE & THUNDER on 4k Blu Ray – Here We Go Again
Just like with the recent DR. STRANGE sequel, THOR LOVE & THUNDER actually disappointed on repeat viewing. I fear that this is a recurring thing with my viewings of Marvel movies, in that the excitement and the new factor greatly wears off on repeat viewing. I only saw LOVE & THUNDER once theatrically and remember […]
STAR TREK 1-6 on 4k Blu Ray – Special Editions In So Many Forms
Anyone who knows me knows that I am in love with STAR TREK..the original movies, for the most part. Don’t get me wrong, I watched all of the original series and THE NEXT GENERATION growing up, and I loved a lot of it, and yet there’s just something special about this particular journey of Captain […]
MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU on 4k Blu Ray Disc – More Second Chances
I finally buckled. After years of trying to avoid any new movie that features the annoying little yellow Tic Tac-looking, denim wearing Minion characters, something interesting happened to me while the new THE RISE OF GRU hit my eyeballs. By some miracle, this origin story of Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) and how his beloved […]
BACK TO THE BEACH on Blu Ray – An 80s Return to the 60s
I have not seen BACK TO THE BEACH in many years; even in its 1987 release, both Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon had aged significantly in years and even the concept of bringing the BEACH BLANKET BINGO stars back was a strange concept for Paramount, who at that point seemed more invested in sequels, the […]
Good Burger on Blu Ray Steelbook – How Did We Get Here?
On the list of movies that I feel needed a comeback, the cult classic (that term is also depending on who you ask) GOOD BURGER . If anything, it signalled the talents of Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell who have very different comedic personalities as two workers at the burger joint of the same name […]
The Batman on 4k Blu Ray – Amazing Detail & Clarity on Home Video
One of the biggest theatrical hits of 2022 so far, THE BATMAN did get mixed reviews on its release. Seeing it again, I can kind of see some of the comments about the picture and its differences between other variations of all of the BATMAN movies. Matt Reeves’ take on the material is more dark […]
AMBULANCE on 4k Blu Ray – Michael Bay in his Highest Resolution
I have always had a soft spot for movies set in the Los Angeles area and about the city itself, a subject where filmmaker Michael Mann made very notable like in his famous shootout sequence in HEAT or in later years when his striking digital cinematography took him around the LA area by way of […]
THE FIRST WIVES CLUB on Blu Ray – The You Go Girls of the 1990s
Starting in 1969, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB is a pact of four women out of college to all stay in touch with one another. Decades later and the pact not being followed, one of the women is a divorcee who jumps off of her penthouse to her death. Yes, that’s a very dark way to […]
BOOMERANG Blu Ray Review – Eddie’s Still Ahead Of His Time
The career of Eddie Murphy has been a strange one, with his immediate rise to fame in the early 80s exploding onto the scene with SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE to 48 HRS, TRADING PLACES and BEVERLY HILLS COP. The 1992 movie BOOMERANG was released after a string of critical and commercial duds and was also going […]
SPIDERMAN NO WAY HOME on 4k Blu Ray – The Real Multiverse of Madness
I reviewed the much-anticipated NO WAY HOME when it came out last December, and watching it again I was still immensely entertained, even though I am one of the first to admit that I am pretty tired of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. The recent DR. STRANGE picture, which is connected to this one, was […]
TOP GUN on Blu Ray – Getting Ready for Maverick
With the recent releases of JACK REACHER on disc, Paramount also sent me a new Blu Ray of TOP GUN and all of this recent Tom Cruise action is getting me excited for the long delayed and much anticipated MAVERICK sequel coming in late May. TOP GUN is one of the most famous movies of […]