Westworld Season 3: The New World (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)
Yours truly has now covered the first season of HBO’s Westworld, also known as The Maze, on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray over HERE, and the second season, also known as The Door, HERE. Therefore, it only makes sense to have me lock down the third season, which wears the moniker The New World. I think Warner Bros. says it best in their press release. Since the award-winning drama series’ debut, Westworld has captivated audiences by exploring the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin with the latest season delving into the questions surrounding free will. That’s a good setup, but what I am most looking forward to is seeing life outside the park in a future world with some familiar faces here like Evan Rachel Wood. Truth be told this review of Westworld Season 3 is my first experience with the third season. So what you’ll read down below will very much be my first impressions. Ready or not here I come! Continue reading ‘Westworld Season 3: The New World (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)’
There’s no denying the cult popularity of the 1990s teen horror film, The Craft. With a rousing cast of young stars, it was popular back in the days of VHS and continued on to have a “legacy” going beyond probably its own expectations. Now, Blumhouse comes through again with another attempt at cultivating a sequel to a popular, beloved horror film in The Craft: Legacy. Due to the pandemic, a theatrical release really wasn’t in the cards, but it did receive a pretty high profile and well touted digital debut that came with a watch party that took to Twitter pretty well. Now, you’ll be able to own it on Blu-ray juuuuuuuust before Christmas on December 22nd. Sony already has the pre-order link up, which you can use the paid Amazon Associates one in his post to secure yourself a copy.
It’s A Wonderful Life is almost 75 years old and continually remains a seminal holiday classic. Primarily, its connection to Christmas keeps it on most schedules come December in the United States. And, like clockwork, every year studios know how to repackage and rerelease it and others like it in new and exciting ways. Hence, last year saw the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray debut of It’s A Wonderful Life from Paramount and this year brings us the steelbook version of those same discs in that set. And it actually tops last year’s release as it has the original poster art on the packaging and includes a poster. That’s pretty awesome in my book! It’s available on November 17th and you can pre-order it using the paid Amazon Associates link below.
In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) will stop at nothing to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium—but that doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can. Max (Matt Damon) agrees to take on a life-threatening mission, one that could bring equality to these polarized worlds.
There has been talk of a third Bill and Ted film for a long while. Even before the sweeping “bring back every franchise ever” stigma of Hollywood took full form. However, when it came time to actually make the film, it was looked upon with those lenses. Sure, greenlighting may have been easier, but the dream project from Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter has been envisioned long before it would have been forced. Unfortunately, Bill and Ted Face the Music had a bogus hand dealt to it in the year of the pandemic and had to suffice with going straight to video on demand for its release. However, its excellent reception may have more than made up for that. With a sigh of relief, I’m happy to see it getting a physical Blu-ray release (I’m weary sometimes of these digital only releases) and not too long after the premiere on digital. It arrived on November 10th, which means you can order it right now and have it within a matter of days!
On Friday the 13th, a deranged killer with a final girl’s body will wreak havoc at Blissfield High. The body-swap trope gets a slasher makeover (or is it the other way around?) in Christopher Landon’s new genre mashup. Vince Vaughn is the knife-wielding maniac, and Big Little Lies‘ Kathryn Newton is a shy teen who won’t seem so shy once an ancient dagger magically links the two together. Hilarity and some pretty gnarly deaths abound. Let the kill count commence as things are about to get Freaky!
Oddly, I Spit On Your Grave has gone from notorious cult horror film of the late 1970s to a full blown franchise film series in the last decade. It sat alone for 3 decades, but a 2010 remake wound up spawning 2 sequels. And then recently, the original director and star made a “true” sequel to the original. Five bloody, vengeful films now stand with the I Spit On Your Grave license. Ronin Flix is taking the original film and the most recent sequel and packaging them together with a brand new loaded limited edition that includes the documentary Growing Up With I Spit On Your Grave. There are new transfers and bonus features, including commentaries with the loveable, legendary Joe Bob Briggs. There are various bells in whistles (Video provided in the review) that come along with it as well. This new I Spit On Your Grave comes as an exclusive to the Ronin Flix website. A link below will take you there to order yourself this very fancy limited set.
The hilariously zany classic THE COURT JESTER celebrates its 65th anniversary with a brand-new Blu-ray in the Paramount Presents line, debuting January 26, 2021 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Originally released in 1956, THE COURT JESTER was shot in Paramount’s trademark “VistaVision” widescreen format, capturing a grander scope of information on the film negative. For this new restoration, the original negative was scanned at 6K and one of the “separation masters” was also scanned and recombined with the negative scans to address color fading in the negative. The result is an incredibly vibrant picture that faithfully captures the colors and textures of Edith Head’s sensational costumes and Hal Pariera’s sparkling art direction. 
Terror strikes a small town when “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” arrives on Blu-ray and DVD. Written by, starring, and directed by Jim Cummings (“Thunder Road”), “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” is a new and mysterious reimagining of the classic werewolf legend. The film is available now on Digital. From Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s Orion Classics, “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” stars Robert Forster (“Jackie Brown,” “The Descendants”), Riki Lindhome (television’s “Duncanville), Jimmy Tatro (television’s “Modern Family,” “22 Jump Street”), Marshall Allman (television’s “Prison Break”), Jim Cummings (“Thunder Road”), Chloe East (television’s “Liv & Maddie”), and Annie Hamilton (“Dance Camp”). “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” is produced by Matt Miller, Natalie Metzger and Ben Wiessner on behalf of Vanishing Angle alongside Kathleen Grace, Matt Hoklotubbe, and Michael McGarry on behalf of New Form. Nick Spicer and Pip Ngo serve as executive producers on behalf of XYZ Films. “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on December 15. The Blu-ray disc features the film and special features in hi-definition and the DVD features the film and special feature in standard definition. Both versions feature a Digital version of the film. 
Hot on the Hanna-Barbara train, Warner Bros Archive Collection is releasing Josie and the Pussycats: The Complete Series to Blu-ray. You’ll remember over the last few weeks we’ve seen Space Ghost and Dino Boy and The Flintstones complete series collections make the Blu-ray jump. Naturally, here come Josie and the Pussycats. Now, this is just the original run of the series and does no include any episodes from Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space which was the show’s rebranded second year. These 16 episodes are on a 2-disc set and have a nice little pair of legacy bonus features intact. The release date for this was November 3rd, so you can order it right now from Warner Archive Collection or by using the paid Amazon Associates link following the end of the review. Here’s hoping they DO go forth and do the Outer Space season very soon.
