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House of the Long Shadows Blu-ray Review: Four Horror Icons Enter an Old Dark House

By Joe Garcia III | Dec 21, 2023

House of the Long Shadows (1983) directed by Pete Walker (Frightmare) brings together Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and ...

Masaaki Yuasa: Five Films Blu-ray Review: Time to Ride the Wave

By Steve Geise | Dec 19, 2023

Just in time for next year’s 20th anniversary of anime director Masaaki Yuasa’s first feature film, GKIDS and Shout! Factory ...

The Train 4K UHD Review: “You talk about the war. I talk about what it costs!”

By Jack Cormack | Dec 18, 2023

Based on a true story, director John Frankenheimer’s The Train (1964) is about the lengths the French Resistance went to, ...

Barbie Blu-ray Review: When Worlds Collide

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 16, 2023

Director/co-writer Greta Gerwig was granted access to Mattel's Barbie franchise and created a subversive blockbuster that explores gender politics, but ...

Mondo New York Blu-ray Review: A Time Capsule Full of Uninhibited Freedom and Expression

By Davy | Dec 15, 2023

Performance art, for many, is something that most people will take with a grain of salt, or twenty. However, it ...

Grave Images Blu-ray Review: A Low Budget “Tales from the Crypt” Knock-Off

By Joe Garcia III | Dec 14, 2023

Grave Images (1991) has a very cool name but is a very low budget Tales from the Crypt (1972) knock-off. ...

The Sorrow and the Pity Blu-ray Review: A Multi-perspective Essay on the German Occupation of France

By Jack Cormack | Dec 14, 2023

It’s 259 minutes long, it’s a bunch of interviews with folks who resisted (and others who collaborated with) the German ...

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines Blu-ray Review: Bring Out Your Dead

By Greg Hammond | Dec 14, 2023

The premise of Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (Lindsey Anderson Beer’s directorial debut) is that there is a local Pet Sematary (misspelled ...

Farscape: The Complete Series 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review: Wild Ride in Outer and Inner Space

By Kent Conrad | Dec 13, 2023

Westerns were a big thing for a very long time. The West (capital W very much intended) meant the frontier. ...

Shaun the Sheep: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: A Cracking Collection of Agricultural Mayhem

By Steve Geise | Dec 12, 2023

Just in time for your last-minute holiday shopping needs, Shout! Factory has released a new Blu-ray box set of the ...

Dumb Money Blu-ray Review: Fascinating to Watch Because of the Plot and Entertaining Because of the Cast

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 12, 2023

Based on Ben Mezrich's The Antisocial Network, Dumb Money tells the true story of the GameStop short squeeze when Keith ...

The Quatermass Xperiment Blu-ray Review: The Beginnings of Hammer Horror

By Mat Brewster | Dec 12, 2023

Our beloved Hammer Studios didn't always make beautifully designed gothic horror films. For their first decade-plus of existence, they made ...

2 Days in the Valley Blu-ray Review: Not Quite Pulp Fiction

By Kent Conrad | Dec 11, 2023

It's hard to overstate the change that Pulp Fiction made on mid-budgeted filmmaking in the early '90s. It's not like ...

Showdown (1993) Blu-ray Review: It’s High School Bloodsport

By Joe Garcia III | Dec 9, 2023

Before Never Back Down (2008) there was Showdown (1993)! A high school senior in a new city gets bullied, finds ...

The Life of Emile Zola Blu-ray Review: Paul Muni Gives a Great Performance in the Lead Role

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 8, 2023

Starring Paul Muni, The Life of Emile Zola is part biopic, part courtroom drama as it tells the story of ...

Goodbye, Dragon Inn Blu-ray Review: An Ode to Going to the Movies

By Mat Brewster | Dec 8, 2023

One of my earliest memories is seeing Return of the Jedi at the cinema. I would have been seven years ...

Days of Heaven Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Blue Harvest

By Jack Cormack | Dec 7, 2023

The Criterion Collection has released Days of Heaven (1978; dir. Terrence Malick) in 4K as part of a 4K UHD/Blu-ray ...

The Exiles (1961) Blu-ray Review: This Film Is a Revelation

By Davy | Dec 5, 2023

Fish-out-of-water stories are pretty common and now cliched; they feature characters who usually leave their home, especially for better lives ...

Moonage Daydream Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Phantasmagoric Journey Through the Art and Mind of David Bowie

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 30, 2023

Taking its title from a David Bowie song of the same name originally recorded by his band Arnold Corns then ...

The Last Tycoon (1976) Blu-ray Review: Uneven Goodness

By Greg Hammond | Nov 30, 2023

In The Last Tycoon (Elia Kazan’s final film), it is the Great Depression and Robert De Niro plays stratospheric Hollywood ...

Monk: Season One Blu-ray Review: An Engaging, Grounded Comic Mystery Series

By Davy | Nov 28, 2023

Honestly, there are way too many detective/cop shows on TV, especially those that are rough, brutal, and too adult for ...

