Author: Jason Zingale

Blu Tuesday is a weekly column where we review the newest Blu-ray and 4K releases, along with a brief rundown of the included bonus material, to determine whether they’re worth buying, renting or skipping. Pick of the Week: “Hackers” Everyone has at least a few guilty pleasures in their movie collection, and one of my all-time favorites is Iain Softley’s 1995 cult classic “Hackers.” Like a lot of movies from the ‘90s, this cyberpunk thriller feels incredibly dated and even cheesier than when it was first released. Of course, that’s all part of the film’s charm because despite how silly…

Blu Tuesday is a weekly column where we review the newest Blu-ray and 4K releases, along with a brief rundown of the included bonus material, to determine whether they’re worth buying, renting or skipping. Pick of the Week: “Roman Holiday” William Wyler directed some pretty big movies throughout his lengthy career, but with the exception of “Ben-Hur,” none are as iconic as “Roman Holiday.” Like a lot of movies from that era, however, its reputation is better than the film itself. It’s entirely too long for having such a paper-thin plot, and Gregory Peck (though a celebrated actor in his…

Blu Tuesday is a weekly column where we review the newest Blu-ray and 4K releases, along with a brief rundown of the included bonus material, to determine whether they’re worth buying, renting or skipping. Pick of the Week: “Enter the Dragon” Bruce Lee only starred in five movies before his untimely death, but his influence on the world of cinema and martial arts still lives on today, primarily through this 1973 classic, which not only marks the pinnacle of Lee’s career but remains one of the best martial arts films ever made. “Enter the Dragon” is by no means perfect…

Blu Tuesday is a weekly column where we review the newest Blu-ray and 4K releases, along with a brief rundown of the included bonus material, to determine whether they’re worth buying, renting or skipping. Pick of the Week: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” It’s hard to believe that there was a time when a third “Guardians of the Galaxy” movie was being considered without James Gunn at the helm because the “Guardians” franchise has become synonymous with the writer/director. Gunn’s singular style is once again on display in this third installment, which operates both as a traditional sequel and…

Blu Tuesday is a weekly column where we review the newest Blu-ray and 4K releases, along with a brief rundown of the included bonus material, to determine whether they’re worth buying, renting or skipping. Pick of the Week: “One False Move” One of the best things about the Criterion Collection is the label’s ability to showcase films that have been lost, forgotten or underappreciated. Case in point: Carl Franklin’s directorial debut “One False Move,” which didn’t make a very big splash when it debuted back in 1992 but is actually a fairly solid American crime thriller featuring recognizable faces like…

Blu Tuesday is a weekly column where we review the newest Blu-ray and 4K releases, along with a brief rundown of the included bonus material, to determine whether they’re worth buying, renting or skipping. Pick of the Week: “The Last of Us: The Complete First Season” Hollywood has an awful track record when it comes to video game adaptations, but if there was going to be any project to break that trend, it was HBO’s “The Last of Us.” Not only is the show based on the critically acclaimed survival horror game of the same name, but it was shepherded…

Blu Tuesday is a weekly column where we review the newest Blu-ray and 4K releases, along with a brief rundown of the included bonus material, to determine whether they’re worth buying, renting or skipping. Pick of the Week: “The Truman Show” Director Peter Weir’s 1998 film “The Truman Show” may have successfully predicted the reality TV boom of the early 2000s, along with providing some prescient commentary on things like privacy and media consumption, but in revisiting the movie for its 25th anniversary, many of the scarier, more Orwellian aspects of the story feel a bit silly in hindsight. As…

Blu Tuesday is a weekly column where we review the newest Blu-ray and 4K releases, along with a brief rundown of the included bonus material, to determine whether they’re worth buying, renting or skipping. Pick of the Week: “Mallrats” Following the success of his indie debut, “Clerks,” writer/director Kevin Smith was courted by Universal to make his next feature, only for it to bomb spectacularly at the box office. But while “Mallrats” was not a commercial hit when first released, the film eventually found a following on home video and has since become a cult classic and a favorite among…

Blu Tuesday is a weekly column where we review the newest Blu-ray and 4K releases, along with a brief rundown of the included bonus material, to determine whether they’re worth buying, renting or skipping. Pick of the Week: “Avatar: The Way of Water” It took 14 years for a sequel to James Cameron’s “Avatar” to get made, largely due to waiting for the required technology to catch up, and for the most part, it was worth the wait. Cameron knows spectacle, and he delivers it here in spades with a series of exciting set pieces and gorgeous visuals. The underwater…

Blu Tuesday is a weekly column where we review the newest Blu-ray and 4K releases, along with a brief rundown of the included bonus material, to determine whether they’re worth buying, renting or skipping. Pick of the Week: “John Wick: Chapter 4” Even the biggest John Wick fans would probably agree that the series is beginning to run out of gas, but that hasn’t stopped director Chad Stahelski and star Keanu Reeves from conjuring up just enough magic to deliver one more exciting installment. Though it runs a bit long at nearly three hours, especially for what little story there…