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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 ...

Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in Three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani Blu-ray Review

By Steve Geise | Aug 18, 2023

Superstar Italian actor Franco Nero headlines three separate projects by director Damiano Damiani with a unifying spotlight on the mafia ...

Strangers in the House Blu-ray Review: French Masters of Mystery

By Mat Brewster | Aug 17, 2023

In a large, shambling, mostly empty mansion, a loud noise clangs upstairs. It is loud enough to awaken Hector Loursat ...

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Is Paris Burning? Blu-ray Review: Night of 100 Stars

By Steve Geise | Aug 16, 2023

Not to be confused with Paris Is Burning, this 1966 WWII drama boasts a seemingly unbelievable roster of stars reenacting ...

Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Feels Like We’re Witnessing Real Life

By Davy | Aug 15, 2023

Ever since legendary Japanese filmmaker Yasjuiro Ozu died in 1963, there has been an array of cinematic stories he left ...

The Fastest Gun Alive Blu-ray Review: A Compelling Western

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 13, 2023

Based on Frank D. Gilroy's teleplay The Last Notch, Russell Rouse's The Fastest Gun Alive is a compelling western that ...

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Bigfoot or Bust Blu-ray Review: It’s Busty Alright

By Joe Garcia III | Aug 10, 2023

A Spirit Halloween Bigfoot gets chased around by busty older women making corny, horny jokes. It's too long at 75 ...

Fast X Blu-ray Review: It’s Still About Family

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 9, 2023

Fast X, the latest installment in the franchise, is a sequel to Fast Five. I opened my review of the ...

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Swamp Thing (1982) Blu-ray Review: Wes Craven’s Beauty and the (Bayou) Beast

By Joe Garcia III | Aug 8, 2023

Swamp Thing (1982) written and directed by Wes Craven takes DC Comics main monster from the page to the silver ...

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Du Barry Was a Lady Blu-ray Review: All Show, Little Story

By Steve Geise | Aug 3, 2023

Even by the admittedly low bar of plot development in classic movie musicals, this film’s story is so half-baked it ...

Assault on Hill 400 Blu-ray Review: A Disappointing Throwback to ’40s and ’50s B Combat Movies

By Joe Garcia III | Aug 1, 2023

Assault on Hill 400 is loosely based on the 2nd Ranger Battalions valiant siege of Bergstein, Germany in 1944 as ...

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart Blu-ray Review: A Fitting Farewell

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 27, 2023

Created by Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer, The Venture Bros. ran for seven seasons on Adult Swim over 14 years ...

Cimarron (1931) Blu-ray Review: An Epic Western and a Product of Its Time

By Joe Garcia III | Jul 26, 2023

The Warner Archive Collection presents RKO Pictures' Cimarron directed by Wesley Ruggles, based on the novel by Edna Ferber, and ...

Justice League: Warworld Blu-ray Review: A Minor Installment in the Tomorrowverse

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 25, 2023

Justice League: Warworld is the latest entry in the Tomorrowverse, the current iteration of the DC Animated Movie Universe. While ...

Soundies: The Ultimate Collection Blu-ray Review: The Set Is Really a Lot of Fun

By Davy | Jul 25, 2023

Going through history, there's always hidden gems of pop culture that seem lost forever, whether it's film or television. However, ...

One False Move Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Southern Discomfort

By David Wangberg | Jul 24, 2023

Carl Franklin’s work is a blind spot for me, sad to say. While the acclaimed filmmaker has only a few ...

Star Pilot Blu-ray Review: Space Satire Points Finger at Self

By Greg Hammond | Jul 23, 2023

Pietro Francisci’s Star Pilot (2 + 5 Missione Hydra in Italian, 1966) stars Leonora Ruffo and Anthony Freeman, and begins ...

Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vol. 1 Blu-ray Review: A Good Start to Becoming a Cartoon Collector

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 13, 2023

Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Volume 1 presents 20 Warner Brothers cartoons, 10 each from the 1940s and '50s. Not sure ...

Invaders from Mars (1953) Blu-ray Review: Classic Science Fiction Gets the Royal Treatment

By Greg Hammond | Jul 11, 2023

Invaders from Mars (1953) concerns a young boy named David MacLean (Jimmy Hunt - who carries much of the film ...

Clash of the Wolves / Where the North Begins Blu-ray Review: A Rin Tin Tin Double Feature

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 6, 2023

Kino Classics and the Library of Congress present a Rin Tin Tin double feature with Clash of the Wolves / ...

Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece / Tintin and the Blue Oranges Blu-ray Review

By Steve Geise | Jul 4, 2023

The iconic Belgian comic book character has been translated into many forms of media over the years, and now two ...

The White Buffalo Blu-ray Review: Bizarre Prairie Jaws

By Kent Conrad | Jun 30, 2023

There's potential in the idea of The White Buffalo. A pastiche of real world characters (Wild Bill Hickock, Crazy Horse, ...

Millennium Mambo Blu-ray Review: A Lyrical and Subtle Film

By Davy | Jun 27, 2023

We all go through life wondering where we're going in it. We always question our life choices; whether we're actually ...

The Servant Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Scathing, Subversive Film of Class, Sexuality, and Manipulation

By Davy | Jun 26, 2023

Only a few films in cinematic history have ever portrayed the rather complex dynamics between masters and their manservants, but ...

A Zed and Two Noughts / The Falls: Two Films by Peter Greenaway Blu-ray Review

By Davy | Jun 24, 2023

Watching and doing my review for the 1982 film The Draughtman's Contract, I was instantly struck by filmmaker Peter Greenaway's ...

Whisper of the Heart (2022) Blu-ray Review: A Delightful Romance for All Ages

By Greg Hammond | Jun 23, 2023

Whisper of the Heart (2022) is a Japanese romance starring Nana Seino as Shizuku (She-Zoo-Koo) and Tori Matsuzaka as Seiji ...

Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant Blu-ray Review: A Solid yet Standard War Flick

By David Wangberg | Jun 20, 2023

Guy Ritchie’s wheelhouse has primarily been in the crime comedy genre with films like Snatch; Lock, Stock and Two Smoking ...

Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux Blu-ray Review: Oddest of Odd Bedfellows

By Kent Conrad | Jun 20, 2023

David Cronenberg, fellow Canadian and not a stranger to weirdness once said, "You haven't truly seen a foreign film until ...

Mr. Wong Collection Blu-ray Review: Boris Karloff Detects

By Mat Brewster | Jun 20, 2023

The early 1920s saw an influx of Chinese immigrants to the United States. This so-called "Yellow Peril" unsurprisingly led to ...

The Bridges at Toko-Ri Blu-ray Review: The Toll of War

By Kent Conrad | Jun 20, 2023

Korean war movies all tend to have a sense of ambivalence. WWII movies, even when they have obligatory scenes of ...

Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear! Blu-ray Review: Ready for His Close-up

By Gordon S. Miller | Jun 19, 2023

Yogi Bear, voiced by Daws Butler and based on Art Carney's Ed Norton from The Honeymooners, first appeared in his ...

The Draughtsman’s Contract Blu-ray Review: An Oddly Fascinating Murder Mystery

By Davy | Jun 19, 2023

There's always going to be a rift between the rich and the poor, where the poor sometimes gets a taste ...

Tommy Guns Blu-ray Review: Blasts Conformity to Smithereens

By Steve Geise | Jun 17, 2023

Angolan-Portuguese director Carlos Conceição announces his arrival on the global stage with this blisteringly original, confounding film that defies categorization. ...