The Edge of the World Blu-ray Review: Director Michael Powell’s First Masterpiece
By Davy |
Even before he partnered with Emeric Pressburger and made some of the most ravishing British films, the legendary Michael Powell ...
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The Iron-Fisted Monk Blu-ray Review: Disjointed Drama, Fantastic Kung Fu
By Mat Brewster |
It makes sense that kung fu movies would eventually add in comedic elements. There is an inherent silliness to grown ...
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EO Blu-ray Review: The Secret Life of Donkeys
By Steve Geise |
EO is a happy circus donkey, content to travel with his raggedy troupe to rural outposts in Europe. He’s motivated ...
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Before Night Falls Blu-ray Review: Expresses the Overall Importance of Artists and Their Art
By Davy |
Sometimes, it's not always easy to embrace the cinematic biopic. There are the usual liberties and inaccuracies to be found ...
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Kiss the Girls 4K UHD Review: A Quality Thriller Showing Its Age
By Greg Hammond |
Early in Gary Fleder’s Kiss the Girls, Washington, D.C. forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) goes to North ...
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Mackintosh and T.J. Blu-ray Review: Roy Rogers Rides into the Sunset One Final Time
By Joe Garcia III |
Legendary singing cowboy Roy Rogers makes his final feature film appearance in Mackintosh and T.J. (1975). A good, clean, western ...
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Strays (2023) Blu-ray Review: The Incredibly Crude Journey
By Gordon S. Miller |
In the annals of cinema, the raunchy R-rated comedy predominantly featured the profane and sexual antics of 20-something, white men, ...
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Carlito’s Way 4K UHD Review: Sad Streets
By Joe Keaton |
It’s more than just a Scarface (1983) reunion. In Carlito’s Way (1993), director Brian De Palma and Al Pacino give ...
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The Road Dance Movie Review: A Slight Misstep
By David Wangberg |
There comes a moment in Richie Adams’ The Road Dance where I wondered if I would actually care what happened ...
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Divinity Movie Review: Forever Young
By David Wangberg |
Eddie Alcazar’s Divinity is a film that begs to be seen. Heck, it’s pleading to be seen, to be noticed, ...
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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas DVD Review: An Entrancing Documentary
By Davy |
In cinema, there are always going to be troublemakers and button pushers, meaning that these are people who come in ...
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Chariots of the Gods Blu-ray Review: Before Ancient Aliens…
By Joe Garcia III |
Before Ancient Aliens there was Chariots of the Gods (1970) by Erich Von Daniken. VCI Entertainment proudly presents the 50th ...
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The Black Phone 4K UHD Review: Unnerving Kidnapping Tale
By Kent Conrad |
Proper new screen horror villains are rare. While it seems like they pop up all the time, the ones that ...
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Night of the Demons 2 Blu-ray Review: Angela Comes Back, Better
By Kent Conrad |
Night of the Demons 2 is a direct-to-video sequel to Night of the Demons, released six years later. It's cheaper, ...
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Night of the Demons 4K UHD Review: Shameless & Shameful Evil Dead Rip-off
By Kent Conrad |
When I saw the opening credits of Night of the Demons, I had the feeling that the animated floating demons ...
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Book Review: Christmas in the Movies: Revised & Expanded Edition by Jeremy Arnold
By Davy |
Personally, I think my favorite Christmas movie is 1974's Black Christmas, which can be referred to as an anti-Christmas one. ...
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Crime and Punishment (2002) Blu-ray Review: Too Much Punishment
By Greg Hammond |
Crispin Glover plays Roskolnikov in Menahem Golan’s adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment. Roskolnikov has recently published a ...
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Farewell My Concubine 30th Anniversary Movie Review: Leslie Cheung Shines Once More
By Steve Geise |
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Chen Kaige’s searing epic is returning to U.S. theaters with a new 4K restoration ...
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The Exorcist 4K UHD Review: William Friedkin’s Masterpiece
By Greg Hammond |
William Friedkin's The Exorcist is based on the novel and screenplay by William Peter Blatty. The film opens in Iraq, ...
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New York Stories Blu-ray Review: A Disappointing Trio from Three Great Directors
By Gordon S. Miller |
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 |
Based on the novel by Jim Thompson, After Dark, My Sweet, stars Jason Patric (in an early outing meant to ...
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Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! DVD Review: Plays Cards Across a Vast Spectrum of Fandoms
By Shawn Bourdo |
The 35th entry into the Scooby-Doo! Direct-To-Video Movie series arrives on September 26, 2023. Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! continues a ...
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La Bamba Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Soars Far Above Other Hollywood Biopics
By Joe Garcia III |
La Bamba (1987) is the story of Richard Valenzuela, known better as Ritchie Valens, a name associated with a song ...
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Nil by Mouth Blu-ray Review: A Strong, Gripping Example of British Cinema
By Davy |
The British kitchen sink and social realist dramas of the 1950s and 60s were emotional and draining, but they don't ...
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American Pop Blu-ray Review: Try, Try, and Try Again
By Steve Geise |
Ralph Bakshi’s animated voyage through 20th century popular music has finally arrived on Blu-ray. While music is an integral part ...
