by Sean Axmaker | Dec 31, 2016 | Features, What's Hot
We’ve been hearing people pronounce the death of DVD and Blu-ray for years now. You’d never know it from the astonishing wealth of Blu-ray debuts, restored movies, and lovingly-produced special editions in 2016. The sales numbers are way down from a decade...
by Sean Axmaker | Dec 13, 2016 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
To Live and Die in L.A.: Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory, Blu-ray) (1985) has aged well. While on the one hand you can hold it up as the quintessential expression of the era’s music video aesthetics and sleek, slick style, it’s also a...
by Sean Axmaker | Dec 7, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot
Hell or High Water (Lionsgate, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD) is as good an American drama as you’ll see this year. Jeff Bridges stars as a Texas Ranger on the trail of a pair of bank robbers and his playfully crusty performance as a laconic frontier lawman on the verge of...
by Sean Axmaker | Oct 26, 2016 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD) Pan’s Labyrinth (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD) Boyhood (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD) The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD) McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD), Robert Altman’s...
by Sean Axmaker | Oct 16, 2016 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
The original 1942 Cat People (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD) was made on a low budget for RKO’s B-movie unit, the first in an amazing series of B-horror films from producer Val Lewton that transcended its origins. It’s a masterpiece of mood and psychological...
