Nashville is a lengthy but ultimately decent ensemble musical-drama-comedy from Robert Altman and features David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, Jeff Goldblum amongst many, many others.
The Gateway is only worth checking out if only for some solid performances, however the story is relatively thin and clocking in around 87 minutes doesn’t allow these characters to be developed.
Arabesque isn’t perfect and pales in comparison with the likes of North by Northwest or Charade, but the enigmatic performances from Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren was so much fun to watch.
The Star Trek: The Original 4-Movie Collection is a solid enough of a set and does have respectable 4K video along with the audio which is likely the same from past Blu-ray releases, even so still high quality.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League is an okay, if not exceptional lengthy, film and well worth checking out, especially if you’re a DC fan or just curious, plus splitting it into parts does help if you don’t want to watch in one sitting.
The House on Sorority Row isn’t a great horror with no real surprises and the gore isn’t anything special, kind of falls in the middle of those slashers from the early 1980s. Performance from the lead on the other hand wasn’t bad and it is at least watchable.
The Watcher/The Skeleton Key: Double Feature arrives on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment. These movies feature the talents of Kate Hudson, James Spader, Ernie Hudson and Keanu Reeves.
The Herculoids: The Complete Original Series arrives on Blu-ray the Warner Archive Collection on July 27th.
Pennyworth: The Complete Second Season arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The origin behind Bruce Wayne’s loyal butler continues and stars Jack Bannon.
Blind Beast arrives on Blu-ray from Arrow Video and includes an audio commentary, introduction, video essay, trailer and photo gallery.
Chain Lightning debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars Humphrey Bogart and Eleanor Parker.
One Crazy Summer is perhaps might be underrated as it does get overshadowed by many other comedies from the 1980s, but I found myself laughing throughout mainly for the bizarre scenes alongside John Cusack’s deadpan line deliveries.
Stardust is a biopic on David Bowie’s early career starring Johnny Flynn and Jena Malone. Shout Factory releases the movie on Blu-ray and DVD.
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It might break the formula a bit but I found myself a little disconnected and the primary saving grace is once again with Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, both still great together and gives the film the necessary heart.
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is probably an unnecessary sequel and it does have its flaws from a flimsy plot and some of the humor doesn’t work, but for the most part I did like the core main characters and the addition of Salma Hayek was the highlight.