Tombstone turns 30, but where is the 4K release?

Val Kilmer is celebrating Tombstone’s 30th anniversary, but fans want to know why Disney hasn’t released a 4K version yet. He’s your huckleberry and also apparently your guide. To mark the 30th anniversary of Tombstone, Val Kilmer, who played gunfighter/dentist/Wyatt Earp BFF in the 1993 western, posted behind-the-scenes footage he shot during the making of … Read more

Gravity Turns 10: Alfonso Cuarón’s Obsession with Loss | Features

Many of Cuarón’s films deal with loss, grief, and loneliness. But “Gravity” is the most deliberate in underscoring how grief eats away at a person, pushing them to chase silence until they’re forced to reckon with what they lost. Released ten years ago this month, the film handles such a personal and intimate story with striking … Read more

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream Speech Turns 60 | Chaz’s Journal

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will … Read more

A Road Paved with Bloodshed: High Plains Drifter Turns 50 | Features

As always, the score is the window into the soul of the director, and, in this case, the director was Clint Eastwood, making his sophomore film as a filmmaker and his first western as a director-star. “High Plains Drifter” can be read as a clear declaration of directorial intent. This was not like the westerns … Read more

New ‘Little Mermaid’ Clip Turns the Animated Film to Live-Action

Disney’s latest teaser for their live-action remake of The Little Mermaid really plays up the remake aspect of the whole affair. It shows some new glimpses of the film, directed by Rob Marshall, most of which directly evoke famous shots and moments from the original animated classic, like Ariel (now played in live-action by Halle … Read more

Death to Metal Trailer Turns the Gore Knob Up to Eleven This Christmas

The folks at Wild Eye Releasing have an early holiday gift for us this year with Death to Metal. Watch as the hell-bent priest mutant makes it his mission to rid the world of metal heads! No one will be left to comment, “No false Metal!” Somebody do something! The official synopsis reads, “Time to … Read more