Daiei Gothic Vol. 2: Japanese Ghost Stories Blu-ray Box Set Review: Ghoulish Delights
By Steve Geise |
Just in time for spooky season, Radiance brings us their second volume of classic Japanese supernatural films from the vaults ...
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Radioland Murders Blu-ray Review: Goes Down Like Cotton Candy
By Mat Brewster |
Radioland Murders is a throwback to the days when radio ruled the air and television was still years away. It ...
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Tormented (1960) Special Edition Blu-ray Review: You’ll Lose Your Head Over It
By Joe Garcia III |
Writer/director Bert I. Gordon (Empire of the Ants, Food of the Gods) steps away from giant insects and mutated monsters ...
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Errol Flynn Collection Blu-ray Review: A Wonderful Overview of a Fine Actor
By Mat Brewster |
"In like Flynn" they used to say. Or so they say they used to say. I don't actually remember people ...
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Black Samson Blu-ray Review: There’s a Riot Goin’ On
By Steve Geise |
As the unelected ruler of a Los Angeles neighborhood, Samson (Rockne Tarkington) speaks softly and carries a big, big stick. ...
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Last Known Address Blu-ray Review: Shoe-Leather Policing at Its Finest
By Mat Brewster |
Hard-nosed detective Marceau Léonetti (Lino Ventura) makes the mistake of arresting the son of an influential lawyer. For his trouble, ...
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The Hard Way (1943) Blu-ray Review: Easy to Watch
By Mat Brewster |
While watching The Hard Way, I kept thinking about another film, All About Eve - a movie about the complicated ...
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Body Puzzle Blu-ray Review: Missing Some Pieces to Be Considered Great
By Mat Brewster |
Body Puzzle is generally considered Lamberto Bava's last film in the giallo genre (at least according to the Letterboxd review ...
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Peter Gabriel: Taking the Pulse Blu-ray Review: All Strings Attached
By Kent Conrad |
When I was growing up, it was a sign of a rock band's senescence when they played their hits with ...
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The Strange Woman Blu-ray Review: An Even Stranger Movie
By Mat Brewster |
The Strange Woman is a strange movie. The plot involves an "evil" woman who takes what she wants by any ...
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The House of Sand Blu-ray Review: Art Imitates Life in the Brazilian Desert
By Steve Geise |
Wait, there’s a desert in Brazil? Well, sort of, with the sandy expanse of Brazil’s remote northern coast stretching to ...
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Materialists Blu-ray Review: No Sophomore Slump Here
By Steve Geise |
Celine Song announced her arrival as the writer and director of the highly acclaimed Past Lives, putting her in the ...
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Drugstore Cowboy Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: It’s Hard Being a Dope Fiend
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on James Fogle's then-unpublished autobiographical novel of the same name, Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy presents an insightful, authentic ...
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The Amazing Mr. X Blu-ray Review: A Poverty Row Masterpiece
By Joe Garcia III |
The Amazing Mr. X (1948), aka The Spiritulist, is a horror/suspense thriller with a film-noir twist starring Turhan Bey as ...
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The Huckleberry Hound Show: The Complete Original Series Blu-ray Review: A Cartoon Classic from the Vaults
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Huckleberry Hound Show: The Complete Original Series presents all four seasons, 68 episodes across eleven Blu-ray discs, of the ...
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Misericordia Blu-ray Review: Misery Loves Company
By Steve Geise |
Writer/director Alain Guiradie’s latest film is patly marketed as a comic thriller, which widely misses the mark on a nuanced ...
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Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Classics Blu-ray Review: This Set Is So Good, It’s Criminal
By Gordon S. Miller |
Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Classics repackages previously released Blu-rays of Little Caesar, The Public Enemy, The Petrified Forest, and White Heat, ...
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The Rapacious Jailbreaker Blu-ray Review: Prison Is Hell
By Mat Brewster |
A friend of mine used to say that if he was ever sent to prison, the first thing he'd do ...
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The .44 Specialist Blu-ray Review: John Saxon Strikes Again
By Mat Brewster |
John Saxon was one of those actors who just showed up in all kinds of things. He's probably best known ...
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DeepStar Six Blu-ray Review: A Fun Movie
By Rons Reviews |
Nineteen eighty-nine was the year of underwater movies. With all due respect to The Evil Below and Lords of the ...
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Patterns (1956) Blu-ray Review: Business Always, and Never Changes
By Kent Conrad |
The whole office is excited for the arrival of the new man. He's a new addition to the executive suite ...
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Peking Opera Blues Blu-ray Review: Hong Kong Cinema at Its Wildest
By Mat Brewster |
Peking Opera Blues is possibly the most perfect amalgamation of Hong Kong Cinema ever put on film. It mixes real ...
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The Wrong Arm of the Law Blu-ray Review: Peter Sellers Warms Up for Clouseau
By Steve Geise |
This 1963 British crime caper stars Peter Sellers mere months before his debut outing as The Pink Panther’s Inspector Clouseau, ...
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Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires Blu-ray Review: An Imaginative New Take on the Batman Universe
By Joe Garcia III |
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (Batman Azteca: Choque de Imperios) is a fresh new take on the Batman mythos that ...
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Maedchen in Uniform (1958) Blu-ray Review: Pretty Maidens All in a Row
By Steve Geise |
This 1958 adaptation of a play is also a film remake, with the original filmed adaptation released in 1931. The ...
