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...
It is a shame they did not preserve the IMAX frame for the Dune: Part 2 home release but it still looks great in 4K UHD. The desert has several different looks, from muted in the brightest daylight to reddened...
The Beekeeper was one of Jason Statham’s best vehicles. It understood exactly what is appealing about Stratham taking out the bad guys. Scammers of the elderly are truly despicable and worthy of Statham’s beatings, and then The Beekeeper goes crazy...
I never saw One From the Heart until I got a Coppola five film Blu-ray from Lionsgate. Once I saw it I became obsessed. Apocalypse Now was a risk and went wild in the jungle. This gambled Coppola’s fortune on...
I only saw Black Mask when Artisan released it in the U.S. in 1999. So the Eureka Blu-ray is the first time I’ve ever seen the Chinese language version. It really took me back to see some good old visible...
Now on 4K UHD with a Blu-ray full of bonus features too, many of the same stories of Once Upon a Time in the West keep coming up no matter when the extras were recorded. The newest intro by Leonard...
After the four disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set last year, Cemetery Man is now available as a two disc set from Severin Films with one 4K and a Blu-ray with all the extras. The Italian graphic novel adaptation looks incredible in...
The Ocean’s movies have been in 4K on HBO max but physical 4K UHDs are the ultimate. Steven Soderbergh uses colors for these capers like he did in Traffic and Out of Sight and 4K highlights them all. So there...