Friday the 13th 8 Movie Collection Blu-ray Review: The Paramount Films
By Mat Brewster |
In the Spring of 1980, a little-known director named Sean. S. Cunningham made a low-budget horror film called Friday the ...
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Back Street Blu-ray Review: Suffer the Silk
By Rocky London |
I’m not sure I believe in the idea of a ‘guilty pleasure’; but if I did, Back Street (1961) is ...
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The Fortune Cookie Blu-ray Review: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship
By David Wangberg |
I’m from a generation that hears the names Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau together in a movie and immediately reverts ...
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Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-ray Review: Thoroughly Charming
By Steve Geise |
This zany musical was a big hit in the 1960s, garnering huge box office and seven Oscar nominations, along with ...
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Born for Hell Blu-ray Review: Too Exploitative for the Arthouse, Too Damn Slow for the Grindhouse
By Mat Brewster |
During one long, hot night in Chicago in the summer of 1966, Richard Speck held nine student nurses hostage. Over ...
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The Daimajin Trilogy Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set: Stone Cold Kaiju Action
By Steve Geise |
What if a Godzilla-sized monster was a living stone statue who battled evil human warlords instead of other monsters? Japan’s ...
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The Transformers – The Movie 35th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook Review: Still More Than Meets the Eye
By generaljabbo |
Thirty-five years ago, The Transformers took to the big screen in what is, arguably, still the best Transformers movie ever. ...
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Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker Blu-ray Review: Psycho-biddy Pie
By Rocky London |
In this video nasty from 1982, Billy (Jimmy McNichol) is a high school basketball star who lives with his kooky ...
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Union Pacific Blu-ray Review: The Great Train Epic
By Mat Brewster |
Westerns love trains. Almost as much as they love horses and saloons. There are westerns where a stranger comes to ...
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No Time For Love Blu-ray Review: No Time for Colbert and MacMurray
By Mat Brewster |
Coming off the huge success of It Happened One Night (1934), Paramount quickly began looking for another romantic comedy for ...
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Godzilla vs. Kong Blu-ray Review: Clash of the Titans
By Gordon S. Miller |
Godzilla vs. Kong is the fourth entry in the Monsterverse franchise, taking place three years after the events of Godzilla: ...
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The Herculoids: The Complete Original Series Blu-ray Review: The Adventures of the Exotic Eight
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Warner Archive Collection continues to upgrade Hanna Barbera cartoons to high definition with the release of The Herculoids: The ...
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Vengeance Trails: 4 Classic Westerns Blu-ray Review: Proving There’s More to Spaghetti Westerns than Sergio Leone
By Mat Brewster |
The western was one of the more prominent genres of American cinema from the 1930s through the 1950s. As it ...
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The Dead Zone (Collector’s Edition) Blu-ray Review: A Compelling Film
By Shawn Bourdo |
The Dead Zone Collector's Edition (Scream Factory) "In his mind he has the power to see the future / In ...
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Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One Blu-ray Review: Gotham for the Holidays
By Gordon S. Miller |
Batman The Long Halloween, Part One is the first of a two-part home-video release based on the 13-issue comic book ...
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Thunderbolt Blu-ray Review: A Snooze-fest of Sound and Shadow
By Rocky London |
A remake of his earlier gangster film Underworld (1927), director Josef von Sternberg’s Thunderbolt (1929) is his first talkie. Even ...
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It Happened at the World’s Fair Blu-ray Review: It Probably Shouldn’t Have
By Steve Geise |
Elvis Presley starred in dozens of films in the ‘50s and ‘60s, and many of them were quite entertaining. This ...
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Baise Moi Blu-ray Review: This Movie Didn’t Win Me Over
By Davy |
When it comes to seeking out new films to watch, I sometimes let my curiosity get the better of me. ...
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game Blu-ray Review: Almost a Home Run
By Steve Geise |
Now that it’s mid-summer, it’s peak time to enjoy the national pastime: baseball…in musical form. Warner Archive rounds the bases ...
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Deep Cover Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Review: Neo-Noir with a Message
By Mat Brewster |
Russell Stevens (Laurence Fishburne) is a good cop. He's also a black man. And a good, black cop is exactly ...
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Pickup on South Street Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Sam Fuller Blends Film Noir with a Cold War Spy Thriller
By Gordon S. Miller |
Samuel Fuller directed and wrote the screenplay for Pickup on South Street, a movie that blends film noir with a ...
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Shenandoah Blu-ray Review: Indifference in a Time of War
By Mat Brewster |
Charlie Anderson (James Stewart) is a good man. He's built a big, beautiful farm in Virginia. He's raised six sons ...
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I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes Blu-ray Review: Limp Mystery Noir
By Kent Conrad |
There's a tendency amongst enthusiasts of film noir to use it as a badge of quality. If some old movie ...
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Last Train from Gun Hill Blu-ray Review: Variation on a Western Theme
By Gordon S. Miller |
Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn star are as former friends who become formidable foes over family in director John Sturges's ...
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An American in Paris: The Musical Blu-ray Review: C’est Bon
By Steve Geise |
As live musicals shut down during the pandemic, recorded performances stepped in to help fill the entertainment void. The 2014 ...
