The Gilded Lily Blu-ray Review: Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray’s First Team-Up
By Mat Brewster |
By the time The Gilded Lily was made in 1935, Claudette Colbert was a huge star. She'd gained notoriety in ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 29: 1976-1977 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy comic strip debuted on October 4, 1931 named after its lead character, a by-the-book police detective ...
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Punk the Capital Blu-ray Review: Building a Sound Movement
By Darcy Staniforth |
If you are a punk or a fan of punk and hardcore, you know the importance of Washington DC in the ...
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Major Dundee Blu-ray Review: Get Whipped and Bury Your Dead
By Jack Cormack |
Director Sam Peckinpah was a few things: a drunk, misogynist boor; an auteur who was always getting screwed by the ...
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From the Couch Hole: Fell in Love by the Soda Machine
By Shawn Bourdo |
Season One, Episode One was well received. We're moving on to Episode Two and I'm starting to get more into ...
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Black Widow (2021) Movie Review: Back in the MCU
By Gordon S. Miller |
After making her first appearance in Iron Man 2 and sacrificing herself for half the universe in Avengers: Endgame, Natasha ...
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His Dark Materials: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review: Entertaining Adaptation of Popular Book Series
By David Wangberg |
There was an era in the 2000s in which movie studios were desperate to find the next The Lord of ...
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British Noir III DVD Review: A Nice but Slight Look into the Genre
By Mat Brewster |
Film noir seems like the quintessential American genre. The French term literally means black film and was used as a ...
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Alias Nick Beal Blu-ray Review: A Faustian Noir
By Mat Brewster |
For the last four or five years, I've participated in #noirvember, that's hashtag speak for film noirs in November. It ...
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It Happened on 5th Avenue Blu-ray Review: Thoroughly Charming Happenstance
By Steve Geise |
You know how sometimes you stumble across a movie you had no intention of watching but end up really liking ...
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Icy Breasts Blu-ray Review: A Cool French Noir
By Mat Brewster |
I am a collector, a list maker, and a spreadsheet creator. There is something so satisfying about making a list ...
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From the Couch Hole: Maybe We Can Stay in Touch
By Shawn Bourdo |
There was once a blog named "Sunday Morning Tuneage". From 2006 - 2013 on MySpace, I wrote a weekly dispatch ...
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My Little Chickadee Blu-ray Review: A Delightful Romp Worth Seeing Some Time
By Gordon S. Miller |
My Little Chickadee is one of nine films starring Mae West that Kino Lorber Studio Classics released at the end ...
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Irezumi Blu-ray Review: Kiss of the Spider Woman
By Steve Geise |
A wealthy merchant’s daughter becomes a murderous geisha after receiving a huge back tattoo of a spider. At a glance, ...
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Visions of Eight Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Octathlon of Olympic Shorts
By Davy |
I'm not what you'd call an enthusiast of sports. Honestly, I don't like, watch, or play sports. I've never been ...
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (35th Anniversary) Steelbook Blu-ray Review
By Mat Brewster |
I am proud to say that I am a member of Generation X. Or as proud as a Gen X-er ...
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Book Review: The Art and Making of The Stand by Andy Burns
By Jack Cormack |
Priced at $45, The Art and Making of The Stand (Titan Books) is a coffee-table bit of glossiness devoted to ...
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World of Wong Kar Wai Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: What a Wonderful World
By Steve Geise |
Wong Kar Wai burst into the international film scene in the 1980s and has remained an icon ever since. While ...
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Fool for Love Blu-ray Review: The Sins of the Father Revisited
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the '80s, director Robert Altman made a series of six films that were based on plays. One was Sam ...
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Werewolves Within Movie Review: A Hair-Raising Horror-Comedy
By Matthew St.Clair |
Werewolves are more than just humans that turn into creatures under the shiny full moon. They’re also a manifestation of ...
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Hunter Hunter Blu-ray Review: A Unique and Bold Entry in Modern Horror
By Davy |
Like I've stated in previous reviews, the horror genre continues to be a misunderstood one in film. Most people don't ...
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Madame Curie Blu-ray Review: Geniuses Oblivious to Their Attraction
By Steve Geise |
Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon portray the Curies in this biographical film about the early career of the discoverer of ...
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Rick and Morty: The Complete Seasons 1-4 Blu-ray Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Rick and Morty was created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. A series of animated shorts by Roiland that featured ...
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Irezumi (1966) Blu-ray Review: Revenge and Obsession
By Kent Conrad |
"Irezumi" is the Japanese word for a style of tattooing. It employs the use of a long wooden-handled needle that ...
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Ziegfeld Follies Blu-ray Review: Two Hours of Follies, Half Hour of Jollies
By Steve Geise |
While movie musicals typically follow a paper-thin plot as a device to string together their songs, this oddity ditches the ...
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Book Review: Summer Movies: 30 Sun-Drenched Classics by John Malahy
By Davy |
Normally, I have never been into Summer, especially due to the hot, stifling weather; mosquitoes, screaming children at play, overcrowded ...
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John Wayne Essential 14-Movie Collection DVD Review: A Good Sampling of the Duke’s Work
By Gordon S. Miller |
John Wayne appeared in 169 feature length films over his 50-year career as an actor. The 14 films in this ...
