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Café Flesh (4K UHD Review)

1 week ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Apr 16, 2025 Format: 4K Ultra HD Stephen Sayadian 1982 (January 27, 2025) VCA Pictures (Mondo Macabro) Film/Program Grade: N/A Video Grade: B Audio Grade: B- Extras Grade: B+ [Editor's Note: This title is currently unavailable, except through third-party sellers.
Women on the Run (Blu-ray Review)

1 week ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Apr 16, 2025 Format: Blu-ray Disc David Lai, Corey Yuen 1993 (December 31, 2024) Joe Siu International Film Ltd.
King of New York: Steelbook (4K UHD Review)

1 week ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Apr 15, 2025 Format: 4K Ultra HD Abel Ferrara 1990 (April 15, 2025) Reteitalia/Scena International/Penta Film/Carolco Pictures/New Line Cinema (Lionsgate Limited) Film/Program Grade: B+ Video Grade: A- Audio Grade: See Below Extras Grade: A- There’s no way to do justice to King of New York without getting into spoiler territory, so caveat emptor: there be spoilers here. Abandon hope, all ye that enter. Skip straight to the video section if you’re not ready to do your duty as a...
Basic Instinct: Steelbook (4K UHD Review)

1 week ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Apr 14, 2025 Format: 4K Ultra HD Paul Verhoeven 1992 (April 15, 2025) Carolco Pictures/Le Studio Canal+/TriStar Pictures (Lionsgate Limited) Film/Program Grade: A- Video Grade: A Audio Grade: B+ Extras Grade: A+ Basic Instinct was Paul Verhoeven’s third American feature, one that moved him out of the realm of satirical science fiction and back into exploring the kinds of eroticism that had marked many of his previous Dutch films. Yet in some respects, it was also responsible for...
‎‘King of New York’ review by Stephen Bjork • Letterboxd

1 week ago | letterboxd.com | Stephen Bjork |Abel Ferrara

There’s no way to do justice to KING OF NEW YORK without getting into spoiler territory, so caveat emptor: there be spoilers here. Abandon hope, all ye that enter. KING OF NEW YORK was released to a world that wasn’t quite ready for it yet. It was the sixth feature collaboration between idiosyncratic New York director Abel Ferrara and writer Nicholas St. John, and in some ways, it became a statement on everything that they had done together up to that point.
‎‘Basic Instinct’ review by Stephen Bjork • Letterboxd

1 week ago | letterboxd.com | Stephen Bjork |Paul Verhoeven

BASIC INSTINCT was Paul Verhoeven’s third American feature, one that moved him out of the realm of satirical science fiction into exploring the kinds of eroticism that had marked many of his previous Dutch films. Yet in some respects, it was also responsible for mainstreaming the world of direct-to-video erotic thrillers in 1992, transporting them from the unrated sections on the top shelves of American home video stores to the big screen, with suitably controversial results.
Timecop (4K UHD Review)

1 week ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Apr 11, 2025 Format: 4K Ultra HD Peter Hyams 1994 (April 29, 2025) Universal Pictures (Scream Factory/Shout! Studios) Film/Program Grade: B Video Grade: A Audio Grade: B+ Extras Grade: F While Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion have been somewhat superseded by general relativity and quantum mechanics, they still work well enough to describe everyday activities. That’s especially true of action cinema, where each of his three laws are demonstrated on a regular basis—for example,...
‎‘Timecop’ review by Stephen Bjork • Letterboxd

2 weeks ago | letterboxd.com | Stephen Bjork |Peter Hyams

While Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion have been somewhat superseded by general relativity and quantum mechanics, they still work well enough to describe everyday activities. That’s especially true of action cinema, where each of his three laws are demonstrated on a regular basis – for example, the action of a kick or a punch usually results in an opposite (though not necessarily equal!) reaction.
Don’t Torture a Duckling (4K UHD Review)

2 weeks ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Apr 07, 2025 Format: 4K Ultra HD Lucio Fulci 1972 (March 25, 2025) Medusa Distribuzione (Arrow Video) Film/Program Grade: B+ Video Grade: B+ Audio Grade: B- Extras Grade: A- One of the most fruitless debates among cinephiles is the endless back-and-forth regarding whether or not a given film qualifies as a giallo.
‎‘Don't Torture a Duckling’ review by Stephen Bjork • Letterboxd

2 weeks ago | letterboxd.com | Stephen Bjork |Lucio Fulci

One of the most fruitless debates among cinephiles is the endless back-and-forth regarding whether or not a given film qualifies as a giallo. “But is it a giallo?” is a phrase that may engender limitless enthusiasm among the gatekeepers, but it often generates loathing from, well, petty much everyone else. The controversy has even inspired some memes of its own (proving conclusively that no subject matter is exempt from becoming a SIMPSONS meme at one point or another).