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Us Blu-ray Review: A Stunning Second Effort by Jordan Peele

By Davy | Jun 16, 2019

When comedy icon and new horror master Jordan Peele made his 2017 smash, Get Out, he created a new type of ...

Thirst (2009) Blu-ray Review: A Wicked Love Story

By Davy | Jun 15, 2019

After the Twilight franchise nearly ruined the vampire film with its sour and teeny-bopper mix of staleness, Coldplay, and glitter, filmmakers set ...

The Thing from Another World Blu-ray Review: A Classic of the Sci-fi Genre

By Gordon S. Miller | Jun 14, 2019

Based on John W. Campbell's 1938 novella “Who Goes There?” The Thing from Another World (1951) tells the story of those at ...

Book Review: Strange Cures by Rob Zabrecky

By Darcy Staniforth | Jun 13, 2019

A good magician is always a joy to witness, but when a magician can curate a full experience of amazing ...

Sinatra in Palm Springs: The Place He Called Home Blu-ray Review: A Look at the Love Affair Between the Singer and the City

By generaljabbo | Jun 12, 2019

Frank Sinatra was born in New Jersey and synonymous with New York City. He also defined what a Las Vegas ...

Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Blu-ray Review: Fun, If Over-packed, Crossover Event

By Kent Conrad | Jun 11, 2019

Crossovers are fun because they can never really be consequential. Popular characters are the tent poles of multi-billion dollar corporations ...

Kidnapped (1971) Blu-ray Review: More Political than Adventurous

By Mat Brewster | Jun 11, 2019

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote over a dozen novels in his lifetime plus multiple short stories, poems, essays, and other works. ...

Fatso Blu-ray Review: Starring the Great Comedian Dom DeLuise

By Davy | Jun 9, 2019

Being a guy on the chubby side, I can definitely relate to films about the dangers of binge-eating and food ...

Modest Heroes Blu-ray Review: Eat Their Shorts

By Mat Brewster | Jun 8, 2019

When Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement in 2013, producer Yoshiaki Nishimura grabbed as many animators from the famed studio as ...

Dark Phoenix Movie Review: A Frustratingly Regressive Conclusion

By Matthew St.Clair | Jun 8, 2019

The last time the “Dark Phoenix” saga from the X-Men comics was adapted for the big screen was in X-Men: The ...

Pavarotti Movie Review: A Fine Look at the Opera Legend

By David Wangberg | Jun 7, 2019

Luciano Pavarotti was one of the best opera singers to have lived, and his memory will live on forever in ...

Bright Angel Blu-ray Review: A Coming-of-Age Road Trip

By Mat Brewster | Jun 6, 2019

One of the great joys of being a movie nerd in these times is that we have access to so ...

The Batman Four Film Collection 4K UHD Review: Long Live the Bat

By Steve Geise | Jun 5, 2019

It seems impossible now, but 30 years ago there was only one blockbuster cinematic superhero: Batman. In celebration of the ...

Starfish (2019) Movie Review: A Wonderfully Ambitious Sci-Fi Pic About Grief

By Matthew St.Clair | Jun 5, 2019

Starfish is an ambitious piece of science fiction that manages to keep afloat despite its attempt to juggle two vastly different ...

Let the Sunshine In Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Love Is…Brutally Human

By Davy | Jun 5, 2019

For most people, love is a constant slope towards madness and eventual pain. We crave it, but sometimes, when it's ...

A Star is Born: Encore Blu-ray Review: As Great As the Original Version

By David Wangberg | Jun 5, 2019

Bradley Cooper showed his prowess for directing with his debut, the 2018 version of A Star is Born. In some aspects, ...

Ma Movie Review: Octavia Spencer Elevates Campy Thriller

By Matthew St.Clair | Jun 4, 2019

Most horror films don't always rely on star power with Ma being a rare exception. With the involvement of names like Academy ...

The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection Blu-ray Review: A Solid Entry in the Franchise

By Shawn Bourdo | Jun 3, 2019

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided our writer with a free copy of the Blu-ray reviewed in this post. The opinions ...

Always Be My Maybe (2019) Movie Review: Charming and Incredibly Subversive

By Matthew St.Clair | Jun 2, 2019

Kind of like the Mariah Carey song the title references, Always Be My Maybe feels like a catchy pop tune. You know ...

