Lean on Pete Blu-ray Review: A Boy and His Horse
By David Wangberg |
I can't begin to tell you how many times I expected Andrew Haigh's Lean on Pete to fall in the ...
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The Last House on the Left Blu-ray Review: A Video Nasty Gets Its Day
By Mat Brewster |
A few weeks ago I called a dirt-bike drama from Paul Verhoeven a vile piece of work. It was sexist, ...
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The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection: Volume 2 (1966-1968) Blu-ray Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
As mentioned in my review of Volume 1, Friz Freleng was an instrumental figure in animation history because of his ...
Read More Sicario: Day of the Soldado Movie Review: Hollow, Sloppy, and Pointless
By Matthew St.Clair |
The 2015 crime thriller Sicario was a morality tale about justice, vengeance, and power meticulously crafted by director Denis Villeneuve. ...
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Miracles (1986) Blu-ray Review: Sometimes It Takes a Lot of Small Miracles to Make a Big One
By Todd Karella |
In a small village somewhere in the jungles of South America, the young daughter of a tribal chief has become ...
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The Martian Chronicles (1980) Blu-ray Review: Is There Life on Mars?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Despite the fact that it has been released on virtually every form of media since the dawn of home video ...
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I Can Only Imagine Blu-ray Review: The Song Is Amazing. The Movie Is Not.
By Rons Reviews |
In March of 2018, everyone at my Church started talking about a new movie based on the MercyMe hit song. ...
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Disorganized Crime Blu-ray Review: Is It an Action Film or a Comedy? Or Is It Just Disorganized?
By Todd Karella |
Frank Salazar (Corbin Bernsen) is a skilled bank robber from the East Coast who is currently hiding out from the ...
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Jack the Giant Killer (1962) Blu-ray Review: The Original Mockbuster
By Luigi Bastardo |
"If they could do it, I can do it!" At some point in life or another, some of you have ...
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Pacific Rim: Uprising Blu-ray Review: Too Many Characters, Not Enough Kaiju
By Darcy Staniforth |
The action in Pacific Rim: Uprising takes place 10 years after the initial breach that allowed the Kaiju to try ...
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Under Capricorn Blu-ray Review: Hitchcock Goes Down Under
By Mat Brewster |
In his interviews with Francois Truffaut (which is included in this set via audio format), Alfred Hitchcock admits that Under ...
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Boundaries Review: A Solid Escapist Road Movie
By Matthew St.Clair |
One good way to describe Boundaries is that it does yet doesn't live up to its title. It doesn't offer ...
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The Addiction Blu-ray Review: A Very Disturbing but Highly Intelligent Tale of Urban Vampirism
By Davy |
As a filmmaker, Abel Ferrara has always stepped outside of the mold to deliver highly provocative works of humanity going ...
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Portrait of the Artist As a Fascinating Man
By Steve Geise |
Yukio Mishima carved out a career as an esteemed playwright and author before ending his life by taking over a ...
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The Woman in the Window (1944) Blu-ray Review: Early Noir is Excellent
By Mat Brewster |
Fritz Lang's 1944 crime drama The Woman in the Window is one of a handful of films that became the ...
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Ocean’s 8 Movie Review: A Fun Escapist Spinoff
By Matthew St.Clair |
Even though it could've been its own original property rather than an Ocean's spinoff, Ocean's 8 is still enjoyable popcorn ...
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Hereditary Movie Review: Give Toni Collette the Best Actress Oscar
By Matthew St.Clair |
It's hard to know how exactly to describe Hereditary as a film. On one hand, it's a dark descent into ...
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The Bloodthirsty Trilogy Blu-ray Review: Dracula Goes East
By Kent Conrad |
As one of the great national cinemas, the Japanese movie industry has invented whole cloth many genres and excelled in ...
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Spetters Blu-ray Review: A Dirt Bike Drama that Lives in the Gutter
By Mat Brewster |
Paul Verhoeven's 1980 dirt-bike drama Spetters is a vile piece of work. It's the sort of film that finds sexual ...
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RBG Movie Review: Evidence Why Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Definitely the Notorious RBG
By Darcy Staniforth |
As a woman living in 2018, it can be easy to take the rights and opportunities that women currently have ...
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The Workers Cup Movie Review: Simplistic Almost to a Fault
By Matthew St.Clair |
In 2022, Qatar will host the FIFA World Cup and its stadium is being built by 1.6 million migrant workers. ...
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Jackass: Complete Movie and TV Collection DVD Review: Not for the Faint of Heart
By Gordon S. Miller |
Tied to the release of Johnny Knoxville's Action Point, Paramount has released Jackass: Complete Movie and TV Collection, an 11-disc ...
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Black Venus Blu-ray Review: A Horrible Mark in Our History
By Mat Brewster |
Black Venus tells the true life story of Sarah “Saartjie” Baartman, a South African woman who was mistreated her entire ...
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Lights of New York (1928) DVD Review: The Most Sublime Milestone in Cinema
By Luigi Bastardo |
Given that even the cheapest films produced today can be presented in faux widescreen with 7-channel surround sound and special ...
