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Alien Outlaw Blu-ray Review: Happily Senseless Sci-fi Western

By Kent Conrad | Oct 25, 2023

There's an aspect of a movie like Alien Outlaw (1986) that is review-proof. It's not trying to be "good", in ...

Black Sabbath Blu-ray Review: A Touch of Bava in the Night

By Jack Cormack | Oct 25, 2023

Yet another Halloween is upon us, and what better way to prep than listening to old Black Sabbath records and ...

The Dark Power Blu-ray Review: A Solid Creature Feature

By Greg Hammond | Oct 25, 2023

In The Dark Power, several young coeds who have yet to learn that, in the winter time, clothes will help ...

Meg 2: The Trench Blu-ray Review: Works Best When It Repeats What Worked Before

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 23, 2023

Based (loosely) on The Trench, the second novel in Steve Alten's Meg book series, Meg 2: The Trench is a ...

Rock Around the Clock Blu-ray Review: It’s Squares-Ville, Man

By Joe Garcia III | Oct 22, 2023

Rock Around the Clock (1956) features Bill Haley and the Comets riding the success of their seat-ripping, riot-inducing song that ...

Cujo Blu-ray Review: A Straightforward Thriller with Modest Chills

By Davy | Oct 21, 2023

When you talk about the greatest Stephen King adaptations, your mind usually drifts to Carrie (1976), Salem's Lot (1979), The ...

Lorna the Exorcist Blu-ray Review: One of Jess Franco’s More Well-regarded Films

By Mat Brewster | Oct 20, 2023

Fairly regularly, the film discourse on Twitter and other social media apps turns to sex in cinema. There is a ...

The Edge of the World Blu-ray Review: Director Michael Powell’s First Masterpiece

By Davy | Oct 20, 2023

Even before he partnered with Emeric Pressburger and made some of the most ravishing British films, the legendary Michael Powell ...

The Iron-Fisted Monk Blu-ray Review: Disjointed Drama, Fantastic Kung Fu

By Mat Brewster | Oct 19, 2023

It makes sense that kung fu movies would eventually add in comedic elements. There is an inherent silliness to grown ...

EO Blu-ray Review: The Secret Life of Donkeys

By Steve Geise | Oct 18, 2023

EO is a happy circus donkey, content to travel with his raggedy troupe to rural outposts in Europe. He’s motivated ...

Before Night Falls Blu-ray Review: Expresses the Overall Importance of Artists and Their Art

By Davy | Oct 18, 2023

Sometimes, it's not always easy to embrace the cinematic biopic. There are the usual liberties and inaccuracies to be found ...

Mackintosh and T.J. Blu-ray Review: Roy Rogers Rides into the Sunset One Final Time

By Joe Garcia III | Oct 14, 2023

Legendary singing cowboy Roy Rogers makes his final feature film appearance in Mackintosh and T.J. (1975). A good, clean, western ...

No Bears Blu-ray Review: A Powerful Work About the Passion for Filmmaking

By Davy | Oct 12, 2023

I'm not familiar with Jafar Panahi's cinema, but from what I've heard from other film lovers and critics is that ...

Strays (2023) Blu-ray Review: The Incredibly Crude Journey

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 11, 2023

In the annals of cinema, the raunchy R-rated comedy predominantly featured the profane and sexual antics of 20-something, white men, ...

Poker Face: Season One Blu-ray Review: An Extremely Clever TV Series

By Lorna Miller | Oct 8, 2023

I am a crime junkie and it is rare that something comes along in this genre that is new and ...

Chariots of the Gods Blu-ray Review: Before Ancient Aliens…

By Joe Garcia III | Oct 7, 2023

Before Ancient Aliens there was Chariots of the Gods (1970) by Erich Von Daniken. VCI Entertainment proudly presents the 50th ...

RWBY Volume 9 Blu-ray Review: Beware the Jabberwocky

By Greg Hammond | Oct 6, 2023

RWBY Volume 9 continues the story of Team RWBY (pronounced Ruby), who are made up of Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, ...

Night of the Demons 2 Blu-ray Review: Angela Comes Back, Better

By Kent Conrad | Oct 3, 2023

Night of the Demons 2 is a direct-to-video sequel to Night of the Demons, released six years later. It's cheaper, ...

Crime and Punishment (2002) Blu-ray Review: Too Much Punishment

By Greg Hammond | Sep 29, 2023

Crispin Glover plays Roskolnikov in Menahem Golan’s adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment. Roskolnikov has recently published a ...

New York Stories Blu-ray Review: A Disappointing Trio from Three Great Directors

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 27, 2023

To quote the concluding narration from the Naked City (1958-1963) TV series, “There are eight million stories in the naked ...

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After Dark, My Sweet Blu-ray Review: A Strong Film Noir from Director James Foley

By Greg Hammond | Sep 26, 2023

Based on the novel by Jim Thompson, After Dark, My Sweet, stars Jason Patric (in an early outing meant to ...

La Bamba Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Soars Far Above Other Hollywood Biopics

By Joe Garcia III | Sep 25, 2023

La Bamba (1987) is the story of Richard Valenzuela, known better as Ritchie Valens, a name associated with a song ...

