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.

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

Batman 4-film 4K Ultra HD - Blu-ray Review

The Batman is coming home.

New on Blu-ray

Dominique (1978) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 March 2019; Written by Loron Hays

With her decision made, there can be only one force that flings open the double doors that lead to one character’s fate. And she will walk down the long haul with the balls of her feet digging into the ground with intention. Everyone thinks she’s mad anyway. The taking of her own life will be no real shock ...

Us (2019) - Movie 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 ...

Night (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 19 March 2019; Written by Loron Hays

For my money, POV horror can still deliver when there is an engaged mind at the helm. This is exactly why Night, a new horror film from the sick mind of writer/director/actor Nicholas Michael Jacobs, works as well as it does ...

The Deadly Mantis (1957) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 March 2019; Written by Loron Hays

With all its talk of radars and Pine Tree Radar Fences, it’s a wonder that The Deadly Mantis, warning of a sneak attack across the polar ice (by anyone), manages to be so much fun. STILL! But, honestly, few things in the cinematic world beat the scene where the giant insect ...

Man's Best Friend (1993) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 18 March 2019; Written by Loron Hays

“Is this dog incredible or what?” That’s the question Ally Sheedy asks her cameraman when, after being attacked by a stranger, a hulking dog she just rescued from a vivisection experimental lab runs off the would-be burglar and fetches her purse. ...

Pet Graveyard (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 18 March 2019; 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 ...

Triple Threat (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 18 March 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Make no bones about it, Triple Threat is named after the unforgettable TITANIC team-up of martial arts maestros Iko Uwais (The Raid movies), Tiger Chen (Man of Tai Chi) and Tony Jaa (the Ong Bak trilogy) as they join forces, after kicking each other’s ass, in one movie ...

Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - March 19, 2019

Details: Published: 18 March 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

And another 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 March 19, 2019.

CAPTAIN MARVEL Tops Weekend Box Office Again with $70 Million Haul

Details: Published: 18 March 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Captain Marvel

Despite all the butt-hurt protestations, the Female-led superhero film Captain Marvel broke records this past weekend with a $455 million worldwide box office take including a whopping $153 million in North America. The total is enough to put the film atop this ...

American Poltergeist: The Curse of Lilith Ratchet (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 15 March 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Now, Gore-gore Hounds and Blistering Boils, I don’t know about you but when I take a bath – especially when my friend has been splattered on the ground and run over raw by a car – that last thing I want, naked and soaked in the bubbles of a warm bath, are long, thin, boney ...