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Yakuza Graveyard Blu-ray Review: A Gritty, Grim Japanese Gangster Film

By Mat Brewster | Sep 17, 2026

Kinji Fukasaku directed some 60 films in his storied career. He made films in nearly every genre, but he's best ...

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Blu-ray Review: Doesn’t Rise to Lee’s Best but Don’t Count It Out

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 16, 2026

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave is Christopher Lee's third time playing Count Dracula for Hammer Film Productions and their ...

Broadway Melody of 1938 Blu-ray Review: Powell Leads the Way, Ebsen Hoofs Away

By Steve Geise | Sep 16, 2026

Although the 1938 edition of the musical series boasts Robert Taylor and Eleanor Powell as its top-billed stars, the real ...

Last Summer (1969) Blu-ray Review: Innocence Lost

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 15, 2026

Based on the Evan Hunter novel of the same name, director Frank Perry's Last Summer is a brutal teen drama ...

The Inugami Family Blu-ray Review: A Japanese Agatha Christie Story

By Mat Brewster | Sep 15, 2026

When the patriarch of the Inugami family dies, his children, other family members, and hangers-on gather for the will reading. ...

Blindfold Blu-ray Review: Hudson Struggles to See Past Cardinale’s Distraction

By Steve Geise | Sep 14, 2026

Cold-War paranoia drives the intrigue of director/co-writer Philip Dunne’s 1965 film, but his attempt to merge it with rom-com elements ...

All Through the Night Blu-ray Review: Bogie Knocks Those Heels Back on Their Axis

By Steve Geise | Sep 13, 2026

Even though the U.S. had entered WWII by 1942, “Gloves” Donahue (Humphrey Bogart) is too busy scheming for cash in ...

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Three Paths to the Same Destination

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 10, 2026

It's notable when a producer and/or studio takes a film away from the director before they have completed it. One ...

Madame X (1966) Blu-ray Review: Lana Turner’s Dynasty

By Steve Geise | Sep 9, 2026

Since its origin as a 1908 French play, the Madame X story has been remade more than any other film ...

Captain Horatio Hornblower Blu-ray Review: A Thrilling, Seafaring Swashbuckler

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 8, 2026

Set during the Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, an officer in the British Royal Navy, was created by C. S. Forester, ...

Sergeant Rutledge Blu-ray Review: An Important Entry in Ford’s Filmography

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 6, 2026

John Ford had started directing films in 1917. By 1960, including short features, the release of Sergeant Rutledge would mark ...

Hell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films Blu-ray Review: More Gore Than an ’80s Slasher

By Joe Garcia III | Sep 6, 2026

Hell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films written/directed/produced by Bret Wood, tells the story of those bloody drivers ...

Bonnie Scotland Blu-ray Review: Laurel and Hardy in Bonnie India

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 2, 2026

Bonnie Scotland is an interesting title for this Laurel and Hardy feature because, while the story certainly starts in Scotland, ...

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror Blu-ray Review: “It’s not a movie. It’s a way of life.”

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 26, 2026

Richard O'Brien is the legendary creator of The Rocky Horror Show and the lesser-known co-creator of Linus O'Brien, who directed ...

The Devil Queen Blu-ray Review: Day of the Dead

By Steve Geise | Aug 25, 2026

There are ample reasons that this 1974 Brazilian drama is on the Kino Cult imprint instead of the general Kino ...

The Bad Seed (1956) Blu-ray Review: Sugar and Spice, a Murderous Delight

By Joe Garcia III | Aug 24, 2026

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, The Bad Seed (1956) is a powerful psychological, horror thriller that stars Nancy Kelly and Patty ...

The Stranger (2025) Blu-ray Review: Killing an Arab

By Steve Geise | Aug 23, 2026

In the latest film adaptation of Albert Camus’ classic novel, director Francois Ozon (The Crime is Mine) remains remarkably faithful ...

Jinsei Blu-ray Review: A Bold, Interesting Film

By Mat Brewster | Aug 23, 2026

I consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent man. I've watched a lot of movies in my life. Some of ...

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXVII Blu-ray Review: Three From Republic Pictures

By Mat Brewster | Aug 20, 2026

Boy, does it seem like movies have gotten longer these days. I mean, really long. It is almost as if ...

Harlem School 1970 Blu-ray Review: Everyone Can Relate to This

By Davy | Aug 19, 2026

Capturing public education at its roots with a deliberately primitive lens, multitalented filmmaker Phil Gries makes us flies on the ...

Le Choc Blu-ray Review: Delon and Deneuve Deliver

By Steve Geise | Aug 19, 2026

Ten years after their only other narrative feature film together (Un Flic), screen legends Alain Delon and Catherine Deneuve teamed ...

Manon 70 Blu-ray Review: Ruthless People

By Steve Geise | Aug 18, 2026

Writer/director Jean Aurel’s 1968 film tracks the rocky romance between two narcissists completely incapable of real emotions. Loosely updating the ...