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Drive (1997) Blu-ray Review: Before Rush Hour and The Matrix
By Joe Garcia III |
Before Rush Hour (1998) and The Matrix (1999), there was Drive. Director Steve Wang keeps his masterpiece fast paced and ...
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Los Golfos Blu-ray Review: Hope Dies in the Ring
By Steve Geise |
Spanish director/co-writer Carlos Saura’s 1960 feature-film debut follows a downtrodden group of young men on the fringes of society. With ...
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Jurassic World Rebirth Blu-ray Review: High Adventure Returns to a Jurassic World
By Greg Hammond |
The opening of Jurassic World Rebirth has an unfortunate start. Yet somehow it pulls itself out of the muck quickly ...
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Night of the Juggler Blu-ray Review: A Time Capsule of Ancient New York Grime
By Davy |
New York in the late 1970s and early '80s was not the best place to be. It was full of ...
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The Lords of Discipline Blu-ray Review: Struggles to Find Its Marching Rhythm
By Rons Reviews |
David Keith had some very distinctive roles in The Great Santini and Brubaker to name a few, but it was ...
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Martial Law: Lo Wei’s Wuxia World Blu-ray Review: The Brotherhood of Shaw Brothers
By Steve Geise |
We’ve had an abundance of far-ranging Shaw Brothers box sets in the past few years, but this one narrows the ...
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When We Went MAD! The Unauthorized Story of MAD Magazine Blu-ray Review: What, Me Worry?
By Greg Hammond |
When We Went MAD! The Unauthorized Story of MAD Magazine was directed by Alan Bernstein and co-written by Bernstein, Nate ...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) 5-Disc Set Review: Frodo Sets Out
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Fellowship of the Ring is spread across two Blu-ray discs. It opens with the story of the Dark Lord ...
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The Cat (1992) Blu-ray Review: Goofy, Goopy Fun
By Mat Brewster |
There is a scene in the middle of The Cat, Lam Ngai Kai's goofy, goopy sci-fi flick from 1992, where a ...
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The Great Gatsby (1949) Blu-ray Review: Alan Ladd Sets a High Bar for All Future Gatsbys
By Steve Geise |
While this 1949 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel isn’t the first movie version, it is the earliest surviving ...
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Xanadu 4K UHD/Blu-ray Review: You Have to Believe Movie Musical Magic
By Lorna Miller |
Xanadu is a film I watch every couple of years. I was a fan from the start while the film ...
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Bring Her Back Blu-ray Review: Tackles Trauma and Grief with a Refreshingly Unsettling Tone
By Davy |
Anyone who says that the horror genre is growing stale probably hasn't seen an A24 film. They continue to unleash ...
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Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror Blu-ray Review: Light on Frankenstein but Heavy on the Fun
By Mat Brewster |
Spanish writer/director/actor Paul Naschy is best known for his portrayal of Count Waldemar Daninsky, a man who inevitably is bitten ...
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Two Weeks with Love Blu-ray Review: I’ve Had the Time of My Life
By Steve Geise |
A naive 17-year-old girl spends summer vacation in the Catskills with her family, where she falls under the spell of ...
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Melinda Blu-ray Review: Frankie Says Relax
By Steve Geise |
Frankie J. is a smooth-talking L.A. DJ on the prowl for ladies and fun, at least until his latest conquest ...
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Looney Tunes: Platinum Collection, Volume Two Blu-ray Review: Rabbit Season, Duck Season, Cartoon Season
By Gordon S. Miller |
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume Two has been reissued. Of the 50 main cartoons, 6 are from the 1930s, 22 ...
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The Tale of Oiwa’s Ghost Blu-ray Review: Classy, Not Trashy
By Steve Geise |
Director Tai Kato’s 1961 ghost story adapts a classic Japanese tale about a scorned and deceived wife who exacts her ...
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Save the Tiger Blu-ray Review: An Intensely Emotional Time Capsule About Masculinity
By Davy |
As we know, the great Jack Lemmon could do anything. He was one of those actors who just could sit ...
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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – The Complete Series Blu-ray Box Set Review
By Steve Geise |
Not to be confused with the recently concluded Superman & Lois series, this new Blu-ray box set compiles the full ...
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Gung Ho (1986) Blu-ray Review: Team Work Makes the Dream Work
By Joe Garcia III |
Gung Ho, directed by Ron Howard, is a comedy/drama that finds Micheal Keaton and Gedde Watanabe learning to work together ...
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXVI Blu-ray Review: These Sets Continue to Surprise and Delight
By Mat Brewster |
I've watched and reviewed a lot of these film noir sets from Kino Lorber. I come to them with eyes ...
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See: Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Blind Game of Thrones
By Steve Geise |
You know how it’s generally annoying whenever a sighted actor plays a blind character? Now imagine an entire cast fumbling ...
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Through and Through Blu-ray Review: A Truthful Tale of Society’s Victims Becoming Its Villains
By Davy |
In terms of films that feature outsiders on the outskirts of society, Polish filmmaker Grzegorz Krolikiewicz's stark 1973 film, Through ...
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Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Volume One Blu-ray Review: When You’re Jonesing for Chuck Jones
By Gordon S. Miller |
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume One has been reissued. Of the 50 main cartoons, 3 are from the 1930s, 17 ...
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Gigi Blu-ray Review: A Beautiful, Morally Complicated Musical
By Mat Brewster |
It is difficult to know what to do with a film like Gigi. On one hand, it is impeccably made. ...
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