The South Park movie and Team America: World Police both celebrate milestones this year, 25 and 20 years respectively. The occasion motivated Paramount to upgrade both to 4K UHD and both boast detail that may surprise fans. Less surprising is...
Prince’s landmark movie is now preserved in 4K UHD for its 40th anniversary. The highlight of the film is the club performances by not only Prince, but Morris Day and the Time and the Apollonia 6. The purple lights color...
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare turned true history into a Guy Ritchie action movie. There really was a Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare going on missions for the British government and many of the movie’s characters are based on historical figures....
Bound is still the Wachowskis’ best movie and that’s no knock on The Matrix or Speed Racer. It’s just that good. It’s a lean story where skilled criminals manipulate basic human insecurities effectively, with an unpredictable setback or two. So...
It took 16 years for a sequel to Chinatown, partly due to a false start in the ‘80s. The Two Jakes never caught on like the original and the third film in the Jack Gittes (Jack Nicholson) saga never happened....
American Gigolo was a blind spot for me so I’m glad I finally saw it. It was good and made me wonder if anyone brought it up to Richard Gere when he was promoting Pretty Woman. The rom-com was even...
I’m surprised Mute Witness never crossed my path before because it’s totally up my alley. It’s a horror film set on a film set, so that kind of meta always appealed to me, whether Wes Craven’s New Nightmare or The...
The Valiant Ones is the first historical era Hong Kong film I’ve seen in 4K. The modern day Police Story, Dragons Forever and Heroic Trio look great, but imagine seeing Shaw Brothers even clearer than their recent Blu-rays. That’s what...
Girlfight was both Michelle Rodriguez’s first film and writer/director Karyn Kusama’s. Now it is in the Criterion Collection 24 years later. Looking back it is remarkable how fully formed Rodriguez was as a debut actor, and how Kusama anticipated the...
Narc was a hard hitting cop drama that introduced writer/director Joe Carnahan. It was his second movie but the first with studio distribution. Over 20 years later, it still holds up as an honest look at the dark side of...