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: “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Second Season” The first season of “Legends of Tomorrow” was a pretty flawed piece of television that seemed to suggest the DC TV superhero bubble had finally burst. But while “Legends of Tomorrow” remains the weakest series in the so-called Arrowverse, many of those problems have been ironed out for its sophomore season. The storytelling is…

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. “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” Director Guy Ritchie has had a fair amount of success breathing new life into old properties, but there’s something that feels a little off about his take on the King Arthur legend. Ritchie’s unique style is constantly pushing back against the more traditional elements of a big tentpole movie, and it’s such a noticeable divide that it prevents the film…

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: “Big Little Lies” Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, “Big Little Lies” is arguably director Jean-Marc Vallée’s best work to date; it plays to his strengths both as a raw character study and a visually lyrical melodrama, and it also happens to boast an amazing ensemble cast. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley deliver award-worthy performances as 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: “Ghost in the Shell” Rupert Sanders’ live-action adaptation of “Ghost in the Shell” isn’t a complete failure, but it doesn’t really improve on the original anime in any way. Although the movie borrows elements from Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 cult classic, including some of its most iconic moments (the opening swan dive, the water fight, the spider tank), it isn’t as brainy or…

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: “Kong: Skull Island” Combining blockbuster filmmaking with a B-movie mentality, “Kong: Skull Island” is a visually stunning adventure film that boasts great special effects, exciting set pieces and lots of humor. The story is as ridiculous as you’d expect for a movie about giant monsters, but credit to director Jordan Vogt-Roberts for assembling such an impressive cast. It’s a murderers’ row of…

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 Wek: “The Fate of the Furious” Any franchise that’s eight films deep is bound to start feeling a little stale, but while there’s certainly a sense of exhaustion surrounding “The Fate of the Furious,” it gets by on the charm of its diverse cast, particularly Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, whose love-hate bromance is the highlight of the movie. It’s also fun to…

There’s always been something missing from Sony’s Spider-Man movies. Though the franchise got off to a great start with Sam Raimi’s first two installments and was successfully rebooted in 2012 with Mark Webb’s “The Amazing Spider-Man,” the fact that Marvel’s most popular superhero wasn’t allowed to play in the MCU sandbox just felt wrong. Thankfully, that’s no longer the case now that Marvel and Sony have agreed to join forces, and while the arrangement is mutually beneficial for both parties, the real winners are the fans, who already got their first taste of the MCU-approved web-slinger in “Captain America: Civil…

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: “T2 Trainspotting” A sequel to 1996’s “Trainspotting” had been brewing for years before director Danny Boyle finally agreed to return to the filthy, drug-fueled world that put him on the map. But while it’s nice to catch up with the film’s colorful cast of characters 20 years later, the oddly titled “T2 Trainspotting” doesn’t have much to say beyond the obvious commentary…

It’s been four years since Edgar Wright’s last movie, the sci-fi comedy “The World’s End,” and for any fan of cinema, that’s far too long. Though part of that delay came as a result of Wright’s last-minute departure from “Ant-Man,” the genre-bending director is finally back with perhaps his most ambitious film yet: the crime caper-cum-love story “Baby Driver.” Blending stylistic elements of “Heat,” “Drive” and “La La Land” (among others) into a delightful cinematic milkshake that goes down smooth, “Baby Driver” is a music-driven, adrenaline-pumping ballet of sight and sound that needs to be seen on the big screen…

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: “Life” Daniel Espinosa’s sci-fi/horror film “Life” opens with a cool, zero-G tracking shot through the International Space Station that suggests you may be in for a real treat. Unfortunately, while the movie contains some good moments of terror throughout, it lacks the suspense and tension that you’d expect from what is essentially an “Alien” clone. Hardly anything of surprise happens over the…