Category: Down from the Shelf
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Throw Momma from the Train 4K Review: Mother of All Upgrades
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Throw Momma from the Train (1987) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Shelf Worthy In Brief Danny DeVito’s directing debut turns Strangers on a Train into a wonderfully nasty comedy with Billy Crystal, Anne Ramsey, and one very bad misunderstanding. Kino Lorber’s 4K upgrade adds a fresh negative scan, a…
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The Return of the Pink Panther 4K Review: The Cat Came Back
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Shelf Worthy In Brief More than a decade after their last Clouseau film, Peter Sellers and Blake Edwards put the Inspector back on the case and discovered audiences had missed him. Kino Lorber’s new 4K of The…
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Ray 4K Review: Hit the Shelf, Jack
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Ray (2004) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Shelf Worthy In Brief Taylor Hackford’s Ray reaches 4K UHD for the first time with a new camera-negative scan approved by the director. Jamie Foxx’s Oscar-winning performance remains reason enough to revisit it, while Kino carries forward nearly all of Universal’s supplements.…
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The Great Outdoors 4K Review: The Bear Necessities
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review The Great Outdoors (1988) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Shelf Worthy In Brief John Hughes’s 1988 cabin comedy pulls into Kino Lorber’s 4K lineup with a fresh camera-negative scan and three new commentaries. The movie remains a lovable mess built almost entirely around John Candy and Dan Aykroyd getting…
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Harry and the Hendersons 4K Review: Putting Bigfoot Forward
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Harry and the Hendersons (1987) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Shelf Worthy In Brief The Amblin-backed Bigfoot comedy gets a fresh camera-negative scan on Kino Lorber’s 4K UHD, with every vintage extra making the trip. Two new commentaries sweeten the deal. Fans who grew up with Harry probably don’t…
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Mimic 4K Review: The Roach Less Traveled
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Mimic (1997) 4K UHD + Blu-ray (3-Disc Special Edition) · Kino Lorber Shelf Worthy In Brief Both versions of Guillermo del Toro’s bruising Hollywood debut receive their own 4K UHD in Kino Lorber’s three-disc set, newly scanned from the original camera negative and approved by the director. Watching them side by…
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The Mothman Prophecies 4K Review: Leave the Porch Light On
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review The Mothman Prophecies (2002) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · 88 Films Shelf Worthy In Brief Mark Pellington’s eerie 2002 chiller finally gets the U.S.-friendly 4K treatment, with a region-free UHD sourced from the original camera negative, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos and three commentaries. The movie still refuses to explain itself neatly,…
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Lifeforce 4K Review: Space Vampires, Second Landing
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Lifeforce (1985) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Imprint Films Stream First In Brief Imprint Films brings its loaded four-disc Lifeforce set back with both cuts in 4K, three commentaries, a feature-length making-of and a new 120-page hardcover book. Tobe Hooper’s space-vampire epic remains an enormous, expensive and frequently ridiculous swing. The…
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X the Unknown 4K Review: Mud, Sweat and Fears
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review X the Unknown (1956) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Hammer Films Shelf Worthy In Brief Hammer Films gives Jimmy Sangster’s radioactive mud monster its worldwide 4K debut in three aspect ratios, with Dolby Vision and an enormous slate of new supplements. Nearly five hours of fresh video extras join multiple commentaries…
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Terror Train 4K Review: Next Stop, Shelf Worthy
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Terror Train (1980) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Shelf Worthy In Brief Jamie Lee Curtis’ 1980 slasher pulls into 4K UHD with a new scan of the original camera negative, plus two fresh commentaries and several archival interviews. More mystery than meat grinder, Terror Train remains one of the…
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