1991 was such a monumental summer. Terminator 2 was the highly anticipated sequel that delivered, but it was also the summer of Backdraft, Point Break, Naked Gun 2 1/2, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, the cultural moment of Thelma &...
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s take on The Bride of Frankenstein probably should’ve been released in October. Its celebration of monsters rebelling against society would’ve been a nice Halloween movie, and that’s closer to awards season anyway. Alas, it came out early and...
We have three cuts of Apocalypse Now on 4K. Now we get the definitive behind the scenes documentary. It’s a good thing Eleanor Coppola shot on 16mm in the ‘70s. Thankfully, they didn’t have VHS yet back then so we...
The Criterion Collection is helping me catch up on my Kurosawa. I’ve seen the big ones by now like Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, Ran and Rashomon by now. They even put out Dreams and I watched High and Low after Highest...
Two train stewardesses trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. Then a catastrophic “Stormaganza” threatens to derail the high-speed train and crash it into Los Angeles, and the duo in coach must join forces...
Speed Racer on Blu-ray was the ultimate display of color on that format. 4K isn’t quite a drastic, but still, the bold primary colors are distinct from other real-world based movies in 4K, recent and classic. The Wachowskis actually justified...