Money From Home 3D Blu-ray Review: Step Inside the World of Martin and Lewis

By Steve Geise | Aug 15, 2026

When 3D first became a movie theater fad in the 1950s, the technology occasionally drifted outside of its typical sci-fi ...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935) Blu-ray Review: Cagney Pounds the Boards

By Steve Geise | Aug 14, 2026

Although Shakespeare’s evergreen comedy has been adapted to the screen many times, Max Reinhardt’s lavish 1935 production was the first ...

Exit 8 Blu-ray Review: Clever and Creepy

By Davy | Aug 12, 2026

Most video games don't exactly translate well to the big screen. But there a few that do, and Exit 8 ...

Presenting Lily Mars Blu-ray Review: Broadway Baby

By Steve Geise | Aug 12, 2026

Just four years removed from The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland was still struggling to transition from child actress to ...

Hyperspace (3-D Director’s Cut) Blu-ray Review: Funnier Than Spaceballs

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 11, 2026

Suffering a six-year delay and a very brief U.S. theatrical release, Kino Lorber and 3-D Film Archive have teamed up ...

Letty Lynton Blu-ray Review: A Pre-Code Melodrama That Blends Romance and Crime

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 9, 2026

While Letty Lynton is credited with being based on Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes' 1931 novel of the same name about ...

The Boxer (1977) Blu-ray Review: The Fighter Still Remains

By Mat Brewster | Aug 8, 2026

According to the excellent visual essay by Tom Mes, which is included in this new Blu-ray release of The Boxer, ...

Scooby-Doo!: The Mystery Begins Blu-ray Review: One of the Best Versions of the Franchise Since Its Heyday

By Shawn Bourdo | Aug 8, 2026

The made-for-television film, Scooby-Doo!: The Mystery Begins aired originally on the Cartoon Network on September 13, 2009. The film debuted ...

Ping Pong Blu-ray Review: Balls of Furi

By Steve Geise | Aug 8, 2026

At the start of this century, three notable live-action sports comedies emerged from Asia: Waterboys, Ping Pong, and Stephen Chow’s ...

The Island (1980) 4K UHD Review: At Least It’s Never Boring

By Mat Brewster | Aug 6, 2026

Steven Spielberg's Jaws was a massive success. It turned Spielberg into a household name. It almost single-handedly created the summer-blockbuster ...

Brit Noir Collection III Blu-ray Review: Panic on the Streets of London

By Steve Geise | Aug 5, 2026

Kino’s third collection of late-period British noir compiles three tense dramas likely to be unknown to most viewers. While there’s ...

Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: Death Isn’t the End

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 4, 2026

Although main character Spear was killed off at the end of the second season and there was talk about the ...

The Double (1971) Blu-ray Review: A Dead Man’s Dream

By Mat Brewster | Aug 1, 2026

A man is shot inside a parking garage. As he lies dying, he flashes back on his life, recalling all ...

Start the Revolution Without Me Blu-ray Review: An Amusing Parody

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 31, 2026

Starring Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland, and Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland, Bud Yorkin's Start the Revolution Without Me is ...

The Maverick Queen Blu-ray Review: Barbara Stanwyck Tangles with Butch and Sundance

By Joe Garcia III | Jul 31, 2026

Directed by Joseph Kane, The Maverick Queen (1956) finds silver-screen queen Barbara Stanwyck squaring off against Butch Cassidy, the Sundance ...

Sugar Cookies (1973) Blu-ray Review: Exploitation Not Psychological Non-Thriller

By Kent Conrad | Jul 30, 2026

Sugar Cookies is an exploitation movie that desperately wants to be some kind of psychological erotic thriller. It just forgot ...

Looney Tunes: Collector’s Vault Volume 2 Blu-ray Review: 51 Cartoons, From Their Library to Yours

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 29, 2026

The Looney Tunes: Collector's Vault Volume 2 is a two-disc set of shorts from 1935 to 1963 with the first ...

Slap the Monster on Page One Blu-ray Review: Politics and Yellow Journalism in 1970s Italy

By Mat Brewster | Jul 28, 2026

Near the end of this Italian political drama, Bizanti (Gian Maria Volonté), the chief editor of a right-wing, pro-fascist newspaper, ...

I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol Blu-ray Review: Never Mind the Bullocks, Here’s (the True Story Behind) the Sex Pistols

By Joe Garcia III | Jul 28, 2026

I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol (2025), directed by Nick Mead and Andre Relis, tells the story of Glen Matlock, ...

The Nine Demons: Visual Vengeance Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: A Devilish Good Time

By Steve Geise | Jul 27, 2026

Are you tired of all of these meticulously restored and remastered films? Ready for a blast of unadulterated, classic kung ...

The Paper: Season One Blu-ray Review: Return-to-Office Mandate

By Steve Geise | Jul 26, 2026

Dunder Mifflin is no more, but their Toledo-based parent paper company is still very much in business. Operating out of ...

The Song of Songs Blu-ray Review: Dietrich Moves from Muse to Master

By Steve Geise | Jul 26, 2026

Marlene Dietrich is generally remembered for her fierce independence and abandonment of societal norms, marked by glamorous crossdressing, affairs with ...