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Galaxy Quest 4K UHD Steelbook Review: It Never Gave Up

By Kent Conrad | Dec 5, 2024

Galaxy Quest does the neat trick of being both a satire of TV sci-fi, and an excellent sci-fi story itself. ...

The Sword (1980) Blu-ray Review: Thoughtful Kung Fu

By Mat Brewster | Dec 5, 2024

The Sword is what you might call an arthouse take on the kung fu flick - call it New Wave ...

The Last Video Store Blu-ray Review: A Delightfully Goofy Tribute

By Davy | Dec 4, 2024

Being an incredibly dedicated movie lover, I always wanted to work in a video store but never got the chance ...

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two – The Newly Restored 1928 Silents Blu-ray Review: A Must Have for Comedy Fans

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 4, 2024

Flicker Alley has followed up last year's Laurel & Hardy: Year One - The Newly Restored 1927 Silents with Year ...

Valkyrie Blu-ray Review: Ensemble Cast Saves Middling Thriller

By Greg Hammond | Dec 3, 2024

Directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, Bohemian Rhapsody), and written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, Valkyrie is the ...

North by Northwest 4K UHD Review: A Masterpiece in Ultra High Definition

By Mat Brewster | Dec 3, 2024

Like thousands of people across the nation, I had a heated argument with my family over Thanksgiving. We did not ...

Aguirre, the Wrath of God 4K UHD Review: Herzog, The Beauty of a Filmmaker

By Mat Brewster | Dec 2, 2024

A line of men snakes their way down a mountain, single-file like ants. Some are soldiers all decked out in ...

Little Women (1994) 4K UHD Review: Little Women, Big Hearts, A Gorgeous New Transfer

By Mat Brewster | Dec 1, 2024

My wife and I sometimes laugh about how very similar and yet somehow completely different our lives were growing up. ...

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! Blu-ray Review: They Make the Case

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 30, 2024

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! started as a convention panel, became a film series at the American Cinematheque to celebrate ...

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 4K UHD Review: A Silent Masterpiece Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

By Mat Brewster | Nov 27, 2024

I am a great lover of classic film noir and Italian giallo. Any discussion of those genres inevitably leads to ...

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three Blu-ray Review: The End of an Era

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 27, 2024

Based on DC Comics' 12-issue miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) written by Marv Wolfman and pencilled by George Pérez, ...

Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vols. 1 – 4 Blu-ray Review: Button Up Your Tonsils and Enjoy a Looney Ride

By Greg Hammond | Nov 26, 2024

The Warner Archive Collection has released a four-disc set titled Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Volumes 1 - 4. Containing 97 ...

Black Belt Jones Blu-ray Review: Enter the Car Wash

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 26, 2024

After working together on Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon, director Robert Clouse reteamed with Jim Kelly, who stars as Black ...

The Elephant Man Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 25, 2024

Set in the late 19th century, David Lynch's The Elephant Man tells the tragic tale of John Merrick (John Hurt) ...

Megadeth: A Night in Buenos Aires Blu-ray Review: Megadeth at Their Thrashing Best

By Joe Garcia III | Nov 22, 2024

Megadeth! Megadeth! Megadeth! Fronted by singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine, Megadeth is known for being one of the Big Four thrash-metal pioneers ...

Drag Me to Hell 4K UHD Review: Raimi Returns to Horror

By Kent Conrad | Nov 21, 2024

Sam Raimi, renowned horror movie director, has never been a major fan of horror movies. The Evil Dead creator only ...

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 4K UHD Review: Surprisingly Fresh for a Dead Guy

By Kent Conrad | Nov 19, 2024

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice feels like it should be a disaster. It's a sequel to a nearly 40-year-old film that had a ...

Kiss Me, Kate (2024) Movie Review: Kiss Me, Stephanie

By Steve Geise | Nov 16, 2024

Over the past summer, London’s Barbican Theatre staged a three-month revival of the classic Cole Porter musical, Kiss Me, Kate. ...

September (1987) Blu-ray Review: An August Night’s Relationship Drama

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 15, 2024

In Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda (2004), two playwrights tell different versions of the same story, one comic and the ...

Reagan (2024) Blu-ray Review: Win One for the Gipper

By David Wangberg | Nov 15, 2024

Sean McNamara’s biopic on America’s 40th president doesn’t reveal much new detail about what the former actor turned politician went ...

Night of the Blood Beast + Attack of the Giant Leeches Blu-ray Review: A Creepy Creature Double Feature

By Rons Reviews | Nov 14, 2024

Looking for something fun and funny to watch on a rainy Saturday afternoon? Grab some popcorn and a cold soda ...

Swingers Blu-ray Review: Once Upon a Time in Los Angeles

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 14, 2024

Actor Jon Favreau had great success heeding the axiom“write what you know” with his screenplay for Swingers, a movie that ...

Japan Organized Crime Boss Blu-ray Review: A Yakuza’s Life

By Mat Brewster | Nov 13, 2024

There are eight million stories in Japan and this is one of them. Kinji Fukasaku's 1969 film Japan Organized Crime ...

