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[4K Ultra HD Review] Run Lola Run; Now Available From Sony 1
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[4K Ultra HD Review] Run Lola Run; Now Available From Sony

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Director: Tom Tykwer

Cast: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup

Release Date: July 30, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 8/10

Synopsis:

A thrilling post-MTV roller-coaster ride, RUN LOLA RUN is the internationally acclaimed sensation about two star-crossed lovers who have only minutes to change the course of their lives. Time is running out for Lola (Franka Potente). She’s just received a frantic phone call from her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who’s lost a small fortune belonging to his mobster boss. If Lola doesn’t replace the money in twenty minutes, Manni will surely suffer severe consequences. Written and directed by Tom Tykwer. Continue reading “[4K Ultra HD Review] Run Lola Run; Now Available From Sony”

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[Blu-Ray Review] Sting; Available July 30, 2024 From Well Go USA 3
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[Blu-Ray Review] Sting; Available July 30, 2024 From Well Go USA

[Blu-Ray Review] Sting; Available July 30, 2024 From Well Go USA 4Sting (2024) [Blu-Ray] amazon-cart-logo

Director: Kiah Roache-Turner

Cast: Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Ryan Corr

Release Date: July 30, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 6.5/10
Disc Rating: 6.5/10

Synopsis:

After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte (Alyla Browne) must face the facts about her pet—and fight for her family’s survival—when the once-charming creature rapidly transforms into a giant, flesh-eating monster. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] Sting; Available July 30, 2024 From Well Go USA”

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[4K Ultra HD Review] The Fall Guy: Extended Cut; Now Available From Universal

[4K Ultra HD Review] The Fall Guy: Extended Cut; Now Available From Universal 5The Fall Guy (2024) (Extended Cut) [4K Ultra HD] amazon-cart-logo

Director: David Leitch

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Release Date: July 23, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 9/10
Disc Rating: 9/10

Synopsis:

Ryan Gosling stars as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman fresh off an almost career-ending accident. Colt is persuaded to return to his stunt career when he’s told his ex, Jody (Emily Blunt), is directing a film and asked for him specifically. With hopes of winning back the love of his life, Colt returns to set only to find the movie’s leading man missing and production in peril. Ensnared in an increasingly wild conspiracy, he must solve the mystery to save Jody’s film and get one last shot with her. What could possibly go right? David Leitch (director of Bullet Train and producer of John Wick) delivers hard-hitting action, hilarious comedy, and a classic love story all cannon-rolled into one stunt-filled adventure with The Fall Guy. Continue reading “[4K Ultra HD Review] The Fall Guy: Extended Cut; Now Available From Universal”

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[4K Ultra HD Review] Captain Phillips (Steelbook); Now Available From Sony

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Director: Paul Greengrass

Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi

Release Date: July 16, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 8.5/10

Synopsis:

Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. Based on a true story, the film focuses on the Alabama’s commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two-time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks, Best Actor, 1993, Philadelphia; Best Actor, 1994, Forrest Gump), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. The two men are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips’ unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control. Continue reading “[4K Ultra HD Review] Captain Phillips (Steelbook); Now Available From Sony”

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[Blu-Ray Review] The Strangers: Chapter 1; Available July 23, 2024 From Lionsgate

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Director: Renny Harlin

Cast: Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez

Release Date: July 23, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 4.5/10
Disc Rating: 7.5/10

Synopsis:

After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive in THE STRANGERS ― CHAPTER 1, the chilling first entry of this horror feature-film series from master director Renny Harlin. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] The Strangers: Chapter 1; Available July 23, 2024 From Lionsgate”

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[Blu-Ray Review] Tarot; Now Available From Sony 7
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[Blu-Ray Review] Tarot; Now Available From Sony

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Directors: Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg

Cast: Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika

Release Date: July 9, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 6/10
Disc Rating: 7/10

Synopsis:

When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings – never use someone else’s deck – they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] Tarot; Now Available From Sony”

