Tag: Comedy
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Frankenhooker 4K Review: Some Assembly Required
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Frankenhooker (1990) 4K UHD · Synapse Films Completionists Only In Brief Frank Henenlotter’s gleefully tasteless riff on Bride of Frankenstein reaches 4K in a new restoration with Dolby Vision that keeps old Times Square’s grime exactly where it belongs. The picture is the upgrade, though, because every extra has appeared before.…
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Directed By David Lean Volume Two Blu-ray Review: Boots, Jets and Gondolas
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Directed By David Lean Volume Two (1949–1955) Blu-ray · Imprint Films Shelf Worthy In Brief Imprint Films gathers five David Lean films made between 1949 and 1955, moving from Ann Todd melodramas through jet-age drama, Lancashire comedy, and Katharine Hepburn in Venice. Strong transfers, new commentaries, and a bonus disc make…
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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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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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The Frighteners 4K Review: Who You Gonna Con?
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review The Frighteners (1996) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Arrow Video Shelf Worthy In Brief Peter Jackson’s gleefully strange ghost comedy makes its North American 4K UHD debut in Arrow Video’s packed three-disc set. Both cuts get Dolby Vision, both return in open-matte versions on Blu-ray, and the archival extras could keep…
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Money From Home Blu-ray Review: Off to the Races in Depth
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Money From Home (1953) Blu-ray 3D + 2D Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Stream First In Brief Martin and Lewis’s only 3-D feature finally reaches home video the way it was shot, restored from the original Technicolor camera negatives. Kino Lorber includes native 3-D, 2D and anaglyph presentations, making the restoration the…
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The Prisoner of Zenda Blu-ray Review: Taxi to the Throne
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Stream First In Brief Peter Sellers plays three roles in Richard Quine's 1979 comic spin on Anthony Hope's swashbuckler, with mixed results. Kino Lorber's no-frills Blu-ray debut looks handsome and adds a new commentary. Stream First. The Facts Synopsis: When Ruritania’s new…
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UFOria 4K Review: Unidentified Flying Oddity
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review UFOria (1985) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Stream First In Brief John Binder's long-buried cult oddity skipped DVD entirely and now debuts on Kino Lorber's 4K UHD Blu-ray, scanned from the camera negative. A UFOria 4K review would have sounded like a joke in the VHS years. The restoration…
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A 10/10 is a bold call, but your comparison to Oppenheimer really won me over — Yamazaki putting the human…
This just knocked it out of the park for me and any movie I see twice in the theater in…