Kino Lorber Studio Classics is bringing a new edition of the 1978 cult classic “Convoy” to home video. Directed by the legendary Sam Peckinpah, “Convoy” is an action road movie that released during the height of the trucker film phase. Now fans can experience a brand new HD remaster taken from a 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative. The new edition also comes jammed-packed with extras including commentaries, featurettes, and lost scenes. What better time for fans to add this classic feature to their collections.

This special “Convoy” HD remaster is available to own today, October 6th on Blu-ray. See below for a full synopsis of the film as well as release information including a list of its many special features.

About the Film:

Year: 1978

Runtime: 111 Minutes

Director: Sam Peckinpah

Screenwriter: Bill L. Norton

Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Madge Sinclair, Franklyn Ajaye, Brian Davies, Seymour Cassel, Cassie Yates

Rated PG

Martin ‘Rubber Duck’ Penwald (Kris Kristofferson) who, in pursuance of a feud with Sheriff Dirty Lyle ‘Cottonmouth’ Wallace (Ernest Borgnine), unites scores of his fellow drivers via Citizen Band radio into a gigantic mile-long convoy which, powered by pent-up frustrations and resentments as much as by diesel fuel, rolls irresistibly along the Arizona highways towards the freedom of the Mexican border.

Special Features:

DISC 1 (BLU-RAY):

• Brand New HD Master by StudioCanal – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell
• Audio Commentary by Sam Peckinpah Historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and Nick Redman
• Audio Commentary by Peckinpah Scholar Mike Siegel
• 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

DISC 2 (SPECIAL FEATURES):

• Sam’s Trucker Movie: 2013 Documentary – Revised in 2024
• The Lost Convoy: 2024 Video Essay by Mike Siegel
• Three Lost Scenes: Deleted Scenes Illustrated with Rare Photos
• Injokes, Friends & Cameos: 2013 Featurette
• Trucker Notes from Norway: 2013 Interview with Norwegian Trucker Expert Anders Loefaldli
• The Duck Trucks: 2024 Featurette
• Promoting Convoy: International Posters & Lobby Cards
• Convoy in Color: A Selection of 125 Color Stills
• Filming Convoy 1: A Rare Selection of 360 Production Stills
• Filming Convoy 2: A Rare Selection of 360 Production Stills
• Filming Convoy 3: A Rare Selection of 360 Production Stills
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spot
• 4 Radio Spots

Robert Eggers follows up the critical and commercial success of his 2024 remake of “Nosferatu” with another venture into the world of classic horror. This time he’s moving from vampires to lycans in “Werwulf”, yet another intensely atmospheric period chiller that is right up the filmmaker’s alley. The first full trailer released over the weekend and showed off all of Eggers’ signatures – the grainy black-and-white, the tactile period production design, and the terrifying imagery.

Eggers reteams with Sjón to write the script for what looks to be a genuinely unsettling spin on the werewolf subgenre. The story is set in 14th century-England where a struggling village comes face-to-face with a brutal evil. A local man (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is a afflicted with a savage curse that sees him transforming into a ghastly beast. His wife (Lily-Rose Depp) attempts to save her husband while also looking after their children. As you can guess, the results are horrifying. I can’t wait to see more.

“Werwulf” roars into theaters on Christmas day. Check out the trailer and poster below and let me know if you’ll be seeing it or taking a pass.

Neon’s “Paper Tiger” has quickly ascended up my list of most anticipated movies still coming this year. The period crime-drama comes from writer-director James Gray who won me over with his spectacular “Ad Astra” and his woefully underrated “The Lost City of Z”. Now he’s transporting us to 1980s Queens for a film about a family at odds with the Russian mob. The first trailer and poster dropped today and “Paper Tiger” looks amazing, from its tense and gritty story to its superb cast.

The story follows two brothers, Gary (Adam Driver) and Irwin (Miles Teller). The pair reunite to pursue a lucrative business venture, but their plan turns deadly after they cross the Russian mob. Not only are the brothers put in the mob’s crosshairs, but also Irwin’s wife Hester (Scarlett Johansson) and their two sons. Gavin Goudey, Roman Engel, and Victor Ptak also star. I love everything about this first trailer and I’m hoping Neon has another hit on their hands.

“Paper Tiger” is set to release on November 13th. Check out the trailer and new poster below and let me know if you’ll be seeing it or taking a pass.

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is bringing their gruesomely entertaining chiller “Evil Dead Burn” to home video. This is the sixth feature film installment in the popular Evil Dead franchise that began in 1981 with Sam Raimi’s original horror classic. Lee Cronin jumpstarted the series in 2023 with “Evil Dead Rise”. And earlier this year director Sébastien Vaniček gave us a wickedly satisfying sequel, “Evil Dead Burn” which fits snugly into the gleefully grisly Evil Dead catalog. And now fans won’t have to wait long to add it to their home video collection. Read my full review of the film HERE.

“Evil Dead Burn” is available to own today, September 22nd on 4K Ultra HD + Digital Copy and also on Blu-ray. See below for a full synopsis of the film as well as release information including a list of special features.

About the Film:

Year: 2026

Runtime: 110 Minutes

Director: Sébastien Vaniček

Screenwriters: Sébastien Vaniček, Florent Bernard

Cast: Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Erroll Shand, Maude Davey, George Pullar

Rated R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, and language

“Evil Dead Burn” unleashes the franchise’s most savage and terrifying ride to date with an all-new chapter of carnage and demonic mayhem. After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws in their secluded family home. As one by one they are transformed into Deadites—turning the gathering into a family reunion from hell—she comes to discover that the vows she took in life live on… even in death.