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[4K Ultra HD Review] Phantoms; Now Available From Scream Factory

[4K Ultra HD Review] Phantoms; Now Available From Scream Factory 8Phantoms (1998) (Collector’s Edition) [4K Ultra HD] amazon-cart-logo

Director: Joe Chappelle

Cast: Peter O’Toole, Rose McGowan, Ben Affleck

Release Date: July 16, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 7.5/10

Synopsis:

In the small village of Snowfield, Colorado, something evil has been awakened from its centuries-long slumber … something with the power to wipe out humanity as we know it. The unsuspecting Dr. Jennifer Pailey (Joanna Going, Kingdom) brings her sister Lisa (Rose McGowan, Scream) to Snowfield, only to find the town empty but for a few survivors. As the tension and terror mount, only the few who have been left behind — the Pailey sisters, a noted journalist (Peter O’Toole, Lawrence Of Arabia), the town sheriff (Ben Affleck, Gone Girl), and his deputy (Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan) — stand between the mysterious entity that lurks beneath Snowfield and the rest of mankind … if they can survive.

Based on the book by suspense master Dean Koontz (who also wrote the screenplay), Phantoms is a slickly pulse-pounding sci-fi/horror thrill ride! Continue reading “[4K Ultra HD Review] Phantoms; Now Available From Scream Factory”

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[Blu-Ray Review] The Last Stop In Yuma County; Available July 16, 2024 From Well Go USA

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Director: Francis Galluppi

Cast: Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue, Faizon Love

Release Date: July 16, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 8/10
Disc Rating: 7/10

Synopsis:

While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty—or cold, hard steel—to protect their bloodstained, ill-begotten fortune. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] The Last Stop In Yuma County; Available July 16, 2024 From Well Go USA”

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[Blu-Ray Review] Beverly Hills Ninja; Now Available From Sony 9
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[Blu-Ray Review] Beverly Hills Ninja; Now Available From Sony

[Blu-Ray Review] Beverly Hills Ninja; Now Available From Sony 10Beverly Hills Ninja [Blu-Ray] amazon-cart-logo

Director: Dennis Dugan

Cast: Chris Farley, Nicollette Sheridan, Robin Shou

Release Date: June 18, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 6.5/10

Synopsis:

Chris Farley stars as an orphan who was raised from infancy by the head of a ninja institute. Farley grows into an overweight young klutz who manages to become a ninja, albeit and inept one. His first assignment is not to screw up a murder investigation in Beverly Hills. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] Beverly Hills Ninja; Now Available From Sony”

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[Blu-Ray Review] Abigail; Now Available From Universal 11
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[Blu-Ray Review] Abigail; Now Available From Universal

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Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett

Cast: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton

Release Date: July 9, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 8.5/10
Disc Rating: 8/10

Synopsis:

Radio Silence, the filmmakers behind the horror hits Ready or Not, Scream (2022) and Scream VI, bring a brash and bloodthirsty new vision of vampires with Abigail. A heist team is hired by a mysterious fixer to kidnap the daughter of a powerful underworld figure. They must guard the 12-year-old ballerina for one night to net a $50 million ransom. As the captors start to dwindle one by one, they discover to their mounting terror that they’re locked inside an isolated mansion with no ordinary little girl. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] Abigail; Now Available From Universal”

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[4K Ultra HD Review] Civil War; Available July 9, 2024 From A24 – Lionsgate

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Director: Alex Garland

Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny

Release Date: July 9, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 9.5/10
Disc Rating: 8/10

Synopsis:

From filmmaker Alex Garland comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House. Continue reading “[4K Ultra HD Review] Civil War; Available July 9, 2024 From A24 – Lionsgate”

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[4K Ultra HD Review] Monkey Man; Now Available From Universal

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Director: Dev Patel

Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash

Release Date: June 25, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 9/10
Disc Rating: 8.5/10

Synopsis:

