Albeit the true story is interesting, and I say this having not seen Thirteen Lives, I’m just not sure there’s enough to make for a feature film and what we get with Cave Rescue was actually pretty lackluster and ultra thin on character development.
Murder at Yellowstone City arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from RLJE Films and stars Gabriel Byrne, Thomas Jane, Nat Wolff and Richard Dreyfuss.
Hot Seat is just another throwaway direct-to-video flick that features Mel Gibson in a supporting role with Kevin Dillon joining the ranks of actors to star in these shelf-filler films.
A Fugitive From the Past debuts on Blu-ray tArrow Video program featuring a new 1080p transfer and several scene-specific commentary tracks. This is available on September 27th.
Paradise Road is a movie that has a powerful message and honestly isn’t a bad film with fine performances but in the end never quite makes the impact it was intending and instead was on the forgettable side.
Cool World was an interesting concept and had some fun visuals but the characters were as thinly developed and the story felt sloppy, if not also uninteresting. Had potential but the end result was a mess and not a surprise why I never bothered to re-watch since its release.
Cat People arrives on 4K Ultra HD from Shout Factory with a new 4K scan from the original camera negative. The film stars Natassia Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard and Annette O’Toole.
Mid-Century is a horror-thriller starring Shane West, Sarah Hay, Bruce Dern and Stephan Lang and arrived on Blu-ray and DVD on July 26th.
Jurassic World Domination seems to be the end of the feature film franchise and instead of going out with a roar, it went out with a thud.
Running Out of Time 1 & 2 arrives on Blu-ray from Arrow Video and stars Andy Lau and Lau Cing Wan and includes a plethora of bonus features including audio commentaries, featurettes, interviews and trailers.
Naomi: The Complete Series arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from Warner Bros. on August 23rd. This one and done show stars Kaci Walfall in the titular role.
The Black Phone is a solid horror-thriller and box office wise another hit from Blumhouse, however I wasn’t quite as enamored compared to others as it got repetitive at times. That being said, I was entertained and Ethan Hawke’s performance was pretty scary.
Hotel du Nord comes to Blu-ray courtesy of The Criterion Collection and is available on August 23rd. The Blu-ray comes with a couple documentaries, interviews and a trailer.
As these direct-to-video flicks go, White Elephant at least had some elements of a stable production and I will say Michael Rooker was good in the lead while the supporting actors didn’t have a whole lot to work with
Dual is a sci-fi thriller starring Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul and arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from RLJE Films and comes with an audio commentary and featurette.