The Rolling Stones: Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush Blu-ray Review: A Welcome Mix of Songs Played Well
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the No Security Tour of 1999, the Rolling Stones were promoting No Security, a live album from their 1997–1998 ...
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Running Scared (1986) Blu-ray Review: Buddy-Cop Comfort Food
By Gordon S. Miller |
Released in 1986 (as if the driving synth of the opening song, which is reminiscent of Harold Faltermeyer “Axel F,” ...
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Yokohama BJ Blues Blu-ray Review: BJ’s Long Goodbye
By Steve Geise |
Director Eiichi Kudo’s cheaply made ‘80s crime film takes its time to find its groove. We’re immediately introduced to BJ ...
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Dario Argento’s Deep Cuts Blu-ray Review: B-Sides from the Great Italian Director
By Mat Brewster |
A little less than ten years ago my wife and I bought our first house. Before then we'd lived in ...
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Shawscope: Volume Three Limited Edition Box Set Blu-ray Review: Box of Delights
By Steve Geise |
The latest edition of Arrow Video’s Shaw Brothers retrospective packs a whopping 14 newly restored films, bonus features, and a ...
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The Beast with Five Fingers Blu-ray Review: Peter Lorre Does His Thing with Awesome Special Effects
By Joe Garcia III |
Before The Addams Family TV show gave us Thing, there was the murderous severed hand in The Beast with Five ...
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Evil Does Not Exist Blu-ray Review: Unpredictable and Highly Fascinating
By Davy |
Films can present so many labyrinth ideas where you're really not sure if you're watching one type of film or ...
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Top Cat: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Amusing in That ’60s-Sitcom Way
By Gordon S. Miller |
Following the success of The Flinstones, Hanna Barbera tried to replicate the formula by unofficially adapting another successful sitcom. For ...
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The Walking Dead (1936) Blu-ray Review: You Can’t Watch This on AMC
By Mat Brewster |
Boris Karloff appeared in over 80 films before starring in James Whale's Frankenstein (1931) and becoming an overnight sensation. That ...
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The Return of Doctor X Blu-ray Review: Top of the Blood-Draining World, Ma!
By Joe Garcia III |
The Return of Doctor X is director Vincent Sherman’s (The Adventures of Don Juan [1948]) first time behind the camera ...
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Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus Blu-ray Review: Art is Long, Life is Short
By Steve Geise |
Not to be confused with Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, the 2017 documentary about the Japanese composer’s life and career, Opus is ...
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A Simple Plan Blu-ray Review: You Work for the American Dream. You Don’t Steal It.
By Greg Hammond |
A Simple Plan was directed by Sam Raimi and written by Scott B. Smith from his novel of the same ...
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Super Spies and Secret Lies: Three Undercover Classics from Shaw Brothers Blu-ray Review: Yeah Baby, Yeah!
By Steve Geise |
Hong Kong’s Shaw Brothers Studio will always be most closely associated with their immense output of kung fu films, but ...
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Tomie Blu-ray Review: Strictly for Junji Ito Completionists
By Steve Geise |
There’s a reason this 1998 J-horror film is finally appearing on U.S. Blu-ray, and it has little to do with ...
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Crust Blu-ray Review: A Small-Budget Masterpiece With Cult-Classic Appeal
By Joe Garcia III |
Sock Monster, Attack! Kill! Kill! Kill! Crust is kind of like Basket Case meets Ghoulies, Gremlins, and Little Shop of ...
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Blu-ray Review: They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore
By Mat Brewster |
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is exactly the sort of movie people are talking about when they say, ...
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Watchmen Chapter 2 Blu-ray Review: The Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom
By Greg Hammond |
Watchmen Chapter 2 (read our review of Watchmen Chapter 1 here) is a faithful adaptation of the final six issues ...
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The Sword (1980) Blu-ray Review: Thoughtful Kung Fu
By Mat Brewster |
The Sword is what you might call an arthouse take on the kung fu flick - call it New Wave ...
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The Last Video Store Blu-ray Review: A Delightfully Goofy Tribute
By Davy |
Being an incredibly dedicated movie lover, I always wanted to work in a video store but never got the chance ...
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Laurel & Hardy: Year Two – The Newly Restored 1928 Silents Blu-ray Review: A Must Have for Comedy Fans
By Gordon S. Miller |
Flicker Alley has followed up last year's Laurel & Hardy: Year One - The Newly Restored 1927 Silents with Year ...
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Valkyrie Blu-ray Review: Ensemble Cast Saves Middling Thriller
By Greg Hammond |
Directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, Bohemian Rhapsody), and written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, Valkyrie is the ...
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1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! Blu-ray Review: They Make the Case
By Gordon S. Miller |
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! started as a convention panel, became a film series at the American Cinematheque to celebrate ...
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Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three Blu-ray Review: The End of an Era
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on DC Comics' 12-issue miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) written by Marv Wolfman and pencilled by George Pérez, ...
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Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vols. 1 – 4 Blu-ray Review: Button Up Your Tonsils and Enjoy a Looney Ride
By Greg Hammond |
The Warner Archive Collection has released a four-disc set titled Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Volumes 1 - 4. Containing 97 ...
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Black Belt Jones Blu-ray Review: Enter the Car Wash
By Gordon S. Miller |
After working together on Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon, director Robert Clouse reteamed with Jim Kelly, who stars as Black ...
