Flash Point (2007) Blu-ray Review: Plenty of Flash, Not Much Point
By Steve Geise |
Donnie Yen’s slickly produced, lightly plotted 2007 actioner hearkens back to the 1980s-'90s glory days of Hong Kong cinema. In ...
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Howards End 4K UHD Review: A Confounding “Romance”
By Greg Hammond |
Howards End, based on the novel by E. M. Forster, and directed by James Ivory, is a visual treat filled ...
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Dust Devil (1992) 4K UHD Review: Beautiful, Baffling African Horror
By Kent Conrad |
Richard Stanley's career has been haphazard at best. He started making videos for the weird goth-cowboy British band Fields of ...
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Scoop (2006) Blu-ray Review: London Murder Mystery
By Gordon S. Miller |
After directing Scarlett Johansson in the well-received Match Point, Woody Allen appeared with her on screen for his next film, ...
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Tarzan of the Apes (1918) Blu-ray Review: A Stealth Elmo Lincoln Double Feature
By Gordon S. Miller |
Film Masters presents Tarzan of the Apes. Based on the first part of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1912 novel of the ...
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Relay Blu-ray Review: Long Live Conspiracy Thrillers
By Steve Geise |
Relay hearkens back to the paranoia thrillers of the 1970s, despite its present-day setting. Riz Ahmed stars as a shadowy ...
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Frightmare (1974) Blu-ray Review: Cannibal Mother on the Loose
By Joe Garcia III |
Frightmare is a British, pre-slasher horror movie directed by Pete Walker and stars Sheila Keith as a cannibal mother recently ...
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Love, Brooklyn DVD Review: A Portrait of a Rapidly Changing City
By Davy |
When it comes to love, some people just really have to grow up, and that's the basis of Love, Brooklyn, ...
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Matter of Time Movie Review: Eddie Vedder Concert Raises Funds in Search of a Cure for Epidermolysis Bullosa
By Jade Blackmore |
Matt Finlin’s documentary of Eddie Vedder’s 2023 solo concert in Seattle to raise money to cure the skin disease epidermolysis-bullosa ...
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X Trilogy: Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Box Set Review: Half Bad Over, and Over, and Over Again
By Greg Hammond |
Ti West decided to make a horror trilogy which pays homage to the likes of Texas Chain Saw Massacre: X, ...
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Dan Curtis’ Dead of Night (1977) Blu-ray Review: Trilogy of Terror Redux
By Kent Conrad |
Throughout the '70s, Dan Curtis was the go-to man for network TV horror. From Dark Shadows to The Night Stalker ...
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Shari & Lamb Chop DVD Review: A Comedy Team of One
By Gordon S. Miller |
Director Lisa D'Apolito follows up her documentary Love, Gilda with another film about a female television icon. Shari & Lamb ...
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The Curse of Frankenstein 4K UHD Movie Review: The Dawn of Hammer Films
By Greg Hammond |
Terence Fisher’s The Curse of Frankenstein, stars Peter Cushing as Victor Frankenstein. It was the first Hammer horror film in ...
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Airplane II: The Sequel Blu-ray Review: More Like Airplane II: The Remake
By Gordon S. Miller |
Nineteen eighty-two was quite the year for Ken Finkleman, a Canadian comedy writer and performer on radio and television. He ...
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Dan Curtis’ Classic Monsters Blu-ray Review: Made-for-TV Mayhem
By Kent Conrad |
Dan Curtis was a television producer and director of the '60s and '70s. While his actual output was varied, he ...
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Cop or Hood Blu-ray Review: Belmondo Star Vehicle Mostly Crashes
By Steve Geise |
When a small-town police chief is murdered, a witty Parisian commissioner is dispatched to investigate. He’s not above using irregular ...
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Joan Crawford Collection Blu-ray Review: Four of Joan’s Best
By Mat Brewster |
There is this store in Nashville, TN, called McKay's. It is a huge place, and it sells used DVDs, CDs, ...
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Deep Crimson Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Beauty of Crude Realism
By Joe Garcia III |
Deep Crimson (1998) aka Profundo Carmesi stars Daniel Gimenez Cocho and Regina Orozco in Mexican director Arturo Ripstein’s reworking of ...
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The Cat and the Canary (1927) 4K UHD Review: Silently Delightful
By Mat Brewster |
I've seen something like 40 silent films in my life. That isn't a lot considering the hundreds of silents that ...
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Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (Terror Time Collector’s Edition) Blu-ray Review: Spooky Dooby Doo
By Joe Garcia III |
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) is the franchise's first direct-to-video feature and it kickstarted the Scoocy-Doo crew's major resurgence, boosting ...
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Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex DVD Review: Teenage Dream
By Steve Geise |
The latest film about glam rock star Marc Bolan is an odd amalgamation of archival footage and new tribute performances. ...
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Weapons 4K UHD Review: Don’t Fall for the Hype
By Greg Hammond |
Weapons, the second thriller/horror film from Zack Cregger (Barbarian), tells the story of a mid-size, Northeastern town where 17 third-graders, ...
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Eddington Blu-ray Review: A Wonderfully Pointed Vision of 2020
By Joe Garcia III |
Eddington is a neo-western/thriller/dark comedy from writer/director Ari Aster (Midsommar) and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, and Austin ...
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50s Sci-Fi Collection Blu-ray Review: Enough Entertainment to Justify Adding This Collection to Yours
By Rons Reviews |
Monsters, mutants, and mayhem, sure to make a Merry Halloween! From the Warner Archive Collection comes four creature features from the ...
