Ben-Hur 4K UHD Review: A Chariot Race for the Ages
By Jacob Matthew |
When it comes to the "golden age" of Hollywood epics, few films loom as large as William Wyler's 1959 masterpiece, ...
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2026 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Starting February 20, the 2026 Oscar-nominated Short Films will be available in theaters. This is the only opportunity for audiences ...
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The Mirror Crack’d 4K UHD Review: The Mystery Slack’d
By Steve Geise |
When a Hollywood film production invades a quaint English village and circumstances quickly lead to murder, it’s up to Agatha ...
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Spencer Tracy 4-Film Collection Blu-ray Review: Another Great Set from Warner Archive
By Mat Brewster |
Spencer Tracy is generally considered one of the greatest classic Hollywood actors. He was nominated for nine Academy Awards and ...
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All the President’s Men 4K UHD Review: Follow the Money in High Definition
By Jacob Matthew |
There is a specific kind of tension that only a true-life political thriller can conjure, and Alan J. Pakula’s 1976 ...
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The Dark Half Blu-ray Review: Stephen King’s Tale of the Evil That Lurks Within
By Joe Garcia III |
The Dark Half finds legendary horror director George A. Romero behind the camera on his third adaptation of a Stephen ...
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Deathstalker (2025) Blu-ray Review: A Cut Above the Rest
By Jacob Matthew |
In 1983, Roger Corman gave the world Deathstalker, a slice of sword-and-sorcery schlock that became a staple of video-store shelves ...
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Dillinger (1973) Blu-ray Review: Print the Legend
By Mat Brewster |
The American Myth was built on outlaws. We love our anti-heroes. Think of the Wild West and folks like Billy ...
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy 4K UHD Review: That’s a Wrap on Their Monster Movies
By Gordon S. Miller |
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy was the comedy duo's last movie for Universal, their second-to-last together, and their ninth ...
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Diva 4K UHD Review: The Queen of Color
By Steve Geise |
I’d never seen Diva before this new 4K release, and I’m glad I waited. Powered by exquisite cinematography punctuated by ...
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Man in a Cocked Hat Blu-ray Review: The Empire Strikes Out
By Steve Geise |
When the British Empire learns of valuable mineral deposits in one of their long-forgotten territories, the Foreign Office dispatches bumbling ...
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Come Closer DVD Review: Garden of Eden
By Steve Geise |
Israeli writer/director Tom Nesher channels her personal trauma into a remarkable feature film debut. She initially introduces us to Nati, ...
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Red Dust Blu-ray Review: Love and Lust on a Rubber Plantation
By Mat Brewster |
Any movie fan will tell you that you have to learn to suspend your disbelief from time to time. Movies ...
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Yes: Symphonic Live Blu-ray Review: Performing at a High Level in 2001
By Gordon S. Miller |
Yes – Symphonic Live finds the band (vocalist Jon Anderson, lead guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, and drummer Alan ...
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The Sin of Nora Moran Blu-ray Review: A Pre-code Marvel
By Mat Brewster |
The Sin of Nora Moran is a little low-budget melodrama about a girl who is born into poverty, fights just ...
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The Dead Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Intimately Haunting Portrait of Memory and Humanity
By Davy |
Legendary, maverick filmmaker John Huston was always one of cinema's greatest storytellers. He never stuck to one genre; he had ...
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Orwell: 2+2=5 Blu-ray Review: Brings the Nightmare Front and Center
By Joe Garcia III |
Written and directed by Raoul Peck, Orwell: 2+2=5 casts an eye-opening spotlight on the life and work of the author ...
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James Stewart 4-Film Collection Blu-ray Review: Four Great Films at a Great Price
By Mat Brewster |
A couple of years ago, me, my wife, and my brother were in one of those old-fashioned diners - the ...
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Keeper 4K UHD Review: Weird Movie, Fantastic Direction
By Kent Conrad |
Liz is pretty excited to go on a weekend trip to Malcolm Westbridge's cabin. Kind of, because though she's pretty ...
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Fackham Hall Blu-ray Review: One Joke After Another
By Mat Brewster |
My wife and I are big fans of British panel shows. These are basically game shows, but with celebrities (mostly ...
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Twilight Zone: The Movie Blu-ray Review: An Uneven Affair
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Rod Serling's iconic TV series, Twilight Zone: The Movie is an anthology of four stories, a new one ...
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Blue Moon (2025) Blu-ray Review: Hawke and Kaplow Outshine Rodgers and Hart
By Steve Geise |
I was fully prepared to dislike this film, or even worse, be totally unmoved by it. From Ethan Hawke’s distracting ...
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Manpower (1941) Blu-ray Review: Great Cast, Disappointing Movie
By Mat Brewster |
Sometimes a film disappoints you for what happens on the screen. Sometimes a film disappoints for what it could have ...
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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 4K UHD Review: A Good Balance of Horror and Comedy
By Gordon S. Miller |
In Victorian England, a series of murders terrorizes London and it's clear from the film's title, Abbott and Costello Meet ...
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The Verdict (1946) Blu-ray Review: Watch Lorre and Greenstreet One Last Time
By Mat Brewster |
Between 1941 and 1946, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre starred in nine different films together. Their first pairing was The ...
