Detonation! Violent Riders Blu-ray Review: Firing on All Cylinders
By Steve Geise |
This 1975 Japanese bikersploitation film is a funk-fueled blast of fast-paced action and free-spirited youth. As directed and co-written by ...
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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Review: A Fascinating Profile of an Enigmatic Man
By Gordon S. Miller |
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser is a documentary directed by Charlotte Zwerin about the famed jazz musician/composer. She was brought ...
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The Final Destination Blu-ray Review: The Franchise Hits a Speed Bump
By Greg Hammond |
The Final Destination is the fourth entry in the Final Destination franchise which now includes six films. If that isn’t ...
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Cobra Blu-ray Review: An Action-Packed Product of its Time
By Joe Garcia III |
Director George P. Cosmatos (Tombstone 1993) teams up with writer/star Sylvester Stallone once again to bring us the non-stop action ...
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F/X | F/X 2 Double Feature Blu-ray Review: Solving Crimes with Movie Magic
By Gordon S. Miller |
KL Studio Classics presents the theatrical adventures of special-effects man Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) with the F/X | F/X 2 ...
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Final Destination 3 Movie Review: Long-Running Series Stays Strong
By Greg Hammond |
Produced, directed, and co-written (with Glen Morgan) by James Wong, Final Destination 3 continues the winning streak of entries in ...
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Rosa la rose, fille publique Blu-ray Review: A Day in the Life of a French Sex Worker
By Mat Brewster |
Rosa (Marianne Basler) is young, beautiful, and full of what the French call the joy of life. She's also a ...
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The Big Heat Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on William P. McGivern's serial in The Saturday Evening Post, later published as a novel, Fritz Lang's The Big ...
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Final Destination Movie Review: A Wonderfully Grotesque Beginning
By Greg Hammond |
James Wong’s Final Destination is now a quarter of a century old. In that time, the franchise has grown to ...
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Two Political Thrillers by Henri Verneuil: I… for Icarus & Mille Milliards de Dollars DVD Review
By Steve Geise |
This double-feature DVD collection compiles suspenseful but unrelated films from writer/director Henri Verneuil. It’s perfect for fans of ‘70s conspiracy ...
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Looney Tunes: Collector’s Vault Volume 1 Review: Something Old, Something New to Blu-ray
By Gordon S. Miller |
After four volumes of the Collector's Choice series, the Warner Archive Collection now presents Looney Tunes: Collector's Vault Volume 1, ...
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The Blues Under the Skin Blu-ray Review: Trouble in Mind
By Steve Geise |
Robert Manthoulis’s little-seen 1973 film is a curious combination of intimate music performances, documentary scenes of working-class poor, and scripted ...
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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Blu-ray Review: One of the Greatest Nature Documentaries of All-time
By Davy |
There is a certain kind of relationship between humans and animals that can't be explained, but why should it be? ...
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Beware of Mr. Baker Blu-ray Review: Strange Brew
By Steve Geise |
This 2012 documentary delves into the riotous life of wild-eyed, mercurial drummer Ginger Baker, best known for his work with ...
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Superman (2025) Movie Review: A Great Start for the New DC Universe
By Todd Karella |
Whenever I’ve been asked the question, “if you were a superhero, what superpower would you want?” I never have an ...
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The Monkey Blu-ray Review: Has Heart, Humor, and Horror in Equal Measure
By Davy |
Osgood Perkins (filmmaker and son of the legendary Anthony Perkins) has built a stellar reputation as a wizard of horror, ...
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Final Destination 2 Blu-ray Review: Solid Sequel Fun
By Greg Hammond |
The Final Destination franchise includes six films, ten novels, a one-shot comic, and a comic series. There is no typical ...
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Sinners Blu-ray Review: A Modern Masterpiece
By Davy |
Acclaimed and highly imaginative filmmaker Ryan Coogler is one of our best living directors. His oeuvre since his startling 2013 ...
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Made in New Jersey: Films from Fort Lee Blu-ray Review: Birth of a Nation’s Films
By Steve Geise |
Hollywood wasn’t always the center of the U.S. film industry. For a handful of years in the early 20th century, ...
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The President’s Wife Blu-ray Review: Game Recognizes Game
By Steve Geise |
Early on in Catherine Deneuve’s recent film, it appears that she may have lost the thread. Nearing 80 during its ...
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The Usual Suspects (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: A Very Good Modern Noir
By Gordon S. Miller |
Directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie, who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, The Usual ...
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The Ballad of Wallis Island Blu-ray Review: Wish Fulfillment
By Steve Geise |
Most of us have a dream musical act we’d love to see reunited in concert. Charles Heath is a different ...
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The Complete Thin Man Collection Blu-ray Review: The Nick & Nora Charles Film Files
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Thin Man Collection is a repackaging of the six Thin Man movies starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as ...
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Rustlers’ Rhapsody Blu-ray Review: A Clever Comic Tribute to the Singing Cowboys
By Joe Garcia III |
Written and directed by Hugh Wilson (Police Academy), Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985) is filled with gags, jokes, and subtle ten-gallon hat ...
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Mystery Street Blu-ray Review: Murder Most Dull
By Steve Geise |
This 1950 crime procedural emphasizes the procedure, with dialogue as dry as the Mojave and bland, robotic performances. It’s historically ...
