Now You See Me: Now You Don’t revived the magic franchise last year. Now it comes home in a 4K UHD with tons of bonus features. The Four Horsemen (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Isla Fisher with Lizzy...
The last two John Woo 4K UHD releases represent two extremes of his Hong Kong oeuvre. Bullet in the Head is his most personal and Once a Thief is a total lark. Both are awesome. Bullet in the Head is...
The release of Cabin Fever announced the arrival of Eli Roth to the horror world. While he’d go even further, directing the likes of Hostel and Thanksgiving, and starring in Inglourious Basterds, his debut displays the macabre humor that elevates...
Osgood Perkins’ single-location horror Keeper looks great on 4K. Since it is all set in an isolated house, the wood-paneled home is bright and vivid during the day. Then it becomes a prison for Liz (Tatiana Maslany). When she does...
There’ve been a lot of movies about Beggar So. He was Wong Fei Hung’s master so he’s in many of those. But Stephen Chow brings a unique comic lens to a beggar redemption tale. When he adapts napping into martial...
Predator Badlands takes us to two hostile planets in 4K. They are both so colorful that even caves don’t go full deep shadow. When Tessa (Elle Fanning) investigates the crashed ship, it gives her a nice silhouette. The squad of...
Rental Family was a sensitive movie about how Japan’s rental family businesses actually help their clients. There are some cautionary tales too but it’s mostly positive. It really impacts Phillip (Brendan Fraser) being the performer to play someone’s groom, father...
It is the 20th anniversary of the phenomenon that Snakes on a Plane inspired. The film was released in August but that was a fun year getting hyped up for it and I miss director David R. Ellis. You certainly...
One Battle After Another was filmed in VistaVision and played in that format at a few theaters. If you were lucky enough to see it in VistaVision, it offered unique clarity while maintaining the texture of film. This brought viewers...
Roofman was a stranger than fiction true story that came out at the end of last year. The 4K UHD release emphasizes the true story and presents the film in an ideal format. Jeffrey Manchester (Channing Tatum) escaped prison where...