Reel Reviews - Movie Reviews, blu-ray/DVD reviews

Glass (2019) - Movie Review

a phony mess of a comic book movie wannabe

The Upside (2019) - Movie Review

A delightfully charming and oftentimes hilarious little film

The 6th Friend

Takes itself WAY TOO serious

Escape Room - Movie Review

A white-knuckle thriller

Mid90s - Movie Review

In a word, it is simply brilliant.

White Boy Rick - Blu-ray Review

It is sad, heartfelt, funny, entertaining, and as dangerous as a box of dynamite.

Bad Times at the El Royale - Blu-ray Review

I wouldn’t hesitate to return for another stay at the El Royale

A Simple Favor - Blu-ray Review

There is an elegance to the mystery

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Goosebumps 2 (2018) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 22 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Hollywood used to make fun movies like this one all of the time. They stopped when the 1990s ran up on us. Hitting my stride in the 1980s as a fat kid with a bag of popcorn in one hand and a sack of gummy bears in the other, my days were filled with Monster Squad memories ...

Nurse Jill (2016) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 21 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Because sometimes the act of revenge is stronger medicine than actually doing it. Sometimes. The 16mm footage. The dialogue cards. The city atmospheres. Everything about Nurse Jill, including its smaller than small ...

The 2019 Oscar Nominations are Out - Here's the List

Details: Published: 22 January 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

It is that time of year again. It's Oscar nomination day. The day when conspiracy theorists come out of the woodwork with the final and definitive proof that Hollywood is being run by lizard people who faked the moon landing.

Last Action Hero: Retro VHS Look (1993) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 20 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

The wink and the nod begins with the opening sideways shot as a cop car arrives on the scene. Swiftly, the camera corrects itself and a barrage of cops, all apparently having the worst night of their lives, arrives. The camera glides over the response to the hostage scene that is ...

Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - January 22, 2019

Details: Published: 21 January 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

As we continue our warp speed trek into the new year, the blu-ray and 4K action begins to heat back up this week of January 15th with a good slate of offerings sure to tickle the fancy of hi-def movie buffs ...

M. Night Shyamalan Back at Top of Weekend Box Office with GLASS

Details: Published: 21 January 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Glass

For a weekend that expected big things from M. Night Shyamalan at the box office, there weren't too many twists. The filmmaker's latest film Glass – the much-anticipated culmination of the Unbreakable trilogy – went to lofty heights to finish in the top spot with a $40 million haul. ...

Halloween (2018) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 October 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

While it can be argued whether or not John Carpenter’s 1978 thriller Halloween was the birth-giver to the modern slasher sub-genre, one thing that is not even up for discussion is the influence the film has had on an entire generation of filmmakers and horror fans alike ...

The Plague of the Zombies (1966) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

You will NEVER forget the first seen ashen-faced zombie (Ben Harris) in this movie. I promise you. That cackle! That expression! It is a scene, in which the zombie chucks a woman’s body over a ledge, that will linger with you thanks to the crazed look glued on the face of ...

Violence in a Women's Prison (1982) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Kitty’s back on the cell block! Woot! Woot! Let the sweat-dripping orgies begin! Violence in a Women’s Prison, originally released in 1982, is a damn ugly exploitation flick. Even when you lower the bar when it comes to Women in Prison flicks, this ...

Glass (2019) - Movie Review 2

Details: Published: 19 January 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

M. Night Shyamalan is responsible for one of the most brilliant supernatural thrillers, and one of the most impressive cinematic twists in film history: The Sixth Sense. That film established him as a wunderkind filmmaker and immediately ...