4K UHD Review: The Exorcist (50th Anniversary Edition)
Warner Brothers has brought The Exorcist to 4K to celebrate the films fiftieth birthday… The Exorcist is one of the few movies the genuinely scares me, no matter how many times I watch it. I’m among that group of people that believes that William Friedkin’s masterpiece is among the scariest of all time. I’ll even […]
4K UHD: Shutter Island SteelBook Review
[The review of the movie itself was taken from the 2010 Blu-ray. A/V and Extras have been updated — RW] A boat emerges out of a thick, dense fog; two men in fedoras are aboard, chain smoking and discussing the reason for their uncomfortable ferry ride—one is clearly more fidgety than the other, at one […]
Blu-ray Review: Snow Falling On Cedars (Collector’s Edition)
Set in the Pacific Northwest in the years following World War II, Snow Falling on Cedars is an adaptation of David Guterson’s best-selling novel. When local fishermen Carl Heine Jr.’s (Eric Thal) body is pulled from the water, his estranged childhood friend, Japanese American Kabuo Miyamoto (Rick Yune) is charged with his murder. The Sheriff […]
Blu-ray Review: Voyage of the Damned
At first glance, 1976’s Voyage of the Damned must have struck perspective audiences as yet another disaster flick with an all star cast; the kind Irwin Allen, producer of The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974) had made so popular at the time. While several of the posters used to advertise the film […]
Blu-ray Review: Wild Strawberries (Criterion Collection)
Ingmar Bergman is one of the most revered filmmakers in the world. His work, both complex and deeply thoughtful, some see his work as too incomprehensible to really understand. Nothing is further from the truth. Largely autobiographical, Wild Strawberries reflects on much from Bergman’s life—the strained relationship with his strict and distant father, a Lutheran […]
Blu-ray Review: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, adapted from the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, centers on nine-year-old Oskar Schell who lost his beloved father in the World Trade Center collapse on 9/11. While some have suggested that using such a young boy to tell a story like this is emotionally manipulative, in a larger context, Extremely […]
Blu-ray Review: The Exorcist
Warner Bros. | 1973 | 132 mins. | R Now for the two-disc Blu-ray set… The Exorcist is one of the few movies the genuinely scares me, no matter how many times I watch it. Needless to say, I’m among that group of people that believes that William Friedkin’s film is the scariest of all […]
DVD Review: The Exorcist (Extended Director’s Cut)
Warner Bros. | 1973 | 132 mins. | R The Exorcist is one of the few movies the genuinely scares me, no matter how many times I watch it. Needless to say, I’m among that group of people that believes that William Friedkin’s film is the scariest of all time. I’ll even go so as […]
Blu-ray Review: The Magician (Ansiktet)
Criterion | 1958 | 101 mins. | NR I’ll admit I often have trouble understanding everything being conveyed in an Ingmar Bergman film. A deeply personal filmmaker, some have gone as far as to label his work as ‘cold.’ Dig a little deeper though, and you’ll realize that the coldness lies only on the surface. […]
THE EXORCIST EXTENDED DIRECTOR’S CUT 2-Disc Blu-ray Book
Burbank, Calif. June 21, 2010 – The Exorcist, Academy Award® winning director William Friedkin’s masterpiece of suspense that haunted, intrigued, and thrilled the world,is coming to Blu-ray™ in a two-disc, must-have high-definition set, available October 5 from Warner Home Video. A true cinema landmark, this theological thriller is one of the top ten box office […]