******46-YEAR OLD SPOILERS!****** In the late 1970s and early 1980s, I remember reading about a British TV show called “Blake’s 7” in the pages of the late, great “Starlog” magazine (my geek bible in those days). Written by Terry Nation (1930-1997), the novelist/screenwriter who created the Daleks for “Doctor Who,” the space opera “Blake’s 7”…
Tag: Blu-Ray
“The Abyss” finally surfaces on 4K Blu-Ray, and it was worth the wait…
*****SUBMERGED SPOILERS!***** Several years ago, I wrote a deep-dive review (the first of several puns to come) for James Cameron’s “The Abyss” (1989 & 1993 Director’s Cut), and in that review, I made a sincere wish for the film to make the transition to Blu-Ray. Well, after an intervening “Avatar” sequel that no one asked…
“True Lies” (1994) finally comes to 4K/Blu-Ray, but “it’s nothing that you’d call rock hard”…
******SPY SPOILERS!****** I’ve already taken a look at “True Lies” (and its short-lived 2023 Paramount+ reboot series) in a prior column, so I’m going to begin by reposting my earlier synopsis of the story, along with notes I made about the film then (and which I stand by now). However, this column is not going…
A few words about the unjust cancellation (and removal) of “Star Trek: Prodigy”…
*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS***** Just as I was thankful to my Paramount+ subscription for last Thursday’s sensational episode of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” ( “Ad Astra Per Aspera” ), I was abruptly blindsided the next day by news that the streaming service was cancelling—and removing—the entirety of “Star Trek: Prodigy” from its platform, despite the fact…
Criterion’s lovingly remastered “War of the Worlds” (1953)…
Preface. For those seeking a more in-depth analysis of this movie (as I normally do in this column), I’ve already done a retrospective of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds” a few years back ( War and Remembrance: “The War of the Worlds”), so I won’t rehash Wells’ book, the various films, or the TV…