Stand By Me (1986) - 4K Blu-ray Review
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- Published: 02 December 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
Misery is just about this reviewer’s favorite Stephen King adaptation. Its director, Rob Reiner, was the only one entrusted with that adaptation because the author knew the director would adapt it well. The reason that King knew he would adapt it well ...
RoboCop: Two-Disc Limited Edition (1987) - Blu-ray Review
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- Published: 29 November 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
“Dead or alive, you are coming with me.” When I first heard those words coming out from the lips of RoboCop (Peter Weller), I was hooked. Instantly. There was no looking back for this fat kid: RoboCop, making its debut in 1987, would be my summertime jam. The film might have ...
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Heathers: 30th Anniversary SteelBook (1989) - Blu-ray Review
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- Published: 27 November 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
f you really want to understand Generation X, you should probably watch Heathers. From the satire of in-crowds and outsiders to the absolute ridiculousness of blowing up a school in the midwest, that frustration with cliques and institutions is one that most of my generation can ...
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Red Handed - Movie Review
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- Published: 25 November 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
Sometimes the smallest voices scream the loudest. The deep mountains of Oregon might be an unusual place for an Old Testament-styled demonic showdown, but Red Handed, a new horror thriller from High Octane Pictures, gets a lot of its atmosphere from those rolling hills and ...
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
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- Published: 24 November 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
The image of Clint Eastood at the front of a congregation of faithful believers has always stuck with me. That’s how Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, beginning with a very manic George Kennedy arriving to the wilderness church to put a bullet in Eastwood’s skull, begins ...
Hellboy (2004) - 4K Blu-ray Review
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- Published: 25 November 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
The first time I heard the name Mike Mignola was after I received a set of his Topps comic adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. As a lifelong comic reader, I’m ashamed to say I’d missed his ...
Saving Private Ryan - 4K Blu-ray Review
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- Published: 24 November 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
I don’t cry in movies. It’s just not my way. But I have to confess that twenty years ago, upon sitting down to watch Steven Speilberg’s World War II magnum opus, the recreation of the Normandy invasion put a lump in my throat and fogged my eyes with tears for its ...
The Fare (2019) - Movie Review
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- Published: 22 November 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
Ever met a complete stranger and felt you already know them? What if you kept bumping into them on the same stretch of road? What if, in a couple of blinks of the eye, they simply disappear? Intrigued yet? If so, then The Fare is your ticket to ride, dear readers. Buckle up, though, because this ...
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - Movie Review
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- Published: 22 November 2019
- Written by Frank Wilkins
There’s a key scene about halfway through A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood in which cynical journalist Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys), utters under his breath, "he's about the nicest person I've ever met.” Of course, Lloyd is talking about Fred Rogers, the host of ...
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This is Our Home - Movie Review
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- Published: 21 November 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
FINALLY! I absolutely love it when horror films beg for dissection. And the cuts that you will make in This is Our Home SHOULD BE deep and exhausting. This is how horror - true and natural horror - should be seen and discussed and, yes, revisited. There is a ...
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