Tremors: Limited Edition (4K UHD Review)
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Studio(s)Universal Pictures (Arrow Video)
Film/Program Grade: A+
Review
Tremors is thought of today as a franchise, but when the first film was released in 1990, one would not have believed that its meager box office take would spawn six sequels and a TV series. But after becoming a bigger hit on cable and home video, this comedy/horror/monster movie hybrid achieved a lucrative cult status. The idea of
Short Circuit screenwriters Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson,
Tremors eventually got before the cameras with Ron Underwood (
City Slickers) at the helm and Kevin Bacon in the lead. The “Graboids” were engineered by movie special effects gurus Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr., who by this point had worked on
What’s new to VOD and streaming this weekend: December 18 to 22 Including Thomas Vinterberg s Another Round, Adam Brody in The Kid Detective, and the time-loop comedy Palm Springs by Norman Wilner on December 18th, 2020 at 10:30 PM 1 of 4 2 of 4
Our critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of December 18. And list everything new to VOD and streaming platforms.
Another Round
(Thomas Vinterberg)
Director and co-writer Thomas Vinterberg’s latest reunites him with Mads Mikkelsen for a film slightly looser but no less unforgiving than their last collaboration, 2012’s
Another Round casts Mikkelsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, and Vinterberg mainstay Thomas Bo Larsen as high-school teachers who embark on a radical experiment: would their careers and relationships be better if they maintained a minimum blood-alcohol level of 0.05? The answer may not surprise anyone, but the path to it is both very funny and very grim, with the quartet adapting to
Mads Mikkelsen (centre) will drink to anything in Another Round.
NOW critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of December 18. Plus: Everything new to VOD and streaming platforms.
Another Round
(Thomas Vinterberg)
Director/co-writer Vinterberg’s latest reunites him with Mads Mikkelsen for a film slightly looser but no less unforgiving than their last collaboration, 2012’s The Hunt. Another Round casts Mikkelsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang and Vinterberg mainstay Thomas Bo Larsen as high-school teachers who embark on a radical experiment: would their careers and relationships be better if they maintained a minimum blood-alcohol level of 0.05? The answer may not surprise anyone, but the path to it is both very funny and very grim, with the quartet adapting to their state of constant inebriation with varying levels of success. Vinterberg is an old hand at spinning awkward human moments into explosive comedy or soul-freezing dread, as the situation depends,
Beneath Perfection: Thoughts on the Entire TREMORS Franchise By Giallo Julian
Tremorswas a film I constantly watched as a kid. I remember going to the video store every weekend, just to rent the first two movies for the 100th time. That was back when there were only two to watch. Now there are seven films. Seven! Who would have thought there would be seven
Tremors flicks (AND a series)?!?
So here’s the thing…I’m very passionate about this series. My love for these films has only grown over the years, and although I do have my criticisms, I always find myself watching the entire series again every couple of months. I wasn’t quite sure how I was going to talk about it initially. A ranking from best to worst? Not really my style. An in-depth essay about each film? I don’t think anyone has time for all that. Scrapping the article and just watching the movies again? No, that wouldn’t be fair to all you amazi