School of Rock 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Steelbook Review: It Still Rocks

By David Wangberg | Sep 24, 2023

Richard Linklater’s School of Rock was released 20 years ago and is still proof that a family film doesn’t have ...

Nil by Mouth Blu-ray Review: A Strong, Gripping Example of British Cinema

By Davy | Sep 22, 2023

The British kitchen sink and social realist dramas of the 1950s and 60s were emotional and draining, but they don't ...

American Pop Blu-ray Review: Try, Try, and Try Again

By Steve Geise | Sep 21, 2023

Ralph Bakshi’s animated voyage through 20th century popular music has finally arrived on Blu-ray. While music is an integral part ...

Three Days of the Condor Blu-ray Review: The Book Reader Who Stayed Out in the Cold

By Jack Cormack | Sep 20, 2023

As far as paranoid ‘70s thrillers go, Sydney Pollack’s Three Days of the Condor—about Joe Turner (Robert Redford), a hip ...

The Wild Party Blu-ray Review: A Wild Night Is Calling

By Joe Garcia III | Sep 16, 2023

Gather ‘round, people, and you shall hear the grim tale of one named Jolly. With a comeback in tow, a ...

Sex, Power, and Money: Films by Beth B Blu-ray Review: A Filmmaker of Incredible Vision and Prescience

By Davy | Sep 15, 2023

As an extreme film buff, I always appreciate and seek out filmmakers and films that challenge the usual and obviously ...

Little Women (1933) Blu-ray Review: Sentimental but Sweet

By Mat Brewster | Sep 14, 2023

In college, I did work study for the university dinner theater. It was a great job, and I had loads ...

Spinout Blu-ray Review: Hey, Elvis! You Gotta Win This Race!

By Joe Garcia III | Sep 13, 2023

Elvis Presley leads a small rock ‘n’ roll band, likes racing fast cars, and gets into all kinds of trouble ...

The Prodigal Son Blu-ray Review: Sammo Hung Meets Wing Chun

By Steve Geise | Sep 13, 2023

Continuing their series of Sammo Hung Blu-ray releases, Arrow Video’s latest entry is this 1981 gem. Sammo directs and co-stars ...

Wichita Blu-ray Review: Wyatt Earp’s Origin Story

By Mat Brewster | Sep 13, 2023

How many movies and TV shows have been made about Wyatt Earp? Or been influenced by his reputation? They say ...

Gay Purr-ee Blu-ray Review: Judy Garland Gets Animated

By Steve Geise | Sep 13, 2023

By the 1960s, Judy Garland was in decline, no longer a potent or reliable force at the box office and ...

The Big Knife Blu-ray Review: Stabbing Old Hollywood

By Mat Brewster | Sep 13, 2023

Hollywood loves making movies about Hollywood. Usually, they are fawning tales about the magic of the movies, or about how ...

Malone Blu-ray Review: Burt Reynolds Shows Off a Particular Set of Skills in a Generic Actioner

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 11, 2023

Burt Reynolds is Malone. But in 1987 that didn't mean as much as it did back in the '70s when ...

Foolish Wives Blu-ray Review: The First Million Dollar Picture

By Kent Conrad | Sep 6, 2023

Erich von Stroheim, the director of Foolish Wives, was well known for his aristocratic and military background. He was a ...

Borsalino Blu-ray Review: A (Not Quite) Epic French Gangster Flick

By Mat Brewster | Sep 5, 2023

Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo were two of the biggest and greatest film stars in France. They were both great ...

Liar’s Moon Blu-ray Review: A Teenage Soap Opera with a Great Soundtrack

By Joe Garcia III | Sep 5, 2023

Rich girl, poor boy. Good kids tangled in a web of deceit spun long ago by their parents. It’s Romeo ...

Hardcore Blu-ray Review: A Solid and Nervy Depiction

By Davy | Sep 4, 2023

The 1970s was a legendary and often gritty time for filmmaking. There were obviously the films of Martin Scorsese, William ...

The Flash (2023) Blu-ray Review: You Can’t Go Home Again

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 29, 2023

Andy Muschietti's The Flash (2023) is the 13th installment of the DCEU. The franchise gets an amusing but disjointed, multiverse ...

A Taste of Blood (2020) Blu-ray Review: These Vampires Aren’t Sexy but the Soundtrack Is

By Joe Garcia III | Aug 26, 2023

A modern-day family in the Argentina countryside faces its bloody past in A.K. Tolstoy's A Taste of Blood (2020) brought ...

The Broadway Melody Blu-ray Review: Give My Regards to the Warner Archive Team

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 25, 2023

The Broadway Melody, the first sound film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, is a melodramatic story focusing ...

A Moment of Romance Blu-ray Review: HK Stockholm Syndrome

By Steve Geise | Aug 22, 2023

When a bank heist goes awry, getaway driver Wah (Andy Lau) grabs the closest civilian as a hostage as he ...

Mutant Blast Blu-ray Review: A Witty, Weird, Gorific Blast

By Joe Garcia III | Aug 18, 2023

Troma Entertainment (The Toxic Avenger) brings Portuguese director Fernando Alle's odd, gory, silly yet witty, funny, and brilliant sci-fi/horror Mutant ...