Review—Middle-Earth: 31-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Warner Bros.) Author: Palo Sionoplia Warner Bros.’ titling of the latest iteration of Peter Jackson’s Middle-Earth films is particularly telling: “31-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition.” The declaration signifies enormity, and, from a consumer’s point of view, finality. This is it. The last stop. Buy this set and you will never need…
UHD Review – Toolbox Murders – Blue Underground
…And now for a moment of praise. The Toolbox Murders is sleazy, deprived, not the most visually stunning film, and Blue Underground has restored this film on a Criterion level on 4K UHD which takes it to a new level. If you need more of a review to push you over the edge than this……
UHD Review – The Red Shoes (Criterion)
When Criterion finally announced their jump into UHD, the initial slate was exciting to say the least. What film fan wouldn’t be thrilled with titles like Citizen Kane, Menace II Society, and Mulholland Drive on this new visually stunning format? However, the title that jumped out at me the most would have been the Powll…
EuroCultAV Holiday Gift Guide 2021 – Part 1 Blu-ray and UHD Releases
So we’re at the end of another year, or did 2020 never end and this is all one extended time/space period? Let’s forget I said that. Anyway, I never did like the idea of counting down favorite things so I never do a Best of, but I do like to call attention to great things,…
UHD Review – The Final Countdown – Blue Underground
Where does one begin with a film like this. As fresh as fresh eyes get, this was my first time seeing this and while the presentation likely can’t get any better, the film itself left me somewhat wanting. Top name actors giving top notch performances that we’ve all come to expect, in fact I’d say…
UHD Review – Maniac Cop 2/3 – Blue Underground
Bill Lustig will probably go down in the annals of cinema as the director to use the word Maniac in his titles more than any other. His first film is the sleazy, over the top slasher classic Maniac (also my favorite slasher film ever). He followed that film up with the similarly excellent Vigilante (starring…
Blu-ray Review – Deadlock – Subkultur
Review—Deadlock (Subkultur)Author: Palo SionopliaIn case you’re the sort of ne’er-do-well who only gives reviews the briefest of glances, I’m going to frontload the following: you need to purchase this release. I’m now going to spend the rest of this space telling you why.To most of us on the American side of the pond, director Roland…
UHD Review – Two Evil Eyes – Blue Underground
In the late 1980’s Dario Argento and George Romero tried to work together to create an anthology horror film based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Initially they were going to get 4 directors together, but ended up just making 2 short films at the length of one hour each between Romero and Argento….
UHD Review – Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Bird with the Crystal Plumage is the debut film by director Dario Argento. It is not the first film in the giallo genre, having been preceded by nearly a decade by Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace and The Girl Who Knew Too Much. That being said the film pretty much put the giallo into…
Severin Films – Mid Year Sale – Blu-ray/UHD Reviews
Twice a year for the last few years, Severin has put together an epic sale for fans of the label to pick up backlog items they have missed at solid prices, while at the same launching an epic swath of amazing cult cinema at a waiting fanbase. This year’s mid-year sale is no different in…