Dark Night of the Scarecrows 1 & 2 Blu-ray Review: A Decent Set for Diehard Fans
By Davy |
Ever since I first saw Frank DeFelitta's 1981 made-for-TV horror/suspense cult classic Dark Night of a Scarecrow, I never forgot ...
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Hanna-Barbera Double Feature: Scooby-Doo! and the Witch’s Ghost / Scooby-Doo! and the Alien Invaders Blu-ray Review
By Shawn Bourdo |
The Warner Archive Collection has released a Hanna-Barbera Double Feature bringing together two Scooby-Doo! movies to Blu-ray for the first ...
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The Boy and the Heron Blu-ray Review: The Return of the King (of Animation)
By Gordon S. Miller |
Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, his first feature film in 10 years since announcing his retirement after The Wind ...
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The Watchers (2024) Blu-ray Review: Weak Plot but Strong Direction from Ishana Night Shyamalan
By Greg Hammond |
The Watchers marks the directorial debut of Ishana Night Shyamalan, the daughter of M. Night Shyamalan, who produced. The movie ...
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Knuckles Blu-ray Review: Strong TV Show Bolsters Sonic Universe
By Greg Hammond |
Knuckles is a limited TV series consisting of six total episodes following the story of Knuckles the Echidna (voiced by ...
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Prison Walls: Abashiri Prison I-III Blu-ray Review: Yakuza Behind Bars
By Kent Conrad |
Like courtroom dramas and police procedurals, prison stories have the convenience of ready-made conflict. Prisoners versus guards. Gangs versus gangs. ...
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A Queen’s Ransom Blu-ray Review: James Bond and The One-Armed Swordsman Can’t Save This Stinker
By Mat Brewster |
In May of 1975, Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Phillip became the first reigning English monarchs to visit ...
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Black Mask Blu-ray Review: Ridiculous Fun
By Mat Brewster |
Black Mask begins with Jet Li being surrounded by a couple of dozen soldiers with heavy firepower. He's asked to ...
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A Man Called Tiger Blu-ray Review: The Action Is Well Made and Worth Watching
By Mat Brewster |
Bruce Lee and director Lo Wei worked together on two films, The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972). ...
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Empire of the Ants Special Edition Blu-ray Review: Beware of Them Man-made Monsters!
By Joe Garcia III |
From producer Samuel Z Arkoff and director Bert I. Gordon, who brought you the cult classic The Food of the ...
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Doubt (2008) Blu-ray Review: A Masterclass of Acting
By Davy |
Sometimes in life there are things that make you question everything you thought you knew, and that will cause serious ...
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Tokijiro: The Lonely Yakuza Blu-ray Review: Romance and Bloodshed in 18th Century Japan
By Mat Brewster |
My expectations going into Tokijiro: The Lonely Yakuza were that it was going to be a fairly typical lone warrior-type ...
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Door-to-Door Maniac Blu-ray Review: Come for Johnny Cash, Stay for the Devil
By Mat Brewster |
"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash, and I'm here to kill you". That is not the way the famed country and western ...
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The Food of the Gods (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: A Goofy Cult Classic with a Message
By Davy |
Bert I. Gordon (1922-2023) was kind of a wunderkind, creating sci-fi and B-horror movies with often low-budgets. He was also ...
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Man on the Moon Blu-ray Review: Jim Carrey Brings Andy Kaufman to Life
By Gordon S. Miller |
After working together on The People vs Larry Flynt, director Milos Forman reteamed with screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski ...
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The Apartment (1996) Blu-ray Review: No, Not the Billy Wilder One
By Steve Geise |
Despite sharing a title with an all-time Hollywood classic, this 1996 French production has no other similarities to the Jack ...
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Blu-ray Review: Captures the Film’s Visual and Auditory Thrills
By Gordon S. Miller |
As stated in my review of the movie, “Director George Miller makes an epic return to the Wasteland for Furiosa: ...
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Observe and Report Blu-ray Review: Two Jokes and Ray Liotta
By Greg Hammond |
Written and directed by Jody Hill, Observe and Report concerns itself with the security detail at the Forest Ridge Mall ...
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Navajo Joe (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: Burt Reynolds Works with the Other Sergio on This Unique Spaghetti Western
By Joe Garcia III |
Sergio (no, the other one) Corbucci directs and Burt Reynolds stars in Navajo Joe (1966), a violent Spaghetti Western that ...
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Squirm (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: The Best Southern Gothic, Killer-Worm Flick Ever Made
By Davy |
The 1970s just might be the greatest decade for horror movies. There were so many types of horror back then: ...
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Bless Their Little Hearts Blu-ray Review: A Testament to the Importance of Socially Conscious Filmmaking
By Davy |
As an incredibly loyal film lover, I'm always looking for that great cinematic discovery; something that represents a crucial step ...
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Warehouse 13: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: All of the Artifacts in One Place
By Steve Geise |
Version 1.0.0 A decade after the conclusion of its five-season broadcast run, Warehouse 13 has finally been compiled into one ...
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True Detective: Night Country Blu-ray Review: Frozen Over
By David Wangberg |
When True Detective first premiered in 2014, it was unlike anything that had been on television at the time. Two ...
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Eighteen Years in Prison Blu-ray Review: Life After the War
By Kent Conrad |
One of the most effective themes of the recent Godzilla Minus One, which was the most successful Japanese language film ...
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The Seduction (1982) Blu-ray Review: Better Than the Razzie Awards Would Have One Think
By Joe Garcia III |
The Seduction, written and directed by David Schmoeller, stars Morgan Fairchild as a popular news anchor and Andrew Stevens as ...
