ARROW VIDEO 4K UHD AND BLU-RAY RELEASE: Troy (2004)
Troy brings Homer’s legendary epic to visceral, grand-scale life by condensing a decade-long war into a matter of intense weeks. King Agamemnon (Brian Cox) has united the Greek kingdoms, driven more by territorial conquest of the Aegean Sea than by honor. Meanwhile, Trojan Prince Paris (Orlando Bloom) falls into a forbidden romance with Queen Helen […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Peter Rottentail (2004)
Week 5 (July 19 – 25) – Sub Rosa Studio Ron Bonk’s SRS Cinema has been providing the underground with TOP QUALITY GRIME since the 90s. Not only does he release a deluge of Sharksploitation, Amityville ripoffs, and Cocaine-addicted critter flicks, he also distributes auteurist masterpieces like Tim Ritter’s Truth or Dare? – A Critical Madness, Hugh […]
VISUAL VENGEANCE BLU-RAY RELEASE: The Dinosaur Chronicles (2004)
While Mark Polonia famously quips in the intro that the film was finished simply to “fulfill a contract” for a Galaxy of Terror DVD four-pack, the roots of the project go much deeper. The vintage sequences were originally shot on Super 8 by Mark and John Polonia when they were young. In fact, they wrote […]
ARROW VIDEO 4K UHD and BLU-RAY RELEASE: The Birthday (2004)
Is there anything more stressful than meeting your girlfriend’s father for the first time? How about doing it at a lavish, Kafkaesque hotel where everyone looks like they walked out of a 1940s noir and a doomsday cult is busy prepping for the arrival of a cosmic god? The Birthday premiered at Sitges in 2004, […]
Hell’s Bells 2: The Power and Spirit of Popular Music (2004)
“Over three years in the making, this much-anticipated sequel to the original Hell’s Bells series weaves together science, satire, testimonies, parables, interviews, expansive research and a vibrant Christian perspective to create a video series that is as fascinating as it is educational and evangelistic. Far more than just a commentary on the dangers of popular […]
Zolar (2004)
The best Letterboxd reviewer, pd187, summed this one up: “nicki clyne (age 21, playing a lollipop-sucking raver teen) married allison mack & now runs the NXIVM cult – the only one who didnt go to prison.” Imagine a world where everyone wears JNCO jeans and skateboards, a place where an aging stoner can raise Zolar […]
Devilman (2004)
Devilman started as a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Go Nagai. A high school student named Akira Fudo absorbs the powers of a demon with the help of his friend Ryo Asuka, becoming Devilman. There was a 39-episode anime series, a year-long run of the manga and even a crossover with Go Nagai’s other […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: CSA: Confederate States of America (2004)
Sept 15-21 Mockumentary Week: “Ladies and gentlemen, by way of introduction, this is a film about trickery – and fraud. About lies. Tell it by the fireside, in a marketplace, or in a movie. Almost any story is almost certainly some kind of lie. But not this time. No, this is a promise. During the […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: Madhouse (2004)
Aug 25-31 Natasha Lyonne Week: There’s a new season of her weirdo mystery of the week coming out (I can’t remember the name rn, you can look it up), and she’s been steadily delivering chuckles for decades now. William Butler was killed in numerous horror movies. In Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, […]
RADIANCE BLU-RAY AND 4K UHD RELEASE: Palindromes (2004)
We start at the funeral of Dawn Wiener, who got heavy, got acne, got date raped and then took her own life, all before the age of 20. Everyone worries that the way they treated her as a child is why this happened. Aviva watches these discussions and, despite only being a teenager — she’s […]
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