Trading Places Blu-ray Review: A Comedic Look at Nature vs. Nurture
By Gordon S. Miller |
Paramount has recently released John Landis' Trading Places, a funny role-reversal story that's a throwback to the screwball comedies of ...
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The Golden Child Blu-ray Review: A Classic Callback to When Films Were Fun
By Todd Karella |
Once upon a time, in a century past, during a decade called the Eighties, there was a legendary man who ...
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The Irishman (2019) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Welcome Addition to Martin Scorsese’s Filmography
By Gordon S. Miller |
Martin Scorsese's epic The Irishman makes a fitting bookend to his gangster films as one mobster tells his story while ...
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The Pirate Blu-ray Review: Choppy Seas Lead to Treasure
By Steve Geise |
On paper, this classic musical has everything going for it. Headlined by the top-tier star pairing of Gene Kelly and ...
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I Spit on Your Grave Collector’s Edition Review: Mainly for Hardcore Fans of Cult Horror Film
By Davy |
If you discuss some of the most controversial films ever made, Meir Zarchi's 1978 still-divisive, cult-classic I Spit on Your Grave ...
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Jonny Quest: The Complete Original Series Blu-ray Review: 26 Thrilling Boys’ Adventures
By Gordon S. Miller |
Originally running from September 18, 1964 - March 11, 1965, Jonny Quest is an animated, science fiction/adventure series from Hanna-Barbera Productions. It ...
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Stargirl: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: A Stellar Season
By Gordon S. Miller |
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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5-Movie Collection from the Written Works of Stephen King Blu-ray Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
This collection packages five Paramount movies based on the writing of Stephen King. They are David Cronenberg's The Dead Zone (1983) based ...
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The Hit Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Gem of Film by Stephen Frears
By Davy |
The action film always comes with cliches, meaning that they usually contain car chases, explosions, and non-stop action. Sometimes these ...
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Cold Light of Day (1989) Blu-ray Review: Portrait of a British Serial Killer
By Kent Conrad |
Obscure, cheap, short, and brutal, Cold Light of Day is a surprising discovery of British cinema. Shot on 16mm, the occasionally extremely ...
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Parasite (2019) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Rich Fam, Poor Fam
By David Wangberg |
One of the hardest things for a filmmaker to do is blend multiple genres together and do it so seamlessly. ...
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The Deeper You Dig Blu-ray Review: A Terrific Low-budget Horror
By Mat Brewster |
In a small, dark bar, in a small New York hamlet, Kurt (John Adams) eats a grubby little dinner and ...
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The Gunfighter Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Price of Fame
By Gordon S. Miller |
Set in the Southwest Territory of the 1880s, a Texan named Jimmy Ringo (Gregory Peck) was known the fastest gun. ...
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Graveyards of Honor Blu-ray Review: Grim Yakuza Renegade Dramas
By Kent Conrad |
Both Kinji Fukasaku and Takashi Miike were unlikely survivors in their different eras of Japanese cinema. They both were highly ...
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The Captains Collection Blu-ray Review: Exploring Star Trek with William Shatner
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Captains Collection is a four-disc set from Shout Factory! that presents four Star Trek-related documentaries written and directed by William Shatner ...
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Warning from Space Blu-ray Review: Starmen Waiting in the Sky
By Kent Conrad |
All science fiction is dated. Even the most up-to-the-minute, forward-looking piece of work is still a work of its time, ...
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Claudine Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Ahead of Its Time
By Davy |
In the 1970s, the blaxploitation genre of film exploded, and it was usually centered on stories of masculine black men, ...
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Batman: Death in the Family Interactive Movie Review: Ready Viewer One
By Gordon S. Miller |
A sequel to the animated film Batman: Under The Red Hood, which I previously reviewed, Batman: Death in the Family is an animated film ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
Obviously, I don't have any experience of Hollywood, but seeing films and TV shows about it through my ordinary eyes, ...
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Momma’s Man Blu-ray Review: A True American Independent Original
By Davy |
We all have moments of reflections and uncertainty, whether we are so eager to grow up into adults, or when ...
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Focus Features 10-Movie Spotlight Collection Blu-ray Review
By Mat Brewster |
Last week I reviewed a 10-film collection from Blumhouse Productions, a relatively young studio that specializes in low budget films. This ...
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First Cow Blu-ray Review: Striking Gold and Finding Friendship
By David Wangberg |
This tumultuous year saw several films see a brief theatrical release before being pulled altogether. Unless it was something that ...
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Airplane! Blu-ray Review: Surely, It Hasn’t Been 40 Years
By Gordon S. Miller |
The seventh title in the “Paramount Presents” line is Airplane!, a hysterical send-up of the disaster-film genre, and specifically Zero Hour! (1957), which writers/directors ...
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Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 3 Criterion Collection Box Set Review
By Steve Geise |
Legendary writer/director and noted film buff Martin Scorsese established The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project in 2007 to restore and ...
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Split Second (1992) Blu-ray Review: Blade Runner and Alien’s Stupid Baby
By Kent Conrad |
Stealing the antagonist from one Ridley Scott movie and the world building (and star) from another, Split Second could have been a ...
