Mark Costello
@CostelloCritic
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Film critic @AVForums | Blu-rays, 4Ks, and the joy of reversible artwork | Thinks Zebraman deserves a Criterion
Stockport, UK
Joined May 2025
#justwatched...Soldier Blue (1970) For a film that’s held its notoriety for 55 years (my mum still winces at the title), Ralph Nelson’s Soldier Blue is, for the majority of its runtime, shockingly disarming. Yes, it opens with a blood-spattered ambush that places it squarely
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I never considered myself OCD until I caught sight of some of my physical media shelves… Criterion’s? Pah. Slashers and Trashers for me. #PhysicalMedia
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A day on my own at home is not a day wasted… Picking one film per decade from my ever-growing watch pile, started in the 50s and made it to the 90s. #decadesday #justwatched
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First time I’ve picked up anything in Black Friday sales for years…kinda making up for it… #PhysicalMedia
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Making my way through Studiocanal’s new 4K Christie boxset and having a rollicking good time with these… #PhysicalMedia #NowWatching
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#HardBoiled featured twin guns and a toothpick, slo-mo and 'splosions, and the rest was history... does its belated 4K bow do justice to this Holy Grail of HK action classics? https://t.co/WeuwErrFIy
#4KUHD #4KUltraHD #JohnWoo #ChowYunFat
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Two guns and a toothpick, slo-mo and 'splosions, and the rest was history... does its belated 4K bow do justice to this Holy Grail of HK action classics?
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Top 10 Blu-rays (UK) for November 2025 https://t.co/I4In7SoC69 via @AVForums Some absolutely superb blu-ray releases this month from the likes of @BFI, @ArrowFilmsVideo and @88_Films amongst others. Check out my monthly round up of what you should be purchasing and maybe what
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A usual round-up of all things 1080p take a look at the November 2025 release schedule for all the best and probably worst picks this month...
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Murder in the First 4K Blu-ray Review https://t.co/KVcejsQ6Fq via @AVForums Oof. First time watch of this 'classic' 90s courtroom drama and was thunderously disappointed. Great performances from its superb cast, but how it can even pretend to be 'inspired' by a true story when
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Clunky courtroom drama that plays loose with its own truth, Murder in the First has a starry cast and now a solid 4K blu-ray release from Studiocanal.
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Just watched...Evil Laugh (1986) If you thought Wes Craven ushered meta-horror into existence with his one-two punch of New Nightmare and Scream, think again. A good decade earlier, Evil Laugh - a no-budget, shot-on-16mm schlockfest - was already gleefully winking at the
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The Running Man (2025) Movie Review https://t.co/Pcs1hDvQJ1 via @AVForums Did no one else get mad John Carpenter vibes from Edgar's fun little action throwback? They Live spiritual sequel, anybody? Just me then...huh.
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Edgar Wright, Stephen King and Glen Powell scream 'LET THE HUNT BEGIN' and produce a satisfying action thriller with just enough satire and bite.
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Frankenstein (2025) Movie Review https://t.co/YFi1M0kTXQ via @AVForums Felt a little too obvious for GDT, with not enough to differentiate it from the crowded library of adaptations. But there's no denying its utterly ravishing in its romantic gothic and at times hideous
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Guillermo Del Toro;s take on the gothic classic is as spectacular as you could imagine...even on the small screen...
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Enemy Mine for the video game generation you say, Mr Trachtenberg? A rollicking fantasy adventure so effortlessly entertaining its cheeky sequel tease with its final line DEMANDS a follow up immediately? Predator: Badlands is an absolute riot.
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The Predator returns with Dan Trachtenberg delivering his third straight home run in the franchise afyer Prey and Killer of Killers.
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Kiddie slasher you say? Sold. The good folks at Treasured Films haven’t let me down yet…and it comes with another groovy fridge magnet. Yum. #PhysicalMedia
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