From producer Jordan Peele comes Oscar® nominee Dev Patel’s astonishing tour-de-force directorial debut, inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage. Patel stars as a man with no name, scarred by a brutal childhood, who ekes out a meager living in underground fighting rings. But when he finds a way to rise up and infiltrate his city’s corrupt elite, he kicks off an explosive campaign for retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him as a boy. Channeling the rage of the poor and powerless, an unexpected hero emerges in this fight-filled action epic. Continue reading “[4K Ultra HD Review] Monkey Man; Now Available From Universal”

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[4K Ultra HD Review] Taxi Driver (Steelbook); Now Available From Sony

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Director: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks

Release Date: July 2, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 10/10

Synopsis:

Winner of the prestigious Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival (1976) and nominated for 4 Academy Awards® including Best Picture (1976), TAXI DRIVER stars Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s classic film of a psychotic New York cabbie driven to violence by loneliness and desperation. Co-starring Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle and Cybill Shepherd. Continue reading “[4K Ultra HD Review] Taxi Driver (Steelbook); Now Available From Sony”

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[Blu-Ray Review] Thunderheart; Now Available From Sony 12
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[Blu-Ray Review] Thunderheart; Now Available From Sony

[Blu-Ray Review] Thunderheart; Now Available From Sony 13Thunderheart (1992) [Blu-Ray] amazon-cart-logo

Director: Michael Apted

Cast: Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene

Release Date: May 21, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 6.5/10

Synopsis:

Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard and Graham Greene star in this powerful murder mystery with all the style and suspense of Witness. Kilmer stars as Ray Levoi, a hotshot FBI agent who’s thrust into a strange new world when he is sent to solve a murder on an Indian reservation. Hand-picked because of his part-Sioux ancestry, Levoi is teamed with a legendary older agent (Shepard) to capture a radical Indian protester. But once on the reservation, Levoi encounters the irreverent local sheriff (Greene), and the tribe’s religious leader (Chief Ted Thin Elk), who knows secrets about Levoi’s own lost heritage. And as Levoi’s awareness of the native culture grows, so does his belief that the U.S. government has framed an innocent man. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] Thunderheart; Now Available From Sony”

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[4K Ultra HD Review] Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; Now Available From Sony 14
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[4K Ultra HD Review] Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; Now Available From Sony

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Director: Gil Kenan

Cast: Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, McKenna Grace

Release Date: June 25, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 6.5/10
Disc Rating: 8.5/10

Synopsis:

In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age. Continue reading “[4K Ultra HD Review] Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; Now Available From Sony”

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[4K Ultra HD Review] South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut; Available June 25, 2024 From Paramount

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Director: Trey Parker

Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman (VOICES)

Release Date: June 25, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 7.5/10

Synopsis:

Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman sneak into an R-rated movie to see their favorite Canadian superstars. When their parents find out, they declare war on Canada. Now the boys have to stand up to their parents, stop World War III, and get Satan back to Hell before he destroys the world.  It’s all part of a young boy’s life in this quiet little mountain town. Continue reading “[4K Ultra HD Review] South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut; Available June 25, 2024 From Paramount”

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[4K Ultra HD Review] Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire; Now Available From Warner Bros

[4K Ultra HD Review] Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire; Now Available From Warner Bros 15Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire [4K Ultra HD] amazon-cart-logo

Director: Adam Wingard

Cast: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens

Release Date: June 11, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 9/10
Disc Rating: 9/10

Synopsis:

The epic battle continues!  Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of ”Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond. Continue reading “[4K Ultra HD Review] Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire; Now Available From Warner Bros”

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[Blu-Ray Review] Imaginary; Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From Lionsgate

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Director: Jeff Wadlow

Cast: DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns

Release Date: May 14, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 5/10
Disc Rating: 7/10

Synopsis:

When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter, Alice, finds a stuffed bear named Chauncey. As Alice’s behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize that Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] Imaginary; Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From Lionsgate”

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