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Come to Daddy Blu-ray Review: Twisty, Twisted Story of Family

By Kent Conrad | Mar 25, 2020

Come to Daddy is a twisty movie. A lot of its narrative power comes from its plot surprises, so as a ...

My Gun Is Quick Blu-ray Review: A Hard-boiled Jewel

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 24, 2020

Produced and directed together by Victor Saville (credited as Phil Victor) and George White, My Gun Is Quick is the third film ...

The Passion of Darkly Noon Blu-ray Review: The Story Goes Nowhere

By Mat Brewster | Mar 24, 2020

A man, dressed in a suit and tie but bruised and battered, comes running through the woods. He stumbles and ...

Endless Night Blu-ray Review: Not Your Typical Christie

By Elizabeth Periale | Mar 23, 2020

Agatha Christie is well-known for cozy mysteries set in English villages where evil lurks beneath the neatly trimmed hedges; or ...

Judgment at Nuremberg (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: Guilty of Being a Great Courtroom Drama

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 22, 2020

Previously an episode of the TV series Playhouse 90 (1959), Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) dramatizes the Judges' Trial of 1947, one ...

Superman: Red Son 4K UHD Review: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Communist

By Steve Geise | Mar 21, 2020

DC's latest animated movie explores the question of what would have happened if baby Superman landed in Russia instead of ...

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Movie Review: It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green Lantern

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 20, 2020

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights is an anthology film of Lantern tales told as a cataclysmic crisis mounts that could spell ...

Richard Jewell Blu-ray Review: Misinformation Sells

By David Wangberg | Mar 19, 2020

It has become more of a gamble with Clint Eastwood's late-career directorial efforts. The Oscar-winning actor/filmmaker, who is still pumping ...

Canyon Passage Blu-ray Review: Where the Scalps Fly Like Toupees… Only Not Quite

By Joe Keaton | Mar 12, 2020

If you were to say I would love to see a Technicolor noir western directed by Jacques Tourneur, set in ...

Bombshell (2019) Blu-ray Review: Me (and Me and Me, etc.) Too

By Elizabeth Periale | Mar 10, 2020

Available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy, Bombshell uses real news footage mixed with actor portrayals to tell the story of how ...

Queen & Slim Blu-ray Review: A Thrilling Drama Infused with Social Commentary

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 8, 2020

Director Melina Matsoukas and screenwriter Lena Waithe, both of whom are also producers on the project, made an impressive feature-film ...

Antonio Gaudí Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Tone Poem of Gaudí, Barcelona, and Art

By Elizabeth Periale | Mar 5, 2020

Antonio Gaudí, a film by Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927-2001), is a tone poem of Gaudí, Barcelona, and art - ...

Charade Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Enjoyable Film

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 1, 2020

While the bloated excess of Cleopatra (1963) bankrupted 20th Century Fox and helped bring an end to the Classic Hollywood ...

ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas Blu-ray Review: The Rise of ZZ Top

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 29, 2020

ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas is a documentary that tells the story of the band, from their ...

Frozen II Blu-ray Review: Call the Police, It Got Robbed of an Oscar Nomination

By Steve Geise | Feb 28, 2020

Frozen II represents a new pinnacle in feature film animation, with dazzling artistic and technical prowess, a surprising and engaging story, ...

Saving Private Ryan (Sapphire Series) Blu-ray Review: Save a Spot on Your Shelf

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 23, 2020

Steven Spielberg's award-winning 1998 WWII epic Saving Private Ryan was most notable for its technical wizardry and its debut on ...

One Missed Call Trilogy Blu-ray Review: Let This One Go to Voicemail

By Mat Brewster | Feb 21, 2020

A group of friends are hanging out. A cell phone rings, but nobody recognizes the ringtone. Finally, someone realizes it ...

Manon Blu-ray Review: Doomed Love in Post-war France

By Mat Brewster | Feb 20, 2020

Manon Lescaut is an 18th Century novel by Antoine François Prévost. It was controversial at the time of its release, for ...

