Right off the bat, Pixar’s newest, Lightyear, throws up a quick opening title that disarms any wayward speculation and explains simply its place in the world of Toy Story: the film you’re about to watch is Andy’s childhood favorite movie, from whence came his love for a character named Buzz…

Jurassic finale traces the franchise back to its dino DNA — The franchise-rebooting Jurassic World jolted the Jurassic Park franchise back to life in 2015, but it’s only with the followup films that the theme of its title has made its true meaning known. “Jurassic World” began as the name of the resurrected theme park, but with the demise of Isla…

Filipino-shot genre film is new on Blu from Kino Lorber Studio Classics — Savage Sisters is available on Blu-ray this week from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. The women-in-prison subgenre is a weird exploitation offshoot that took off big time in the Philippines in the 70s, perhaps most famously in several Roger Corman productions which helped to launch the careers of Pam Grier…

Michael Giacchino’s lavish score to Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol is now available on vinyl from Mondo in 2 editions, a standalone version ($35) and packed in a “Volume 1 Slipcase” ($50) which has additional space for the prior three volumes. I was surprised when a PR rep for Mondo…

A half-hour postscript to the Universe-concluding events of APOKOLIPS WAR leads a new collection of DC Shorts — Constantine: The House of Mystery (26:42) About a year ago, the DC Universe release Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, an extremely ambitious post-apocalyptic “Endgame level event” film which culminated the New 52 film series that began with The Flashpoint Paradox in grand, violent, and devastating fashion. Amazingly, it was the supernaturally gifted John Constantine, rather than…

This article contains several comparisons which contrast Universal’s 2016 Blu-ray transfer with the new release from Scream Factory. The frames aren’t necessarily exact matches, but should give a solid indication of the visual differences. Hammer’s 1962 classic Night Creatures, also known as Captain Clegg, gets a spiffy new Scream Factory…

THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE is the best of the series so far, though still not boxing in HARRY POTTER’s weight class — When last we left the franchise, the villainous Grindelwald (then portrayed by Johnny Depp) had escaped from Ministry custody and set about amassing an army of followers. Among them were the story’s two most conflicted characters, Credence (Ezra Miller), a powerful young wizard with a secret unknown heritage, and Queenie…

Alice is the story of a black woman, born into slavery, who flees from her plantation — but returns later for retribution. If by some chance you’ve not seen the trailer or heard the film’s general premise, this would be an amazing film to go into blind. There’s a big…

Catwoman and Batwoman Team Up in the Globe-Trotting Adventure, new on 4K Blu — Batman’s rogues gallery is one of the most interesting in all of fiction, with weird and complex characters that have evolved over decades of storytelling in comics and on screens. …