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Moneyball 4K UHD Review: Steals Home

By Greg Hammond | Apr 17, 2026

Bennett Miller’s Moneyball is a semi-biographical baseball drama written by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. It is based on Michael ...

Lurker Blu-ray Review: Greatness Lurking Beneath the Vapid Surface

By Steve Geise | Apr 17, 2026

At first glance, writer/director Alex Russell’s debut feature film doesn’t appear very compelling, riffing on the relationship between celebrity fame ...

Trouble in Paradise Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: No Trouble at All

By Greg Hammond | Apr 16, 2026

Produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Trouble in Paradise (1932) was adapted by Grover Jones from the play The Honest ...

Ben-Hur (1959) 4K UHD Review: Pomp v. Pulp

By Rock London | Apr 13, 2026

Winner of 11 Oscars, Ben-Hur is (mostly) an epic snooze. It spends a godawful amount of time letting its characters ...

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins… 4K UHD Review: An American James Bond

By Mat Brewster | Apr 11, 2026

In the mid-1980s, Orion Pictures went scouring through existing IP looking for something to launch a new franchise upon. They ...

Malfeasance: Four Films by Yves Boisset Blu-ray Review: Politically Charged Thrillers

By Mat Brewster | Apr 10, 2026

Yves Boisset was a French director who cut his teeth as an assistant on films by Jean-Pierre Melville, René Clément, ...

Death Ship 4K UHD Review: Nazi Ghosts on a Boat

By Mat Brewster | Apr 8, 2026

Whenever I'm watching a movie, especially when I'm going to review it, there is a part of my brain, somewhere ...

The Thief of Bagdad (1924) Blu-ray Review: A Magnificent Silent Classic

By Mat Brewster | Apr 7, 2026

When I was presented with the chance to review The Thief of Bagdad I jumped at the chance, but I ...

We Bury the Dead Blu-ray Review: Not Your Father’s Zombie Movie

By Mat Brewster | Apr 4, 2026

We Bury the Dead doesn't do anything particularly original with the zombie movie. I don't think there is a single ...

Tarzan and His Mate Blu-ray Review: Lions and Rhinos and Crocodiles! Oh My!

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 3, 2026

Tarzan and His Mate (1934), the sequel to Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), provides the same jungle action (and resulting ...

Bullet in the Head 4K UHD Review: John Woo’s Most Personal Film

By Mat Brewster | Apr 1, 2026

Like most great auteurs, John Woo is obsessed with certain themes. His films often deal with ideas of masculinity, brotherhood, ...

It All Came True Blu-ray Review: Ann Sheridan Shines

By Mat Brewster | Mar 27, 2026

In the original poster for It All Came True, Ann Sheridan receives top billing. It was the same in the ...

Tea and Sympathy Blu-ray Review: A Study in Masculinity

By Mat Brewster | Mar 26, 2026

Vincent Minnelli's 1956 weeper Tea and Sympathy had the difficult task of adapting the stage play of the same name ...

The Man Who Came to Dinner Blu-ray Review: A Film That Never Overstays Its Welcome

By Davy | Mar 26, 2026

Everyone at some point has had a guest who won't leave, and there's a reason why the phrase "wear out ...

Peter Sellers Early Classics Blu-ray Review: Dawning of an Inimitable Talent

By Steve Geise | Mar 25, 2026

Before he was a household name around the world, Peter Sellers honed his acting talent in a string of British ...

The Dancing Hawk Blu-ray Review: Polish Cinema Gets Weird

By Mat Brewster | Mar 24, 2026

Nearly every review of The Dancing Hawk will tell you that the narrative of the film is fairly straightforward and ...

Jack Benny Comedy Classics: Artists and Models/Man About Town Blu-ray Review

By Steve Geise | Mar 22, 2026

Jack Benny’s comedy career flourished in his long-running radio and TV show, but he also found time to be a ...

Maigret Sees Red Blu-ray Review: Jean Gabin Plays Maigret One Last Time

By Mat Brewster | Mar 20, 2026

Between 1931 and 1972, Belgian author Georges Simenon wrote some 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring his famed Parisian ...

Scott Joplin Blu-ray Review: Rags to Riches to Rags

By Steve Geise | Mar 19, 2026

The famous American ragtime composer was at the peak of his popularity at the time of this 1977 biopic movie, ...

A Bucket of Blood / The Little Shop of Horrors Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Twice the Fun

By Greg Hammond | Mar 17, 2026

Both A Bucket of Blood and The Little Shop of Horrors were produced and directed by Roger Corman and written ...

