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: “Bring Her Back” Australian-born filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou earned plenty of buzz with their debut feature, “Talk to Me,” so it’s hardly a surprise that the twin brothers’ sophomore effort sparked a bidding war among studios. Though “Bring Her Back” didn’t enjoy the same box office success as their first movie, it’s yet another visceral and deeply unsettling horror film that…

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 40-Year-Old Virgin” The R-rated comedy experienced a major resurgence in the mid-2000s thanks to movies like “Wedding Crashers,” “Anchorman” and others, but Judd Apatow’s “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” remains one of the best films of that era thanks to its fantastic ensemble cast, sharp script and instantly quotable dialogue. Though it never could have been made in today’s hyper-sensitive social and cultural…

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: “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” Peter Weir’s “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” has probably been one of the most requested 4K titles of the last few years, so it’s nice to see Disney has finally pulled through with this gorgeous 4K SteelBook release, which marks a significant upgrade over the previous Blu-ray edition. Adapted…

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 Jet Li Collection” Hong Kong cinema fans have been spoiled lately with the various boutique labels releasing long-forgotten and hard-to-find titles in the U.S., including Shout! Factory, which recently announced it had secured exclusive rights to the Golden Princess movie library. On the back of that acquisition, Shout! has launched the new Hong Kong Cinema Classics label dedicated to restoring 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: “Final Destination: Bloodlines” The “Final Destination” series is one of the few horror franchises that truly understands its audience, but the last two films (2009’s “The Final Destination” and 2011’s “Final Destination 5”) were so underwhelming due to the repetitive formula and growing sense of diminishing returns that Warner Bros. seemingly lost interest in continuing the series. So, it came as quite…

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: “Sinners” Ryan Coogler has proven time and again why he’s one of the best filmmakers of his generation, and “Sinners” builds on that phenomenal track record with a wholly original genre flick that blends culture and history into a blood-soaked Southern Gothic thriller that’s dripping in racial subtext. Coogler packs so much great world-building and character work into the first 90 minutes…

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: “A Minecraft Movie” It’s been a decade since director Jared Hess’ last feature film, not counting the (largely overlooked) Netflix animated movie “Thelma the Unicorn,” so it’s a little surprising that Warner Bros. would entrust the filmmaker to such a huge IP like “Minecraft.” But as it turns out, Hess may have been the perfect person to helm the film, as 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: “Sean Connery 6-Film Collection” Sean Connery was once one of the biggest movie stars in the world, so any box set containing his name is sure to garner excitement among fans. But Warner Bros. has buried the lede by giving this set such a generic title, as this isn’t just some random assortment of Connery films but rather a collection of 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: “The Prosecutor” Donnie Yen has directed a few films in the past, but lately, it seems like the martial arts legend has made a greater effort to expand (and extend) his moviemaking career by spending more time behind the camera. His latest movie finds him pulling double duty as director and star, which is certainly fitting since the film itself is also…

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: “A Knight’s Tale” 2001’s “A Knight’s Tale” isn’t a movie that you’d expect people would still be talking about nearly 25 years after its release. It received mixed reviews and didn’t perform all that well at the box office, yet the medieval-themed action rom-com has become a bit of a cult classic over time, which is perhaps what drove Sony’s decision to…