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Zombieland: Double Tap - Movie Review

The road trip through the zombie apocalypse continues

Gemini Man - Movie Review

Two Will Smiths aren’t any better than one

Joker (2019) - Movie Review

I hate the guy. This worked.

Downton Abbey (2019) - Movie Review

The Crawleys are Back!

Toy Story 4 (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Now on sparkling blu-ray

Midsommar (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Not a sweet little trip to the neighborhood IKEA

Annabelle Comes Home - Blu-ray Review

The creep factor is high in this one

Pan's Labyrinth (2006) - 4K UHD Blu-ray review

NOT to be missed

New on Blu-ray

Zombieland: Double Tap - Movie Review

Details: Published: 18 October 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

The road trip through the zombie apocalypse continues with Ruben Fleischer’s Zombieland: Double Tap, which comes some ten years after his Zombieland caught the front end of the zombie resurgence in the ‘90s and rode it into undead lore. ...

Star Trek Trilogy - 4K Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 17 October 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

This reviewer is a little slow to update to new technologies. When it came time to replace some of my old equipment, I dove deep into the pros and cons of the next (and many say last) generation of home movies: 4K. The pros and cons of yet another format are involved and not a blanket statement. For example ...

Ultra Q: The Complete Series (1966) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 16 October 2019; Written by Loron Hays

28 episodes. 30 minutes. That’s all it took to change the world . . . or should that change be limited to just the airwaves? Because special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya definitely did that with Ultra Q, the black-and-white television series that gave us the first attempt ...

Halloween (1978) - 4K Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 16 October 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

This low budget ($300,000 USD) slasher film, made by a recent (in the 70s) USC graduate, would spawn countless sequels and give its backers some serious profits, the world horror auteur John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis. Those things make the love for this ...

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial -4K Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 16 October 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

One look at Spielberg’s filmography and it’s hard to imagine the man has ever set a foot wrong. But alas, just before the 1980s dawned, he took a misstep with the (at the time) expensive comedy 1941. Not to rest on his laurels, he doubled down in 81 and 82 and introduced the ...

Pumpkins - Movie Review

Details: Published: 16 October 2019; Written by Loron Hays

When I think of pumpkin patches, I ALWAYS think of Linus from the Peanuts comic strip, sitting and just waiting for The Great Pumpkin’s arrival. Each and every Halloween night he is disappointed. There is no Great Pumpkin who awards good little children with candy and ...

Serenity (2005) - 4K Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 16 October 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

Back in the early Noughties, Joss Whedon was synonymous with punchy genre series that, more often than not, dealt with strong female protagonists and thrilling plots. As if cursed by his own success, Whedon tried to branch out from vampires and slayers to the sci-fi with the ...

Bram Stoker's Dracula - 4K Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 16 October 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

Very early in the history of film different filmmakers sought to tell the story of the world’s infamous vampire. Bram Stoker’s most famous creation has influenced popular culture, in all its’ incarnations, since it appeared in 1897 - some might argue to the point of oversaturation. In the ...

Echoes of Fear - Movie Review

Details: Published: 14 October 2019; Written by Loron Hays

We’ve all felt it. That feeling that crawls up the back of your neck and roosts in your heart, beating it solidly against your rib cage. You are alone in a house and yet you can’t shake the feeling that screams at you that YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I have felt it more than enough times in ...

Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - October 15, 2019

Details: Published: 14 October 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

And another friendly hi-def hello to our fellow blu-ray geeks. Welcome to the weekly look at our most wanted titles coming to blu-ray and/or 4K Ultra HD for the week of October 15, 2019.