Tommy Boy made Chris Farley a movie star. It is best remembered for physical comedy like “Fat guy in a little coat” and trying to change suits in an airplane bathroom. But, when Paramount studio chief Sherry Lansing first saw...
Back in 1991, Delicatessen was the new vision from French filmmakers Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro. In 2025, their vision looks even more remarkable in 4K. The Severin UHD gives that sepia tone 4K clarity, so it looks like a...
Brandon Cronenberg’s First made him a filmmaker I always watched for and hasn’t disappointed with Possessor and Infinity Pool. Revisiting his debut in 4K is rewarding anew. In 2012, the idea of celebrity viruses was good satire. Sadly, the cavalier...
I remember seeing pictures of Trick or Treat in Fangoria but I never actually saw the film in the ’80s. I don’t know why I didn’t even rent the VHS, but 40 years later I’m finally crossing it off the...
This is the second Godzilla movie to get the Criterion 4k treatment. This one is from 1989 and in color so provides an interesting contrast to the original 1954 classic. There’s also a discofied rendition of the Godzilla theme in...
While musicals are big again, Shout! Studios has released The Who rock opera Tommy on 4K UHD. This 1975 musical is especially interesting. Because there is no spoken dialogue, where songs can’t explain they have to show visually. Those visuals...
On the new 4K UHD of Gladiator II, Denzel Washington made a surprising declaration in the bonus features. He called it the biggest movie with which he’s ever been involved. That’s only surprising because he’s been in movies for 45...
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera takes the franchise overseas to Nice. 4K UHD highlights those international locations with the grittiness of the mob heists. Daylight makes the countryside shine, especially during the big car chase, but the film employs a...
Walk Hard mocked the rock star biopic cliche of the musician reflecting on his entire life before performing. In Amadeus, the Mozart biopic, it’s actually Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) that reflects. The 1984 Best Picture winner comes to 4K UHD...
September 5 was a powerful movie about the 1972 Olympics hostage crisis that inspired Steven Spielberg’s Munich. It hasn’t gotten quite the attention it deserves for nominations and awards, but perhaps the DVD and Blu-ray release will allow more people...