And despite all of this clinging to worn-out "sure thing" franchises...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tNvrYzPUrk This has to be the first original, non-franchise live-action movie Disney's made since...what, Queen Of Katwe , way back in 2016? :shock: Anyways, nice it got rescued from the ignominy of a D+ debut. Hopefully enough people support it in theaters to remind...

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Fascinating if true, that Kino managed to get the original 1.85:1 ratio that was artificially "stretched" to cash in on the 50s CinemaScope craze.

JUST HOOK IT TO MY VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEINS...!!!

Disappointing they brought none of the Scream Factory extras over to the U.S. 4K release, but since I already own it, I can keep that for the extras, and this for the new transfer (which I intend to watch tomorrow).

8/10 This was kind of...awesome...? :shock: For a mercenary franchise-extender, it's surprisingly shocking, stylish and well-acted, with a rustling, eerie score by Mark Korven that's not Jerry (until a climatic usage of "Ave Satani" that made me grin from ear-to-ear), but, by today's stand...

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Lots o' goodies this round...

No thank you.

Lovely news! One of Dante's best, and it'll be nice to have a reproduction of the excellent one-sheet art.

I pretty much loved it and honestly for what it is, it's a perfect kids movie and a throwback to 50s Sci fi where people would go walking through the jungle, find some undiscovered tribe, etc. Except this time in the ridiculous hollow earth setting! This movie really is a kids film too. There's not...

But as far as I'm concerned, if George Lucas wants to play this game of irresponsibility to historic preservation simply to cheat his ex-wife out of royalty money (I am 1000% convinced this is the reason why he has done what he has regarding the original cuts), I'm going to register what I think of...

- Star Wars (1977): 10/10 - The Empire Strikes Back (1980): 11/10 - Return Of The Jedi (1983): 8.5/10 https://compote.slate.com/images/33fb0974-5b56-4006-8244-1b5b6e86ad39.gif Finally picked up a copy of the "Despecialized" versions of the Star Wars trilogy for a song on Facebook, and find...