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Years of Lead Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set Review: Transforms Lead into Gold
By Steve Geise |
When most film fans think of Italian genre films of the 1970s, the first term that comes to mind is ...
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Explorers Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Kids in Space
By Gordon S. Miller |
The success of family-friendly, space fantasy films like George Lucas's Star Wars franchise and Steven Spielberg's E.T. led to wave ...
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The Gilded Lily Blu-ray Review: Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray’s First Team-Up
By Mat Brewster |
By the time The Gilded Lily was made in 1935, Claudette Colbert was a huge star. She'd gained notoriety in ...
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Punk the Capital Blu-ray Review: Building a Sound Movement
By Darcy Staniforth |
If you are a punk or a fan of punk and hardcore, you know the importance of Washington DC in the ...
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Major Dundee Blu-ray Review: Get Whipped and Bury Your Dead
By Rocky London |
Director Sam Peckinpah was a few things: a drunk, misogynist boor; an auteur who was always getting screwed by the ...
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His Dark Materials: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review: Entertaining Adaptation of Popular Book Series
By David Wangberg |
There was an era in the 2000s in which movie studios were desperate to find the next The Lord of ...
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Alias Nick Beal Blu-ray Review: A Faustian Noir
By Mat Brewster |
For the last four or five years, I've participated in #noirvember, that's hashtag speak for film noirs in November. It ...
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It Happened on 5th Avenue Blu-ray Review: Thoroughly Charming Happenstance
By Steve Geise |
You know how sometimes you stumble across a movie you had no intention of watching but end up really liking ...
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Icy Breasts Blu-ray Review: A Cool French Noir
By Mat Brewster |
I am a collector, a list maker, and a spreadsheet creator. There is something so satisfying about making a list ...
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My Little Chickadee Blu-ray Review: A Delightful Romp Worth Seeing Some Time
By Gordon S. Miller |
My Little Chickadee is one of nine films starring Mae West that Kino Lorber Studio Classics released at the end ...
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Irezumi Blu-ray Review: Kiss of the Spider Woman
By Steve Geise |
A wealthy merchant’s daughter becomes a murderous geisha after receiving a huge back tattoo of a spider. At a glance, ...
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Visions of Eight Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Octathlon of Olympic Shorts
By Davy |
I'm not what you'd call an enthusiast of sports. Honestly, I don't like, watch, or play sports. I've never been ...
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (35th Anniversary) Steelbook Blu-ray Review
By Mat Brewster |
I am proud to say that I am a member of Generation X. Or as proud as a Gen X-er ...
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World of Wong Kar Wai Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: What a Wonderful World
By Steve Geise |
Wong Kar Wai burst into the international film scene in the 1980s and has remained an icon ever since. While ...
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Fool for Love Blu-ray Review: The Sins of the Father Revisited
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the '80s, director Robert Altman made a series of six films that were based on plays. One was Sam ...
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Hunter Hunter Blu-ray Review: A Unique and Bold Entry in Modern Horror
By Davy |
Like I've stated in previous reviews, the horror genre continues to be a misunderstood one in film. Most people don't ...
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Madame Curie Blu-ray Review: Geniuses Oblivious to Their Attraction
By Steve Geise |
Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon portray the Curies in this biographical film about the early career of the discoverer of ...
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Rick and Morty: The Complete Seasons 1-4 Blu-ray Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Rick and Morty was created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. A series of animated shorts by Roiland that featured ...
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Irezumi (1966) Blu-ray Review: Revenge and Obsession
By Kent Conrad |
"Irezumi" is the Japanese word for a style of tattooing. It employs the use of a long wooden-handled needle that ...
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Ziegfeld Follies Blu-ray Review: Two Hours of Follies, Half Hour of Jollies
By Steve Geise |
While movie musicals typically follow a paper-thin plot as a device to string together their songs, this oddity ditches the ...
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Years of Lead: Five Classic Italian Crime Thrillers (1973-1977) Blu-ray Review: A Great Overview of the Poliziotteschi Genre
By Mat Brewster |
The Italian Giallo is generally considered to be a subgenre of horror. This makes plenty of sense as they are ...
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Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: An Animation Masterpiece
By Gordon S. Miller |
Influenced by artist Frank Fanzetta and Heavy Metal magazine, Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal is an animation masterpiece. The Adult Swim TV ...
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The Stylist Blu-ray Review: Director Jill Gevargizian Is out to Change the Horror Genre
By Davy |
Unfortunately, the film industry still continues to overlook the cinematic accomplishments of females, and that also includes horror movies. In ...
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Supernatural: The Complete Fifteenth and Final Season Blu-ray Review: A Sad Goodbye to the Winchester Family
By Todd Karella |
Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Cinema Sentries with a free copy of the Blu-ray reviewed in this post. The ...
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There Was a Crooked Man… Blu-ray Review: Revisionist Western Could Have Used a Few More Revisions
By Mat Brewster |
The western is, perhaps, the most malleable and everlasting American film genre. Though it has certainly been in decline for ...
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