Body Double (40th Anniversary Steelbook) (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)
I have been a fan of the thriller genre for a long as I can remember. Whether it’s a mystery, or a police thriller, or a chase film, the genre has often been one I lovingly revisit as much as I can. You cannot mention the thriller genre without mentioning Alfred Hitchcock and the same can be said for the man who often tries to emulate the iconic director by making his own iconic films: Brian DePalma. Though DePalma has made everything from dramas to comedy to musicals, his biggest or most loved films tend to be his thrillers. There are the earlier films like Sisters and Carrie that are fantastic films made with small budgets that continuously endure to fans. The 80’s happened and after the failure of Blow Out, A shock even now, because the film is a masterpiece, and the polarizing nature of Scarface, it was time for another thriller from the auteur. Released 40 years ago, Body Double also was released to unsure critics and audiences. Read more about all the sleazy fun below and don’t miss the in-depth look at the technical side of this 40th Anniversary 4K UHD Blu-ray edition!
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Among quite a few gems in 1992 cinema, A League of Their Own stood out. The fictional tale of the very true All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), Penny Marshall delivered an unexpectedly beloved comedy. Stunningly straightforward and extremely entertaining, the film was immediately embraced by audiences and even now is a film that’s in the Library of Congress! As a definite A League of Their Ownfan since first seeing this as a wide-eyed 7-year-old, I am so happy to see the film getting a standalone release on 4K UHD Blu-ray following its inclusion in the first Columbia Classics box set! Read my retrospective on the film below and the tech section is not to be missed either! Batter up!
HBO tends to continue its lead on compelling series. There is no doubt that we’ve loved shows as varied as The Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep, or Six Feet Under before Succession dropped in on us. A modern series that mimics the Fox Media empire in a fictional way, the bitingly funny black satire was an instant success critically and with audiences. Now, Warner Brothers has lovingly released the series to Blu-ray and fans of the show have a great new addition to their physical media collections! Read more on Succession in the review and click the cover art at the end to get your copy!
When Bringing Out The Dead arrived in theaters in 1999 it was up against a lot. The film was touted as one thing and marketed as another. Seeing the film showed you exactly what Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader and their excellent cast were working for. The film has long gestated on DVD since 2000, where now, 25 years later, we have the film on 4K UHD Blu-ray. I hadn’t seen the film since about 2001, and so revisiting for this review revealed a lot of wonderful new nuances for me. Read more about Bringing Out The Dead below. Perhaps the review will give you wonderful readers a reason to revisit this incredible film!
Vikings was immediately a Netflix juggernaut, that saw huge viewership and plenty of love from viewers and critics alike! Set 100 years after the final Vikings episode, we now have Vikings: Valhalla. The first season has debuted on Blu-ray just as the fourth and final season of the show is now available to enjoy! Does this sequel show have the stuff of the original? Read on below to find out!
Planet of the Apes is a franchise that was revolutionary in 1968. Coming right at the time of 2001: A Space Odyssey, these films ushered in new ideas for science fiction and the world in the future as we’ve never seen before. In the years since, there have been 4 sequels to the original, a single remake in 2001, and then a new series beginning in 2011. The newest series has proven to be not only critically but commercially successful, giving new life to the franchise at large and renewing interest in the lore of Planet of the Apes. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes became a no-brainer hit for Disney this spring, and now it’s coming home on 4K UHD Blu-ray! Read more about the 10th installment to the Planet of the Apes franchise and don’t forget, the cover art at the end is your link to order yourself a copy of the film!
When we were first introduced to Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road, she gave our boy Max a run for his money. She could drive and fight and had so much to live for. She was an incredible hero in a world full of hoarders and crazies. She never gave up and she held her own running from Immortan Joe and his goons. But we didn’t know much about her, except that she came from The Green Place. Now, we have Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga to give us more insight into how she became the hero of the last film. Origin stories are either important building blocks to a cinematic universe, or they get things to crumbling. So where does Furiosa land in the Mad Max world? Find out below, and if you’re ready to ride on through Furiosa’s life after reading, please click the cover art below to buy your own copy of Furiosa!
I’ve always found decades and eras to be fascinating. Times change and sometimes things come back from bygone eras. Some things stay way back where they belong. Bikers and their clubs are often timeless and the stories they no doubt have are all probably vast in how their lives unfold together. The Bikeriders, based on the book by Danny Lyon is a story based off of one of those clubs, albeit a fictional one. So, read more on the story of The Vandals below, and if you feel like taking a ride for yourself, click the 4K Blu-ray cover art to get your own copy of The Bikeriders.
