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Tomie Blu-ray Review: Strictly for Junji Ito Completionists

By Steve Geise | Dec 7, 2024

There’s a reason this 1998 J-horror film is finally appearing on U.S. Blu-ray, and it has little to do with ...

Crust Blu-ray Review: A Small-Budget Masterpiece With Cult-Classic Appeal

By Joe Garcia III | Dec 7, 2024

Sock Monster, Attack! Kill! Kill! Kill! Crust is kind of like Basket Case meets Ghoulies, Gremlins, and Little Shop of ...

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Blu-ray Review: They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore

By Mat Brewster | Dec 6, 2024

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is exactly the sort of movie people are talking about when they say, ...

Watchmen Chapter 2 Blu-ray Review: The Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom

By Greg Hammond | Dec 5, 2024

Watchmen Chapter 2 (read our review of Watchmen Chapter 1 here) is a faithful adaptation of the final six issues ...

The Sword (1980) Blu-ray Review: Thoughtful Kung Fu

By Mat Brewster | Dec 5, 2024

The Sword is what you might call an arthouse take on the kung fu flick - call it New Wave ...

The Last Video Store Blu-ray Review: A Delightfully Goofy Tribute

By Davy | Dec 4, 2024

Being an incredibly dedicated movie lover, I always wanted to work in a video store but never got the chance ...

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two – The Newly Restored 1928 Silents Blu-ray Review: A Must Have for Comedy Fans

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 4, 2024

Flicker Alley has followed up last year's Laurel & Hardy: Year One - The Newly Restored 1927 Silents with Year ...

Valkyrie Blu-ray Review: Ensemble Cast Saves Middling Thriller

By Greg Hammond | Dec 3, 2024

Directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, Bohemian Rhapsody), and written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, Valkyrie is the ...

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! Blu-ray Review: They Make the Case

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 30, 2024

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! started as a convention panel, became a film series at the American Cinematheque to celebrate ...

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three Blu-ray Review: The End of an Era

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 27, 2024

Based on DC Comics' 12-issue miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) written by Marv Wolfman and pencilled by George Pérez, ...

Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vols. 1 – 4 Blu-ray Review: Button Up Your Tonsils and Enjoy a Looney Ride

By Greg Hammond | Nov 26, 2024

The Warner Archive Collection has released a four-disc set titled Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Volumes 1 - 4. Containing 97 ...

Black Belt Jones Blu-ray Review: Enter the Car Wash

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 26, 2024

After working together on Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon, director Robert Clouse reteamed with Jim Kelly, who stars as Black ...

The Elephant Man Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 25, 2024

Set in the late 19th century, David Lynch's The Elephant Man tells the tragic tale of John Merrick (John Hurt) ...

Megadeth: A Night in Buenos Aires Blu-ray Review: Megadeth at Their Thrashing Best

By Joe Garcia III | Nov 22, 2024

Megadeth! Megadeth! Megadeth! Fronted by singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine, Megadeth is known for being one of the Big Four thrash-metal pioneers ...

Funny Girl Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: She’s the Greatest Star

By Steve Geise | Nov 21, 2024

Barbra Streisand lights up the screen in her movie debut, commanding every second of her role as showgirl-turned-superstar, Fanny Brice. ...

September (1987) Blu-ray Review: An August Night’s Relationship Drama

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 15, 2024

In Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda (2004), two playwrights tell different versions of the same story, one comic and the ...

Reagan (2024) Blu-ray Review: Win One for the Gipper

By David Wangberg | Nov 15, 2024

Sean McNamara’s biopic on America’s 40th president doesn’t reveal much new detail about what the former actor turned politician went ...

Night of the Blood Beast + Attack of the Giant Leeches Blu-ray Review: A Creepy Creature Double Feature

By Rons Reviews | Nov 14, 2024

Looking for something fun and funny to watch on a rainy Saturday afternoon? Grab some popcorn and a cold soda ...

Swingers Blu-ray Review: Once Upon a Time in Los Angeles

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 14, 2024

Actor Jon Favreau had great success heeding the axiom“write what you know” with his screenplay for Swingers, a movie that ...

Japan Organized Crime Boss Blu-ray Review: A Yakuza’s Life

By Mat Brewster | Nov 13, 2024

There are eight million stories in Japan and this is one of them. Kinji Fukasaku's 1969 film Japan Organized Crime ...

Didi Blu-ray Review: Ode to the Mostly Good Old Days

By Steve Geise | Nov 12, 2024

Writer/director Sean Wang’s narrative feature debut treads the same perilous ground as Mid90s, Eighth Grade, and Thirteen with one notable ...

Bill & Ted’s Most Triumphant Trilogy Review: “Sorry. They Melvined Me.”

By Greg Hammond | Nov 12, 2024

Shout! Studios has released Bill & Ted’s Triumphant Trilogy (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray), including Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, ...

