I did not expect to like Scream 5 (Scream). I was not a fan of Scream 3 and 4 though I did enjoy Scream 4 more on 2nd viewing. I was a huge fan of Scream’s 1 and 2 as a teenager when they came out as I was in high school, and I felt…
UHD Review – Sword and the Sorcerer – Shout! Factory
Sword and the Sorcerer is maybe one of the last films I have been searching out on Blu-ray since Blu-ray began. This is film that has been trapped needlessly in DVD hell for so long, that it has basically skipped Blu-ray and gone straight to 4K UHD (there is a Blu-ray included too). I know…
UHD Review – Madman – Vinegar Syndrome
Original Review By Brad Hogue2022 4K Update Notes by Scott MacDonald At the conclusion of camping season for gifted children at North Sea Cottages, everyone is gathered around the campfire singing songs and telling stories. Head counselor Max tells the story of a beast of a man farmer that went crazy and killed his family….
UHD Review – American Werewolf in London – Arrow Video
ohn Landis’ 1980 film An American Werewolf in London has the personal distinction of being my 2nd favorite horror film of all-time (The #1 being Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond). I first saw this on tape over 25 years ago for the first time, and have owned copies in every format (in multiple editions) ever since….
UHD Review – X-Ray Schizoid – Vinegar Syndrome
Review by Bobby Morgan 2022 4K Notes by Scott MacDonald X-RAY Among the many psycho-on-the-loose horror flicks pumped out of Hollywood and independent studios during the early 1980’s – and there were a literal ton of them – Boaz Davidson’s X-Ray, released by youngish Cannon Films in 1982, was neither the best of the widely-loathed…
UHD/Blu-ray Review – Middle Earth – 31 Disc Collection – Warner Brothers
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…