Category: Film & Television Reviews
True Blood Season Five on Blu-Ray, Review is Up!
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Monsuno – Volume 2: Power on DVD, Review is Up!
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Flashpoint – Season Five on DVD, Review is Now Up!
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Escape from New York (Blu-Ray) Review
Some of you are aware of this but my favorite movie of all time is Escape from New York. To me, John Carpenter and Kurt Russell represent the perfect director/actor combination. The director knows how to play the actor’s strengths (and minimize weaknesses) and the actor knows how to bring out the best in the direction. It is my sincere pleasure to cover this film on its first trip to the Blu-ray format.
The original copy of this review can be found at: https://upcomingdiscs.com/2010/08/18/efny-blu-ray/
Elvis (DVD) Review
Most people who call themselves friends of mine know that I absolutely adore the combination of John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. Escape from New York is my favorite movie of all time and I even liked Escape from L.A. as well. Now that my credibility is probably ruined, I was delighted to receive Elvis, a mini-series produced in the seventies that brought together this amazing duo for the first time. Kurt Russell is the King of Rock n Roll and I can’t help to enjoy watching.
The original copy of this review can be found at: https://upcomingdiscs.com/2010/02/11/elvis/
John Carpenter’s The Thing Film Overview
There are many movies when you are young that you just never get around to see. Perhaps your parents aren’t into that kind of movie. If it tanked at the box office, then there are probably not any friends that are going to secretly show you the film while their parents are out of the house. But often there are films that we discover in college and wonder where the heck this movie has been all my life. Such brilliance, such deep of thought, this is fantastic. For me, that movie was John Carpenter’s The Thing.
The original copy of this review can be found at: https://upcomingdiscs.com/2009/10/23/31-days-of-horror-john-carpenters-the-thing/
Death Proof (DVD) Review
The style of “Grindhouse” films were something of a cult legend. More often than not, they were crazy over-the-top horror movies or action movies that had insane action that usually involved a body count that could rival an Arrrrrnold flic. These were referred to commonly as “B” flics due to the shoddy quality of the films. Video would be scratched up, missing reels were all over the place and audio would drop at the most inconvenient moment. More often than not they would be shown at some crusty drive-in for the change in your pocket. Fast forward to 2007 where Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez decided to resurrect the forgotten genre and brings us two movies (Death Proof and Planet Terror) to the screen.
The original copy of this review can be found at: https://upcomingdiscs.com/2007/09/26/death-proof-best-buy-3-disc-limited-edition/