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Captain Blood Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Errol Flynn’s Swashbuckling Lead Debut
By Joe Garcia III |
Captain Blood (1935), directed by Michael Curtiz, is a fast-paced pirate film based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini and ...
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Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958) Blu-ray Review: One of the Best Animation Sets to Date and That There Will Ever Be
By Gordon S. Miller |
As part of the 85th anniversary celebration of Hanna-Barbera’s Tom and Jerry franchise, Warner Bros. Entertainment has released Tom and ...
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Arco Movie Review: Little Nemo in Timberland
By Steve Geise |
Ugo Bienvenu’s Oscar-nominated animated film is finally starting to move from the festival circuit to limited theatrical release in the ...
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One Battle After Another Blu-ray Review: Bizarre Love Triangle
By Gordon S. Miller |
Inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland, Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another is an action thriller that tells a ...
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Illustrious Corpses Blu-ray Review: A Slow-burning Mystery
By Mat Brewster |
The 1970s were a tumultuous time in American history. There were gasoline shortages and high crime in the cities. The ...
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O.C. and Stiggs Blu-ray Review: Robert Altman’s Teen Comedy
By Steve Geise |
If you weren’t aware that esteemed director Robert Altman made an ‘80s teen comedy, blame MGM’s decision to largely shelve ...
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Laurel & Hardy: Year Three – The Newly Restored 1929 Silents Blu-ray Review: The End of a (Silent) Era
By Gordon S. Miller |
Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films round out their series of restored shorts with the two-disc set, Laurel & Hardy: Year ...
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Köln 75 Blu-ray Review: Two Movies in One
By Steve Geise |
Writer/director Ido Fluk spins his imagining of Keith Jarrett’s 1975 improvised concert performance into an energetic but bipolar film. For ...
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Death on the Nile (1978) 4K UHD Review: Poirot in High Definition
By Mat Brewster |
A little over 20 years ago, my wife and I spent about 10 days in Paris over the winter holidays. ...
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Italia: Fire and Ashes Blu-ray Review: Italy’s Film Heritage Reborn Like a Phoenix
By Steve Geise |
Snippets of random silent film reels dance across the screen, transporting us to the earliest days of Italian cinema. Without ...
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Beyond Graceland: Ladysmith Black Mambazo DVD Review: A Great Look at the Group with a Distinct Sound
By Joe Garcia III |
Beyond Graceland: Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a 2023 documentary that does a magnificent job of turning the spotlight back onto ...
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Evil Under the Sun 4K UHD Review: Exactly What I Want from an Agatha Christie Adaptation
By Mat Brewster |
Peter Ustinov portrayed Agatha Christie's great Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, a total of six times from 1978 to 1986. The ...
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Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk Blu-ray Review: A First-hand Account of Life in Gaza
By Davy |
Every day, my heart breaks for the Palestinian citizens of Gaza. It doesn't seem Israeli's ridiculous occupation of it will ...
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Tom & Jerry: The Golden Age Anthology 1940-1958 DVD Review: It’s Finally Here
By Steve Geise |
Finally, FINALLY, Warner Bros. has released the definitive collection of Tom & Jerry cartoons that fans have wanted all along: ...
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Barry Lyndon Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: An Absolute Masterpiece
By Mat Brewster |
Though I am very much a fan of Stanley Kubrick's films, I have put off watching Barry Lyndon for years. ...
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Splendid Outing Blu-ray Review: Disturbing and Honest
By Davy |
The role of women in society continues to be undermined by men, especially a certain orange lunatic and his equally ...
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The Killer (1989) Deluxe 4K UHD Review: A Breathtaking Ballet of Blood and Bullets
By Gordon S. Miller |
Written and directed by John Woo, The Killer is a seminal '80s action film that gets the Deluxe 4K UHD ...
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man 4K UHD Review: Does a Great Job Blending Genres
By Gordon S. Miller |
Set in the same universe as The Invisible Man (1933) because the invisible serum used was invented by John Griffin ...
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Catch Me If You Can 4K UHD Review: Catch It As Soon As You Can
By Mat Brewster |
Frank Abagnale, Jr., is a con man. His biggest con may have been convincing a lot of people that he ...
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At the Circus Blu-ray Review: Send in the Clowns
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Marx Brothers followed up Room Service by helping out At the Circus where the trio strive to keep Wilson's ...
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The Death Wish Collection Blu-ray Review: Bronson’s Signature Series Finally Collected
By Steve Geise |
The new Kino Lorber collection compiles all five of Charles Bronson’s signature films in one comprehensive package. Shockingly, this is ...
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Isle of Dogs Criterion Collection Review: A Boy and His Dog and Other Dogs
By Gordon S. Miller |
Nine years after the fantastic Fantastic Mr. Fox, writer/director Wes Anderson returned to stop-motion animation with Isle of Dogs (2018), ...
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French Noir Collection II Blu-ray Review: Four Formidable Leading Men
By Steve Geise |
Kino Lorber’s second collection of French noir films highlights four powerful performances by classic leading men. Although the films are ...
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 4K UHD Review: One of the Best Horror Comedies
By Gordon S. Miller |
Although it's not the first time someone came up with the idea of pairing horror and comedy, Abbott and Costello ...
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The Miracle (1959) Blu-ray Review: Miraculously Young Roger Moore
By Steve Geise |
This historical epic is most notable for its prescient casting of Roger Moore in a lead role. He’d been a ...
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