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Three Days of the Condor Blu-ray Review: The Book Reader Who Stayed Out in the Cold
By Joe Keaton |
As far as paranoid ‘70s thrillers go, Sydney Pollack’s Three Days of the Condor—about Joe Turner (Robert Redford), a hip ...
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Cocaine Bear 4K UHD Review: Fans of the Genre Might be Pleased
By Greg Hammond |
In 1985, a drug dealer dumped cocaine out of his Cessna and then fell from the plane to his death. ...
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My Sailor, My Love Movie Review: A Delightful Feature on Later-Stage Romance
By David Wangberg |
It may almost seem cliché to say that a movie filmed in Ireland is breathtaking to behold, but it’s true ...
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The Wild Party Blu-ray Review: A Wild Night Is Calling
By Joe Garcia III |
Gather ‘round, people, and you shall hear the grim tale of one named Jolly. With a comeback in tow, a ...
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Sex, Power, and Money: Films by Beth B Blu-ray Review: A Filmmaker of Incredible Vision and Prescience
By Davy |
As an extreme film buff, I always appreciate and seek out filmmakers and films that challenge the usual and obviously ...
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Little Women (1933) Blu-ray Review: Sentimental but Sweet
By Mat Brewster |
In college, I did work study for the university dinner theater. It was a great job, and I had loads ...
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Crime + Punishment in Suburbia Blu-ray Review: Mostly Punishment
By Greg Hammond |
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia, written by Larry Gross in the early 1990’s and directed by Rob Schmidt in 2000 ...
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Spinout Blu-ray Review: Hey, Elvis! You Gotta Win This Race!
By Joe Garcia III |
Elvis Presley leads a small rock ‘n’ roll band, likes racing fast cars, and gets into all kinds of trouble ...
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The Prodigal Son Blu-ray Review: Sammo Hung Meets Wing Chun
By Steve Geise |
Continuing their series of Sammo Hung Blu-ray releases, Arrow Video’s latest entry is this 1981 gem. Sammo directs and co-stars ...
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Wichita Blu-ray Review: Wyatt Earp’s Origin Story
By Mat Brewster |
How many movies and TV shows have been made about Wyatt Earp? Or been influenced by his reputation? They say ...
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Gay Purr-ee Blu-ray Review: Judy Garland Gets Animated
By Steve Geise |
By the 1960s, Judy Garland was in decline, no longer a potent or reliable force at the box office and ...
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The Big Knife Blu-ray Review: Stabbing Old Hollywood
By Mat Brewster |
Hollywood loves making movies about Hollywood. Usually, they are fawning tales about the magic of the movies, or about how ...
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 4K UHD Review: Batman in Love
By Kent Conrad |
In the last couple of decades, DC has been aggressive about adapting its comic book stories into films. Some of ...
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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 |
Burt Reynolds is Malone. But in 1987 that didn't mean as much as it did back in the '70s when ...
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The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection DVD Review: A Fantastic Set
By Gordon S. Miller |
This three-disc set features 75 digitally remastered cartoons from the Walter Lantz Archive. The biggest star to come out of ...
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Foolish Wives Blu-ray Review: The First Million Dollar Picture
By Kent Conrad |
Erich von Stroheim, the director of Foolish Wives, was well known for his aristocratic and military background. He was a ...
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Borsalino Blu-ray Review: A (Not Quite) Epic French Gangster Flick
By Mat Brewster |
Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo were two of the biggest and greatest film stars in France. They were both great ...
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Liar’s Moon Blu-ray Review: A Teenage Soap Opera with a Great Soundtrack
By Joe Garcia III |
Rich girl, poor boy. Good kids tangled in a web of deceit spun long ago by their parents. It’s Romeo ...
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Hardcore Blu-ray Review: A Solid and Nervy Depiction
By Davy |
The 1970s was a legendary and often gritty time for filmmaking. There were obviously the films of Martin Scorsese, William ...
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Fathom Events Presents John Carpenter’s They Live
By Mat Brewster |
I don't go to the movie theater much anymore. It is too expensive. The crowds are always obnoxious. Half the ...
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Enter the Dragon 4K UHD Review: Are You Not… Entered?
By Joe Keaton |
Enter the Dragon (1973; dir. Robert Clouse) is one of the most famous kung fu movies ever made. In the ...
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City of the Living Dead 4K UHD Review: Where Zombies Are Ghosts
By Kent Conrad |
What makes Italian horror films of the '70s and '80s exciting is that anything can happen. What makes them infuriating ...
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The Flash (2023) Blu-ray Review: You Can’t Go Home Again
By Gordon S. Miller |
Andy Muschietti's The Flash (2023) is the 13th installment of the DCEU. The franchise gets an amusing but disjointed, multiverse ...
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Brightwood DVD Review: An Independent Horror Flick with a Blood-Soaked Heart
By Greg Hammond |
Brightwood, written, directed, and edited by Dane Elcar, and starring Dana Berger as Jen, and Max Woertendyke as Dan, is ...
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A Taste of Blood (2020) Blu-ray Review: These Vampires Aren’t Sexy but the Soundtrack Is
By Joe Garcia III |
A modern-day family in the Argentina countryside faces its bloody past in A.K. Tolstoy's A Taste of Blood (2020) brought ...
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