March 3rd, 2025 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
Over 50 years since the Blaxploitation subgenre dominated ‘70s film culture, Shout! Studios is excited to bring forth an incredible collection of culturally rich legacy films in Blaxploitation Classics Vol. 1, available on May 20, 2025 as part of the Shout! Select line. This first volume of films includes Across 110th Street, Black Ceasar, Hell Up […]
June 12th, 2022 by Aaron Neuwirth
In an entirely fitting movie for the Criterion Collection, 1971’s Shaft has been selected to join the ranks and has received the deluxe treatment with a 3-disc 4K UHD set (2 Blu-ray discs). A notable film from the Blaxploitation era, it may not be the first or perhaps even the best, but Shaft is the […]
April 8th, 2015 by Brandon Peters
Can I gloat for just a brief second to start this off? Back in 2013 when I reviewed Scream Factory’s release of John Carpenter’s Body Bags, I mentioned that if there were to be an Escape From New York Collector’s Edition, that I’d like the collective that were interviewing John Carpenter to be involved with […]
February 19th, 2015 by Brandon Peters
Well, this is the moment we’ve all been waiting for, right? Scream Factory putting out John Carpenter’s Escape From New York on a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray. Snake Plissken’s original adventure is finally getting some respectful treatment on the best format. With their track history of John Carpenter titles well in tow and high regard, we […]