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

It Chapter Two - Movie Review

Gob-smackingly, brilliant

Brittany Runs a Marathon - Movie Review

Reminds us that we all have our own marathon to run

Gwen - Movie Review

Operates as a feminist folk tale

The Peanut Butter Falcon - Movie Review

Just so perfect

Booksmart (2019) - Blu-ray Review

A smart and funny female-centric romp

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Now on sparkling blu-ray

Brightburn (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Now on sparkling blu-ray!

The Biggest Little Farm (2019) - DVD Review

You’ll sit in awe

New on Blu-ray

The Monolith Monsters (1957) - Blu-ray Review

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

It is an invasion that never ends! From Shout! and Scream Factory, The Monolith Monsters arrives to once again stomp out all those poor souls unfortunate enough to run into (or over) strange, black fragments of meteors that have fallen to earth. Once exposed to water ...

Toy Story 4 (2019) - Movie Review

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

Bad news: Toy Story 4 is Pixar’s biggest money grab to date. Good news: This is Pixar, so it never feels like one. It is not a stretch to say that the company couldn’t make a bad movie if it tried. After all, none of its films ...

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 ...