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...
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...
Fight Club has been in our lives since the last century. It feels as vivid as it did in theaters in 1999 but now it has finally been upgraded to 4K. The adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s scribe on combating apathy...
I requested these because they had ninja in the title. I had no idea what I was in for. Born a Ninja and Commando the Ninja were shot on video. They do have impressive moves and choreography but everything in...
Season 2 was the fuel. Season 3 is the fire. Go behind-the-scenes of the new season with co-creator and showrunner Ryan Condal, Emma D’Arcy (Rhaenyra Targaryen), Olivia Cooke (Alicent Hightower), Matt Smith (Daemon Targaryen) and more. Season 3 of...
88 Films released three early Angela Mao films on Blu-ray this week. In my martial arts fandom I was late to hearing about her, so I’m still doing a lot of catch up. These three are great showcases for her...
This year’s Wuthering Heights adaptation was an engaging, relatable telling of the classic. Modernized enough via music and sexuality, the volatile romance now comes home in vivid 4K up close in your living room. Indeed, the film is built around...
I was surprised to remember Blue Thunder was John Badham’s first action movie. I think of him as the solid action director of movies from Stakeout to Drop Zone but before the helicopter movie he directed dramas. Blue Thunder holds...
I was never as versed in Sonny Chiba as I am in the Hong Kong martial artists. I watched the Street Fighter movies after True Romance, and I’ve since caught up on Karate Bullfighter and some of the other collections...