Scott Joplin Blu-ray Review: Rags to Riches to Rags
By Steve Geise |
The famous American ragtime composer was at the peak of his popularity at the time of this 1977 biopic movie, ...
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A Bucket of Blood / The Little Shop of Horrors Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Twice the Fun
By Greg Hammond |
Both A Bucket of Blood and The Little Shop of Horrors were produced and directed by Roger Corman and written ...
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Hercules and the Captive Women Blu-ray Review: Mistitled but Fun
By Joe Garcia III |
Hercules and the Captive Women is an Italian sword-and-sandals adventure starring Reg Park as the titular strong man. This escapade ...
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Dead Again 4K UHD Review: Mysteries in the Past and Present
By Mat Brewster |
While watching Dead Again, I kept thinking about a couple of other films with Kenneth Branagh. The first was his ...
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Merrily We Roll Along Blu-ray Review: Auld Lang Syne
By Steve Geise |
Stephen Sondheim’s failed 1981 musical was redeemed as a Tony-winning Broadway revival success in 2023, largely due to the massive ...
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The Man Who Wasn’t There Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Unintended Consequences of Dry Cleaning
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Coen Brothers' The Who Man Who Wasn't There is a mesmerizing, modern neo-noir that shows how fragile one's station ...
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Port of Shadows 4K UHD Review: Poetic Realism at Its Finest
By Mat Brewster |
I've come to love a movie that brings together a group of disparate and desperate souls who come together and ...
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The Black Raven Blu-ray Review: Murder Mystery on the Canadian Border
By Joe Garcia III |
The Black Raven (1943) directed by Sam Newfield is an old, dark house murder mystery that stars George Zucco, Wanda ...
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She Was Here DVD Review: Sets the Record Straight
By Davy |
The highly talented Heather O'Rourke (1975-1987) was one of the brightest child actresses of her time, becoming a star with ...
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The Optimist Movie Review: Stories Are Healing
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on a true story, writer/director Finn Taylor's The Optimist tells how Holocaust survivor Herbert Heller sharing his story helps ...
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Somewhere in Time 4K UHD Review: Love and Time Travel
By Mat Brewster |
Somewhere in Time is a deeply romantic movie filled with longing glances, passionate embraces, and grand declarations of love. It ...
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Trifole Blu-ray Review: Swing and a Miss
By Steve Geise |
Gabriele Fabbro’s earnest family drama transports viewers to Italy’s pastoral Piedmont region as a young English woman attempts to reconnect ...
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Forrest Gump Movie Review: Shrimp Is the Fruit of the Sea
By Greg Hammond |
Forrest Gump, from the novel by Winston Groom and directed by Robert Zemeckis, stars Tom Hanks in the title role ...
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The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection Blu-ray Review: Geared More for the Serious Animation Collector
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection features 25 digitally remastered cartoons from the Walter Lantz Archive, from The ...
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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (Unleashed Edition) Blu-ray Review: The Toys Are Out of the Box
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by M. J. Washington Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the pizzeria, Blumhouse and ...
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Mogambo Blu-ray Review: Clark Gable Goes Back to Africa
By Mat Brewster |
Some 21 years after Red Dust (1932) premiered, MGM remade the film (which itself had been an adaptation of a ...
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2026 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films Review
By Darcy Staniforth |
The 2026 Oscar-nominated Short Films are available in theaters. This is the only opportunity for audiences to watch all of ...
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Blades of the Guardians Movie Review: Return of the Masters
By Steve Geise |
Any new movie from legendary action director Yuen Woo-Ping is cause for celebration, and this one is particularly memorable with ...
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Stranger on the Third Floor Blu-ray Review: The First Film Noir
By Mat Brewster |
Stranger on the Third Floor is often cited as the first true film noir. With that and the fact that ...
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Song Sung Blue (2025) Blu-ray Review: The Lack of Depth Is Frustrating
By Rons Reviews |
Chronicling the lives and careers of the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning and Thunder, Song Sung Blue, based on the ...
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Iphigenia Blu-ray Review: A Tragic Greek Masterpiece
By Mat Brewster |
I am not at all well versed in Greek history or its mythology. I know the basics. I read The ...
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2026 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action 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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By the Light of the Silvery Moon Blu-ray Review: Return to Moonlight Bay
By Steve Geise |
Two years after their onscreen pairing in On Moonlight Bay, Doris Day and Gordon MacRae returned as the same characters ...
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse 4K UHD Review: There and Back Again
By Gordon S. Miller |
Eleanor Coppola accompanied her husband Francis to the Philippines, and at his request, shot behind-the-scenes footage during principal photography of ...
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Ben-Hur 4K UHD Review: A Chariot Race for the Ages
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by M. J. Washington When it comes to the "golden age" of Hollywood epics, few films loom as large ...
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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 Cinema Sentries |
Written by M. J. Washington There is a specific kind of tension that only a true-life political thriller can conjure, ...
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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 Cinema Sentries |
Written by M. J. Washington In 1983, Roger Corman gave the world Deathstalker, a slice of sword-and-sorcery schlock that became ...
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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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