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The Sacrifice (4K UHD Review)

1 week ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Jun 18, 2025 Format: 4K Ultra HD Andrei Tarkovsky 1986 (February 4, 2025) Sandrew Metronome (Kino Classics) Film/Program Grade: A+ Video Grade: A Audio Grade: B+ Extras Grade: A- Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky left us in late December of 1986 at the far too young age of 54, but not before gifting the world with one final masterpiece that was the perfect summation of everything that he had done up to that point: The Sacrifice (aka Offret). Tarkovsky was living in a self-imposed...
‎‘The Sacrifice’ review by Stephen Bjork • Letterboxd

1 week ago | letterboxd.com | Stephen Bjork |Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky left us in late December of 1986 at the far too young age of 54, but not before gifting the world with one final masterpiece that was the perfect summation of everything that he had done up to that point: THE SACRIFICE (aka OFFRET).
Abigail (German Import) (4K UHD Review)

1 week ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Jun 17, 2025 Format: 4K Ultra HD Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett 2024 (April 10, 2025) Radio Silence Productions/Universal Pictures (Turbine Medien) Film/Program Grade: B Video Grade: A Audio Grade: A Extras Grade: B+ [Editor’s Note: This is a Region-Free German 4K Ultra HD import.] While it’s true that there’s nothing new under the sun, every once in a while, a horror movie comes along that may not necessarily reinvent the wheel, but at least manages to reinvigorate it....
Abigail: Collector's Edition (4K UHD Review)

1 week ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Jun 16, 2025 Format: 4K Ultra HD Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett 2024 (July 8, 2025) Radio Silence Productions/Universal Pictures (Scream Factory/Shout! Studios) Film/Program Grade: B Video Grade: A Audio Grade: A Extras Grade: B+ While it’s true that there’s nothing new under the sun, every once in a while, a horror movie comes along that may not necessarily reinvent the wheel, but at least manages to reinvigorate it. Such was the case with the Radio Silence collective’s...
‎‘Abigail’ review by Stephen Bjork • Letterboxd

1 week ago | letterboxd.com | Stephen Bjork |Tyler Gillett |Matt Bettinelli-Olpin

While it’s true that there’s nothing new under the sun, every once in a while, a horror movie comes along that may not necessarily reinvent the wheel, but at least manages to reinvigorate it. Such was the case with the Radio Silence collective’s 2019 film READY OR NOT, which blended the social satire of KNIVES OUT with gleefully uninhibited violence that bordered on EVIL DEAD territory.
Brazil (4K UHD Review)

2 weeks ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Jun 12, 2025 Format: 4K Ultra HD Terry Gilliam 1985 (June 3, 2025) Universal Pictures (The Criterion Collection – Spine #51) Film/Program Grade: A+ Video Grade: A Audio Grade: B+ Extras Grade: A The torturous post-production process for Terry Gilliam’s Brazil was so rancorous that critic Jack Mathews called it The Battle of Brazil in his 1987 book chronicling the route that the film took to reach the screen, in one form or another, by any means necessary. Like any battle, lines...
Director’s Cut (Blu-ray Review)

2 weeks ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Jun 11, 2025 Format: Blu-ray Disc Vincent Pereira 1997 (May 27, 2025) View Askew Productions (Smodcastle Cinema/MVD Rewind Collection) Film/Program Grade: B- Video Grade: B+ Audio Grade: B+ Extras Grade: A- When Kevin Smith and a group of friends including Scott Mosier and Vincent Pereira worked together to craft the ultra-low budget indie hit Clerks in 1994, they never could have envisioned that it would launch a small empire (very small, but still) under the aegis of View Askew...
‎‘Brazil’ review by Stephen Bjork • Letterboxd

2 weeks ago | letterboxd.com | Stephen Bjork |Terry Gilliam

The torturous post-production process for Terry Gilliam’s BRAZIL was so rancorous that critic Jack Mathews called it THE BATTLE OF Brazil in his 1987 book chronicling the route that the film took to reach the screen, in one form or another, by any means necessary. Like any battle, lines were drawn in the sand between the opposing sides, and while there may have ultimately been (relatively) clear winners and losers, there weren’t necessarily unambiguous heroes and villains.
I Married a Strange Person!: Limited Deluxe Edition (Blu-ray Review)

3 weeks ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Jun 05, 2025 Format: Blu-ray Disc Bill Plympton 1997 (March 31, 2025) Italtoons (Deaf Crocodile Films) Film/Program Grade: B Video Grade: A- Audio Grade: B+ Extras Grade: B+ I Married a Strange Person!: we’ve all felt that way at one point or another, amirite? Actually, in this case, no.
3 Blu-ray Collection (Blu-ray Review)

3 weeks ago | thedigitalbits.com | Stephen Bjork

Review Date: Jun 04, 2025 Format: Blu-ray Disc David Allen 2023 (January 21, 2025) Castel Film Romania (Full Moon Features) Film/Program Grade: B- Video Grade: B+ Audio Grade: B+ Extras Grade: A- London After Midnight. The original 42-reel version of Greed. The 131-minute rough cut of The Magnificent Ambersons. The Day the Clown Cried. Coyote vs.