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Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki Blu-ray Review: Master Filmmaker’s New Challenge

By Kent Conrad | Apr 30, 2019

Hayao Miyazaki has announced his retirement several times throughout his career, but in 2013 it looked like he meant it. ...

The Brain (1988) Blu-ray Review: Giant Brain Eats Man

By Kent Conrad | Apr 30, 2019

There are levels to shlock. And inside many a terrible movie, there are seeds of interest and enjoyment. The Brain is, ...

Scared Stiff Blu-ray Review: Bored Silly

By Mat Brewster | Apr 30, 2019

A little free critical advice to anyone planning to make a low-budget horror film: don't put all of your money, ...

Dragged Across Concrete Blu-ray Review: Challenging, but Rewarding

By Mat Brewster | Apr 29, 2019

Director S. Craig Zahler is a provocateur who loves both ‘70s genre conventions and pissing off at least half his ...

Replicas (2018) Blu-ray Review: Attack of the Keanu Clones

By Elizabeth Periale | Apr 28, 2019

Keanu Reeves plays Will, a neuroscientist who has more than a little bit of Victor Frankenstein to his personality. His ...

By Mat Brewster | Apr 27, 2019

Spy movies just haven't been the same since the Berlin Wall crumbled and Russia turned to capitalism. Without the communist ...

Keoma Blu-ray Review: The Spaghetti Western’s Last Breath

By Mat Brewster | Apr 25, 2019

With his Dollars trilogy, Sergio Leone revived the failing western genre, infused it with European sensibilities, and created his own subgenre, the ...

Tito and the Birds Blu-ray Review: Slight Story, Gorgeous Animation

By Mat Brewster | Apr 24, 2019

While computer-generated animation moves closer and closer to photorealism, it is always nice to see an animated film that revels ...

Road to Zanzibar (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: Welcome to the Jungle, Hope and Crosby Got Fun and Games

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 23, 2019

Kino Lorber Studio Classics has added to their roster Special Edition Blu-ray releases of the first four Road pictures starring Bing ...

The Strange Door Blu-ray Review: Not Strange Enough

By Mat Brewster | Apr 22, 2019

Very loosely based upon the Robert Louis Stevenson story, The Sire de Maletroit's Door, The Strange Door stars Charles Laughton as Sire ...

Diamonds of the Night Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Story of Youth Under Fire with a Brilliantly Fractured Eye

By Davy | Apr 21, 2019

There are many similarities between Luis Bunuel and underrated auteur/director Jan Nemec. They both use surrealism to dictate the often ...

Project Blue Book: Season 1 Blu-ray Review: The Plot Is Intriguing, but the Pacing Is Slow

By Darcy Staniforth | Apr 20, 2019

Project Blue Book follows Dr. J. Allen Hynek (Aidan Gillen) who is a college professor recruited by the U.S. military to ...

By Mat Brewster | Apr 19, 2019

In London, a jogger runs toward the camera and collapses. He wakes up in a hospital bed while a nurse ...

By Mat Brewster | Apr 18, 2019

Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, Universal Studios was known for their horror films. They unleashed into cinemas a string ...

The Kid Brother Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Comedic Gem

By David Wangberg | Apr 17, 2019

I'm not too familiar with the work of Harold Lloyd, and The Kid Brother is actually the first film of his that ...

The Land Unknown Blu-ray Review: A Hot Time in Antarctica

By Mat Brewster | Apr 14, 2019

We live in a world without mystery. We have the collective knowledge of humanity at our fingertips. We have explored ...

The Miseducation of Cameron Post Blu-ray Review: Understated and Challenging

By Davy | Apr 13, 2019

The fact that conversion therapy still exists is appalling to me, and it is still a controversial topic that rarely ...

Road to Singapore (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: On the Road to a Franchise

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 8, 2019

Kino Lorber Studio Classics has added to their roster Special Edition Blu-ray releases of the first four Road pictures starring Bing ...

Vice (2018) Blu-ray Review: A Smug, Insulting Biopic

By David Wangberg | Apr 7, 2019

In a perfect world, the cast of Vice would be in a movie that is compelling and maybe doesn't play to the ...

