It’s once again time for Catching Up On Cinema’s monthly “Catching Up On Blu-Ray” special! In this edition, we take a look at the physical media releases for the month of February 2020. Some highlights among this months releases include: Doctor Sleep (4k, Director’s Cut, 2019) Waves (2019) The Nightingale (Director of The Babadook, 2018)…
Month: February 2020
Episode 72 – St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
In the last episode of Catching Up On Cinema’s “Guilty Pleasures” month, Kyle and Trevor take a deep breath and dive headfirst into Joel Schumacher’s vapid and intensely wrongheaded coming-of-age drama, St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)! Featuring roughly 1/3rd of the brat pack, as well as a very young, saxophone toting Rob Lowe, the film is…
Episode 71 – Flight (2012)
For this week’s episode in Catching Up On Cinema’s “Guilty Pleasures” event month, Trevor has Kyle check out Robert Zemeckis’ heavy handed drama, Flight (2012)! Starring Denzel Washington as an alcoholic pilot that performs a miraculous act of heroism while drunk on the job, is a clunky and somewhat tame character study that nevertheless earned…
Episode 70 – Twister (1996)
In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s “Guilty Pleasures” event month, Kyle has Trevor sit down to take a look back at Jan De Bont’s computer effects showcase, Twister (1996)! Starring Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Philip Seymour Hoffman and a veritable who’s who of 90’s character actors, the film is a briskly paced…
Episode 69 – Mortal Kombat (1995)
February is “Guilty Pleasures” month at Catching Up On Cinema! For the next 4 weeks, Kyle and Trevor will be reviewing movies that most people hate, but they secretly love. First up this month is Paul W.S. Anderson’s video game adaptation, Mortal Kombat (1995)! Starring Robin Shou, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa and Christopher Lambert, the film…