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Death Smiles on a Murderer Blu-ray Review: I’m Not Smiling
By Mat Brewster |
In 1973, Joe D'Amato, the Italian auteur behind such masterpieces as Anthropophagus, Emmanuelle and the Last Cannibals, and Anal Strippers ...
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2018 TCM Classic Film Festival Review: Day Four
By Lorna Miller |
The last day of the festival is always started with a mix of emotions, sadness that it is almost over ...
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2018 TCM Classic Film Festival Review: Day Four
By Lorna Miller |
The last day of the festival is always started with a mix of emotions, sadness that it is almost over ...
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Peter Pan (1953) Blu-ray Review: Soars with Hours of Bonus Features
By Steve Geise |
Peter Pan was previously released on Blu-ray back in 2013 in a Diamond Edition, but after being briefly consigned to ...
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The Big Country Blu-ray Review: Big Movie, Big Director, Big Stars, Little Story
By Mat Brewster |
The Big Country is an epic (or should I say “big”) movie on every scale. It was directed by William ...
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Red Sparrow Blu-ray Review: This Bird Simply Doesn’t Fly
By Rons Reviews |
March 2nd seemed like an unusual release date for an R-rated Jennifer Lawrence vehicle in which she plays a sexy ...
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American Animals Movie Review: A Conflicted yet Clever Heist Thriller
By Matthew St.Clair |
American Animals is based on the true story of two college students from Lexington, Kentucky named Spencer (Barry Keoghan) and ...
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Daphne & Velma Blu-ray Review: Feels Forced and Missing Something
By Shawn Bourdo |
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Cinema Sentries with a free copy of the item reviewed. The opinions shared are the ...
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Smash Palace Blu-ray Review: Defies Convention and Cliche
By Davy |
Sometimes films about divorce and parental miscommunication are difficult to swallow, especially because of how terrible they can be for ...
Read More Annihilation Blu-ray Review: Alex Garland Annihilates the Sophomore Slump
By Steve Geise |
Annihilation gained notoriety during its U.S. theatrical release earlier this year when it was revealed that Paramount had decided to ...
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Alexander Hamilton (1931) DVD Review: I Never Expect to See a Perfect Work Anyway
By Luigi Bastardo |
Far removed from the musical stage sensation of today, the 1917 Broadway production of Hamilton presented audiences with a condensed ...
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Solo: A Star Wars Story Movie Review: A Fun Addition to the Franchise
By Gordon S. Miller |
Set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, Solo tells how Han Solo began his journey towards becoming ...
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Fireman, Save My Child (1932) DVD Review: Old Hatter Up
By Luigi Bastardo |
Admittedly, a movie from the early '30s is bound to feel more than just a tad bit outdated when viewed ...
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The Hanging Tree (1959) Blu-ray Review: Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper
By Luigi Bastardo |
Several years before a more somber wave of performers rode into town, Gary Cooper was ‒ as he had done ...
Read More 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival Review: Day Three
By Lorna Miller |
One of my most anticipated films started day three with Bullitt (1968). This is a movie I am always surprised ...
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The Gay Bride (1934) DVD Review: Married to the Flop
By Luigi Bastardo |
Some marriages just need a little time to get things right. Crafted at the tail-end of Hollywood's golden age of ...
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The Ship from Shanghai (1930) DVD Review: Slippery When Whet
By Luigi Bastardo |
Were you to examine the wake of just about every cinematic maritime thriller pitting a random assortment of passengers against ...
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On Chesil Beach Movie Review: Saoirse Ronan Keeps Afloat
By Matthew St.Clair |
The last time Saoirse Ronan starred in a film based on an Ian McEwan novel was Atonement back in 2007. ...
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Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years Vol. 2 Border Crossings: The Crime and Action Movies Blu-ray Review: Nikkatsu Noir
By Kent Conrad |
Seijun Suzuki is one of the more famous Japanese directors of the '60s, when younger filmmakers were taking the rein ...
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TCM and Fathom Events Present Sunset Boulevard
By Mat Brewster |
A down-on-his-luck screenwriter (William Holden) goes on the run from some pretty nasty creditors. He flees in the very car ...
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Schlock (1973) Blu-ray Review: The Dawn of Landis
By Luigi Bastardo |
The first feature film of cult filmmaker John Landis, Schlock serves as a exemplary reminder we all have to start ...
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Schlock DVD Review: “Appropriately Named”
By Gordon S. Miller |
Released by Turbine Media Group, Schlock is now available as an exclusive limited 2000-copy Blu-ray/DVD combo mediabook edition that contains ...
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Saving Brinton Movie Review: One’s Trash Is a Treasure for Many
By David Wangberg |
Michael Zahs, a retired history teacher and the subject of the new documentary Saving Brinton, is the very definition of ...
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2018 TCM Classic Film Festival Review: Day Two
By Lorna Miller |
The second day of the festival started with the world premiere restoration of My Brilliant Career (1979) since it features ...
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2018 TCM Classic Film Festival Review: Day Two
By Lorna Miller |
The second day of the festival started with the world premiere restoration of My Brilliant Career (1979) since it features ...
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MGM’s The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) DVD Review: When Compilations Were String
By Luigi Bastardo |
One would expect a collection of clips featuring some of cinema's greatest comedians and comediennes to be a laugh-a-minute mini-fest; ...
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