Shotgun Stories Blu-ray Review: The Sins of the Father Are Visited Upon the Children

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 12, 2024

Writer/director Jeff Nichols delivers a powerful feature-film debut with Shotgun Stories, a compelling tragic story about an extended-family feud that ...

Dogra Magra Blu-ray Review: Matsumoto’s Swan Song

By Steve Geise | Nov 6, 2024

When a young man wakes up in an insane asylum with no memory of his past or his name, he ...

Journey into Fear (1943) Blu-ray Review: A Briskly Paced, Espionage Thriller

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 2, 2024

Based upon Eric Ambler's 1940 novel of the same name, Journey into Fear (1943) is a Mercury Production directed by ...

Kingdom of the Spiders Blu-ray Review: A Notable Entry in the Eco-Horror Genre

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 31, 2024

During the eco-horror boom of the '70s, which saw movies like Empire of the Ants and The Food of the ...

Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories Blu-ray Box Set Review: Broodingly Atmospheric Revenge Stories

By Greg Hammond | Oct 31, 2024

Radiance Films has released a boxed set titled Daiei Gothic - Japanese Ghost Stories. The set includes three ghost stories ...

Goodbye & Amen Blu-ray Review: Part Spy Thriller, Part Hostage Drama, Wholly Excellent

By Mat Brewster | Oct 30, 2024

Goodbye & Amen is a strange little film that twists a couple of genres together, not always successfully, but it ...

Super Friends: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Justice League Cartoons Assemble

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 29, 2024

Super Friends was Hanna-Barbera's animated adaptation of Justice League of America, a superhero team that frequently featured DC Comics' Big ...

Allonsanfan Blu-ray Review: The Revolution Is a Bit Dull, Actually

By Mat Brewster | Oct 27, 2024

After the downfall of Napoleon, Europe had to pick up the pieces and redraw the lines between countries. For quite ...

The Sting of Death (1990) Blu-ray Review: Love, Lies, and Madness

By Kent Conrad | Oct 25, 2024

The man has cheated on his wife. This is not in dispute. It has hurt her to her core. She ...

About Dry Grasses Blu-ray Review: Burns Like a Brush Fire

By Steve Geise | Oct 24, 2024

Samet is stuck in a rut. Consigned to a teaching job at a rural middle school in the Turkish hinterlands, ...

A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy Blu-ray Review: An Amusing Bedroom Farce

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 22, 2024

Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, Woody Allen's 11th film as writer/director is A Midsummer Night's Sex ...

Pursued (1947) Blu-ray Review: The Sins of the Families Are Visited Upon the Children

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 21, 2024

Directed by Raoul Walsh, Pursued (1947) has the trappings of a western, but at its core, it is a family ...

Hanna-Barbera’s Superstars 10 Blu-ray Review: A Good Collection for Young Cartoon-Watchers

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 19, 2024

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 ...

Broken Oath Blu-ray Review: Kung Fu Lady Snowblood

By Mat Brewster | Oct 18, 2024

Japanese author Kazuo Koike created and wrote the story for a manga called Lady Snowblood, about an orphan who grows ...

Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 Blu-ray Review: DNotS 2 Is a DNR: Do Not Rewatch

By Joe Garcia III | Oct 17, 2024

Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 is brought to you by J.D. Feigelson, who wrote the original Dark Night of ...

The Boy and the Heron 4K UHD Review: Out of Retirement, Miyazaki Makes One of His Best Films

By Mat Brewster | Oct 16, 2024

After releasing The Wind Rises in 2013, acclaimed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement from filmmaking. He was too ...

A Quiet Place: Day One Blu-ray Review: A Successful Prequel

By Lorna Miller | Oct 14, 2024

Spooky movie season is upon on us and a viewing of A Quiet Place: Day One fits perfectly into my ...

The Threat Blu-ray Review: Battle of Wits Royale

By Steve Geise | Oct 10, 2024

When two hardened death row inmates escape from prison, they come up with a fiendish kidnapping plot to get rich ...

Two Taoist Tales Blu-ray Review: Wild Supernatural Hong Kong Action

By Kent Conrad | Oct 9, 2024

Two Taoist Tales collects a pair of wildly ridiculous movies that involve monsters, demons, spells, and copious kung fu. It's ...

Conflict (1945) Blu-ray Review: A Disappointing Classic

By Mat Brewster | Oct 5, 2024

Humphrey Bogart. Sydney Greenstreet. Warner Brothers circa 1945. Car crashes. Romance. The perfect murder. The psychology of guilt. Everything about ...

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4K UHD Review: An Absolute Horror Classic

By Mat Brewster | Oct 2, 2024

Fifty years ago this week, Tobe Hooper unleashed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, one of the all-time greatest horror movies ...

Touch (2024) Blu-ray Review: The Search for Past Love

By David Wangberg | Sep 29, 2024

Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur has recently been toying with several projects involving people against nature. Whether it’s The Deep, Everest, ...