Tag: 4kreview
EL 4K Review: Bunuel's Cruelty in High Def
Directed by famed Spanish surrealist Luis Bunuel, El is coming to 4K and Blu-ray tomorrow here in North America, courtesy of our friends at the Criterion Collection. El is the adaptation of Mercedes Pinto’s 1920s novel “He,” which explores the hell...
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE 4K Review
Directed by the legendary David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises, Crash, The Brood), A History of Violence was released --- gasp --- 20 years ago. Honestly? Rude. Time goes by too fast. Anyway, I heard a rumor that it was the last...
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME 4K Review
Directed by the recently departed, beloved David Lynch, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is the 1991 prequel to his popular television show of the same name. It’s out now in a 4K and Blu-ray combo package with deluxe booklet...
BARRY LYNDON 4K Review: Every Frame a Painting
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Barry Lyndon is out this week in a deluxe 4K/Blu-ray combo pack from the Criterion Collection this week. What can one say about a film that’s been written...
THE BIG HEAT 4K Review: The Darkness Stuns
Directed by German Expressionist (technically, Austrian) master Fritz Lang (M, Metropolis), The Big Heat has been recently released in a 4K/Blu-ray combo pack by our friends at the Criterion Collection. Film noir is the successor to the creative tenets of...
MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS 4K Review
Directed and co-written by Paul Schrader (First Reformed, The Canyons, Cat People, American Gigolo), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, is out now from our friends at Criterion in a gorgeous 4K/Blu-ray combo release. The film is a departure of...
UGETSU 4K Review: Kenji Mizoguchi's Masterpiece
Our friends at the Criterion Collection continue to be champions of world cinema and film preservation. They recently released the new 4K/Blu-ray combo pack for Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1953 masterpiece, Ugetsu. I reviewed Ugetsu the last time around in 2017, back...
4K Review: SMILE 2, Grinning Its Way to Hell
Out today from our friends at Paramount, comes Smile 2 for the more brutal and terrifying section of your home video library. The writer/director/producer Parker Finn is back for more, and is following the horror movie creed that the sequel...
4K Review: The Epic Continues in KILL BILL VOL. 2
After annihilating a bevy of assassins including Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox), O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu), her Crazy 88s and her advisor Sofie Fatale (Julie Dreyfus) in a veritable tsunami of blood in Kill Bill: Vol. 1, The Bride (Uma...
4K Review: The Essential Cinema of KILL BILL VOL. 1
Where to begin on part one of one of the greatest films of all time? Quentin Tarantino is a filmmaker with an immense knowledge of cinema; he’s always been a remix artist for me, a film DJ, and that has...
4K Review: JACKIE BROWN
I really, really wanted to love Jackie Brown. I’m a Pam Grier fan, and every other actor, of which there are several, are great. Other than adapting source material that Quentin Tarantino didn’t write (Elmore Leonard’s “Rum Punch” crime novel),...
GALAXY QUEST 4K Review: Shining in Mighty UHD
Calling everyone in sci-fi movie fandom! Paramount has recently released the intergalactic 1999 comedy, Galaxy Quest, on 4K for the film’s 25th anniversary. Directed by Dean Parisot (Bill & Ted Face the Music, RED 2) this film is still every...
4K Review: Criterion's GODZILLA Release Reigns
Our friends at Criterion have always been huge Godzilla supporters. They’ve got tons of titles for sale and streaming on their channel (there are more than 30 sequels!), so it’s no surprise that they recently released the film that started...
DRAG ME TO HELL 4K Review: Mad, Visceral Storytelling
Sam Raimi’s 2009 return to horror after the 1992 Army of Darkness, Drag Me to Hell, is from a more innocent time. Just like ye old E.C. Comics and Tales From the Darkside, Drag Me to Hell is a morality...
ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES 4K Review
Not only is Halloween thankfully upon us, but the next major holiday, Thanksgiving, at least in America, is next. That can only mean one thing: it’s time for a re-watch of Addams Family Values! Our friends at Paramount Home Entertainment...
CALIGULA 4K Review: An Unhinged, Violent, Epic Masterpiece
Where to begin on this infamous film? Shot in 1976 and released in 1980, Caligula was directed by arthouse provocateur Tinto Brass. Written by Gore Vidal and funded by Penthouse founder Bob Guccione, Caligula became one of those unfortunate films...
REPO MAN 4K Review: This Criterion Release Rocks
For those who like a good dose of honesty and chaos, the 1984 punk cult classic debut from Alex Cox (Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell), Repo Man is out in a 4K/Blu-ray combo. The release is beautiful; from the...
UHF 4K Review: Shout Factory Helps Bring Joy Decades Later
What can be said about UHF that hasn’t been said before? “Weird Al” Yankovic and his manager/the director of the film, Jay Levey, pulled off something that was originally released in 1989. Oh, simpler times. The film is a ridiculous,...
4K Review: THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
On May 30th, Scream Factory will release a 4K/Blu-ray combo of The People Under the Stairs. I’ve seen the horror-comedy a number of times. Even though it was first released in 1991, the socio-political element of the rich eating those...
4K Review: History Repeats Itself in LE CORBEAU
The Criterion Collection’s excellent 4K offerings keep growing, and on September 20 in North America, the company will release the formerly controversial film Le Corbeau. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot (Les Diaboliques, The Wages of Fear), Le Corbeau was his second...