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Killing Eve: Season 3 Blu-ray Review: Girl Power to the Max
By Elizabeth Periale |
Killing Eve is a weird and wonderful show. The cat and mouse attraction/repulsion between British intelligence agent Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) ...
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Little Monsters (Vestron Video Collector’s Series) Blu-ray Review: A Fun Romp for Children
By Gordon S. Miller |
Richard Alan Greenberg's Little Monsters (1989) is definitely a kid's film. Not a family film nor a film for young children, but ...
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Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile (2004) Blu-ray Review: Poirot Solves Multiple Murders
By Elizabeth Periale |
Acorn Media has released on Blu-ray Death on the Nile, starring David Suchet as the ingenious Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It ...
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Blumhouse of Horrors 10-Movie Collection Blu-ray Review: A Mixed Bag
By Mat Brewster |
For over a decade now, Blumhouse Productions has specialized in making small budget films, mostly horror, that give their directors ...
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Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America Blu-ray Review: The Presentation Is First Class
By Shawn Bourdo |
In October of 2019, AMC aired a six-episode series called Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America. That series is being ...
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Variety (1983) Blu-ray Review: A Revealing Character Study of a Woman Rediscovering Herself
By Davy |
Usually, films about female sexual awakening and newfound sexuality are often told from the point-of-view of male directors. I'm not ...
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Black Test Car + The Black Report Blu-ray Review: Japanese Businessman Noir
By Kent Conrad |
One of the enduring images of contemporary Japanese culture is the salaryman. The rather anonymous guy in the suit who ...
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Shivers Blu-ray Review: My Favorite Horror Film Ever
By Davy |
David Cronenberg, the master of "Body Horror", has more than any other director in the history of cinema, expertly showcased, ...
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Supergirl: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Review: Full of Feel-good Moments
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Damone Rodgers Supergirl: The Complete Fifth Season is definitely an enjoyable way to pass the time during self isolation. ...
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Christ Stopped at Eboli Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Emotionally Captivating
By David Wangberg |
Listed as one of the 1,001 movies you need to see before you die, Christ Stopped at Eboli is a film of ...
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His Dark Materials: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Lyra and Daemons and Bears, Oh My!
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Philip Pullman’s fantasy book trilogy of the same name, His Dark Materials opens with graphics that explain the ...
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Roman Holiday Blu-ray Review: Audrey Hepburn Epitomizes Charm in Italian Locations
By Elizabeth Periale |
Paramount Home Entertainment has released the 1953 Hollywood classic film Roman Holiday for the first time on Blu-ray and it's about time. ...
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Weathering with You Blu-ray Review: Anime Girls Make the Rain Stop
By Kent Conrad |
In a 2021 Tokyo that is drenched with constant rainfall, there's a rumor going around about a so-called Sunshine girl: ...
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Beau Travail Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Mysterious, Haunting, and Transformative
By Davy |
The great and visionary director Claire Denis is one the greatest cinematic poets of our time. She's a provocative and ...
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Superman: Man of Tomorrow Blu-ray Review: A Hero Grows in Metropolis
By Gordon S. Miller |
Superman: Man of Tomorrow presents viewers a young Clark Kent (Darren Criss) as he heads from Smallville to Metropolis, knowing little ...
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Beyond the Visible – Hilma af Klint Blu-ray Review: An Artist for the Ages
By Elizabeth Periale |
The pictures were painted directly through me, without any preliminary drawings, and with great force. I had no idea what ...
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Brute Force & The Naked City Criterion Collection Blu-ray Reviews: A Jules Dassin Double Feature
By Mat Brewster |
There are over 1,000 movies in the Criterion Collection, these are two of them. Jules Dassin has five films thus ...
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We Bare Bears: The Movie DVD Review: A Satisfying Send-Off
By David Wangberg |
Warner Bros Home Entertainment provided the writer with a free copy of the DVD reviewed in this Blog Post. The ...
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A Stranger Among Us Blu-ray Review: A Shiksa Cop Out of Water
By Elizabeth Periale |
A Stranger Among Us is a strange film. At times a crime thriller, a romance, a fish-out-of-water story, and a golden-toned ...
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The Balcony Blu-ray Review: Cinematic Satire, I Guess
By Mat Brewster |
The Balcony (1963) is a cinematic adaptation of the French play by the same name from writer Jean Genet. It almost ...
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Breezy Blu-ray Review: Like Sunday Morning
By Mat Brewster |
An old, cynical man meets a young woman and is changed by her zeal for life. It is a tale ...
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The Sign of the Cross Blu-ray Review: Saints and Debauchery in a Pre-Code Epic
By Mat Brewster |
Claudette Colbert naked in a bath filled donkey's milk. Well, topless at least. And the milk was powdered cow's milk ...
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie Blu-ray Review: Slick ’90s Horror Anthology
By Kent Conrad |
The anthology movie seems like it is always going out of style, and yet it seems to crop up again ...
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Cry Freedom Blu-ray Review: A Fight for Justice
By Mat Brewster |
As our culture continues to shift towards something like equality, it is difficult sometimes to watch and critique older films ...
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There’s Always Tomorrow Blu-ray Review: A Nuanced Portrayal of a Man Grown Bored with His Life
By Mat Brewster |
Twelve years after making the perfect film noir, Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwcyk starred in another movie about a married ...
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