The Superman: 5-Film Collection has four movies making their debuts on 4K, though really only two of them are worth a damn. I suppose if you’re a Superman fan, maybe it’s worth it, but probably only when it’s on sale.
The less said about Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, the better. It was a misfire from the go and even the charms of Christopher Reeve could make this watchable.
Superman III was pretty much the beginning of the end of the Superman franchise. It’s not terrible but not very good either, moving to full-on goofy humor (versus a more wholesome variety of the first film), and an awful villain.
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut does a valiant job giving viewers Donner’s original concept for the sequel and utilizing not only some new visual effects but some rehearsal footage to give as complete of a vision as possible.
Superman II is hardly perfect and with Richard Lester replacing Richard Donner probably made for a whiplash of a movie in terms of tone, but this still managed to be an entertaining sequel though the goof levels were taken up a notch.
Wild Orchid 2: Blue Movie Blue debuts on Blu-ray from Scorpion Releasing and stars Wendy Hughes, Tom Skerritt, Robert Davi and Nina Siemaszko as ‘Blue’.
I can give some credit to writer-director Damien Chazelle’s vision and what he was trying to accomplish, and it does seem this was a passion project but with a 3-hour running time, there was a good chunk that could’ve been removed.
Heat is a movie that’s passably entertaining if only for Burt Reynolds’s charisma but otherwise the plot plods along and like the 2015 re-adaptation Wild Card, it’s nothing special and an altogether forgettable crime-thriller.
Backtrack had an interesting enough premise, a hitman falling for his target, but the execution was less than effective, though Dennis Hopper’s performance was something to behold.
Virtual Reality arrives on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber on April 4th. This horror-thriller stars Vanesa González and Federico Bal.
The Prince and the Showgirl debuts on Blu-ray through the Warner Archive Collection program featuring a new 1080p transfer, and the theatrical trailer.
Magic Mike’s Last Dance is the third movie in the series and was directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek.
Neptune’s Daughter debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars Esther Williams, Red Skelton and Ricardo Montalban and is out March 14th.
Action Movie Night is a 4-film collection that includes Conspiracy, The Contractor, The Hard Corps and Vertical Lmit arrives on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment.
Flashdance is at times cheesy — as many of these 1980s dramas tended to be — but it’s entertaining, features a great soundtrack and incredible performance from a phenomenal performance from Jennifer Beals.