Hercules and the Captive Women Blu-ray Review: Mistitled but Fun

By Joe Garcia III | Mar 14, 2026

Hercules and the Captive Women is an Italian sword-and-sandals adventure starring Reg Park as the titular strong man. This escapade ...

Dead Again 4K UHD Review: Mysteries in the Past and Present

By Mat Brewster | Mar 13, 2026

While watching Dead Again, I kept thinking about a couple of other films with Kenneth Branagh. The first was his ...

Merrily We Roll Along Blu-ray Review: Auld Lang Syne

By Steve Geise | Mar 12, 2026

Stephen Sondheim’s failed 1981 musical was redeemed as a Tony-winning Broadway revival success in 2023, largely due to the massive ...

The Man Who Wasn’t There Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Unintended Consequences of Dry Cleaning

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 11, 2026

The Coen Brothers' The Who Man Who Wasn't There is a mesmerizing, modern neo-noir that shows how fragile one's station ...

Port of Shadows 4K UHD Review: Poetic Realism at Its Finest

By Mat Brewster | Mar 8, 2026

I've come to love a movie that brings together a group of disparate and desperate souls who come together and ...

The Black Raven Blu-ray Review: Murder Mystery on the Canadian Border

By Joe Garcia III | Mar 8, 2026

The Black Raven (1943) directed by Sam Newfield is an old, dark house murder mystery that stars George Zucco, Wanda ...

She Was Here DVD Review: Sets the Record Straight

By Davy | Mar 7, 2026

The highly talented Heather O'Rourke (1975-1987) was one of the brightest child actresses of her time, becoming a star with ...

The Optimist Movie Review: Stories Are Healing

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 6, 2026

Based on a true story, writer/director Finn Taylor's The Optimist tells how Holocaust survivor Herbert Heller sharing his story helps ...

Somewhere in Time 4K UHD Review: Love and Time Travel

By Mat Brewster | Mar 6, 2026

Somewhere in Time is a deeply romantic movie filled with longing glances, passionate embraces, and grand declarations of love. It ...

Trifole Blu-ray Review: Swing and a Miss

By Steve Geise | Mar 5, 2026

Gabriele Fabbro’s earnest family drama transports viewers to Italy’s pastoral Piedmont region as a young English woman attempts to reconnect ...

Forrest Gump Movie Review: Shrimp Is the Fruit of the Sea

By Greg Hammond | Mar 5, 2026

Forrest Gump, from the novel by Winston Groom and directed by Robert Zemeckis, stars Tom Hanks in the title role ...

The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection Blu-ray Review: Geared More for the Serious Animation Collector

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 28, 2026

The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection features 25 digitally remastered cartoons from the Walter Lantz Archive, from The ...

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (Unleashed Edition) Blu-ray Review: The Toys Are Out of the Box

By Cinema Sentries | Feb 26, 2026

Written by M. J. Washington Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the pizzeria, Blumhouse and ...

Mogambo Blu-ray Review: Clark Gable Goes Back to Africa

By Mat Brewster | Feb 22, 2026

Some 21 years after Red Dust (1932) premiered, MGM remade the film (which itself had been an adaptation of a ...

2026 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films Review

By Darcy Staniforth | Feb 22, 2026

The 2026 Oscar-nominated Short Films are available in theaters. This is the only opportunity for audiences to watch all of ...

Blades of the Guardians Movie Review: Return of the Masters

By Steve Geise | Feb 21, 2026

Any new movie from legendary action director Yuen Woo-Ping is cause for celebration, and this one is particularly memorable with ...

Stranger on the Third Floor Blu-ray Review: The First Film Noir

By Mat Brewster | Feb 21, 2026

Stranger on the Third Floor is often cited as the first true film noir. With that and the fact that ...

Song Sung Blue (2025) Blu-ray Review: The Lack of Depth Is Frustrating

By Rons Reviews | Feb 20, 2026

Chronicling the lives and careers of the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning and Thunder, Song Sung Blue, based on the ...

Iphigenia Blu-ray Review: A Tragic Greek Masterpiece

By Mat Brewster | Feb 20, 2026

I am not at all well versed in Greek history or its mythology. I know the basics. I read The ...

2026 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Short Films Review

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 19, 2026

Starting February 20, the 2026 Oscar-nominated Short Films will be available in theaters. This is the only opportunity for audiences ...

By the Light of the Silvery Moon Blu-ray Review: Return to Moonlight Bay

By Steve Geise | Feb 19, 2026

Two years after their onscreen pairing in On Moonlight Bay, Doris Day and Gordon MacRae returned as the same characters ...

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse 4K UHD Review: There and Back Again

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 17, 2026

Eleanor Coppola accompanied her husband Francis to the Philippines, and at his request, shot behind-the-scenes footage during principal photography of ...