Though it had flaws which kept it from being DC’s answer to Marvel’s Avengers, the super hero team-up movie Justice League did end up being a halfway decent superhero action flick. Not surprisingly, the home version — which is available as a Blu-ray, DVD, digital combo pack; a 3D Blu-ray, DVD, digital combo pack; a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, digital combo pack; and on DVD — also ends up being fun but flawed. Or maybe that should be flawed but fun.
While it was far from perfect, Thor: Ragnarok was still an exciting and unapologetically fun action movie.
Not surprisingly, you can say the same about the home versions — the Blu-ray, DVD, Digital combo pack; the 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Digital combo pack; and the DVD — which have a lot of fun extras…but should’ve been better.
Since its release in 1982, fans of the iconic and influential cyberpunk movie Blade Runner have been wondering what happened after Deckard drove off with Rachael. Now some of those questions have been answered, and in grand style, in one of 2017’s smartest and best movies, Blade Runner 2049, which is now available in a Blu-ray, DVD, digital combo pack, a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray combo pack, and on DVD. It’s just too bad the home versions, especially the DVD, leave some important questions unanswered as well.
While it sometimes seems like smart action movies have been replaced by cheap knockoffs, dumb excuses to break stuff, and comic book movies, there have been some exceptions the last few years. Most notably: the Bourne movies, John Wick and its sequel, and now Atomic Blonde, a powerhouse action-pack spy flick newly available in a Blu-ray, DVD, digital combo pack; a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, digital combo pack; and on DVD.
I can’t speak for everyone, but I know that if I bought what was supposed to be a new DVD collection of a TV show I liked, and it turned out to be just the old discs repackaged, I’d be annoyed. Which is how fans of the animated reality show parody Drawn Together should feel about the Drawn Together The Complete Collection DVD. While this pairs all thirty-six episodes and the movie with a bunch of fun extras, it does so by just putting the Drawn Together: Season One: Uncensored DVD, the Drawn Together: Season Two: Uncensored DVD, the Drawn Together: Season Three: Uncensored DVD, and The Drawn Together Movie DVD into a single physical package.
As everyone knows, the best show on TV for the last thirty years is The Simpsons. So it’s not surprising that many of the better shows on TV are Simpsons-esque: 30 Rock, Rick & Morty, and now, The Good Place, a smart and surreal high concept sitcom. But whether you missed it when it aired on TV, or saw it and want to cherish it forever and ever, The Good Place The Complete First Season DVD is the best way to accomplish this. Though it could’ve been better.
As Game Of Thrones has shown so beautifully, it’s entirely possible to adapt a sprawling novel (or series of novels, as the case may be) into an equally impressive television show. The same can now also be said of Neil Gaiman’s 2001 fantasy novel American Gods. Though what’s great about the American Gods Season One Blu-ray and DVD is how its extras are almost as much about the original book as they are about the show.
While I may not have enjoyed it as much as most people, there’s no denying that the superhero movie Wonder Woman struck a chord with fans of both the comics and the character, as well as people who just like to see a literally kick-ass movie.
Good thing for them that the home version of Wonder Woman — which is available on Blu-ray, DVD, digital combo pack; 3D Blu-ray, digital combo pack; 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, digital combo pack; and DVD — mostly has what they’d want from a home edition. Mostly.
One month after releasing the first Batman: The Animated Series movie, Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm, on Blu-ray, Warner Brothers are following it up with the latest spin-off from that ‘toon, Batman And Harley Quinn, which is available on Blu-ray/DVD/digital combo pack; 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray/digital combo pack, DVD, and in a limited edition gift set that pairs the Blu-ray/DVD/digital combo pack with a 4″-tall Harley Quinn toy. But while Batman And Harley Quinn may not be as good as Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm, or as strongly connected and aligned with Batman: The Animated Series, it’s still a worthy addition to any Bat-fans collection.