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

If Beale Street Could Talk - Movie Review

Rather than simply seeing the film, we feel it

Ben is Back - Movie Review

Something everyone needs to see.

City of Gold - Movie Review

This journey into the heart of darkness takes itself way too serious

The Favourite - Movie Review

The Academy loves this kind of stuff and so should you.

Smallfoot - Blu-ray Review

Smallfoot leaves its mark

The Nun - Blu-ray Review

For all of its faults, The Nun still gets my blessing.

Ant-Man and the Wasp - blu-ray Review

a fast-paced, funny, superhero romp

Kin - Blu-ray Review

A frustrating conglomeration of many genres

New on Blu-ray

Maniac: 3-Disc Limited Edition (1980) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 13 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Director William Lustig (Maniac Cop), the current CEO of Blue Underground, has FINALLY gotten around to giving his own cult classic the deluxe treatment. It’s about damn time, too. This film, grisly and grim, is quite the achievement when it comes to low budget ...

Munchies/Munchie Double Feature - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 13 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

. . . but still no Munchie Strikes Back. Scream Factory resumes their Double Feature blu-ray efforts with the super campy creature feature double attack of Munchies (from 1987) and Munchie (from 1992). Hide the candy! This twofer offers two cult films, operating like ...

The Women in the Sand: A Story of Death Valley’s Original People (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 12 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Tales of silver and gold. Yes, this documentary has its origins in that of greed and power. Our history concerning the treatment of indigenous people is not a pretty one. Thus, The Women in the Sand is also a heartbreaking story that, unfortunately, took place ...

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation – Collector’s Edition (1994) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 11 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Renée Zellweger. Matthew McConaughey. A bizarre chainsaw wielding family. Leatherface. The Illuminati. Wait, wait, wait. WHAT!? We were warned. We didn’t listen. This movie was always going to come out on Blu-ray and now, after months of preparation, the end ...

The Backlot Murders (2002) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 11 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

If it wasn’t for the over-the-top acting of Charles Fleisher (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) and Priscilla Barnes (Three’s Company), then The Backlot Murders, a satire of the horror genre, would be a total waste of your time. But there’s a trick to ...

Smallfoot (2018) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 10 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

To this day, there remains something insanely special about director Brian De Palma’s Carrie. It is based on the once-discarded novel by Stephen King, but was painstakingly adapted for the screen by Lawrence D. Cohen. Cohen got everything about King’s first novel right ...

Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - December 11, 2018

Details: Published: 10 December 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Let's get this week's Most Wanted list started off with four new movies making their debut on home video with three of those getting the 4K UltraHD treatment ...

The Thing from Another World (1951) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 09 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

“Miss Nicholson . . . at 12:10am the hand became alive. . .” If ever those words are uttered around me when staring at a dismembered arm, you bet my ass is headed for the door . . . even if it is the icy breath of the North Pole ...

Mission: Impossible - Fallout - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 27 July 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

If there’s anything to be said about the Mission: Impossible franchise it is that it lives up to its name by continuing to defy the odds with its little game of self oneupmanship – each new installment seemingly doing the impossible by keeping the franchise alive, viable, and ...

It is RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET at Top of Box Office Again This week

Details: Published: 10 December 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

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With no new major releases at the cinemas this weekend, it is, once again, Ralph Breaks the Internet breaking the box office by maintaining the top slot for the third week in a row ...