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

The Gentlemen - Movie Review

Welcome back, Guy! We missed you.

Bad Boys For Life - Movie Review

Just a whole lot of fun to watch!

1917 - Movie Review

Big, bold, dangerous, and full of numerous iconic scenes

Like a Boss - Movie Review

Nothing to see here, folks

Zombieland: Double Tap - Blu-ray Review

The road trip through the zombie apocalypse continues

Gemini Man - Blu-ray Review

Two Will Smiths aren’t any better than one

Joker (2019) - 4K UHD/Blu-ray Review

I hate the guy. This worked.

Downton Abbey (2019) - Blu-ray Review

The Crawleys are Back!

New on Blu-ray

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 15 January 2020; Written by Christopher Symonds

2004’s Hellboy was a well-received if unspectacular performer at the box office, and the studios were not in a hurry to spend on another one. Undeterred, Guillermo Del Toro pressed on pitching various iterations of what could be the follow up. Oh, and since he had some time to kill ...

Batman Beyond: The Complete Series (1999 - 2001) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 13 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

The Golem's not headed your way, Willie. The Golem has arrived!A beloved animated project - with some fans still clamoring for a live action movie version - is back on store shelves! Batman Beyond, containing all three seasons of the cult classic and its movie finale, has landed on ...

Western Stars (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 12 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

Somewhere in Colts Neck, New Jersey there sets a horse farm owned by Bruce Springsteen. And on those 378 acres there is a two-story barn which, on certain nights, doubles as a performance area for Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa, and some close friends. The voices coming out from ...

REALITY QUEEN! - Movie Review

Details: Published: 10 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

The new comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson called The Hustle is an almost identical remake of the 1988 classic comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels which starred Michael Caine and Steve Martin - itself a remake of Marlon Brando’s Bedtime Story. I say “almost” because ...

Watch Good Battle Evil in New Trailer for CUPID

Details: Published: 13 January 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

This valentine’s day, Cupid is shooting straight for the…heart. Writer/director Scott Jeffrey presents the horrifying true story of Venus and Mars’s offspring. Everyone knows ...

Breakthrough (2019) - DVD Review

Details: Published: 13 January 2020; Written by Michelle Duy

Movies like Miracles from Heaven and Heaven Is for Real tell allegedly true stories of divine intervention. The latest such movie is 2019’s Breakthrough. About four years ago in Missouri, teenager John Smith (Marcel Ruiz) fell through the ice of a frozen lake. After 15 minutes underwater he clinically died. But when ...

Rambo: Last Blood - 4K Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 13 January 2020; Written by Christopher Symonds

Tenacious is the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Sylvester Stallone. He was once one of the highest-paid and most successful actors in cinema’s history, and, like most, has had his fair share of career highlights and—lets be kind—lulls. ...

Silver Bullet: Collector's Edition (1985) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 09 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

Finally. With this Collector’s Edition from Scream Factory, a long-requested top 10 horror film arrives on blu-ray with a cleaned-up transfer and NEW supplemental items. ...

Dr. Cyclops (1940) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 09 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

A tiny horse. One mad scientist. And a really big wrench. These are only part of the gonzo territory of Ernest R. Schoedsack and Merrian C. Cooper’s shrink ray-centered tale of B-grade science and terror. Dr. Cyclops and the obsession with shrinking things lives on! The heroes ...

Like a Boss - Movie Review

Details: Published: 10 January 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

After a steady two-year string of near misses, complete misses, and total misfires, one is left to ponder what has become of the once shining star of Tiffany Haddish. Ever since her scene-stealing turn in 2017’s Girl's Trip, studios have been clamoring to ...