They Shall Not Grow Old Movie Review: World War I Captured in Breathtaking New Way
By David Wangberg |
Taking old black and white footage and adding color to it is nothing particularly new. Some documentaries have already done ...
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Vice (2018) Movie Review: Christian Bale Saves a Self-Righteous Biopic
By Matthew St.Clair |
After hitting it big with The Big Short, winning an Adapted Screenplay Oscar in the process, director Adam McKay attempts ...
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Snowflake Blu-ray Review: A Blood-Soaked, Twisted Delight
By Mat Brewster |
Two men, Javid (Reza Brojerdi) and Tan (Erkan Acar), sit in a kebab shop arguing over the quality of the ...
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Memories of Me Blu-ray Review: A Wonderful Little Film
By Rons Reviews |
I recall two films from the '80s that dealt with the relationship between an aging father and an adult son. ...
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The Jerk: 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review: A Movie Star Is Born
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Jerk came out in 1978 when Steve Martin was a king of comedy. He had moved on from small ...
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A Dry White Season Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Truly Gripping Cinema
By Davy |
Racism is one those things that just doesn't seem to go away. Every day you turn on the news to ...
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The Doctor from India DVD Review: An Incredible Story
By Darcy Staniforth |
Kino Lorber presents The Doctor from India, a documentary film by Jeremy Frindel that explores the life and career of ...
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Vox Lux Movie Review: A Brilliantly Jarring Pop Epic
By Matthew St.Clair |
Normally, I don't like to compare one film to another when doing a film review. But Vox Lux is very ...
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Bloody Birthday Blu-ray Review: Bloody Awful
By Mat Brewster |
What is is about kids behaving badly that makes for such delightfully creepy cinema? The genre has been around since ...
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Little Annie Rooney Blu-ray Review: Charming Silent Comedy and Melodrama
By Kent Conrad |
Mary Pickford was 32 when she made Little Annie Rooney, where she plays a girl barely into her teens who ...
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The Serpent’s Egg Blu-ray Review: Bergman’s Worst Is Still Worth Watching
By Mat Brewster |
In January of 1976, famed Swedish director Ingmar Bergman was arrested on charges of tax evasion. The charges were later ...
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Once Upon a Deadpool Movie Review: An Adequate Gimmick
By Matthew St.Clair |
Once Upon A Deadpool is exactly as it is advertised. It's a fun, censored re-release of Deadpool 2 made to ...
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Operation Finale Blu-ray Review: Emotionally Flat but Subjectively Intriguing
By David Wangberg |
I'm a sucker for films based on historical events, especially those that don't get told often or have yet to ...
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The Atomic Cafe Blu-ray Review: How I Learned to Keep Worrying and Fear the Bomb
By Davy |
When conversing of satire about our deepest, troubling fear about potential nuclear catastrophe, Stanley Kubrick's 1964 masterpiece, Dr. Strangelove: Or ...
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A Simple Favor Blu-ray Review: A Sorta Simple Mystery with All Its Twists and Turns
By Elizabeth Periale |
Director Paul Feig's (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters) A Simple Favor doesn't know what it wants to be. Murder mystery? Psychological thriller? Black ...
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Nancy Movie Review: An Uncomfortably Subtle and Hauntingly Grim Portrait
By Davy |
In a year of dysfunctional families, alien horror, and more superhero nonsense, it was refreshing to finally find a film ...
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Boy Erased Movie Review: Well-Intended yet Sufficiently Executed
By Matthew St.Clair |
Boy Erased is one of those movies that has its heart is in the right place but almost falters due ...
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood DVD Review: Sheds a Light on Hollywood’s Golden Era
By Jade Blackmore |
Movie studios kept a close watch on their actors' private lives in the 1940s to the 1970s. It was important ...
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Zombie: 40th Anniversary Limited Edition (1979) Blu-ray Review: A Real Eye-Opener
By Luigi Bastardo |
It's hard to keep a good zombie down, and the regular re-emergence of Lucio Fulci's seminal Dawn of the Dead ...
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A Story from Chikamatsu Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Tale Worth Watching
By Steve Geise |
When an adulterous nobleman learns that his wife is rumored to be carrying on an affair with a member of ...
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Fathom Events Presents Sleepless in Seattle
By David Wangberg |
A few weeks ago, my girlfriend and I were watching a movie when a trailer for Fathom Events' presentation of ...
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King Cohen Blu-ray + CD Review: An Inspiring Story
By Gordon S. Miller |
While many argue about the subjective success of a movie, there is one indisputable objective marker of a movie's success ...
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Justice League: Throne of Atlantis: Commemorative Edition Blu-ray Review: Not All Heroes Wear Capes
By Gordon S. Miller |
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Cinema Sentries with a free copy of the 4K UHD Blu-ray Combo Pack reviewed in ...
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Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer Movie Review: A Good Addition to the Holiday Season
By Todd Karella |
It's that time of year again where Christmas music, lights, and goodwill towards all is in the air. So of ...
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The Favourite Movie Review: A Completely Brazen Ensemble Piece
By Matthew St.Clair |
Yorgos Lanthimos tackling a period piece is a segue as unorthodox as his previous work. However, as it turns out, ...