The Lady from Shanghai Blu-ray Review: Forget It, Michael. It’s Chinatown

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 28, 2023

Irish sailor Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles, who also wrote, directed, and produced) is the film's narrator and he tells the ...

Le Combat Dans L’ile Blu-ray Review: An Overlooked Surprise by an Underrated Filmmaker

By Davy | Nov 27, 2023

I love film noir and always enjoy its complex, seedy characters; straightforward but nonetheless entertaining plots; and shadowy atmosphere. This ...

The Fog of War Blu-ray Review: Robert McNamara Tells All

By David Wangberg | Nov 26, 2023

Although I’ve never held a role in politics, nor do I intend to, there’s no doubt that they come with ...

Laurel & Hardy: Year One – The Newly Restored 1927 Silents Blu-ray Review: A Standout Release

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 25, 2023

Flicker Alley has followed up their Laurel or Hardy: Early Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy with Laurel ...

Blackhat Blu-ray Review: A Rare Miss For Michael Mann

By Mat Brewster | Nov 24, 2023

A super hacker, or "blackhat" if you will, plants a computer virus in the Chicago Stock Exchange, causing soy prices ...

Shaw Brothers Classics Vol. Three Blu-ray Review: The Formula Remains Strong, Even As the Stars Disappear

By Steve Geise | Nov 22, 2023

Shout! Factory continues their torrid pace of classic martial arts releases with this latest installment of restored Shaw Brothers films. ...

Gator Blu-ray Review: A Charming Burt Reynolds Elevates This Ridiculous Sequel

By Mat Brewster | Nov 21, 2023

With the success of White Lightning, the studio was clamoring for a sequel. Burt Reynolds had never been in a ...

Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection Blu-ray Review: Charming, Entertaining, and Imaginative

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 20, 2023

Wallace & Gromit are a claymation comedic duo created by writer/director Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations. Wallace (voiced ...

Scorsese Shorts Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Must-own for Fans of the Director

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 18, 2023

Scorsese Shorts presents a quintet of director Martin Scorsese's early short films, two documentaries from the '70s and three short ...

Backdraft Blu-ray Review: Thrilling Effects, Terrible Script

By Mat Brewster | Nov 18, 2023

Backdraft is overlong, ridiculously melodramatic, and the plot contrivances are dumb even for a Ron Howard film. But damn does ...

Beyond Atlantis Blu-ray Review: Somewhere Beyond the Sea a Beautiful Blond Awaits Patrick Wayne

By Joe Garcia III | Nov 17, 2023

John Ashley and Patrick Wayne team up with Sid Haig to hunt rare pearls in Beyond Atlantis (1973). There's thrilling ...

White Lightning Blu-ray Review: A Meditative Hicksploitation Flick

By Mat Brewster | Nov 17, 2023

Burt Reynolds ruled Hollywood in the 1970s. Starting with Deliverance in 1972, he made a string of hits and remained ...

Duck Soup Blu-ray Review: I Could Dance with You ‘til the Cows Come Home

By Greg Hammond | Nov 16, 2023

The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup takes place in the fictional country of Freedonia. At the beginning of the movie, Mrs. ...

Carlito’s Way (Remastered Edition) Blu-ray Review: De Palma’s Way Is Best Way

By Mat Brewster | Nov 15, 2023

Ten years after they teamed up for Scarface (1983), Brian De Palma and Al Pacino created another stylish, violent film ...

Horse Feathers Blu-ray Review: What Do You Do for a Haddock?

By Greg Hammond | Nov 15, 2023

In the fourth feature-length film from the Marx Brothers, Horse Feathers, Groucho plays Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president ...

Human Desire Blu-ray Review: Excellent Film Noir from Fritz Lang

By Mat Brewster | Nov 15, 2023

Coming off the heels of their definitive film noir The Big Heat (1953), director Friz Lang once again teamed up ...

Monkey Business (1931) Blu-ray Review: You Call This a Party?

By Greg Hammond | Nov 14, 2023

Those who have watched a few Marx Brothers movies know that Margaret Dumont is often trying to get her hands ...

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XV Blu-ray Review: Three Late ’50s B-Noirs Still Make for Good Viewing

By Mat Brewster | Nov 13, 2023

We are waist deep into Noirvember and Kino Lorber is once again here to help. Their ongoing series Film Noir: ...

Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. Two Blu-ray Review: More Martial Arts Fun From Shout Factory

By Mat Brewster | Nov 13, 2023

With Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. Two, Shout! Factory continues to release films from the legendary studio famous for its martial ...

National Lampoon’s Animal House Remastered Edition Blu-ray Review: Toga! Toga!

By David Wangberg | Nov 12, 2023

While rewatching National Lampoon’s Animal House, I couldn’t help but notice a few things. The first is just how many ...

Animal Crackers (1930) Blu-ray Review: The Marx Brothers Find Their Stride

By Greg Hammond | Nov 11, 2023

The Marx Brothers’ Animal Crackers was their second feature-length “talkie.” Groucho stars as Captain Spaulding, a celebrated African explorer who ...