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

Shaft (2019) - Movie Review

Pure popcorn summer action fun

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) - Movie Review

There’s little to laugh at

Godzilla (2019) - Movie Review

Delivers monster-sized throwdowns

Brightburn (2019) - Movie Review

It’s okay but could be much better.

Us (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Delightfully exhilarating, and at times terrifying

Captive State (2019) - Movie Review

A thinking man’s sci-fi puzzle

Captain Marvel (2019) - Blu-ray 4K Review

Larson lands a solid first strike

A Madea Family Funeral - Blu-ray Review

DOA before Perry ever donned the flowered mumu

New on Blu-ray

There's Danger Afoot in Creepy New Trailer for BLINDSIDED

Details: Published: 19 June 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Vacation, a blind girl, an isolated house, a baby sitter, a party, spin the bottle (with a knife). What could possibly go wrong? From director Johnny Mitchell comes a terrifying, first-rate horror-thriller from Canada called Blindsided....

Us (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 20 March 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Part home invasion thriller, part horror, and part social commentary, the only thing more impressive than the number of genre elements at play in Jordan Peele’s newest film, Us, is the total body count. Well, that and the incredible attention to detail the filmmaker pays to every ...

Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - June 18, 2019

Details: Published: 17 June 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

And another friendly hi-def hello to our fellow blu-ray geeks. Welcome to the weekly look at our most wanted titles coming to blu-ray and/or 4K Ultra HD for the week of June 18, 2019.

Another Bad Weekend for Sequels as MEN IN BLACK and SHAFT Fail to Meet Expectations at Box Office

Details: Published: 17 June 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Men in Black: International

For the second week in a row, it was a down weekend for sequels as Men in Black: International and Shaft both underperformed at the weekend box office. This follows a similar pattern to last weekend which saw both The Secret Life of Pets 2 and Dark Phoenix both fail to meet expectations ...

Ghostbusters 1 & 2 35th Anniversary Ultra HD Steelbook Limited Edition (1984,1989) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 14 June 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Die-hard Ghostbusters fans, rejoice! What’s old NEVER goes out of style. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has done us a solid with their handling of the classic two films in the Ghostbusters franchise. That’s right, the original team ...

Shredder (2001) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 14 June 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Big air! And even bigger coffee stains. Wait. What? Horror has hit the slopes as a low-grade B-flick finds its footing (again) on blu-ray ...

The Entity: Collector's Edition (1982) - Blu-ray eview

Details: Published: 14 June 2019; Written by Loron Hays

It just might be one of the scariest ghost movies I have ever seen. There are few words to describe the sheer terror that this film, a classic tale of the supernatural, stirs up within me. Time to keep one eye open in the night again, because The Entity is back in action, doing what it does best: terrifying audiences of all ages. ...

Shaft (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 14 June 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

The #metoo movement wouldn’t stand a chance in John Shaft’s world. The most badass private detective to ever don a leather duster gets a modern-day update in Tim Story’s revisit to the Shaft franchise that kicked off the blaxploitation movement back in the early ’70’s ...

Leprechaun Returns (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 12 June 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Where’s my gold?! And just like that the leprechaun that has headlined his own horror series across eight movies returns. Except this film, pulling a Halloween circa 2018, doesn’t want you to remember that the Leprechaun went to Vegas, to outer space, and to the hood ...

Captive State (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 15 March 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Like the trojan horse at the heart of its central allusion, Captive State isn’t what it initially appears to be. Perhaps due to its dour subject matter, its refusal to kowtow to mass appeal, or maybe even because Focus Features didn’t truly know what to do with it, the film is ...