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: “Obsession” “Obsession” is without a doubt the biggest success story of the year, raking in over $425 million on a reported budget of only $750,000. But while the box office performance is quite an achievement on its own, it’s even more impressive considering it’s the directorial debut of Curry Barker, best known as the co-creator of the sketch comedy channel That’s a…

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 Evil Dead” There’s a running joke among the collector community about the endless re-releases of the “Evil Dead” films, so it’s no surprise that Sony has put out yet another version of the 1981 original to celebrate its 45th anniversary. Though many of the movie’s flaws are even more obvious in 4K, “The Evil Dead” remains a horror classic in part…

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: “They Will Kill You” Kirill Sokolov’s English-language debut is admittedly a bit of a mixed bag, but when it’s not getting dragged down by its paper-thin plot and one-dimensional villains, “They Will Kill You” is a really fun action thriller that plays like the kind of grindhouse-inspired midnight movie that Quentin Tarantino would love. A blood-soaked genre mashup that delivers gory kill…

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 Super Mario Galaxy Movie” 2023’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” really hit the sweet spot of what its audience wanted from a movie based on the popular video game series, so it’s hardly surprising that returning directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic have doubled down for the inevitable sequel, and for the most part, it works just as well. Though the…

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: “Steven Spielberg: The Spotlight Collection” Steven Spielberg is one of the most storied filmmakers in cinematic history, so he’s nothing if not deserving of a premium box set like the Spotlight Collection, which compiles eight of his most iconic films — “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “E.T. The Extraterrestrial,” “Jurassic Park,” “Schindler’s List,” “Saving Private…

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: “Speed Racer” The Wachowskis probably had the pick of the litter when it came to choosing their next project post-“Matrix,” so it came as quite a surprise when it was announced they would be mounting a big-screen adaptation of the late-‘60s anime, “Speed Racer.” Though it’s hardly what fans expected from the sibling duo, “Speed Racer” is in many ways the 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: “GOAT” Most animated movies these days are marketed solely on their star-studded voice casts, but Sony Pictures Animation’s “GOAT” comes with a different set of bona fides, having been crafted by the same artists behind “K-Pop Demon Hunters” and the “Spider-Verse” franchise, some of the biggest animated films of the past decade. That unique visual style is once again on display in…

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: “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” Released only seven months after “28 Years Later,” “The Bone Temple” picks up the story right where the previous installment ended, with young Spike now fending for himself on the mainland after leaving the safety of his island. But while the script is once again written by Alex Garland, which is helpful in maintaining a throughline…

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: “Mercy” Director/producer Timur Bekmambetov has built a career around gimmicky narrative devices, from Screenlife movies like “Unfriended,” “Searching” and “Profile” to his latest film, which employs a real-time countdown clock à la “24.” Unfortunately, the gimmick doesn’t really add anything to the experience — it’s just window dressing to create fake suspense — while stars Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson are equally…

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: “Is This Thing On?” Bradley Cooper’s third outing as a director isn’t quite as flashy as his previous efforts, but it’s a solid character-driven drama that is focused more on delivering a good story than chasing accolades, something that his sophomore feature — the Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro” — was certainly guilty of. Led by strong performances from stars Will Arnett and…