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Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Extremely Interesting and Enlightening
By Davy |
Being a dedicated lover of cinema, it's always amazing to come across films that don't fit the normalcy of filmmaking. ...
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Three the Hard Way Blu-ray Review: What’s Black and White and Packed with Action All Over?
By Gordon S. Miller |
Director Gordon Parks Jr. followed up his feature-film debut of Superfly with Three the Hard Way, which brings together three ...
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Re-Animator 4K UHD Review: Dead Funny
By Rock London |
Behold, Re-Animator (1985; dir. Stuart Gordon)—baby, you’re back. And in stunning 4K, no less. You still kick like a mule ...
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Blu-ray Review: A Tale That Is Poignant with Both Laughter and Excitement
By Rons Reviews |
In 1998, moviegoers were given two similarly themed films. Both Armageddon and Deep Impact told the story of a large ...
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Midnight Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Cinderella in Paris
By Steve Geise |
1939 is generally regarded as the greatest classic movie year of all time, largely due to The Wizard of Oz ...
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I, Madman Blu-ray Review: A Brilliant Work of Imagination
By Joe Garcia III |
I, Madman (1989) starring Jenny Wright and Clayton Rohner, brings us something other than the usual '80s, deranged monster slasher. ...
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Drop (Collector’s Edition) Blu-ray Review: Thrills and Suspense Reminiscent of Hitchcock
By Greg Hammond |
Christopher Landon’s Drop is an intense delight from beginning to end mostly because of the charisma of the two leads, ...
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The Annihilation of Fish Blu-ray Review: Equally Hilarious and Heartfelt
By Davy |
Marvel independent filmmaker Charles Burnett is an unsung hero of cinema. One of the pioneers of giving leverage to directors ...
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Bottoms Blu-ray Review: Hilarious High School High Jinks
By Gordon S. Miller |
High-schoolers PJ (Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri) are nerdy lesbian virgins hoping to get together with their straight crushes, ...
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Black Bag 4K UHD Review: Soderbergh’s Bag of Tricks Expands to Espionage
By Steve Geise |
George and Kathryn Woodhouse are married British spies who work in the same office, throwing George’s life into disarray when ...
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Tribeca 2025 Review: Andy Kaufman Is Me
By Greg Hammond |
On the heels of Alex Braverman’s Thank You Very Much, the 2023 documentary about the enigmatic comedian/provocateur Andy Kaufman, comes ...
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Foul Play Blu-ray Review: To Catch an Assassin
By Gordon S. Miller |
Screenwriter Colin Higgins parlayed his success from the comedic, Hitchcockian thriller Silver Streak, into directing his screenplay Foul Play, another ...
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Rhapsody in Blue Blu-ray Review: Rapturous Rhapsody
By Steve Geise |
This movie was on my Blu-ray wish list for many years before it finally became reality last month thanks to ...
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The Straight Story Movie Review: Good, Old-Fashioned, Fantastic Storytelling
By Greg Hammond |
The Straight Story is easily David Lynch’s most accessible movie. As a G-rated, Disney film, it is about as far ...
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McHale’s Navy (1964) DVD Review: Toss It Overboard
By Rons Reviews |
I have very fond memories of this series, but not of the movie as I don’t recall seeing it. When ...
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Dirty Harry 4K UHD Review: Justice and Anarchy
By Kent Conrad |
I felt a little sad after watching Dirty Harry. It wasn't my first time, of course. I've seen the movie ...
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Lover Come Back Blu-ray Review: Pillow Talk 2
By Steve Geise |
Following the success (and enduring popularity) of their first rom-com together, Pillow Talk, Rock Hudson and Doris Day teamed up ...
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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Movie Review: Rules to Live and Die By
By Gordon S. Miller |
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum delivers more of the same non-stop, eye-popping action (and that's a literal description of ...
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Alien 3 Movie Review: Witness a Slow Decline
By Greg Hammond |
David Fincher’s Alien3 is the third entry in the Alien franchise and, chronologically, directly follows the first two films, Alien ...
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The New Adventures of Tarzan Blu-ray Review: Spirited Action and Unintended Laughs Make for an Entertaining Serial
By Gordon S. Miller |
Available to watch altogether or as individual chapters, The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) is a 12-part serial starring Herman ...
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The Outlaw Josey Wales 4K UHD Review: The Weary Gunslinger
By Rock London |
A Missouri farmer goes guerrilla after Union raiders kill his family—that’s the basic setup of The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976; ...
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Two Heads Are Not Better than One
By Greg Hammond |
How to Get Ahead in Advertising is an unusual (though not unheard of) amalgamation of absurdist humor and body horror ...
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A Clockwork Orange Movie Review: Bezoomny Droogs and Horrorshow Bitvas
By Greg Hammond |
Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, starring Malcolm McDowell and based on the novel by Anthony Burgess, takes place in a ...
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The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers: Two Films by Richard Lester Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Fun for All, and All for Fun
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Three Musketeers (1973) is star-studded, comic swashbuckler based on Alexandre Dumas’s 19th century classic novel of the same name. ...
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Tom and Jerry: The Complete CinemaScope Collection Blu-ray Review: The Animated Pair’s Trademark Slapstick Violence Goes Widescreen
By Gordon S. Miller |
As part of the 85th anniversary celebration of Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry franchise, which began with their first cartoon, Puss ...
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