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The Elephant Man Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
By Gordon S. Miller |
Set in the late 19th century, David Lynch's The Elephant Man tells the tragic tale of John Merrick (John Hurt) ...
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Megadeth: A Night in Buenos Aires Blu-ray Review: Megadeth at Their Thrashing Best
By Joe Garcia III |
Megadeth! Megadeth! Megadeth! Fronted by singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine, Megadeth is known for being one of the Big Four thrash-metal pioneers ...
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Funny Girl Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: She’s the Greatest Star
By Steve Geise |
Barbra Streisand lights up the screen in her movie debut, commanding every second of her role as showgirl-turned-superstar, Fanny Brice. ...
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September (1987) Blu-ray Review: An August Night’s Relationship Drama
By Gordon S. Miller |
In Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda (2004), two playwrights tell different versions of the same story, one comic and the ...
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Reagan (2024) Blu-ray Review: Win One for the Gipper
By David Wangberg |
Sean McNamara’s biopic on America’s 40th president doesn’t reveal much new detail about what the former actor turned politician went ...
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Night of the Blood Beast + Attack of the Giant Leeches Blu-ray Review: A Creepy Creature Double Feature
By Rons Reviews |
Looking for something fun and funny to watch on a rainy Saturday afternoon? Grab some popcorn and a cold soda ...
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Swingers Blu-ray Review: Once Upon a Time in Los Angeles
By Gordon S. Miller |
Actor Jon Favreau had great success heeding the axiom“write what you know” with his screenplay for Swingers, a movie that ...
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Japan Organized Crime Boss Blu-ray Review: A Yakuza’s Life
By Mat Brewster |
There are eight million stories in Japan and this is one of them. Kinji Fukasaku's 1969 film Japan Organized Crime ...
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Didi Blu-ray Review: Ode to the Mostly Good Old Days
By Steve Geise |
Writer/director Sean Wang’s narrative feature debut treads the same perilous ground as Mid90s, Eighth Grade, and Thirteen with one notable ...
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Bill & Ted’s Most Triumphant Trilogy Review: “Sorry. They Melvined Me.”
By Greg Hammond |
Shout! Studios has released Bill & Ted’s Triumphant Trilogy (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray), including Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, ...
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Shotgun Stories Blu-ray Review: The Sins of the Father Are Visited Upon the Children
By Gordon S. Miller |
Writer/director Jeff Nichols delivers a powerful feature-film debut with Shotgun Stories, a compelling tragic story about an extended-family feud that ...
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Dogra Magra Blu-ray Review: Matsumoto’s Swan Song
By Steve Geise |
When a young man wakes up in an insane asylum with no memory of his past or his name, he ...
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Journey into Fear (1943) Blu-ray Review: A Briskly Paced, Espionage Thriller
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based upon Eric Ambler's 1940 novel of the same name, Journey into Fear (1943) is a Mercury Production directed by ...
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Kingdom of the Spiders Blu-ray Review: A Notable Entry in the Eco-Horror Genre
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the eco-horror boom of the '70s, which saw movies like Empire of the Ants and The Food of the ...
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Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories Blu-ray Box Set Review: Broodingly Atmospheric Revenge Stories
By Greg Hammond |
Radiance Films has released a boxed set titled Daiei Gothic - Japanese Ghost Stories. The set includes three ghost stories ...
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Goodbye & Amen Blu-ray Review: Part Spy Thriller, Part Hostage Drama, Wholly Excellent
By Mat Brewster |
Goodbye & Amen is a strange little film that twists a couple of genres together, not always successfully, but it ...
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Super Friends: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Justice League Cartoons Assemble
By Gordon S. Miller |
Super Friends was Hanna-Barbera's animated adaptation of Justice League of America, a superhero team that frequently featured DC Comics' Big ...
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Allonsanfan Blu-ray Review: The Revolution Is a Bit Dull, Actually
By Mat Brewster |
After the downfall of Napoleon, Europe had to pick up the pieces and redraw the lines between countries. For quite ...
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The Sting of Death (1990) Blu-ray Review: Love, Lies, and Madness
By Kent Conrad |
The man has cheated on his wife. This is not in dispute. It has hurt her to her core. She ...
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About Dry Grasses Blu-ray Review: Burns Like a Brush Fire
By Steve Geise |
Samet is stuck in a rut. Consigned to a teaching job at a rural middle school in the Turkish hinterlands, ...
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A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy Blu-ray Review: An Amusing Bedroom Farce
By Gordon S. Miller |
Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, Woody Allen's 11th film as writer/director is A Midsummer Night's Sex ...
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Pursued (1947) Blu-ray Review: The Sins of the Families Are Visited Upon the Children
By Gordon S. Miller |
Directed by Raoul Walsh, Pursued (1947) has the trappings of a western, but at its core, it is a family ...
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Hanna-Barbera’s Superstars 10 Blu-ray Review: A Good Collection for Young Cartoon-Watchers
By Gordon S. Miller |
Hanna-Barbera's Superstars 10 collects 10 made-for-TV animated films that aired on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, a syndicated program that ...
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Broken Oath Blu-ray Review: Kung Fu Lady Snowblood
By Mat Brewster |
Japanese author Kazuo Koike created and wrote the story for a manga called Lady Snowblood, about an orphan who grows ...
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 Blu-ray Review: DNotS 2 Is a DNR: Do Not Rewatch
By Joe Garcia III |
Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 is brought to you by J.D. Feigelson, who wrote the original Dark Night of ...
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