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Risky Business Criterion Collection Review: Introducing Tom Cruise and Guido the Killer Pimp
By Greg Hammond |
Written and directed by Paul Brickman, 1983’s Risky Business turned Tom Cruise into a superstar. And it isn’t just dancing ...
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Tchao Pantin Blu-ray Review: Funny Name, Fantastic Film
By Mat Brewster |
Tchao Pantin (or So Long, Stooge as it is sometimes called) doesn't do anything fresh or original within the noir ...
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The Linguini Incident (Director’s Cut) Blu-ray Review: The Bowie Film That Almost Got Away
By Steve Geise |
Once upon a time, David Bowie played a romantic lead in a U.S. feature film that received virtually no theatrical ...
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The Fall Guy (2024) Blu-ray Review: An Entertaining Industry Send-Up
By Gordon S. Miller |
Ryan Gosling stars in The Fall Guy as stunt man Colt Seavers, recreating the role of Lee Majors played in ...
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Anselm Blu-ray Review: Wim Wenders Continues His Fascination with the Arts
By Steve Geise |
Director Wim Wenders is the rare creator able to shift between narrative and documentary features as he wishes, excelling in ...
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Black God, White Devil Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Could Not Be More Relevant
By Davy |
Once in a while, a film comes along and redefines my perception of the limitless possibilities of filmmaking. Influential Brazilian ...
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Under Western Stars Blu-ray Review: Mr. Rogers Rides to Washington in His First Starring Role
By Joe Garcia III |
Under Western Stars (1938) from Republic Pictures finds Roy Rogers taking the lead reins in his first starring role. The ...
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The Flash: The Original Series Blu-ray Review: A Flashback to a Simpler Time for Superheroes
By Gordon S. Miller |
Coming out a year after Tim Burton's Batman (1989) helped elevate the comic book genre to be taken more seriously ...
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DogMan Blu-ray Review: The Silence of the Dogs
By Steve Geise |
Writer/director Luc Besson’s latest effort focuses on the jailhouse interactions between a deranged criminal and the psychiatrist assigned to his ...
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Challengers Blu-ray Review: A Sexy but Shallow Jules & Jim Tennis Epic
By Davy |
There are many films about love triangles, ones that actually have something to say about male ego, masculinity, masochism, and ...
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Monk: Season Eight Blu-ray Review: Monk’s Journey Comes to an End
By Davy |
With Season Eight, our favorite agoraphobic detective's journey (emotional, physical, and mental) comes to an end, with tears and all. ...
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The Mask of Fu Manchu Blu-ray Review: Pre-Code Lunacy with Boris Karloff and Myrna Loy
By Joe Garcia III |
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), directed by Charles Brabin, is a melodramatic pre-Code horror movie that stars Boris Karloff ...
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Le samouraï Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Well-Executed French Neo-noir
By Gordon S. Miller |
Directed and co-written by Jean-Pierre Melville, Le samouraï stars Alain Delon, as professional hitman Jef Costello, whose detached coolness, which ...
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Blu-ray Review: Together Again for the First Time
By Gordon S. Miller |
Adam Wingard's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the fifth film in the Monsterverse franchise, and for those keeping ...
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Bandits of Orgosolo Blu-ray Review: It Don’t Feel Good to Be a Bandit
By Mat Brewster |
Orgosolo is a tiny village on the Italian island of Sardinia. Recent tourism has raised the island's economic prospects, but ...
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Class Blu-ray Review: Pre-Brat Pack Comedy Drama That Pops Like Flat Champagne
By Joe Garcia III |
Class (1983) directed by Lewis John Carlino and featuring music by Elmer Bernstein is an unbalanced comedy drama that finds ...
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Orlando, My Political Biography Blu-ray Review: A Highly Original Celebration of Personal Identity
By Davy |
Virginia Woolf's Orlando (1928) remains one of the seminal literary works of the twentieth century. One of the first of ...
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XIX Blu-ray Review: Loads of Stars, Tons of Thrills
By Mat Brewster |
Kino Lorber continues their excellent series of releasing relatively obscure film noirs. For this, their 19th set in the series, ...
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Victims of Sin Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Zoot Suit Riot
By Steve Geise |
If you’re new to Mexico’s rumbera musical genre, imagine classic Hollywood musical tropes filtered through a crime-ridden back alley, removing ...
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Arthur Dong’s LGBTQ Stories Blu-ray Review: Necessary Documents
By Davy |
Although Pride month will be over in just a few days, our endless fight to as LGBTQ individuals will never ...
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Macbeth (1948) Blu-ray Review: Orson Welles Gets Shakespearean
By Mat Brewster |
William Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers in the English language. Macbeth is arguably his greatest play. Orson Welles ...
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Never Open That Door Blu-ray Review: Two Stories of Humanity Against Inhumanity
By Davy |
Film noir is universal. It reaches all over the world. The United States isn't the only country that can produce ...
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Sympathy for the Underdog Blu-ray Review: Crime Takes a Holiday
By Steve Geise |
Director Kinji Fukasaku began a string of memorable 1970s yakuza films with this newly restored gem. The film follows a ...
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) Blu-ray Review: Hitchcock Comedy, for Better or Worse
By Kent Conrad |
There's an underrated aspect of Hitchcock's films, and that is their comedy. The comedy tends to be ironic, and based ...
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Act of Violence (1948) Blu-ray Review: Terrific Film Noir with Heart
By Mat Brewster |
A trench-coated figure hobbles toward us in shadow. The New York City skyline hovers over him at an odd angle. ...
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