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Years of Lead: Five Classic Italian Crime Thrillers (1973-1977) Blu-ray Review: A Great Overview of the Poliziotteschi Genre
By Mat Brewster |
The Italian Giallo is generally considered to be a subgenre of horror. This makes plenty of sense as they are ...
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Indiana Jones: 4-Movie Collection 4K Ultra HD Box Set Review: Dolby Atmos to the Rescue
By Steve Geise |
Just in time for this month’s 40th anniversary of the theatrical debut of Indiana Jones, this new box set presents ...
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Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: An Animation Masterpiece
By Gordon S. Miller |
Influenced by artist Frank Fanzetta and Heavy Metal magazine, Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal is an animation masterpiece. The Adult Swim TV ...
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The Stylist Blu-ray Review: Director Jill Gevargizian Is out to Change the Horror Genre
By Davy |
Unfortunately, the film industry still continues to overlook the cinematic accomplishments of females, and that also includes horror movies. In ...
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Supernatural: The Complete Fifteenth and Final Season Blu-ray Review: A Sad Goodbye to the Winchester Family
By Todd Karella |
Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Cinema Sentries with a free copy of the Blu-ray reviewed in this post. The ...
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There Was a Crooked Man… Blu-ray Review: Revisionist Western Could Have Used a Few More Revisions
By Mat Brewster |
The western is, perhaps, the most malleable and everlasting American film genre. Though it has certainly been in decline for ...
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Just a Gigolo Blu-ray Review: Bowie and Dietrich Make the Best of a Misfire
By Steve Geise |
This Berlin-set film arrived at an opportune time in David Bowie’s career, since he was living in the city for ...
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Grizzly Blu-ray Review: Jaws with Claws Has Flaws
By Gordon S. Miller |
Producer David Sheldon gleefully announces in an extra that Grizzly was the first to follow in the footsteps of Jaws. ...
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Book Review: Castle in the Air by Donald E. Westlake
By Greg Hammond |
Castle in the Air, by Donald E. Westlake, is a recent crime caper reprint (1980) from the always entertaining Hard ...
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Mission: Impossible (25th Anniversary Limited Edition) Blu-ray Review: MacGuffin Royale
By Jack Cormack |
In the summer of 1996, Paramount Pictures brought three TV shows that originated in the 1960s to the big screen: ...
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Escape from Fort Bravo Blu-ray Review: A Serviceable B-western Undercut by Its Love Story
By Gordon S. Miller |
John Sturges' Escape from Fort Bravo sets a love triangle within a Civil War-era western, but the limited development of ...
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King Kong (1976) Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: A Special Effects Marvel
By Gordon S. Miller |
After appearing in two Toho Studios-produced films during the 1960s, the character of King Kong returned to the silver screen ...
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Tove Movie Review: Moomin Mama Makes Her Mark
By Steve Geise |
Tove Jansson rose to international fame thanks to her creation of the iconic Moomin characters. Although she passed away 20 ...
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Book Review: Two for the Money by Max Allan Collins
By Greg Hammond |
Two for the Money, by Max Allan Collins, is the latest double issue reprint from the almost always good Hard ...
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The Amusement Park Movie Review: George A. Romero’s Lost Film on the Horrors of Old Age
By Jade Blackmore |
In the late 20th Century, several religious organizations sponsored dramatic TV shows. These shows ran as religious or public service programming, ...
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Drunken Master II Blu-ray Review: Pinnacle Chan Martial Arts
By Kent Conrad |
The fun of any of Jackie Chan's early Chinese movies is in the thrill of seeing someone doing something potentially ...
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Cruella Movie Review: A Nearly Idiosyncratic Disney Retelling
By Matthew St.Clair |
Despite being a part of the family-friendly Disney brand, Cruella doesn’t entirely feel like a traditional Disney film which is ...
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She Done Him Wrong Blu-ray Review: But This Film Will Do You Right
By Davy |
What can one say about the legendary Mae West that hasn't already been said? She was a daring, tough, and ...
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Snoopy Collection Blu-ray Review: You’d Be a Blockhead Not to Own It
By Gordon S. Miller |
Charles Schulz's iconic comic strip Peanuts ran in newspapers for nearly 50 years. It became a multimedia sensation because Schulz ...
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The Tender Trap Blu-ray Review: Trapped in Dated Attitudes But Still Tender Fun
By Steve Geise |
Frank Sinatra plays a wealthy Broadway talent agent named Charlie whose chief talent seems to be adding girlfriends to his ...
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Trances Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Beautiful Audiovisual Journey
By Darcy Staniforth |
During a four-month period, filmmaker Ahmed El-Maanouni followed the politically and peace-minded avant-pop band Nass El Ghiwane on their tour ...
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The Final Countdown (1980) 4K Ultra HD Limited Edition Review: Great Planes, Great Set-up, No Story?
By Kent Conrad |
The scenario and set-up are almost perfect for an alternative history science fiction story: a fully loaded modern (in 1979) ...
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Django (1966) 4K Ultra HD Review: A Spaghetti Western Icon
By Kent Conrad |
Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy might have signaled the international recognition of the spaghetti western, but it was Django that launched ...
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