From Chris: Devastated by his daughter's brutal murder, a pastor is tempted to obtain his own brand of justice against the unrepentant killer. Slick indie thriller with shades of Saw, J...
2023-07-21 16:45:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Arrow delivers on this one, presenting a gorgeous print, mastered recently, and at a high resolution. Stable grain helps the encode present this cleanly, without signs of digital wear...
2023-07-21 16:30:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Robot Monster looks... rough, initially. At times, the lackluster clarity is akin to a Laserdisc, the analog-like noise, smearing, and halos never qualifying for HD material....
2023-07-20 17:27:41 +0000 UTC View Post
From Chris: Beautiful transfer of this George Romero flick from the early 1980s. One of the best 4K jobs I've seen put out by Scream Factory (side note: Shout Factory has officially reb...
2023-07-19 14:37:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I won't bore you with various vacation pics, but I figured some of these models and dealer room shots from G-Fest would be of interest. It was a pretty wild experience and I've come to realize I ba...
2023-07-17 15:52:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Australia's Indicator called first dibs on Bingo Long, but Mill Creek's US release likely uses the same master. It's a good one. While sharing a disc with Which Way Is Up...
2023-07-13 16:30:31 +0000 UTC View Post
From Chris: 1976 French road trip movie about male bonding from an unlikely group of friends. One of the first discs from a new label, Radiance. I believe Radiance was started by the gu...
2023-07-12 18:01:45 +0000 UTC View PostContext: For a while, I've wanted to do more interviews and features on physical media, restoration, etc. Well, I finally had a chance and ran with it. This is still a draft (hence the HTML tags an...
2023-07-12 17:34:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Last set of exclusives before I leave for Chicago!
For the $5 tier:
Mosquito (https://amzn.to/3rnmQrU)
Nightmare a...
While certainly not a recent master, Which Way Is Up is close enough. There's plentiful detail and definition to take in, and whatever the scan's source resolution, it's enou...
2023-07-11 19:48:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Pulled from a pure 4K source, Honor Among Thieves shows dazzling detail at times. A few spots appear slightly edgy, lacking the firmness seen elsewhere. That's generally mino...
2023-07-11 17:03:33 +0000 UTC View PostSomewhat normal week here, but this weekend/next week, not so much. For my birthday, I'm heading to Chicago for G-Fest, the largest Godzilla convention in the Americas. It's my first time going, no...
2023-07-11 15:04:31 +0000 UTC View Post
From Chris: Somewhat of a cross between Hostel and a slasher as muddled themes of rich vs poor are the narrative's focus. Feels like a movie which could have been made in the West, foll...
2023-07-10 17:39:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Mercifully remastered after a truly terrible Blu-ray presentation, Paramount's 4K debut for The Truman Show looks splendid. Retaining the natural film grain and devoid of edg...
2023-07-10 15:59:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Sloppy, soft, and filtered, Armour of God deserves a far better master than what's offered. While hardly a catastrophe, Armour of God struggles to produce fidelity i...
2023-07-06 17:29:10 +0000 UTC View Post
4K exclusives are always good, yeah? Oh, and happy belated 4th to US subscribers!
For the $5 tier:
Voodoo MacBeth (https:/...
From Chris: Basically one director's student film he made at Ohio State University. Most of the cast are students earning college credit for the movie and it was filmed all over Ohio.
The &nb...
2023-07-03 19:37:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Appearing similar to the Blu-ray, Avatar hasn't aged well in terms of pure visuals. The early digital effects and their artificial, smeary aesthetics weaken the UHD's prowess...
2023-07-03 19:16:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Scream Factory debuts Motel Hell on 4K with a fresh 4K scan, and the benefits appear immediately. The grain structure isn't an easy one, but the encode has enough space and a...
2023-06-30 17:56:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Beautifully restored, Warner's encode handles the grain structure cleanly, allowing the detail, sharpness, and resolution to shine. In close, the texture flourishes. Facial definition...
2023-06-29 20:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
There's not a grandiose improvement over the Blu-ray in terms of raw fidelity/detail. Waterworld appears somewhat fuzzy much of the time, but it's not a master lacking in def...
2023-06-28 15:49:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Masterfully shot digitally at full 4K, the resolution on display is quite luxurious. Detectable ringing does show through (look at the distant mountains against the skyline during the...
2023-06-28 15:42:55 +0000 UTC View Post
We've got the Canadian forest fire smoke overhead here today and the air sucks, so seems like a better idea to stay in to get these screenshots for you.
For the $5 tier:
The Civil De...
While dim (very) and dark by design, Evil Dead Rise spares nothing in terms of definition. A true 4K source certainly helps, resolving the tiniest facial details, gore, and r...
2023-06-27 15:17:20 +0000 UTC View Post
What a wonderfully colorful, deeply saturated piece of animation this is. The Super Mario Bros. Movie, beyond the red/blue and green/blue outfits of the Mario team, the Mushr...
2023-06-27 15:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post
From Chris: Italian crime thriller from Lucio Fulci put out last year (?) by Cauldron Films, not the Marky Mark movie. Decent action and a mostly solid screenplay from the director bett...
2023-06-27 14:20:34 +0000 UTC View Post
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Way of Water is a visual spectacle. It's glowing, bright, intense, colorful, and detail-rich enough to set a new standard for visual eff...
2023-06-23 18:38:07 +0000 UTC View Post
A splendid, new restoration was clearly done at high resolution, bringing judicious color saturation to McBain. From soldier uniforms, flags, and jungle vibrancy, the vividne...
2023-06-22 17:58:19 +0000 UTC View Post
An immediately noticeable jump in color happens as the credits roll, the comic book covers sensationally vivid. Spectacular views of the mall, their signage, and everything else explo...
2023-06-21 17:59:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Update! My parent's house has power. All is now well. Onward with the exclusives!
For the $5 tier:
His Dark Materials S3 (...