Swamp Thing (2019): The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: What Is and What (Unfortunately) Will Never Be

By David Wangberg | Feb 14, 2020

It was doomed from the beginning. Before making its debut on the DC Universe streaming service, Swamp Thing had its initial 13-episode ...

My Bloody Valentine (1981) Blu-ray Review: Superb Slasher Restored

By Kent Conrad | Feb 11, 2020

My Bloody Valentine was, if not quite a box-office bomb, a severe disappointment. It was released right at the height of ...

Deadly Manor Blu-ray Review: A Complete and Total Dud

By Mat Brewster | Feb 5, 2020

A group of teenagers decides to go camping at the lake. Four of them are in a Jeep, two drive ...

Waves (2019) Blu-ray Review: The Place Beyond the Palms

By David Wangberg | Feb 5, 2020

The use of popular music can make or break certain scenes in movies. Martin Scorsese knows this, even though he ...

Edge of the Axe Blu-ray Review: Careful with That Axe, Psycho Killer

By Mat Brewster | Feb 4, 2020

It is always fascinating to me when the makers of low-budget slasher films try to inject their films with an ...

FLCL Progressive/Alternative Blu-ray Review: A Classic Badly Revived

By Kent Conrad | Feb 4, 2020

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided the writer with a free copy of the Blu-ray reviewed in this article. The opinions ...

Parasite Blu-ray Review: Remarkable and Timely

By Davy | Jan 31, 2020

Director Bong Joon-ho has crafted a very impressive body of work. Whether it's urban squalor (Snowpiercer), monster chaos (The Host), ...

Harriet (2019) Blu-ray Review: A Long Walk to Freedom

By David Wangberg | Jan 30, 2020

One of the most surprising things about Harriet is the fact that, prior to it, there hadn't been a single feature film ...

The Addams Family (2019) Blu-ray Review: Not Creepy or Kooky

By Steve Geise | Jan 24, 2020

The Addams Family is the very definition of Hollywood product, a project so completely lacking any creative spark or reason for ...

Brewster’s Millions Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Maybe Worth a Hundred

By Mat Brewster | Jan 22, 2020

In 1902, George Barr McCutcheon, writing under the pseudonym of Richard Graves, wrote a novel entitled Brewster's Millions. In it, a ...

Sliding Doors Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Let Them Close

By David Wangberg | Jan 21, 2020

The idea behind Sliding Doors is one that is rather original and intriguing. Imagine someone living two separate but shared storylines. One ...

Jexi Blu-ray Review: Mindless, Silly Fun with a Hint of Possibility

By Todd Karella | Jan 21, 2020

Phil (Adam Devine) has led a lone and solitary life. He has no real friends, spends the majority of his ...

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The Lighthouse Blu-ray Review: A Shining Beacon of Excellence

By Steve Geise | Jan 9, 2020

I wasn't at all familiar with director and co-writer Robert Eggers until this masterful sophomore effort, but immediately added his ...

Joker Blu-ray Review: A Gritty Origin Story for Batman’s Most Iconic Villain

By generaljabbo | Jan 7, 2020

Numerous actors have depicted Batman's most famous villain, the Joker, over the years, all with different takes on the evil ...

Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll Blu-ray Review: It’s Good to Be the King

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 5, 2020

Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll pays tribute to the man many consider the King of Rock 'n' Roll, through ...

The Magic Sword Blu-ray Review: Dragons, Princesses, and Basil Rathbone

By Mat Brewster | Jan 1, 2020

Poor Basil Rathbone. After finding great success on stage and the screen, after becoming a huge star playing Robin Hood, ...

Blue Collar Blu-ray Review: Workingman’s Blues

By Mat Brewster | Jan 1, 2020

After finding great success as a screenwriter on such movies as The Yakuza (directed by Sydney Pollack), Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese) and Obsession (Brian De Palma), ...