Tremors 5: Bloodlines Blu-ray Review: There’s Nothing New Under the Ground
By Luigi Bastardo |
I was but a mere fresh teenager when my curiosity was first piqued by Universal Studios' Tremors ‒ starring Kevin ...
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The Inhabitants Movie Review: Intriguing Throwback Horror Frustrates with the Same Old
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez October is the month for horror! And once the calendar rolls from September 30th to October ...
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The Honeymoon Killers Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Striking Portrait of Isolation
By Dusty Somers |
The only film ever directed by opera composer Leonard Kastle, The Honeymoon Killers wears its influences on its sleeve, but ...
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Immoral Tales and The Beast Blu-rays Review: 1970’s French Erotica
By Mat Brewster |
In my review of La Grande Bouffe, I noted that Arrow Films is second only to Criterion in creating masterful ...
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Big House, U.S.A. Blu-ray Review: Lean, Tough ’50s Crime
By Kent Conrad |
This was an unexpected treasure. Big House, U.S.A. (which is a completely undescriptive, absolutely terrible title for this grim thriller) ...
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White Shadow (2013) DVD Review: A Work of Unflinching Beauty and Harsh Reality
By Davy |
When it comes to humanist dramas, most moviegoers don't usually take the time to see these films because of the ...
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We Are Still Here Blu-ray Review: A Modern Horror Masterpiece
By Davy |
The horror genre is kind of a dying genre, a literally tried-and-true category of cinema, where filmmakers are constantly trying ...
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Manos: The Hands of Fate Blu-ray Review: As Close to Perfect as It Will Ever Be
By Luigi Bastardo |
The manufacturing of a cult film is not something someone may intentionally set out to do. Sure, you can wrangle ...
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People, Places, Things DVD Review: This Generation’s Annie Hall with Refreshing Modernity
By Davy |
When Annie Hall was released in 1977, it was a gamechanger in depicting complicated adult relationships. It was smart, witty, ...
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Cop Car Blu-ray Review: All Thriller, No Filler
By Mat Brewster |
Two boys walk through a giant expanse of space in New Mexico. They engage in call-and-response cursing. The first boy, ...
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Kirby Grant and Chinook Adventure Triple Feature, Volume 3 (1949-1953) DVD Review: Chinook of the North?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Latch your pistol to a lanyard and put your best boot forward, boys and girls, because Corporal Rod Webb is ...
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The Invisible Monster (1950) Blu-ray Review: What Are They, Nuts?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Having been raised by my grandparents - proud members of the Greatest Generation - I was privileged in a way ...
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Eaten Alive Blu-ray Combo Review: A Strangely Entertaining Cult Film Worthy of Rediscovery
By Davy |
Horror films are like the misunderstood stepchildren of cinema, and when you talk about them, one of the best examples ...
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My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Friendship Games DVD Review: Ponies No More
By Steve Geise |
You know how kids are good for exposing you to stuff you otherwise never would have touched? This film is ...
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Fathom Events and TCM Present Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho on the Big Screen
By Mat Brewster |
The famous shower scene took seven days to film (of an 11-week shoot,) contained at least 70 camera setups with ...
Read More Gentleman’s Fate / The Phantom of Paris DVDs Review: John Gilbert, Cinema’s Forgotten Heartthrob
By Luigi Bastardo |
It is a sad inevitability that every era - each generation that passes - will feature a high point doomed ...
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Twilight Time Presents: Five Features from the Escalator of Life
By Luigi Bastardo |
As if they were taking a cue from the late '80s new wave musician Robert Hazard himself, Twilight Time has ...
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Pitch Perfect 2 Blu-ray Review: Re-Introducing Hailee Steinfeld
By Steve Geise |
The Barden Bellas are in trouble. After winning the hearts of a cappella aficionados and casual fans everywhere, both within ...
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Finding Neighbors DVD Review: A Rare, Charmingly Adult Take on Unlikely Relationships
By Davy |
In the midst of the overbaked summer blockbuster season, which means having to hear endlessly about big moneymakers such as ...
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Love & Mercy Blu-ray Review: It’s What You Need Tonight!
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez There's an uncategorized subgenre in the biopic world - geniuses struggling through mental illness. It's been ...
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Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Movie Review: Steve Jobs iSummarized
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Steve Jobs has always been a hot commodity, but no more so than right now when ...
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Van Morrison: Another Glorious Decade DVD Review: For Dedicated Fans Only
By Mat Brewster |
In the summer of 1973 after a grueling tour and an emotionally devastating divorce, Van Morrison took a several-weeks vacation ...
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The Hunger (1983) Blu-ray Review: The Longest Anti-Smoking PSA Ever
By Luigi Bastardo |
For the most part, the world's most famous forms of monsters - epitomized by Universal's Classic Horror films as the ...
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TV Review: American Experience: Walt Disney: An Experience Not to Be Missed
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez I'm a Disney nut. There, I said it. Too often I'm asked "Why do you love ...
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Cemetery Without Crosses Blu-ray Review: Franco-Spanish Spaghetti Western
By Kent Conrad |
Filmed in Spain, with a mostly French cast directed by (and starring) the French Robert Hossein and with a screenplay ...