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Free Time DVD Review: Hilarious and Unexpectedly Insightful
By Davy |
Sometimes in life, you don't always know what to do, no matter what you age are. Life's unpredictable like that. ...
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Rampage (1987) 4K UHD Review: Murder Thriller Almost Gets It
By Kent Conrad |
William Friedkin did not have an easy '80s. From the giddy heights of The Exorcist, his prestige had fallen with ...
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Souleymane’s Story Blu-ray Review: Abou Sangare Delivers a Marvelous Breakout Performance
By Davy |
During today's very troubling times where immigrants are kidnapped and disappeared, I think it's important that their stories remain told, ...
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Boomerang (1976) Blu-ray Review: Alain Delon Loses His Cool
By Steve Geise |
By the mid-’70s, French megastar Alain Delon was easing into the early stages of a career shift to middle-aged roles. ...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 7-Film Collection 4K UHD Review: A Dream Come True
By Mat Brewster |
When I was in seventh or eighth grade, I had an 8-foot tall poster of Freddy Krueger that I displayed ...
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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore Blu-ray Review: Entertaining, Educational, and Essential
By Davy |
The great Marlee Matlin, Academy Award-winning actress, activist, and author, made history as the first Deaf individual to win an ...
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7 Women Blu-ray Review: Seven Who Defied What No Man Dared
By Shawn Bourdo |
The 50-year directing career of John Ford didn't end in Monument Valley as would have been appropriate. He finished his ...
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Daiei Gothic Vol. 2: Japanese Ghost Stories Blu-ray Box Set Review: Ghoulish Delights
By Steve Geise |
Just in time for spooky season, Radiance brings us their second volume of classic Japanese supernatural films from the vaults ...
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Radioland Murders Blu-ray Review: Goes Down Like Cotton Candy
By Mat Brewster |
Radioland Murders is a throwback to the days when radio ruled the air and television was still years away. It ...
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Tormented (1960) Special Edition Blu-ray Review: You’ll Lose Your Head Over It
By Joe Garcia III |
Writer/director Bert I. Gordon (Empire of the Ants, Food of the Gods) steps away from giant insects and mutated monsters ...
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Errol Flynn Collection Blu-ray Review: A Wonderful Overview of a Fine Actor
By Mat Brewster |
"In like Flynn" they used to say. Or so they say they used to say. I don't actually remember people ...
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Black Samson Blu-ray Review: There’s a Riot Goin’ On
By Steve Geise |
As the unelected ruler of a Los Angeles neighborhood, Samson (Rockne Tarkington) speaks softly and carries a big, big stick. ...
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The Nun II Review: Nun of the Fun of the First Movie
By Greg Hammond |
Michael Chaves directed The Nun II, a direct sequel to The Nun, and the eighth iteration of the Conjuring Universe ...
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The Bad Guys 2 Collector’s Edition 4K UHD Review: A Sequel That Strikes Gold
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Bad Guys are a quintet of five traditionally bad animals: Wolf (Sam Rockwell), Tarantula (Awkwafina), Snake (Marc Maron), Shark ...
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F1 The Movie 4K UHD Review: Brad Pitt Feels the Need for Speed
By Steve Geise |
What is it about veteran actors and racing movies? With F1, Brad Pitt joins a club including James Garner in ...
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Roofman Movie Review: Interesting Tale but It Takes Too Long to Tell
By Rons Reviews |
If you think it would be boring hiding in a Toys "R" Us for six months, try watching a movie ...
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Last Known Address Blu-ray Review: Shoe-Leather Policing at Its Finest
By Mat Brewster |
Hard-nosed detective Marceau Léonetti (Lino Ventura) makes the mistake of arresting the son of an influential lawyer. For his trouble, ...
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The Hard Way (1943) Blu-ray Review: Easy to Watch
By Mat Brewster |
While watching The Hard Way, I kept thinking about another film, All About Eve - a movie about the complicated ...
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Body Puzzle Blu-ray Review: Missing Some Pieces to Be Considered Great
By Mat Brewster |
Body Puzzle is generally considered Lamberto Bava's last film in the giallo genre (at least according to the Letterboxd review ...
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The Strange Woman Blu-ray Review: An Even Stranger Movie
By Mat Brewster |
The Strange Woman is a strange movie. The plot involves an "evil" woman who takes what she wants by any ...
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Tron: Ares Movie Review: Never Digs Beyond the Surface
By Gordon S. Miller |
Tron: Ares is the third film of the franchise and it steps away from the Flynn family who were a ...
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It Movie Review: But Can the Devil Make You Believe It?
By Greg Hammond |
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is the sequel to the films The Conjuring and The Conjuring 2 ...
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The House of Sand Blu-ray Review: Art Imitates Life in the Brazilian Desert
By Steve Geise |
Wait, there’s a desert in Brazil? Well, sort of, with the sandy expanse of Brazil’s remote northern coast stretching to ...
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Materialists Blu-ray Review: No Sophomore Slump Here
By Steve Geise |
Celine Song announced her arrival as the writer and director of the highly acclaimed Past Lives, putting her in the ...
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Drugstore Cowboy Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: It’s Hard Being a Dope Fiend
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on James Fogle's then-unpublished autobiographical novel of the same name, Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy presents an insightful, authentic ...
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Annabelle Comes Home Movie Review: All Dolled Up
By Greg Hammond |
Annabelle Comes Home, directed by Gary Dauberman, is the third Annabelle film (Annabelle and Annabelle: Creation), and is the sixth ...
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