Didi Blu-ray Review: Ode to the Mostly Good Old Days

By Steve Geise | Nov 12, 2024

Writer/director Sean Wang’s narrative feature debut treads the same perilous ground as Mid90s, Eighth Grade, and Thirteen with one notable ...

Bill & Ted’s Most Triumphant Trilogy Review: “Sorry. They Melvined Me.”

By Greg Hammond | Nov 12, 2024

Shout! Studios has released Bill & Ted’s Triumphant Trilogy (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray), including Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, ...

Shotgun Stories Blu-ray Review: The Sins of the Father Are Visited Upon the Children

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 12, 2024

Writer/director Jeff Nichols delivers a powerful feature-film debut with Shotgun Stories, a compelling tragic story about an extended-family feud that ...

Superman vs. The Elite Movie Review: Does Might Make Right?

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 9, 2024

Based on "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?" in Action Comics #775 by Joe Kelly, who ...

Spider-Man (2002) Movie Review: A Spectacular Superhero Blockbuster

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 7, 2024

After decades stuck in development, director Sam Raimi was given the great responsibility of bringing Spider-Man to the silver screen ...

Dogra Magra Blu-ray Review: Matsumoto’s Swan Song

By Steve Geise | Nov 6, 2024

When a young man wakes up in an insane asylum with no memory of his past or his name, he ...

Killer Klowns from Outer Space 4K UHD Review: They Aren’t Klowning Around

By Mat Brewster | Nov 5, 2024

I like to imagine the Chiodo Brothers, writers, directors, and producers of Killer Klowns from Outer Space, were sitting around ...

Journey into Fear (1943) Blu-ray Review: A Briskly Paced, Espionage Thriller

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 2, 2024

Based upon Eric Ambler's 1940 novel of the same name, Journey into Fear (1943) is a Mercury Production directed by ...

Kingdom of the Spiders Blu-ray Review: A Notable Entry in the Eco-Horror Genre

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 31, 2024

During the eco-horror boom of the '70s, which saw movies like Empire of the Ants and The Food of the ...

Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories Blu-ray Box Set Review: Broodingly Atmospheric Revenge Stories

By Greg Hammond | Oct 31, 2024

Radiance Films has released a boxed set titled Daiei Gothic - Japanese Ghost Stories. The set includes three ghost stories ...

Lust (2017) DVD Review: Delightful, Low Budget Bloody Mind Screw

By Joe Garcia III | Oct 31, 2024

Written and directed by Severin Eskeland, Lust, aka Lyst, lures us down a familiar hallway then turns out the lights ...

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock Movie Review: A Kind of Omniscience

By Shawn Bourdo | Oct 30, 2024

Director Mark Cousins must love a challenge. The new documentary, My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2024), attempts to bring a ...

Goodbye & Amen Blu-ray Review: Part Spy Thriller, Part Hostage Drama, Wholly Excellent

By Mat Brewster | Oct 30, 2024

Goodbye & Amen is a strange little film that twists a couple of genres together, not always successfully, but it ...

Separated Movie Review: Harm to the Children Was Part of the Point

By Greg Hammond | Oct 27, 2024

Errol Morris continues his streak of astonishingly edge-of-your-seat storytelling and filmmaking in his latest documentary, Separated, based on the book ...

Allonsanfan Blu-ray Review: The Revolution Is a Bit Dull, Actually

By Mat Brewster | Oct 27, 2024

After the downfall of Napoleon, Europe had to pick up the pieces and redraw the lines between countries. For quite ...

The Sting of Death (1990) Blu-ray Review: Love, Lies, and Madness

By Kent Conrad | Oct 25, 2024

The man has cheated on his wife. This is not in dispute. It has hurt her to her core. She ...

About Dry Grasses Blu-ray Review: Burns Like a Brush Fire

By Steve Geise | Oct 24, 2024

Samet is stuck in a rut. Consigned to a teaching job at a rural middle school in the Turkish hinterlands, ...

Through the Shadow (2015) DVD Review: A Gothic Spooker in the Classic Hollywood Tradition

By Joe Garcia III | Oct 23, 2024

Through the Shadow is Brazilian director/writer Walter Lima Jr.’s gritty remake of The Innocents (1961) and a reworking of the ...

A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy Blu-ray Review: An Amusing Bedroom Farce

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 22, 2024

Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, Woody Allen's 11th film as writer/director is A Midsummer Night's Sex ...

Pursued (1947) Blu-ray Review: The Sins of the Families Are Visited Upon the Children

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 21, 2024

Directed by Raoul Walsh, Pursued (1947) has the trappings of a western, but at its core, it is a family ...

Hanna-Barbera’s Superstars 10 Blu-ray Review: A Good Collection for Young Cartoon-Watchers

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 19, 2024

Hanna-Barbera's Superstars 10 collects 10 made-for-TV animated films that aired on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, a syndicated program that ...