Facing Nolan Blu-ray Review: All Baseball Fans Should Face Ryan’s Story
By Gordon S. Miller |
Director Bradley Jackson's Facing Nolan details the career of first-ballot National Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan whose accomplishments over ...
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Hotel du Nord Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Somber French Realist Classic
By Davy |
I was not always familiar with legendary filmmaker Marcel Carne's work, such as 1938's Port of Shadows, or his 1945 ...
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Running out of Time/Running out of Time 2 Blu-ray Review: One Part Great, One Part Unnecessary
By David Wangberg |
It’s always great when a boutique studio like Arrow or Criterion releases a set of films in the same series ...
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The Brink’s Job Blu-ray Review: William Friedkin’s Heist Film
By Joe Garcia III |
Directed by William Friedkin, The Brink’s Job (1978) depicts fictionalized events surrounding one of the “crime(s) of the century.” From ...
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Ferngully: The Last Rainforest 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Review: A Magical yet Rigid Journey
By David Wangberg |
When revisiting a movie from your childhood, it’s always best to go in with an open mind and the expectation ...
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Coming Apart Blu-ray Review: A Realistically Troubling Portrait of Our Deepest, Darkest Impulses
By Davy |
I have seen some pretty bold films about the nature of male-to-female relationships, but only a few of them ever ...
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The Burned Barns Blu-ray Review: Two Titans of French Cinema Spar
By Mat Brewster |
In a series of interviews with the crew of The Burned Barns (1973) that is included in the new Blu-ray ...
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Force 10 From Navarone Blu-ray Review: A Sequel 18 Years in the Making
By Joe Garcia III |
Force 10 From Navarone (1978) is the direct sequel to The Guns Of Navarone made in 1961. Recast with Robert ...
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Battle of the Worlds Blu-ray Review: An Early Sci-fi Gem
By Darcy Staniforth |
In a time of incredible special effects and science fiction becoming more reality than fiction, it can be difficult for ...
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Back to the Beach Blu-ray Review: Fun, Playful, and an Enjoyable Watch
By Darcy Staniforth |
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello were some of the earliest teen idols. And as the 1980s gave rise to cable television ...
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Neptune Frost Blu-ray Review: The Revolution Will Be Televised
By Steve Geise |
This feature film from recording artist Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman is undeniably ambitious, boasting an enticing amalgamation of Afrofuturist ...
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South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fourth Season Blu-ray Review: COVID Comes to Town
By Gordon S. Miller |
South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fourth Season is comprised of two extended episodes, which aired on Comedy Central. Trey Parker and ...
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Salt and Pepper / One More Time Blu-ray Review: Stay Away from the Spice Rack
By Rons Reviews |
Ten years before legendary director Richard Donner would bring the Lethal Weapon team to the big screen, he would make ...
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Man of a Thousand Faces Blu-ray Review: James Cagney Plays Lon Chaney
By Joe Garcia III |
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) from Universal International tells the tale of silent film star Lon Chaney, from vaudeville ...
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The Old Man Movie Blu-ray Review: Cows Udders End the World
By Kent Conrad |
When three Estonian kids are left in the country to spend the summer with their dairy farming grandpa, they expect ...
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The Thin Man Goes Home Blu-ray Review: Bring This Comic Mystery to Your Home
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945) is the fifth of the six Thin Man films starring William Powell and Myrna ...
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Terror Circus Blu-ray Review: Far More Disturbing Than Terrifying
By Rons Reviews |
I’ve seen a lot of good B movies. This may be the first C movie I’ve seen, and though director ...
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Flying Guillotine Part II Blu-ray Review: Double the Guillotine, Double the Fun
By Mat Brewster |
In 1975, Shaw Brothers Studio released The Flying Guillotine. It is about an elite group of guards to the emperor ...
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Wild Rovers Blu-ray Review: William Holden and Ryan O’Neal Ride into the Sunset
By Joe Garcia III |
Wild Rovers (1971) starring William Holden, Ryan O’Neal and Karl Malden is a playful yet somber look at the lives ...
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Green Lantern: Beware My Power Blu-ray Review: An Action-packed, Enjoyable Adventure for John Stewart’s First Outing
By Gordon S. Miller |
Green Lantern: Beware My Power re-tells how John Stewart became the Green Lantern amidst a larger Justice League story. It ...
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Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo Blu-ray Review: A Made-for-TV Dud
By Rons Reviews |
This review is full of references that may be considered spoilers. Ultimately, there is nothing I can write that would ...
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Miami Blues Blu-ray Review: A Pastel Sleeper
By Rocky London |
Based on the great Charles Willeford novel, Miami Blues (1990; dir. George Armitage) is a darkly comedic neo-noir. It sports ...
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Edge of Sanity Blu-ray Review: Anthony Perkins as Dr. Jekyll and Jack ‘The Ripper’ Hyde
By Joe Garcia III |
Edge of Sanity (1988), starring Anthony Perkins and directed by Gérard Kikoïne, is a very 1980s take on Dr. Jekyll, ...
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Night Gallery: Season Two Blu-ray Review: The Gallery Expands
By Steve Geise |
If you started your Night Gallery Blu-ray collection with the Season One set (as I reviewed here), the first thing ...
