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May 26, 2026 0 27

1991 was such a monumental summer. Terminator 2 was the highly anticipated sequel that delivered, but it was also the...

The Bride! 4K UHD Review: Here Comes the Mother 4K Bride

May 26, 2026 0 24

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s take on The Bride of Frankenstein probably should’ve been released in October. Its celebration of monsters rebelling against...

May 26, 2026 0 18

We have three cuts of Apocalypse Now on 4K. Now we get the definitive behind the scenes documentary. It’s a...

May 26, 2026 0 21

The Criterion Collection is helping me catch up on my Kurosawa. I’ve seen the big ones by now like Yojimbo,...

May 19, 2026 0 131

Speed Racer on Blu-ray was the ultimate display of color on that format. 4K isn’t quite a drastic, but still,...

May 18, 2026 0 25

Fight Club has been in our lives since the last century. It feels as vivid as it did in theaters...

May 18, 2026 0 12

I requested these because they had ninja in the title. I had no idea what I was in for. Born...

May 13, 2026 0 30

88 Films released three early Angela Mao films on Blu-ray this week. In my martial arts fandom I was late...

May 5, 2026 0 43

This year’s Wuthering Heights adaptation was an engaging, relatable telling of the classic. Modernized enough via music and sexuality, the...

May 5, 2026 0 41

I was surprised to remember Blue Thunder was John Badham’s first action movie. I think of him as the solid...