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019) Blu-ray Review: Girl Sleuth, Girl Power

By Elizabeth Periale | Apr 6, 2019

Do kids still read Nancy Drew? I hope so. She was the original girl power hero, solving mysteries and having adventures. ...

Aquaman Blu-ray Review: The Man Who Would Be Sea King

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 5, 2019

After appearing in Justice League, Aquaman (Jason Momoa) gets his own solo outing in the sixth installment of the DC Extended ...

The Mule (2018) Blu-ray Review: The Old Man and the Drugs

By David Wangberg | Apr 4, 2019

At this point, it's hard to take an actor seriously when he or she announces retirement from being in front ...

Emmanuelle Blu-ray Review: A Young Girl’s Strange Erotic Journey From Paris to Bangkok

By Mat Brewster | Apr 3, 2019

The 1970s were a fascinating time for American cinema. The studio system that dominated the Golden Age of Hollywood was ...

A Silent Voice Blu-ray Review: Bully Redemption in a Subdued Tone

By Kent Conrad | Apr 2, 2019

There's a certain style in Japanese storytelling and film-making where the important things are what is not shown, what is ...

Brighton Beach Memoirs Blu-ray Review: A Nice Trip Home

By Rons Reviews | Mar 31, 2019

By 1986, Neil Simon had already accumulated an incredible amount of awards and accolades for his work as a writer ...

Inherit the Wind Blu-ray Review: Monkeys on Trial

By Mat Brewster | Mar 30, 2019

I grew up in rural Oklahoma. I attended a conservative evangelical church. I can remember preachers and teachers railing about ...

The Prize (1963) Blu-ray Review: Lots of Talent, Big Disappointment

By Mat Brewster | Mar 29, 2019

Based upon a popular novel by Irving Wallace, The Prize (1963) was written by six-time Academy Award-nominee Ernest Lehman and ...

The Body Snatcher (1945) Blu-ray Review: Boris Karloff’s Finest Hour

By Kent Conrad | Mar 28, 2019

What makes The Body Snatcher interesting is how much it isn't like a low budget horror movie. That's what it ...

For a Few Dollars More Blu-ray Review: Worth Every Penny

By Mat Brewster | Mar 27, 2019

The western as a genre had its heyday from the 1930s through the mid 1950s. By the time 1960 rolled ...

By Luigi Bastardo | Mar 26, 2019

Just when I thought the world was starting to get over its nasty habit of not making a whole heck ...

Perfect Blue (1997) Blu-ray Review: Anime Psychothriller Lives Again

By Kent Conrad | Mar 26, 2019

Perfect Blue was the feature film directorial debut of Satoshi Kon, one of the bright lights of anime whose career ...

The Street Fighter Collection Blu-ray Review: A Thrilling Action Trilogy

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 25, 2019

Actor Sonny Chiba became an international sensation with the Japanese martial arts film, The Street Fighter, which saw him play ...

Year of the Dragon Blu-ray Review: An Underrated Cop Thriller

By David Wangberg | Mar 24, 2019

Michael Cimino may have never had another critical and/or commercial success after The Deer Hunter, but that doesn't mean he, ...

Pride & Prejudice (1995) Blu-ray Review: The Best Adaptation

By Mat Brewster | Mar 21, 2019

My wife has been trying to get me to like Jane Austen for the 20-some years she's known me. It ...

Mary Poppins Returns Blu-ray Review: Entertaining for the Whole Family

By Lorna Miller | Mar 19, 2019

When I first heard that there would be a Mary Poppins sequel, I was extremely skeptical. How could anything possibly ...

The Deadly Mantis (1957) Blu-ray Review: It’s Not Great, but There’s Entertainment to Be Had

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 17, 2019

Combining/stealing ideas from previous atomic-monster movies, The Deadly Mantis was unleashed upon the world in 1957. Scream Factory is responsible ...

Foreigner: Live at the Rainbow ’78 Blu-ray Review: On Their Way to Becoming Juke Box Heroes

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 14, 2019

Foreigner began as vocalist Lou Gramm, guitarist Mick Jones, multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald, drummer Dennis Elliott, keyboardist Al Greenwood and bassist ...