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Pet Sematary Two starring Edward Furlong and Anthony Edwards marks its Blu-ray debut, released on February 25th, from Shout Factory’s Collector’s Edition and includes some new bonus material and a new transfer.
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Daphne Inherit the Viper is a crime-drama starring Josh Hartnett, Margarita Levieva, Owen Teague, Chandler Riggs and Bruce Dern and available for purchase on Blu-ray, DVD and Digitally.
Shooting the Mafia isn’t the strongest documentary, though in fairness I don’t watch or review a whole lot of them generally, but even so this is one that seemed to ride the line between two subjects and isn’t fulfilling in either.
IP Man 4: The Finale starring Donnie Yen marks the end of the popular martial arts series. The 4K, Blu-ray and DVD arrives on April 21st and On Demand on April 7th.
The Grudge (The Untold Chapter) isn’t a lazy sequel (or si-quel) and thanks to Nicolas Pesce does have an interesting and dark look, but the story isn’t up to par and does rely a bit much on the jump scares.
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The Wizard may have its charms, which is probably why this has a strong cult following which led way to this Collector’s Edition Shout Factory release.
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The Stalking Moon debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection and stars the venerable actors Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint and Robert Forster.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker isn’t a terrible movie as there are a few entertaining moment and the performance from Adam Driver, the only consistent of the cast throughout this new trilogy.
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April Fool’s Day is a fun horror-comedy with a respectable ensemble. The kills aren’t bad and while some of the story elements stretched the plot a bit, I still found this to be an entertaining.
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The Contractor/The Fan double feature Blu-ray release isn’t anything remarkable as these aren’t high-quality movies to begin with, however both films do have their moments and Wesley Snipes at least never felt like he was phoning it in.
Fit to Kill is ever so slightly better than the previous entry, Hard Hunted, as the humor worked a tad more and there weren’t as many slow moments compared some of the other movies in this series.
Hard Hunted is pretty much in-line with the others in this series, especially the last couple, mostly that the cheesy and camp does not outweigh some of the duller moments that keeps it out of good-bad territory.
The Song of Names is based upon the novel by Norman Lebrecht and stars Tim Roth, Clive Owen and Catherine McCormack arriving on Blu-ray and DVD on March 24th.
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Knives Out isn’t quite a masterpiece but certainly has roots in a classical Agatha Christie mystery with some modern, topical twists which at times come across as preachy. Other than that, however, this is a wonderful mystery-comedy with a fantastic ensemble.
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1917 is a rare movie in these times and even rarer ones taking place during World War I. The performance from George MacKay is great but the biggest takeaway is the one-shot concept from director Sam Mendes which was pretty impressive.