La Prisonnière Blu-ray Review: Cluzot Gets Modern

By Mat Brewster | Jun 1, 2019

The 1960s were a time of enormous cultural upheaval. The aftermath of World War II found many countries with a ...

Road to Utopia (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: Striking Comedy Gold

By Gordon S. Miller | May 31, 2019

Kino Lorber Studio Classics has added to their roster Special Edition Blu-ray releases of the first four Road pictures starring Bing Crosby, ...

The Nun (1965) Blu-ray Review: Get Thee to a Nunnery

By Mat Brewster | May 30, 2019

Jacques Rivette's 1965 adaptation of the Denis Diderot book The Nun (La Religieuse) was controversial before it was even released. The script ...

Diamantino Movie Review: A Wonderfully Bizarre Camp Thriller

By Matthew St.Clair | May 29, 2019

Whenever the main character, soccer player Diamantino Matamouros (Carloto Cotta), steps onto the soccer field, he imagines himself seeing cute ...

Cold Pursuit Blu-ray Review: Revenge Served at the Right Temperature

By Gordon S. Miller | May 28, 2019

Cold Pursuit finds Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland remaking an English version of his 2014 film In Order of Disappearance (Kraftidioten). Liam Neeson ...

By Elizabeth Periale | May 27, 2019

"Isn't It Romantic opens with Roy Orbison's classic song "Oh, Pretty Woman" playing, as a young Aussie, Natalie, watches Julia Roberts ...

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires Blu-ray Review: The Genre Blending Works Well

By Gordon S. Miller | May 26, 2019

Released on Blu-ray from Scream Factory, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires is the ninth and final entry in Hammer's Dracula film series ...

Booksmart Movie Review: A Hilarious Romp with Immense Sincerity

By Matthew St.Clair | May 25, 2019

Booksmart may be about two high school seniors looking to go to a big party the night before graduation. However, it's ...

Rocketman Movie Review: Incredibly Sublime with a Masterful Taron Egerton Performance

By Matthew St.Clair | May 24, 2019

It feels like it's been a long, long time since we've seen a biopic depicted with as much gusto and ...

The Shield: The Complete Series DVD Review, Part 2: Seasons 4-7

By Mat Brewster | May 23, 2019

This review discusses Seasons 4-7 of the FX series The Shield and the recent release of the complete series on DVD by ...

Kill Bill Vol. 1 Movie Review: A Celluloid Version of a Violent, Martial-arts Compilation Tape

By Gordon S. Miller | May 21, 2019

Previously posted online December 15, 2003. Before I get started, I want to clear one thing up because there appears ...

Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection Vol. 5, 1985-1986 by Stan Lee, Floro Dery, and Dan Barry

By Steve Geise | May 20, 2019

In its early years, the daily Spider-Man comic strip had typically followed a comfortable pattern of Spider-Man facing off against ...

A Delicate Balance Blu-ray Review: A Caustic Bore

By Mat Brewster | May 20, 2019

In the mid 1970s, producer Ely Landau created a subscription-based film series that attempted to recreate a theater experience at ...

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part Blu-ray Review: A Delightful Continuation of the Franchise

By Gordon S. Miller | May 19, 2019

I try to be open-minded about movies before I see them, but like Osgood Fielding III said in Some Like It ...

The Image Book Blu-ray Review: Godard Expresses the Hell of the Contemporary World

By Davy | May 18, 2019

Have you ever watched a film and wondered what's actually in the images you're seeing? Have you every looked at ...

Becoming Evil: Serial Killers DVD Review: This Academic Series Has a Lot of Challenges

By Darcy Staniforth | May 17, 2019

I love true crime. I listen to true-crime podcasts. I will watch true-crime television shows. And I absolutely love documentaries ...

The Shield: The Complete Series DVD Review, Part 1: Seasons 1-3

By Mat Brewster | May 16, 2019

There is a scene in the pilot episode of The Shield in which Detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) has been brought in ...

By Elizabeth Periale | May 15, 2019

In 1978, hairdresser-turned movie mogul Jon Peters bought a murder-mystery screenplay, Eyes of Laura Mars, for his then-girlfriend, Barbra Streisand. She ...