Special Features:

Evil Dead Burn Digital, 4K UHD, and Blu-ray contain the following special features:

• Evil Dead: Blazing the Trail – Director Sébastien Vanicek and his crew explore how Evil Dead Burn honors the franchise’s ever evolving legacy while introducing a daring new vision.
• The Hot Shot: Evil Dead Burn’s One-Shot Sequence – Dive into Evil Dead Burn’s most gripping scene as cast and crew detail the intense focus and synergy required to create the complex one-shot sequence.
• This One’s Gonna Burn – Explore the fire-fueled chaos of Evil Dead Burn by witnessing how the stunts and effects teams brought the film’s physical horror to life.

It was seven years ago that filmmaker Quentin Tarantino gifted us with what I still consider to be his best film. I’m talking about “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, a movie brimming with memorable moments and memorable characters. One of the characters who stood out the most was Cliff Booth, Brad Pitt’s charming but volatile sidekick to Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton. Pitt was a legitimate scene-stealer and would go on to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Now he’s back, reprising the role that so many of us loved.

In “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth” Tarantino handles the screenwriting but passes the directing duties to none other than David Fincher. Together to tell the next chapter in stuntman turned ‘studio fixer’ Cliff Booth’s fascinating journey. The film is set in 1977, some eight years after the events of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”. While there has been a lot of mystery surrounding its story, the long awaited first trailer gives us a good sense of the film’s style and tone.

“The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth” will (strangely) be released exclusively in IMAX on November 25th before streaming on Netflix December 23rd. Check out the trailer below and let me know if you’ll be seeing it or taking a pass.

Following the wide-ranging success of his highly acclaimed “Weapons”, writer-director Zach Cregger stays in the genre he knows best with his latest feature, “Resident Evil”. Yes, the long-running and wildly popular survival horror video game series that began all the way back in 1996. Cregger plucks a few things from the chilling and twisted franchise while bringing along his own grisly blend of horror and humor. The result is a mixed bag that has a better chance of satisfying casual horror fans and the RE faithful.

Of course this isn’t the first time Resident Evil has found its way onto the screen. Regardless of whether you’ve seen them all, most people are at least familiar with the six live-action Resident Evil features from creator Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich which ran from 2002 to 2017. Fewer will remember the failed attempt to reboot the series in 2021. Now Cregger is taking his own dramatically different swing at it.

It’s hard to tell Cregger’s level of affection for RE just by watching his adaptation. On one hand, the world he creates is dark, mysterious, and appropriately grotesque. The zombies are fittingly creepy and the mutating monsters are the kind of macabre creations that have frequented the RE games for years. But on the other hand, rather than making a gnarly, blood-lathered chiller, Cregger seems far more interested in making a gnarly, blood-lathered comedy. He routinely undermines the horror by rarely taking anything seriously. And it begins with with his relentlessly goofy protagonist.

Rather than pulling an established name from the pre-existing mythology, Cregger smartly introduces a brand-new character into the chilling RE world. Austin Abrams plays Bryan, an ordinary guy thrust into an extraordinary (and quite horrific) situation. Bryan is a medical courier by day, transporting critical and time-sensitive supplies between hospitals, clinics, and laboratories. But he’s somewhat distracted by his personal life, more specifically the news that his girlfriend Michelle is pregnant.

After delivering a vital organ to an awaiting surgeon, Bryan agrees to take an urgent late-night delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital. He does so partially because he’ll be paid double, but also to avoid going home and facing the pregnancy with Michelle. But it doesn’t take long before the job takes an ill-fated turn. While slipping and sliding along a dark, snow-covered mountain road, Bryan strikes a woman who lurches out in front of his car. This kicks off a gruesome chain of events that propels the story forward.

One of the film’s biggest strengths is its intense focus on survival horror which happens to be where it resembles the RE video games the most. Cregger thrusts Bryan into a series of harrowing encounters, leaving him to manage each on his own despite being in way over his head. He fumbles with guns, fights off ferocious dogs, scrambles to find keys, navigates tunnels, etc., all while running for his life from an array of hideous and vicious nasties. The pacing is electric and there is no shortage of insanely imaginative carnage.

At the same time, outside of the opening few minutes, it’s hard to consider any of “Resident Evil” scary. That’s because the frequent attempts at humor overpower nearly every effort to frighten us. And it starts with Bryan. When he’s not endlessly muttering profanities at himself for laughs, he’s comically blundering about which often puts him in more precarious situations. Yes, the idea is that he’s just a normal guy who’s ill-equipped for the crisis he’s facing. But his mishaps are too often played as jokes. I’m certainly not opposed to moments of levity. But when it neuters the impact of the horror, it’s too much.

The above frustrations might have been easier to overlook if the movie could have delivered a solid finish. Instead we get a glaring non-ending, where stupidity is laced with brutality, right up to the point where Cregger seems to shut the camera off mid-scene. It’s a silly and hollow final fifteen minutes. And despite a couple of good blood splats and some delightfully disgusting monster mutations, it leaves you with an unsatisfying aftertaste.

Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” can be a maddening experience. It does so much well – the crisp pacing, the chilling world, the gruesome monster mayhem. But its fixation on injecting some degree of humor into nearly every situation often kills the suspense. And the ludicrous and lazy non-ending certainly doesn’t help. Still, the film packs some truly wild and gory set pieces and has enough Easter Eggs scattered throughout to entertain those with their expectations in check. But it’s a far cry from being the movie it could have been.

VERDICT – 2.5 STARS