A movie that I almost feels a bit dated with in comparison to most modern comedies, WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON is about pretty people falling for prettier people, and that old cliche where someone as gorgeous as Kate Bosworth plays a “normal looking” individual who just happens to work at a Piggly Wiggly […]
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THE GODFATHER Trilogy in 4k – The Greatest Mafia Movie 50 Years Later
THE GODFATHER series almost needs no introduction or plot synopsis; not only is this movie about power and the struggles of men behind the scenes of an empire, but the movies themselves have stood the test of time even 50 years later. The simple premise of the Corleone crime family, led by Don Vito Corleone […]
TURNING RED on 4k Blu Ray – Toronto Stories Never Looked Better!
The latest Disney/Pixar charmer TURNING RED features a 13 year old girl named Mei going through many changes along with dealing with her overbearing (according to her) mom. So much so that she has recently developed a new problem…when she gets too anxious she turns into a giant adorable red panda. TURNING RED is also […]
Belfast on Blu Ray – Taking Us Back In Time
Just recently nominated for eight Oscars, Kenneth Branagh’s coming-of-age tale BELFAST arrives on Blu Ray today. I was lucky enough to see BELFAST as one of the final screenings of last September’s Toronto International Film Festival and it made my Top 10, after it won the audience award. Here’s what I said: Kenneth Branagh is […]
Wayne’s World 30th Anniversary Blu Ray Steelbook review – And They Got a Pool Table, Too!
Believe it or not, reader, WAYNE’S WORLD is one of the formative movies of my teenage years. I went alone as a kid to see an opening weekend matinee after seeing some very funny Saturday Night Live Still my favourite SNL movie, this is part comedy-sketch, part coming-of-age, part bro-dance and romantic comedy and overall […]
GHOSTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE 4k Blu Ray Review – We’re Ready To Believe You
In an era where there are so many unoriginal ideas being embraced by major audiences, it’s refreshing to see something like GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE that takes a chance on a film series with a somewhat questionable sequel (in 1989) and an even more baffling remake-of-sorts (in 2016) and creates almost a direct sequel to the very […]
DUNE 4k Blu Ray Review – The Spice Reigns In Ultra High Definition
Certainly a movie that has taken a LONG time to get off the ground, DUNE is a movie that comes with a lot of history and many attempts to get it to the big screen. I remember seeing the 4k laser IMAX screening of Dune at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival where it made […]
INFINITE ON 4k – Wahlberg in Shoulda Been Big Screen Action
A sci-fi actioner that I feel like we don’t see much anymore, INFINITE is a movie that does NOT feature a Marvel or DC character, is not a sequel or something based on familiar material. So before you click off this review because you have lost interest already, think back to the time when movie […]
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE 75th Anniversary Blu Ray – An Odd Re-Release for a Classic
A movie that needs no introduction, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE has stood the test of time and has remained a timeless classic and one of the best examples of a movie you want to screen every Christmas. This is an annual tradition of yours truly, and luckily I live in a city where this movie […]
THE SUICIDE SQUAD on 4k Blu Ray – James Gunn Reboots It Better
Although I feel tired-out more than usual these days with all of the Superhero/IP/Franchises plaguing theatre screens, there’s something just fun and tangible about THE SUICIDE SQUAD which un-does a lot of the misery of the 2016 debacle SUICIDE SQUAD, a movie where it’s only redeeming qualities were a few gorgeous shots of Yonge Street […]
Stillwater On Blu Ray – Matt Damon Runs Deep
From the director of the Oscar-winning SPOTLIGHT, STILLWATER is a surprisingly effective drama featuring an unusual Matt Damon performance and a story on differences in several cultures in the United States and France. The movie opens almost immediately on this cultural difference, as Bill Butler (Damon) is seen hard at work to earn money to […]
Crocodile Dundee on Blu Ray – You Call That a Knife?
Crikey! Getting this review copy in the mail made me feel old. Imagine a fish-out-of-water story where a reporter (Linda Kowlowski) discovers a true Australian legend Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) and brings him to New York City for the first time ever, and wackiness ensues. With a simple but effective premise here, CROCODILE DUNDEE was […]
The 48 HRS Universe On Blu Ray – Reggie Hamond Never Looked Better
Walter Hill has always been one of my very favourite filmmakers. There is just something about his style, where he pushes Western movie philosophies into all of his work and the way he writes his male characters that is a perfect example of my love for action movies of the era. In 48 HRS, his […]
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 4k Blu Ray Review – Get Busy Livin’
I have not seen THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION in many, many years. Regarded as one of the finest contemporary movies ever made by critics and audiences (going so far as to infamously being regarded as the highest rated movie on the Internet Movie Database), some may not know that this did NOT do very well on […]
A Clockwork Orange in 4k – Ultra High Def is Viddy Well
Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 follow-up to his legendary space picture 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY has always been a curiosity to me, in that the master auteur goes from the most influential sci-fi movie ever made to a much smaller picture that rests in the small but powerful catalogue of Kubrick’s work. It’s one that I feel like […]