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Strait-Jacket / Berserk! Double Feature Blu-ray Review: A Pair from the End of Joan Crawford’s Career
By Gordon S. Miller |
Mill Creek Entertainment presents two Joan Crawford films, Strait-Jacket and Berserk!, on a single Blu-ray disc. Dubbed a “Psycho Biddy ...
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Shoplifters Movie Review: A Potent Mix of Pragmatism and Empathy
By Matthew St.Clair |
One thing that's so amazing about Shoplifters is that it succeeds in areas where it could've easily gone wrong. It's ...
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Green Book Movie Review: An Old Fashioned yet Badly Polished Look at Racism
By Matthew St.Clair |
The best way to describe Green Book is that it's a topical movie that has its heart in the right ...
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Crazy Rich Asians Blu-ray Review: Crazy Good Movie
By David Wangberg |
By now, it's already very well known that Jon M. Chu's Crazy Rich Asians marked a milestone for Hollywood as ...
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Fanchon the Cricket (1915) Blu-ray Review: Lost Pickford Film Charms
By Kent Conrad |
In modern films, it seems that everybody who wandered anywhere in the vicinity of the set gets an on-screen credit. ...
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Orgies of Edo Blu-ray Review: Torture, Surrealism, and Topless Women
By Kent Conrad |
When a form of entertainment is facing a crisis, when other forms of media cut into its business and make ...
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Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 3 Blu-ray Review: A Must-Own for Animation Fans
By Gordon S. Miller |
Volume 3 is the latest release in the Pixar Short Films Collection series, presenting 13 shorts that were released between ...
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Kin (2018) Blu-ray Review: All Setup with No Payoff
By David Wangberg |
Jonathan and Josh Baker's directorial debut, Kin, is just further proof that not all short films deserve the feature-length treatment. ...
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The Wizard of Gore Blu-ray Review: Splatter Magic
By Mat Brewster |
If there's one thing I know for sure after watching The Wizard of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis's splatter classic is ...
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Teen Titans GO! to the Movies Blu-ray Review: Doesn’t Quite Capture the Essence of the TV Show
By Todd Karella |
Serious comic-book fans know that the Teen Titans have been around since the 1960s, but with comic-book culture hitting the ...
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Metropolis (2001) Blu-ray Review: Visually Opulent, Narratively Dormant Adaptation
By Kent Conrad |
The cliché about Osamu Tezuka is to call him the Walt Disney of Japan. He was, indeed, a pioneer of ...
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BlacKkKlansman Blu-ray Review: Power to the People
By Steve Geise |
Truth really is stranger than fiction. Based on author Ron Stallworth's biographical book, Spike Lee's latest film follows the police ...
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The Meg Blu-ray Review: Worth Diving Into
By David Wangberg |
The Meg is almost exactly the type of movie one would expect if you told them the basic premise is ...
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AFI Fest 2018 Review: Stan & Ollie
By Gordon S. Miller |
Directed by Jon S. Baird, Stan & Ollie is a sweet tribute to the legendary comedy duo of Stan Laurel and Oliver ...
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AFI Fest 2018 Review: Destroyer
By Gordon S. Miller |
Karyn Kusama's Destroyer opens with LAPD detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman) showing up at a murder scene. Strewn around the victim is ...
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Gas Food Lodging Blu-ray Review: A Moving Study of Women on Their Own Terms
By Davy |
As I have mentioned time and time again, the essence and importance of women filmmakers continues to be taken for ...
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AFI Fest 2018 Review: Bird Box
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the Bird Box opens, Malorie (Sandra Bullock) tells two young children, identified as “boy” and “girl,” the grave dangers they face ...
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Widows Movie Review: A Pitch-Perfect Heist Thriller
By Matthew St.Clair |
Steve McQueen may be a director that hails from the U.K. but he has successfully demonstrated his ability to venture ...
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The Best of The Three Stooges (13-Disc) DVD Review: Will Soitantly Please the Curly Lovers
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Three Stooges were one of the most notable comedic acts of the 20th Century due to their violent slapstick ...
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We Are Not Done Yet Movie Review: An Important Documentary About Veterans
By Darcy Staniforth |
November. A month where many people are focusing on the upcoming holiday season. But before Thanksgiving, there is another holiday. ...
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Incredibles 2 Blu-ray Review: An Incredible Sequel
By Gordon S. Miller |
Picking up where The Incredibles left off, Incredibles 2 sees the Parr family take on the Under Miner, but the ...
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Shampoo Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Head and Shoulders Above the Rest
By Steve Geise |
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this film is Warren Beatty's glorious hair. Playing a Beverly Hills hairdresser/lothario named George, ...
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The Big Lebowski (20th Anniversary) Limited Edition Gift Set Review: The Dude and This Set Abide
By Mat Brewster |
In the late 1990s, during my college years, I went to the movies every weekend. I saw pretty much every ...
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Can You Ever Forgive Me? Movie Review: A Dynamic Showcase for Melissa McCarthy
By Matthew St.Clair |
After landing an Oscar nomination for her scene-stealing turn in Bridesmaids, Melissa McCarthy has managed to successfully parlay her awards ...
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Time Trap Movie Review: Science Fiction Fun
By Rons Reviews |
Throw some pillows on the floor, build a fort out of dining room chairs and blankets, and grab a bowl ...
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