4K UHD Review: Top Gun (SteelBook)
Since this is my fourth (!) review of 1986’s Top Gun I’ll omit the usual film discussion. If you would like to see my full comments on the film, please click here. This is an identical release to the 4K UHD disc available in May of 2020. The only difference comes from the packaging, as […]
4K UHD Review: Top Gun
I was thirteen when Top Gun came blazing to the big screen in 1986. I absolutely loved the film and saw it three or four times during its original theatrical run. Tom Cruise was buff, the planes were cool, and the soundtrack rocked; in my newly minted teenage mind Top Gun had all the ingredients […]
Blu-ray Review: SpaceCamp (1986)
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Blu-ray Review: Poltergeist III (Collector’s Edition)
Released in the summer of 1988, Poltergeist III was the last and least effective of the original films. Young Heather O’Rourke passed away before the movie was completed, casting a pall over the entire production. After her death, the ending of the film was re-shot using a body double. While the use of the body […]
Top Gun (30th Anniversary Edition) (Blu-ray)
Time flies. I was thirteen when Top Gun came blazing to the big screen in 1986. I absolutely loved the film and saw it three or four times during its original theatrical run. Tom Cruise was buff, the planes were cool and the soundtrack rocked; in my newly minted teenage mind Top Gun had all […]
3D Blu-ray Review: Top Gun
Converted to 3D, this latest Blu-ray release of Top Gun isn’t just a cash grab, but a surprisingly solid presentation that uses the new technology to enhance some of the film’s most memorable aerial scenes. Fans should be excited to see this new 3D conversion from Paramount, which it’s worth noting, actually possesses a better […]
DVD Review: Harold and Maude (Criterion Collection)
Released in 1971, director Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude has a decidedly late ‘60s feel. This is a film about life, love, disillusionment and death, replete with a hopeful Cat Stevens soundtrack. If you were to look up “off beat cinema” in the dictionary, there might well be a picture of Harold and Maude. As […]
Top Gun Lands on Blu-ray August 30th
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – Celebrating 25 years of the need for speed, the action-packed, sexy and breathtaking thrill-ride TOP GUN soars onto Blu-ray with a Digital Copy on August 30, 2011 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The story of an elite group of pilots competing to be the best in their class and earn the title of […]
Blu-ray Review: Whiteout
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 101 mins. | Rated R Adapted from the Eisner Award nominated Oni Press comic series of the same name, Whiteout has what I’m sure the filmmakers felt was a surefire gimmick; the tale is set in Antarctica, and there aren’t a lot of murders that happen in that icy region […]
Blu-ray Review: A River Runs Through It
Sony Pictures | 1992 | 124 mins | Rated PG Directed by Robert Redford (Ordinary People, Quiz Show), A River Runs Through It is a largely faithful telling of the 1976 novella by Norman Maclean. Known for his keen sense of prose and his willingness to weave autobiographical tidbits into his stories, A River Runs […]