Tag: Blu-Ray

Luis Buñuel’s Surreal Animated Life Fresh from Spain comes a sensitive animated curio that should intrigue fans of classic film history. It revolves around a pivotal episode in celebrated …

Teen Bat From the production team behind Batman: The Animated Series comes a futuristic Batman set some forty years in the future. Airing for three seasons on Kids’ WB …

One Last Hurrah for Kevin Conroy’s Batman Spinning out of the underrated Batman Beyond television series from the late 1990s, DC animation masterminds Bruce Timm and Paul Dini shepherd …

Bigfoot, only uglier In 1956, mercury discharged from a chemical factory was the cause of disease throughout Minamata, Japan. It wasn’t until 2010 the guilty company settled – and …

Undervalued Parable At the end of All Monsters Attack, 10 year-old Ichiro (Tomonori Yazaki) fights a bully to earn respect. Then, Ichiro torments a sign maker. It’s an oft …

Do the Monster Mash Set in 1999, Destroy All Monsters conceives an internationally shared space headquarters on Iwo Jima. At Destroy All Monsters’ release in 1968, Iwo Jima remained …

Horror Out of Time Movie audiences needed Howard Hawks’ 1951 film adaptation of The Thing. Society rife with the Red Scare and post-WWII anxieties of outsiders, the story of …

Baby Doll Soaking in island heat, Son of Godzilla wrestles with Japanese idealism. Scientists engage in experiments meant to solve Earth’s forthcoming hunger crisis, seeking to turn weather in …

The Godfather Meets Montana Ranching Many television shows hit a sophomore slump after a strong first season. Airing on Paramount Network as their lone prestige drama, Yellowstone hit the …

Miyazaki’s Animated Masterpiece The lush, otherworldly animation of Studio Ghibli meets fables pulled from Japanese folklore in the amazing Spirited Away. Starring a plucky young girl surviving fantastical adventures …

History in Monsters During World War II’s final days, Okinawa became a pivotal battleground. Prior, Imperial Japan took control of the island, effectively enslaving the native population, using propaganda …

Dirty Stinkin’ Rats Everything the alien Xiliens do is commanded by computers. Their entire society is based on rapid calculations. No one loves and no one marries without the …