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A Woman on Safari? No Thank You! | King Solomon’s Mines (1950) Warner Archive Blu-ray

King Solomon's Mines (1950)

Author H. Rider Haggard’s 1885 adventure novel King Solomon’s Mines has been popular fodder for movie and TV adaptations over the years, most of them sadly not very good. Of the various attempts to bring it to screen, the most successful and arguably best was the 1950 version starring Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr, which… Read More A Woman on Safari? No Thank You! | King Solomon’s Mines (1950) Warner Archive Blu-ray

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It’s Not the Years, Honey | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 4K Ultra HD

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

With the combined talents of George Lucas as producer and Steven Spielberg directing, I don’t think anyone ever doubted that Raiders of the Lost Ark would be another big smash. Between Jaws and Star Wars, the two men had each only recently held the title for the highest-grossing movie of all time, back-to-back, Spielberg handing… Read More It’s Not the Years, Honey | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 4K Ultra HD

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Ain’t You Got No Shame? | Showgirls (1995) Vinegar Syndrome 4K Ultra HD

Showgirls (1995)

An infamous box office bomb and target of critical ridicule, winner of both Worst Picture at the 1996 Razzie Awards and later Worst Picture of the Decade in 2000, Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls was, for many years, a movie that few people liked, and fewer still would actually admit to liking. Over the ensuing decades, the… Read More Ain’t You Got No Shame? | Showgirls (1995) Vinegar Syndrome 4K Ultra HD

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Crime Does Pay | Bottle Rocket (1996) Criterion Collection Blu-ray

Bottle Rocket (1996)

Coming up on three decades into his filmmaking career, Wes Anderson has put such a distinctive stamp onto all of his movies that none of them could be mistaken as the work of anyone else. Nor could anyone adopt Anderson’s style without being labeled a copycat. Looking back on it, the director’s debut feature Bottle… Read More Crime Does Pay | Bottle Rocket (1996) Criterion Collection Blu-ray

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A Public Advisory Regarding The French Connection (1971) on Blu-ray

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With recent news that Disney, as current owner of the 20th Century Fox library, has censored Best Picture Oscar-winning police drama The French Connection across all streaming and TV broadcast outlets, fans and collectors have run to buy up uncensored physical media copies of the film wherever they can find them. Doing so will encounter… Read More A Public Advisory Regarding The French Connection (1971) on Blu-ray

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That Was Radical! | Bumblebee (2018) 4K Ultra HD

Bumblebee (2018)

The first live-action Transformers movie directed by someone other than Michael Bay is, not coincidentally, the first live-action Transformers movie that’s any good. Because we live in an unjust world, 2018’s Bumblebee was also the lowest-grossing Transformers film up to that point by some considerable margin. As someone who grew up in the 1980s with… Read More That Was Radical! | Bumblebee (2018) 4K Ultra HD

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This Doesn’t Feel Right | Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) 4K Ultra HD

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

I distinctly remember seeing Star Trek: Nemesis during its opening weekend in a mostly empty theater auditorium. That experience was all too common for those few other fans who likewise made the effort. The film remains, to date, the lowest grossing Star Trek movie and the only one to lose money at the box office.… Read More This Doesn’t Feel Right | Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) 4K Ultra HD

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Androids Do Not Have Fun | Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) 4K Ultra HD

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

You’d think that by its ninth feature film, the Star Trek franchise might have found some sense of consistency or had a clue how to build off the success of its biggest box office hit at the time (1996’s quite good Star Trek: First Contact). Sadly, that wasn’t at all the case. The next big-screen… Read More Androids Do Not Have Fun | Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) 4K Ultra HD

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This Is No Time to Argue About Time | Star Trek: First Contact (1996) 4K Ultra HD

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

That Star Trek: First Contact is, without question, the best of the Next Generation crew’s feature films may lead to it being a bit overrated. This cast is so beloved from their years on television that fans desperately wanted (and still want) them to have at least one great movie as well. Personally, I’ve always… Read More This Is No Time to Argue About Time | Star Trek: First Contact (1996) 4K Ultra HD

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