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Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen Blu-ray Review: An Absolute Delight All the Way Through
By Davy |
I have seen lots of documentaries about the making of cherished films, but only a few of them really impressed ...
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Taza, Son of Cochise Blu-ray Review: Rock Hudson as an Apache Chief
By Joe Garcia III |
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) is the highly fictionalized story of the Apache chief who takes over after his father’s ...
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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Seventh and Final Season Blu-ray Review
By Mat Brewster |
DC's Legends of Tomorrow is a show that learned to break out of its genre's conventions and embrace the inherent ...
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Blu-ray Review: Sexy, Funny, and Highly Entertaining
By Davy |
Brazilian cinema isn't always on my radar, but when I actually see a Brazilian film, I realize that there is ...
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Planet of the Vampires Blu-ray Review: A Low Budget Masterpiece
By Mat Brewster |
Mario Bava's work as a special effects designer and cinematographer before he became a director is apparent in all the ...
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Giallo Essentials [Black Edition] Blu-ray Box Set Review: Back in Black
By Steve Geise |
Arrow Video is back with their third limited-edition box set exploring three lesser-known giallo films from the early 1970s. In ...
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The Righteous Blu-ray Review: An Audacious First Film
By Mat Brewster |
A married couple grieving for their lost daughter. A stranger at the door asking for help. Then asking for something ...
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The Frisco Kid Blu-ray Review: A Rabbi and a Bank Robber Ride West
By Joe Garcia III |
A Rabbi and a bank robber board a train… that’s where things get really wacky in director Robert Aldrich’s The ...
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The Sacred Spirit Blu-ray Review: Mostly yet Unsuccessfully Weird
By Davy |
Sometimes I do admire a slow-burn film, but only when it's done right. It has to have enough style, characterization, ...
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Devil in a Blue Dress Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Denzel Washington Makes Solving Mysteries Look Easy
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Walter Mosley's 1990 novel of the same name, Carl Franklin's Devil in a Blue Dress is an engaging ...
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Martial Club Blu-ray Review: Come for the Action, Stay for the Moral Lessons
By Mat Brewster |
The more Shaw Brothers kung fu movies I watch the more I get into their grooves and understand their tropes. ...
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Desperate Hours Blu-ray Review: Hostage Thriller Boils Over
By Kent Conrad |
Desperate Hours is based on a classic thriller scenario: a family held hostage in their own home by a criminal. ...
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Hell High Blu-ray Review: Watching It Is Pure Hell
By Mat Brewster |
The slasher subgenre of horror was in serious decline in 1989. Audiences, even the very forgiving horror hounds, had grown ...
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema VIII Blu-ray Review
By Mat Brewster |
The thing about film noir is that it is a genre without definition. Unlike something like westerns or science-fiction, genres ...
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The Adventures of Don Juan (1948) Blu-ray Review: Come in with Flynn
By Mat Brewster |
One of the great joys of becoming a classic film enthusiast is discovering an actor or actress and then immediately ...
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Boomerang (1992) Blu-ray Review: A Hilarious Film That Is Still Challenging Stereotypes
By Darcy Staniforth |
I remember seeing Boomerang in theaters when it first came out. I have seen it many times since and still ...
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Hero (1997) Blu-ray Review: The Heroic Return of Shaw Brothers
By Steve Geise |
This classic Hong Kong action movie has two big draws for me: a star turn by Takeshi Kaneshiro and direction ...
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The Brain from Planet Arous Blu-ray Review: It’s Kind of Fun
By Rons Reviews |
The wait is finally over! The Brain from Plant Arous has been released! Yes, on June 21st Film Detective released ...
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Downton Abbey: A New Era Blu-ray Review: A Wedding and a Funeral and More
By Gordon S. Miller |
Time marches on for the beloved characters of Downton Abbey as their second appearance on the silver screen delivers a ...
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Strawberry Mansion Blu-ray Review: Seek Out This Surrealistic, Genre-blending Film
By Gordon S. Miller |
Directed and written by Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley, Strawberry Mansion is a surrealistic, genre-blending story that takes viewers on ...
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Panda! Go Panda! Blu-ray Review: Proto Totoro Anime Film
By Kent Conrad |
In my estimation, Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro is one of the greatest films ever made. It's an almost perfect fantasy ...
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True Romance Blu-ray Review: Entertaining, Relentless, and Fearless
By Davy |
I wouldn't exactly call the 1990s the greatest decade, but I will say that the movies that came out of ...
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Fire in the Sky Blu-ray Review: A Compelling Story
By Darcy Staniforth |
Even with news of UFOs and UAPs in the pages of The New York Times and in the halls of ...
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Blu-ray Review: It’s No Secret, This Movie Stinks
By David Wangberg |
If David Yates and J.K. Rowling are serious about their plan to make the Fantastic Beasts series into five movies, ...
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One-Armed Boxer Blu-ray Review: Delivers a Nuttiness Desired in An Old Kung Fu Movie
By Mat Brewster |
A man walks into a bar and notices another man sitting at his table. He tells the man that he ...
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The Worst Person in the World Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Breathtakingly Honest
By Davy |
Seeing The Worst Person in the World, filmmaker Joachim Trier's breathtakingly honest and so in-the-moment take on relationships and finding ...
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