Skip It THE FILM: Chernobyl Diaries nails its dreary, post-nuclear meltdown Ukraine setting but not much else. This anemic horror film was written and produced by Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli, and provides little bloodletting, special effects or suspense. Several young friends join a burly local for an “Extreme Tour” of Prypiat, the stricken city next door to the Chernobyl Nuclear …
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials and stills provided by The Criterion Collection, not the Blu-ray edition under review. John Schlesinger’s followup to his acclaimed hit Midnight Cowboy (1969), though it didn’t win the Oscars and still isn’t as widely known or venerated as its predecessor, still stands as his best, most personal …
Highly Recommended The Movie: It’s only taken me 18 years to actually sit down and watch The Brothers McMullen on home video, but I do remember the hype machine going into overdrive way back in the day when young 20-something Edward Burns was lugging cable and equipment for the entertainment variety show Entertainment Tonight all the while writing and shooting his first feature film for about …
Zimbabwe-born Webster Kutsawa launched a firm dealing with 6,500 fake DVDs a month from China. He also sold bogus Slendertone slimming aids
Highly Recommended Chronologically the fourth of four “Three Mesquiteers” Westerns released to Blu-ray by Olive Films, and the sixth of eight such films co-starring John Wayne, Three Texas Steers (1939) is a lively B-Western-circus picture-racetrack yarn genre hybrid. Subtle it ain’t, but for those viewers willing to sit back and enjoy its frequent ridiculousness, it can be 56 minutes of …
MakeMKV ($50, 30-day free trial) has a simple little name, and there’s no big trick to transcoding a video from one container format to another. If that were all this utility did, it would be worthwhile, but boring. The discussion gets more interesting when you consider its ability to rip DVDs and (in the full, paid version) Blu-ray movies to your hard drive.
My very first trip to a drive-in theater saw my mom packing my two older brothers and I into the family station wagon and heading to the Algiers Drive-in for a triple feature of Goldfinger , Dr. No …
Universal Studios Home Entertainment announced today that Seth MacFarlane’s Ted , starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis, will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand December 11.
MVD have set a November 20th DVD release date for Ike & Tina: On The Road: 1971-72
One of this summer’s most talked about and discussed films hits Blu-ray this week, as does one of it’s biggest misfires, and Warner Brothers unloads some classic movies on to Blu-ray.