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Two Days, One Night Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Devastatingly Beautiful
By Mat Brewster |
In the industrial town of Seraing, Belgium, Sandra (Marion Cotillard) has been on sick leave from her manufacturing job after ...
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Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014 Blu-ray Review: The Band Keeps A-Rollin’
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Blu-ray for Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014 takes the viewer straight into the main feature rather than offering the menu. ...
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Stray Cat Rock Review: Bento Box of ’70s Delights
By Steve Geise |
Starting in 1970, Japan's Nikkatsu studio produced the five films presented here, labelling them all under the Stray Cat Rock ...
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Showdown in Little Tokyo Blu-ray Review: The Ultimate Guilty Pleasure of the ’90s
By Luigi Bastardo |
In Hollywood, all it takes is one strike before you're tossed out of the game. And it usually doesn't actually ...
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman Criterion Collection Review: Parallel Tales Rooted in Forbidden Passions
By Lorna Miller |
Based on the John Fowles novel, The French Lieutenant's Woman tells parallel tales rooted in forbidden passions and the complexity ...
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LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom! Review: A Surefire Success for Your Household
By Chad Derdowski |
Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom! is the latest original LEGO movie to feature the stalwart heroes of ...
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Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem Blu-ray Review: The Joker is Back to Take Over the World
By Todd Karella |
Batman is back for another film in the Unlimited series that is based on a toy line in a semi-futuristic ...
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Count Your Blessings (1959) DVD Review: More of a Curse, Really
By Luigi Bastardo |
Anyone who has ever given online dating a shot knows full well how truly horrible a romance can go if ...
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Callaway Went Thataway DVD Review: Mad Men and a Drunken Hopalong Cassidy
By Luigi Bastardo |
As the American motion picture industry first began to boom in the first half of the 20th Century, Hollywood moviemakers ...
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He Ran All the Way Blu-ray Review: Beautiful Cinematography Elevates Standard Noir
By Kent Conrad |
He Ran All The Way was written by Dalton Trumbo and directed by John Berry, both just before they were ...
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Run of the Arrow DVD Review: Samuel Fuller’s Dances with Wolves
By Luigi Bastardo |
A simple surf through the today's news channels should painfully remind you human beings don't see eye to eye on ...
Read More A Sentry Spends a Summer Sunday at the Cinema
By Rons Reviews |
There are not a lot of people that can or want to sit through three consecutive movies at the theatre, ...
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Honeymoon Hotel (1964) / Come Fly with Me DVDs Review: Sexist ’60s Rom-Coms
By Luigi Bastardo |
Not too terribly long ago - a few weeks ago, in fact - I dived into three features from the ...
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La Grande Bouffe Review: Strangely Succeeds Despite Its Uncomfortable Content
By Davy |
As many of us know, 1970s cinema was a changing time in a new kind of filmmaking, where the content ...
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Yellowbeard Blu-ray Review: A Brutal and Brutally Unfunny Pirate
By Dusty Somers |
As is the case with a number of cinematic failures, the production history of Yellowbeard is far more interesting than ...
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The Babysitter (1995) Blu-ray Review: For Those Too Scared to Watch Cinemax
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Clueless remains one of my favorite films of all time. From the minute I saw its ...
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Johnny Angel / Riff-Raff (1947) DVDs Review: Double Fistin’ RKO Film Noir
By Luigi Bastardo |
Every film buff has that one particular genre that - though they may not consider it to be their favorite ...
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She’s Funny That Way Movie Review: Wastes the Talent of the Cast and the Time of the Audience
By Rons Reviews |
Director/co-writer (along with Louise Stratten) Peter Bogdanovich has gathered together a powerhouse cast full of amazing comedic talent. With Owen ...
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Twilight Time Presents: Absolute Beginnings and Bitter Endings
By Luigi Bastardo |
For all things in life, there is a beginning and an end. And somewhere in the middle of all that ...
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X-Men: Days of Future Past: The Rogue Cut Blu-ray Review: Two Versions of the Same Story
By Gordon S. Miller |
After two movies away from the helm, Bryan Singer returned to the director's chair for the triumphant blockbuster Days of ...
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Five Came Back (1939) DVD Review: The Birth of the Disaster Film Genre
By Luigi Bastardo |
The year 1939 may be remembered in the world of film as "the year that really made a killing" at ...
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Psycho Beach Party Blu-ray Review: The Lovechild of Norman Bates, Gidget, and Mrs. Vorhees
By Mark Buckingham |
Psycho Beach Party bills itself as "a 50's psychodrama, a 60's beach movie, and a 70's slasher film" [sic]. The ...
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Still of the Night Blu-ray Review: Not Everything Meryl Is Gold
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Meryl Streep. An actress often named among the greatest actresses who ever lived. An actress whom, ...
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La Grande Bouffe Blu-ray Review: A Feast for the Senses That Leaves One Overstuffed
By Mat Brewster |
They say Catherine Deneuve refused to speak to her then-lover Marcello Mastroianni for a week after seeing his performance in ...
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10,000 Saints Movie Review: See It for the Great Performances
By Davy |
There have been many coming-of-age films set in the 1980s that work so well, such as Let the Right One ...
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