Did you ever have an imaginary friend? I admittedly was never that much of an imaginative kid. I was far too rooted in reality. I pretended to believe in those particular holiday symbols. I gave up the sham about age 10. I don’t remember having an imaginary friend, and it was OK with me. But those that had them… what were they like? What did they provide you when you needed them? Do you remember when you stopped needing them? These are all points that become relevant to this film – IF. John Krasinski has made some great films in the first Quiet Place installments and here he tries his hand at a family film. What’s the result you say? Read on for more below and if your imaginative curiosity gets the best of you, be sure to click the cover art at the bottom to get a copy of IF on 4K UHD Blu-ray!
When you think about sports shows or films, how many of them do you recall being comedic? There are a few – White Men Can’t Jump or Bull Durham come to mind and not just because of the Ron Shelton connection. There aren’t a lot that go straight for the laugh though. When a show is serious about the sport it reflects on, there must not be room for laughs. That is, until we came to Ted Lasso. Jason Sudeikis and a game supporting cast have gone for the pitch and kicked an incredible goal. Now, after premiering and a series finale on AppleTV+, we get Ted Lasso on Blu-ray! Read on below to learn more about the show if you don’t know already and be sure to click the cover art at the end if you’re like me and you love to collect your favorite shows or films! It’s the Blu-ray way!
Horror films have many tropes that get reused over time. We have seen slashers, ghosts and crazy mothers scaring audiences forever. We have also got the religious sect of horror. Classics like The Exorcist and The Omen have been a benchmark and a launch pad for franchises that pale in comparison to the original films. The Omen franchise has had some particularly bad entries since the 1976 film. The First Omen is a direct prequel to that film, and there’s been a very warm reception to the film despite not being a huge money maker this year. Read more on the newest Antichrist horror below. Don’t forget, to order yourself a copy of the film, please click the cover art at the end!
Rocky movies mean the world to me. I know…I know. I sound like a broken record the number times I have said this now. The Rocky films are sacred to me and have personally got me through some tough times in life, which I’ll elaborate on in a moment. However, is the price of admission here to get these films on the 4K UHD Disc format worth it? I think that’s the more relevant question to be addressed here. Truth be told when these were announced I didn’t even get excited especially after how botched up The Rocky Knockout Collection was last year (see 
We are seeing more films than ever based on the lives of iconic artists. As we know, some of them are very successful in laying out a streamlined story of an actor, singer or public figure’s life. But some is not all, and we’ve seen quite a few films take sharp left turns into something more mediocre. It was surprising to learn that Amy Winehouse was also getting a biopic treatment. News of the film being made and approaching release came back very quickly and then for US audiences the film came and went from the theater faster than we could head out to see it. Were audiences scared away by the previews? Was the film an unnecessary exercise in dramatizing Amy’s life? Or was it another one of those greatest hits type of biopics which retreads a story we already know. Find out more about Back To Black inside the review, and if you are wanting to add this new musical film to your collection, don’t forget to click the cover art at the end to order your copy!
A long, long time ago I would watch The Fall Guy TV show each week with my dad. I secretly had a crush on Heather Thomas at a very young age. That bikini she wore in the opening credit sequence each week…ooh la la. The Fall Guy is also special to me because it’s the very first TV show I ever recorded on a VHS tape. We were poor growing up so one day my grandfather gave my dad a brand new VHS deck. I was over the moon. I couldn’t believe it. We went home later that evening and I recorded that night’s episode of The Fall Guy. I was so in awe of the fact that I could record something and watch it back any time that I think I viewed that episode three more times that very same evening. Therefore, one can kind of come to the conclusion that The Fall Guy was responsible for my love of home media products and technology. That sounds good to me! 
We have seen some interesting new horror films this year. From the queer representation of I Saw the TV Glow to reboots of The Omen to the refresh of vampire horror in Abigail, horror fans have had something to savor. Tarot came and went quickly but made a few bucks in theaters. Now we have it on Blu-ray and Digital to check out at home. How are the scares within Tarot? The fortune couldn’t be clearer! Look on below for more in-depth on Tarot, and as always, don’t forget to click the cover art at the end to purchase a copy of Tarot!
Horror films are like preschoolers. They’re likely to test your limits and may even make you scream. The analogy is my own and it hits home for me. In my day job as an early childhood educator, I find myself in this predicament especially at the beginning of a new school year. When I approached Abigail for the first time, I wondered if the story of a captive child in danger would test my patience or test my jump-scare readiness. Did I hide my face in horror or balk at the silliness of it all. Read more on Radio Silence’s newest scare show below, and don’t forget to click the cover art at the end to order yourself a copy of Abigail on Blu-ray! Ballerinas be damned!
