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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) Blu-ray Review: Fredric March Is Quite Wonderful in the Dual Role

By Mat Brewster | Oct 19, 2022

When I asked to review this film, Cinema Sentries publisher Gordon S. Miller, remembering that I had just reviewed the ...

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Tropic Thunder Director’s Cut (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: A Comedy Pedigree That Guarantees Laughter

By Rons Reviews | Oct 18, 2022

Starring co-writer and director Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., and Tom Cruise in a rare comedic role, Tropic ...

Happy Birthday to Me (1981) Blu-ray Review: Canuxploitation Slasher Slog

By Kent Conrad | Oct 18, 2022

Post Halloween, the slasher was the go-to low budget money maker. The formula is so simple (young people, bloody death, ...

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema X Blu-ray Review: In This Corner…Tony Curtis

By Mat Brewster | Oct 18, 2022

Boxing. The sweet science. Gladiators of the ring. Raging war in a small square. Two men bashing their brains out ...

Bullet Train Blu-ray Review: Snakes on a Train

By Steve Geise | Oct 17, 2022

Stuntman-turned-director David Leitch (Deadpool 2) helms this crime caper featuring a colorful collection of scheming assassins gathered on a bullet ...

Adventure Time: Distant Lands Blu-ray: The Saga Continues

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 17, 2022

Adventure Time ran on Cartoon Network from 2010 to 2018. It presented the adventures of a human boy named Finn ...

Island of the Blue Dolphins Blu-ray Review: An Enjoyable Story to Watch Unfold

By Rons Reviews | Oct 15, 2022

Most of us have movies that we watched repeatedly as children. I recall my sister and I watching Island of ...

I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing Blu-ray Review: A Prime Example of the Immediacy and Importance of Films by Women

By Davy | Oct 14, 2022

As a constant daydreamer who also happens to be a member of the queer/LGBTQ community, I totally related to Patricia ...

Eyes of Laura Mars (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: Artful Trash

By Mat Brewster | Oct 14, 2022

There has been a lot of Internet chatter over the last couple of years about the death of eroticism in ...

Going Places Blu-ray Review: Traveling Nowhere, Reaching Enlightenment

By Steve Geise | Oct 13, 2022

The title of this 1974 French film is somewhat ironic, considering the rudderless path of its twenty-something drifter characters. Co-written ...

Gothic Fantastico: Four Italian Tales of Terror Blu-ray Review

By Mat Brewster | Oct 12, 2022

Creaky old castles up on a hill. Dark stormy nights. Strange noises. Beautiful maidens in flowing white gowns. Repressed desires. ...

Mark of the Vampire Blu-ray Review: A Horror Film Until It Isn’t

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 11, 2022

Director Tod Browning's Mark of the Vampire (1935) is a remake of his silent film London After Midnight (1927), which ...

Mayor of Kingstown: Season One Blu-ray Review: Deserving of a Recall Election

By David Wangberg | Oct 11, 2022

There was a time when Taylor Sheridan was the hot, up-and-coming filmmaker whose work I consistently sought. The first Sicario ...

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema IX Blu-ray Review: A Trio of Amateur Sleuths

By Mat Brewster | Oct 11, 2022

I've been waist-deep in horror movies for the last couple of weeks, it being October and all, but I'm already ...

Siege (1983) Blu-ray Review: One Very Tense and Mostly Unpredictable Action Thriller

By Davy | Oct 10, 2022

Being a gay man myself, I am still terrified to live a world where most people continue to deny the ...

DC League of Super-Pets Blu-ray Review: Sit and Stay for This One

By David Wangberg | Oct 6, 2022

Usually known for being much darker and more adult than its cinematic competitor Marvel, DC films will, on the very ...

The Chocolate War Blu-ray Review: Aims a Rather Sharp Eye on the Weird Rituals of Toxic Male Youth

By Davy | Oct 3, 2022

I've always liked actor-director Keith Gordon. I feel that he remains a very underrated and unique figure of film. He ...

A Fugitive from the Past Blu-ray Review: An Epic from the Past Finally Reaches USA

By Steve Geise | Sep 28, 2022

Director Tomu Uchida’s sprawling 1965 crime drama has finally arrived on home video for the first time outside of Japan. ...

The House of the Lost on the Cape Blu-ray Review: House of Lost Time

By Steve Geise | Sep 27, 2022

Two girls and their elder move into a remote country home and set about cleaning it up for their residence. ...

ELVIS (2022) Blu-ray Review: That Film’s All Right

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 26, 2022

Director/co-writer Baz Luhrmann tells the story of Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks, who makes an odd, slightly distracting vocal choice) ...

South: Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition Blu-ray Review

By Steve Geise | Sep 26, 2022

It’s hard to imagine the trials and tribulations that must have befallen Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to reach the South Pole ...

