Poldark Season 4 is a satisfying guilty pleasure, a lavishly filmed melodrama set against the rocky shoreline of Cornwall
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The Patriot (TheaterByte 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review)
This Mel Gibson hero-themed historical drama retraces the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina through its overly long and leisurely paced script that lasts nearly as long as the war itself.
The Bridge on the River Kwai (TheaterByte 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review)
This legendary Oscar winner gets a good 4K Ultra HD makeover and becomes an even more self-recommending release on home video.
Masterpiece: Poldark — The Complete Second Season (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
Juicy melodrama is favored over inevitability in a second season mired in dismal affairs, serendipitous circumstances but still powerful acting from the cast.
Diary of a Chambermaid (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
Director Benoît Jacquot returns to the scandalous 1900 novel for this third film adaptation, but finds little inspiration where both Jean Renoir and Luis Buñuel found plenty.
11.22.63 (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
Hulu’s uneven alternate history series ‘11.22.63’ makes it to home video in a stunning reference Blu-ray set from Warner Bros.
The Assassin [UK] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
The quiet and visually stunning martial arts epic ‘The Assassin’ from director Hou Hsiao-hsien arrives on Blu-ray from StudioCanal.
Farewell My Concubine [UK] (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
1991 Chinese cinema epic ‘Farewell My Concubine’ arrives in a barebones Blu-ray Combo pack from the BFI.
The Keeping Room (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
‘The Keeping Room’ is a powerful female western done the right way, out on Blu-ray now from Drafthouse Films.
Mercy Street (TheaterByte Blu-ray Review)
Only the production values and a couple of good acting performances save ‘Mercy Street,’ a series full of cliches and miscasting.
