Month: July 2024

You Stick with These Boys, You Have a Great Future | Time Bandits (1981) Criterion Collection Blu-ray

Time Bandits (1981)

While technically his third feature film as director, Terry Gilliam’s 1981 Time Bandits was only his second outside of Monty Python and, in most fans’ eyes, the first that truly marked him as an auteur in his own right. As a surprise box office smash (a top-ten money earner for the year on the short-list… Read More You Stick with These Boys, You Have a Great Future | Time Bandits (1981) Criterion Collection Blu-ray

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How Swift Thy Sword | Hero (2002) ViaVision Imprint Asia Limited Edition Blu-ray

Hero (2002) - Jet Li

Upon its belated release in this market in 2004, Zhang Yimou’s Hero set a milestone as the first foreign-language film to open at the top of the American box office. That achievement was notable in a few respects, not least of which is that the movie was already two-years-old by that point and a good… Read More How Swift Thy Sword | Hero (2002) ViaVision Imprint Asia Limited Edition Blu-ray

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Welcome to Star City, Boys | One False Move (1992) Criterion Collection 4K Ultra HD

One False Move (1992) - Bill Paxton

Originally intended as a direct-to-video production, the 1992 crime thriller One False Move received so much advance praise from critics that distributor I.R.S. Releasing (the short-lived film branch of music label I.R.S. Records) opted to give it a limited theatrical run first. While the movie ultimately made only a pittance at the box office, it… Read More Welcome to Star City, Boys | One False Move (1992) Criterion Collection 4K Ultra HD

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He Who Controls the Spice Controls the Universe | Dune (1984) ViaVision Limited Edition Blu-ray

Dune (1984) - Kenneth McMillan as Baron Harkonnen

For a movie infamous as a box office disaster, one still widely disparaged by both general viewers and fans of the book it was based on, David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Dune has had a remarkable shelf life on home video. Over the past four decades, numerous distributors around the world have licensed the film… Read More He Who Controls the Spice Controls the Universe | Dune (1984) ViaVision Limited Edition Blu-ray

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Some Things Never Change | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) on Netflix

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) - John Ashton, Eddie Murphy, & Judge Reinhold

Three and four decades, respectively, since they each debuted, producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s Bad Boys and Beverly Hills Cop action franchises both returned with belated fourth entries in 2024. Bad Boys was apparently deemed still fresh enough to merit another theatrical release, but former box office juggernaut Beverly Hills Cop wound up relegated to a Netflix… Read More Some Things Never Change | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) on Netflix

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Can Never Have Too Much Firepower | Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) 4K Ultra HD

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) - Brigitte Nielsen, Dean Stockwell, & Eddie Murphy

When the time came to make a sequel to their smash hit Beverly Hills Cop, producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer knew they’d have to step up their game. In the three short years between the two films, audiences had already been conditioned (by Simpson and Bruckheimer in particular) to expect a greater sense of… Read More Can Never Have Too Much Firepower | Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) 4K Ultra HD

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Tell Me, Can You Feel It? | Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 4K Ultra HD

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) - Eddie Murphy

1984 was a year of explosive success at the theatrical box office, with a number of huge blockbuster hits that would remain beloved decades later. When the final results were tallied at the end of the year, no movie was bigger than Beverly Hills Cop. The action-comedy outgrossed the likes of The Karate Kid, Gremlins,… Read More Tell Me, Can You Feel It? | Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 4K Ultra HD

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