Hawkeye: The Complete Miniseries (4K UHD Blu-ray Steelbook Review)
December 7th, 2024 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
Confession Time: I was fearing a little bit of series fatigue after watching two Star Wars series back-to-back. Delving into Hawkeye: The Complete Miniseries, I was pleasantly surprised by the developments. Imperfect but charming and a whole lot of fun, I was happy to move from episode to episode. Read more about the team of Barton and Bishop and don’t forget, a paid link to get your own copy of Hawkeye is at the end of the review! Continue reading ‘Hawkeye: The Complete Miniseries (4K UHD Blu-ray Steelbook Review)’
Star Wars was always at the top of my list of film series as a kid. I loved the battles, the spaceships, the speeders and those characters were just so cool to me. After the original trilogy, the prequels were fine, and then as I was much older the next trilogy of films came along and initially felt like they were closer to the original trilogy. Between all the gaps in film trilogies, Animated series, novels, comics and more dropped out of everywhere to entice even bigger fans of Star Wars than I ever was. Ahsoka comes from an animated series, Star Wars Rebels to be exact, and then the character appeared in The Mandalorian capturing a villain and teaming with Din Djarin. Now, Ahsoka is her own character with her own show. Is it any good? And how’s the 4K disc?! Read more about Ahsoka: The Complete First Season, and may the force be with you!
I am ecstatic thinking of how this is the 3rd round of Disney+ Series to be released on UHD Blu-ray. What was once thought of as an impossible feat now gives us not one but all three seasons of The Mandalorian with gorgeous Steelbook packaging and full bodied Atmos sound and HDR picture quality. Cash grab you say. Take my money, house of Mouse I say. As we follow Din Djarin and Grogu on their next journey, how does The Mandalorian: The Complete Third Season hold up on disc? Find out inside the review. This is the way.
Just in time for the holidays, it seems I have been bombarded with horror films lately. Funny how that works, right? I have to admit, the films I’ve seen have been campy, tense and interesting. So now that I’m stumbling upon Never Let Go, Alexandre Aja’s newest entry into scary stuff, where does the film fit in my recent horror leanings. Halle Berry leads the film along with two talented kiddos. Read more about the film and DON’T LET GO OF THE ROPE!
2024 brought along a few interesting thrillers. For me, this is a genre that deserves more time in theaters. The 80’s and 90’s are rife with them, and depending on your mood there could be a thriller film for anyone who likes the genre. I was even discussing thrillers with my colleagues on the morning of this writing! These taut films are part of a genre most people seem to generally love. Speak No Evil, a Blumhouse produced remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name. Does this iteration stand up to the heralded original? Find out in the review and keep it quiet while you read… or else…
The 80’s were an influential time for horror films, especially the slasher subgenre. Between 1978’s Halloween through to the 90’s there was an unending slew of films showing doomed teenagers losing their lives over the course of a creepy night. Few were original, but some were truly unique. Does unique mean good you ask? Not typically, but that doesn’t mean those unique slashers don’t have a place in horror fans’ hearts. Silent Night, Deadly Night is a very unique slasher itself. Debuting 40 years ago, the film was once the stuff of controversy based on the marketing of the film. Read on about the film, it’s legacy and this new Collector’s Edition from Shout Studios/Scream Factory!
Time has flown by when you are looking at the 10th Anniversary edition of Interstellar. The ahead-of-its-time Christopher Nolan masterpiece has been on 4K Blu-ray since 2017. Using the same 4K and Blu-ray discs and adding a new piece to the legacy bonus features Blu-ray and giving collectors a beautiful piece of collectible is the name of the game with this release. Read more on the new set and read Brian White’s exceptional legacy review inside!
The Alien franchise has gone through many phases. 1979’s Alien remains the ultimate in sci-fi and horror. 1986’s Aliens epitomizes the mixture of sci-fi and action. 1992’s Alien3 fuses all three genres. There are also inferior sequels, and some prequels that depending on who you talk to are either great or terrible. When Alien: Romulus was announced it was originally slated for a Hulu release. Seeing the potential and the enthusiastic early response, Disney called a great shot, and the film got a theatrical release. The film was a well-received hit, ushering in a melding of old-school Alien fans and newcomers just learning about the previous films. So, where on the Alien-O-Meter does Alien: Romulus sit? Find out more in the review but watch out for flying facehuggers.
Media fandom is something sacred to the people who revel in it. Trekkies, Star Wars Nerds, Twi-hards… There’s something about fandom that has spread much further than the niche conventions that once were. Way back in 1999, Galaxy Quest touched on the idea of fandom with an accurate portrayal that wasn’t all parody. Its genuine representation of media fandom has made the film a bit of a cult hit. It would seem that many Trekkies saw themselves in the early and climactic convention-based scenes. So, after 25 years, how does Galaxy Quest hold up? Find out more while I figure out if there is such a fandom for Galaxy Quest now!
I’ll just admit it here, first sentence – I sort-of despise faith-based movies. I’m not deeply religious, and my love of gospel music is about the extent of my spirituality. Even that’s a slim margin in my opinion. The Kendrick Brothers have cornered the market for these types of films, making modestly budgeted Godly faire with decent box office returns. The Forge, according to the press releases and Blu-ray box art will let you know is the 5th A+ Cinemascore rated film from the brothers. Does that warrant a positive notice from this writer? Find out below and have faith that I do, you could help me with my rating that way!
For lack of a better word, families are a trip. Children feel like their siblings are favored over them. Mothers feel envious of a son’s bonding with their father. Daughters resent mothers for their inherent similarities. Fathers want their sons to follow in their footsteps in exacting ways. A trip, right? In Albert Brooks’ Mother, we use an experiment to find out just how deep those “mommy issues” can get. The Criterion Collection released Mother along with Real Life, and with my own recent pickup of the film, I felt compelled to write about it! Read more below and see if you can relate to Albert Brooks’ John Henderson.
Home invasion/stalker films will always put me on edge. The horror ones, such as Halloween that involve serial killers will always have me shouting at the screen. Thrillers like Panic Room are tense wonderful exercises in testing my blood pressure. I love these types of films. Mike Flanagan’s Hush sits somewhere in between horror and thriller and did nothing to calm my nerves while I watched it. So where does the film sit in my critical view? Find out more about the film and Shout Studios/Scream Factory’s 4-Disc collector’s edition 4K UHD Blu-ray below!
Do you remember the 1992 LA Riots? I know I do. The whole debacle was covered by news outlets much like they did in The Hunger Games, filling homes with the disparate violence and angry response to the unjust not guilty verdict given to the police officers who beat an unarmed Rodney King one awful night. The uprising was monumental and devastating. No doubt a response that law enforcement and racist people wanted the black community to make at the time, we are still haunted by this tragic moment in the 90’s. 1992 is the first film to my knowledge that is based on that fateful April day, even with a dramatized heist thriller embedded in the story, the history remains on the screen. Read more about 1992 and see where the film lies in its historical accuracy.
When I see or hear about action films about assassins, I feel like they’re either going to go the way of the dark such as something like John Wick or we will get a film in the style of the silliest of Guy Ritchie films. A kindred spirit film to Kill Bill perhaps? I like the subgenre, but there’s always that one or the other feeling. The Killer’s Game is the latest assassin action flick to hit cinemas and now, very quickly, 4K UHD Blu-ray. Another of Lionsgate’s not so successful films of 2024, The Killer’s Game came with no fanfare when it was released to theaters barely 2 months ago. Did the film deserve more than it got? Find out below, and don’t forget to watch out for stalking assassins!