Rain 90th Anniversary Blu-ray Review: Luminous Joan Crawford Drives the Clouds Away

By Steve Geise | Sep 23, 2022

When a massive monsoon wallops the tiny South Pacific location of Pago Pago, it traps an assortment of colorful travelers ...

Le Corbeau Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Poison Pen French Noir

By Kent Conrad | Sep 20, 2022

France has always been one of the centers of cinema in the world. After all, the Lumiere brothers rivaled Edison ...

Karmalink Blu-ray Review: Dreams of Treasure and Past Lives

By Steve Geise | Sep 20, 2022

When a teenage boy starts having dreams about his past lives, he discovers that he may have the key to ...

Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition Blu-ray Review: Happy Holiday, Batman!

By Joe Garcia III | Sep 19, 2022

Batman battles mob bosses, a mysterious serial killer and a few super villains as he learns how to be a ...

The Amusement Park Blu-ray Review: Romero’s Most Imaginative and Bleakest Film

By Davy | Sep 15, 2022

George A. Romero, one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of the medium, like Wes Craven, didn't make straightforward ...

If…. Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: If Only It Had a Plot

By Steve Geise | Sep 15, 2022

This 1969 UK film has exactly one notable claim to fame: Malcolm McDowell’s first star turn in a film just ...

Kamikaze Hearts Blu-ray Review: A Gritty Deep Dive into the Porn Industry

By Davy | Sep 13, 2022

There are so many facets to the queer film, not just a showcase of bodies. Most people (definitely conservatives) think ...

Massacre at Central High Blu-ray Review: More Than Just Goofy Teens Getting Whacked

By Joe Garcia III | Sep 12, 2022

Massacre at Central High (1976), starring Derrel Maury, Andrew Stevens (son of Stella Stevens), Kimberly Beck, Robert Carradine, and Cheryl ...

Death Game Blu-ray Review: Delightfully Unhinged and Truly Unpredictable

By Davy | Sep 9, 2022

The 1970s was perhaps the best decade for horror flicks and suspense thrillers. There's always going to be a discussion ...

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo De La Cruz Blu-ray Review: Archie’s Got Murder in His Mind

By Joe Garcia III | Sep 8, 2022

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo De La Cruz (Ensayo De Un Crimen) (1955) shot in Mexico and filmed in Spanish ...

Rachel, Rachel Blu-ray Review: A Tender Story of a Woman’s Awakening

By Davy | Sep 3, 2022

As an invalid and kind of recluse who is trapped in the same existence, the same room, the same house, ...

Hiroshima mon amour Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Rich and Rewarding Film

By Mat Brewster | Sep 2, 2022

Expectations are a difficult thing to overcome while watching a film. Especially if said film is considered to be one ...

Facing Nolan Blu-ray Review: All Baseball Fans Should Face Ryan’s Story

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 1, 2022

Director Bradley Jackson's Facing Nolan details the career of first-ballot National Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan whose accomplishments over ...

Hotel du Nord Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Somber French Realist Classic

By Davy | Aug 31, 2022

I was not always familiar with legendary filmmaker Marcel Carne's work, such as 1938's Port of Shadows, or his 1945 ...

Running out of Time/Running out of Time 2 Blu-ray Review: One Part Great, One Part Unnecessary

By David Wangberg | Aug 29, 2022

It’s always great when a boutique studio like Arrow or Criterion releases a set of films in the same series ...

The Brink’s Job Blu-ray Review: William Friedkin’s Heist Film

By Joe Garcia III | Aug 25, 2022

Directed by William Friedkin, The Brink’s Job (1978) depicts fictionalized events surrounding one of the “crime(s) of the century.” From ...

Ferngully: The Last Rainforest 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Review: A Magical yet Rigid Journey

By David Wangberg | Aug 24, 2022

When revisiting a movie from your childhood, it’s always best to go in with an open mind and the expectation ...

Coming Apart Blu-ray Review: A Realistically Troubling Portrait of Our Deepest, Darkest Impulses

By Davy | Aug 23, 2022

I have seen some pretty bold films about the nature of male-to-female relationships, but only a few of them ever ...

The Burned Barns Blu-ray Review: Two Titans of French Cinema Spar

By Mat Brewster | Aug 20, 2022

In a series of interviews with the crew of The Burned Barns (1973) that is included in the new Blu-ray ...

Force 10 From Navarone Blu-ray Review: A Sequel 18 Years in the Making

By Joe Garcia III | Aug 19, 2022

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 | Aug 19, 2022

In a time of incredible special effects and science fiction becoming more reality than fiction, it can be difficult for ...

Back to the Beach Blu-ray Review: Fun, Playful, and an Enjoyable Watch

By Darcy Staniforth | Aug 18, 2022

Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello were some of the earliest teen idols. And as the 1980s gave rise to cable television ...

Neptune Frost Blu-ray Review: The Revolution Will Be Televised

By Steve Geise | Aug 16, 2022

This feature film from recording artist Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman is undeniably ambitious, boasting an enticing amalgamation of Afrofuturist ...