Categories: "Reviews"
The First Purge Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack Review
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 9, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
The First Purge is the fourth film in the popular franchise that dates back to 2013. In preparation for this review, I was able to watch the first two movies - The Purge (2013) and The Purge: Anarchy (2014) - but I was not able to watch the third film,… more »
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack Review
By Paul Rudoff on Sep. 18, 2018 at 11:32 PM in Home Video
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the fifth film in a franchise that has spanned 25 years. WOW! I can't believe it's been that long since I first saw Jurassic Park in the theater with my family. Although the original trilogy is the best, I thoroughly… more »
Ocean's Eight Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack Review
By Paul Rudoff on Sep. 12, 2018 at 8:38 PM in Home Video
Ocean's Eight (2018) is a gender-flipped follow-up to the Ocean's trilogy (2001-2007) starring George Clooney and company, which in turn was an updated version of the 1960 film starring Frank Sinatra and company (The Rat Pack). The last time we had a… more »
Consumer Notice - Dynamic Disc Sells Former Rentals As New
By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 7, 2018 at 2:15 AM in Home Video, Public Service Articles
Here in New York, there is a budget media (DVD, Blu-ray, audio CD) distributor called Dynamic Disc. I believe they were formerly known as Dynamic Disc Company or Dynamic Disc Distributors. I used to find their products stocked in Pathmark and Waldbaums… more »
Baby: Secret Of The Lost Legend Parody/MST3K Review
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 30, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video
Baby: Secret Of The Lost Legend (1985) is a movie that is a part of my childhood, though I don't think I ever saw it when I was a child. What I remember most about the movie was owning the Topps trading card set. It wasn't until recently that I finally… more »
H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #16)
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 27, 2018 at 2:29 PM in Home Video, Horror
H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon arrives on Blu-ray as the 16th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles in the series. more »
Beyond Re-Animator Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #15)
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 26, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
Beyond Re-Animator arrives on Blu-ray as the 15th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles in the series. more »
Rampage 2018 Blu-ray + DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 24, 2018 at 1:47 AM in Home Video
Rampage (2018) is a film adaptation of the classic 1980s arcade video game (which is also available in the Lego Dimensions Midway Arcade Level Pack). We all know how video game movies tend to be, but will this be an exception to the rule? Read on to… more »
Tomb Raider 2018 Blu-ray + DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Jun. 11, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video
Tomb Raider (2018), which comes out tomorrow, is a reboot of the film series that started in 2001 with Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life. Alicia Vikander takes over for Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, the heroine of the long-running video game… more »
The Fairfield Company Target Walking Dead Mystery Repack Box Review Break
By Paul Rudoff on May. 13, 2018 at 11:22 PM in Mystery/Blind Bags
Last year, I wrote about The Fairfield Company's wrestling mystery boxes. I haven't seen those $4.99 Eraseez/Teenymates/Cards boxes in any Target since then, but just recently I found a new Fairfield mystery box. This new one is for The Walking Dead,… more »
Convert PlayStation 3 Jurassic Park The Game Saves To Xbox 360
By Paul Rudoff on May. 6, 2018 at 12:00 PM in Video Games
In a previous blog post, I explained how to convert PlayStation 3 game saves to Xbox 360 game saves. At the time, I had tested the technique out on a few games and found that only one game could be successfully converted: Murdered: Soul Suspect. Well,… more »
Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell Blu-ray + DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 25, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell, which comes out this Tuesday, May 1st, is the sixth film in a series that has spanned nearly 30 years! It all started back in 1990 with the original Tremors, starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, and Michael Gross (not to be… more »
Day of the Dead: Bloodline Blu-Ray Review
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 13, 2018 at 10:44 PM in Home Video, Horror
It all started back in 1968 with George A. Romero's original Night of the Living Dead (just released by the Criterion Collection). While it didn't create the "zombie", it did create the genre as we know it. There would be no "The Walking Dead" were it… more »
Hellraiser: Judgment Blu-Ray Review
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 12, 2018 at 4:15 PM in Home Video, Horror
The Hellraiser franchise has been one of the longest-running in the horror genre. To date there are 10 films in the series: Hellraiser (1987), Hellbound (1988), Hell on Earth (1992), Bloodline (1996), Inferno (2000), Hellseeker (2002), Hellworld (2005),… more »
Class of 1999 Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #14)
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 8, 2018 at 5:36 PM in Home Video, Horror
Class of 1999 arrives on Blu-ray as the 14th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles in the series. more »
Gothic Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #13)
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 6, 2018 at 11:41 PM in Home Video, Horror
Gothic arrives on Blu-ray as the 13th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles in the series. more »
Radio City Christmas Spectacular Blu-Ray & DVD Comparison Review
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 1, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video
Today I'll be doing something a little different from my usual type of review. This will be a "comparison review", which will be a short and sweet comparison between TimeLife's Blu-ray and DVD releases of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (2007). The… more »
Sabrina Down Under DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 28, 2017 at 11:43 PM in Home Video
Sabrina Down Under was one of two television movies spun off from the ABC series starring Melissa Joan Hart, which itself was spawned from a television movie of the same name that aired in 1996 on Showtime. Premiering on September 26, 1999 on ABC's "The… more »
Lego Dimensions Beetlejuice Fun Pack Review
By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 5, 2017 at 11:30 PM in Video Games
The Lego Dimensions Beetlejuice Fun Pack includes one figure and one vehicle. The figure, as if you couldn't guess, is Betelgeuse, and he is accompanied by Saturn's Sandworm. more »
Lego Dimensions Teen Titans Go! Team Pack Review
By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 4, 2017 at 12:00 PM in Video Games
The Lego Dimensions Teen Titans Go! Team Pack includes two figures and two vehicles/accessories, plus an "exclusive episode" of the series. The figures are Raven and Beast Boy, and they are accompanied by Raven's Spellbook and the T-Car. more »