Netflix’s business model for the last few years has been all about growing its subscriber base with a nonstop stream of new content, the vast majority of it created in house, so that they would own these titles in perpetuity and wouldn’t need to license things from the long-standing Hollywood film studios. And given the economics of … Read more
The underrated 1992 thriller Unlawful Entry, starring Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta and Madeleine Stowe is finally coming to Blu-ray. The nineties were the golden age of the thriller. Every other week, a star-driven thriller seemed to open in theaters, to the point that everyone took them for granted after a little while, and the genre … Read more
Janine Melnitz is getting promoted. The Ghostbusters’ beloved receptionist — whose famous greeting on the team’s phone (“Ghostbusters! Whaddya want?”) has become one of most quoted lines in the franchise’s history — will apparently suit up as a full-fledged Ghostbuster in the upcoming sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. That much is clear from the new covers of … Read more
One-hit-wonders are an unusual thing. There are endless examples of artists that create something monumental that blasts its way into the pop culture zeitgeist and temporarily enchants and captures our attention. Then as quickly as they came, they seem to disappear. That is the idea behind 1996’s That Thing You Do! Written, directed by, and … Read more
Dan Curtis’ 1976 horror mystery movie Burnt Offerings is getting a special edition Blu-ray release from Kino Lorber. Burnt Offerings Special Edition Blu-ray Details Evil Has a New Home! Step inside a vacation house of horror in this terrifying thriller that does for summer homes what Jaws did for a dip in the surf. Karen … Read more
Jean-Claude Van Damme‘s 1989 action movie Kickboxer will receive a Walmart-exclusive SteelBook Blu-ray release in early 2024. Kickboxer SteelBook Blu-ray Details Accompanied by his brother Kurt (Van Damme), American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane (Dennis Alexio), arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong … Read more
Brett Ratner’s The Family Man was only a middling success in 2000 but has since become a quasi-Christmas classic. Who would have thought that one of the more enduring family movies in the last 20 years would come from Brett Ratner and star Nicolas Cage? Indeed, The Family Man was only a modest success when … Read more
Back in 1996, movie titan Arnold Schwarzenegger’s most notable ventures away from laying waste to camouflaged aliens, gunning down police stations and impaling mad Aussies, was in the comedies Kindergarten Cop and Twins. They were both decent movies, but Twins in particular was an unusual and surprising move for the Austrian Oak. However, it did ultimately turn out … Read more
Arrow Video is releasing a Dark Water 4K UHD Blu-ray to give the J-Horror classic a visual touch-up and some intriguing extras. Dark Water 4K UHD Details After terrifying audiences worldwide with the blockbuster J-Horror classic Ring and its sequel, director Hideo Nakata returned to the genre for Dark Water, another highly atmospheric, and critically … Read more
I loved The Fugitive when it stormed into theaters in 1993. At the time, it was one of those rare movies you knew you would watch a million times over. As the years have passed, I enjoy the Andrew Davis action thriller even more than I did as a kid. And why shouldn’t I? The … Read more