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

The Basement - Movie Review

DON'T GO DOWN THE BASEMENT!

White Boy Rick - Movie Review

It is sad, heartfelt, funny, entertaining, and as dangerous as a box of dynamite.

The Nun - Movie Review

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

Kin - Movie Review

A frustrating conglomeration of many genres

Ocean's 8 (2018) - Blu-ray Review

The con is back on!

Upgrade (2018) - Blu-ray Review

Plug in and get an upgrade. You won’t be sorry.

Deadpool 2 - Blu-ray Review

Now on sparkling blu-ray

Life of the Party - Blu-ray Review

Now on sparkling Blu-ray

New on Blu-ray

MacReady's 2600: The Year We Make Music - Music Review

Details: Published: 04 July 2018; Written by Loron Hays

MacReady's 2600- Music Review

2600 is an expedition to the deepest reaches of space and time in search for past glory days that may not even exist. Does this leave the future destined for dystopia, or will a shred of hope be found at the end of this journey?”...

Devilfish (1984) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 04 July 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Everybody out of the water! The coast guard has just pulled another limbless (and lifeless) corpse out of the ocean. What the hell is happening to all these fishermen with expensive ass boats? ...

The First Purge (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 03 July 2018; Written by Loron Hays

You already knew it would come to this: a prequel. Families held in cages. Children ripped from their mothers. Asylum seekers treated as criminals. And one hell of a 12-hour period of time in which ANYTHING heinous is permitted. If you think that it is ...

The Last House on the Left: Three-Disc Limited Edition (1972)

Details: Published: 03 July 2018; Written by Loron Hays

There goes the neighborhood! That’s what happens when horror itself crashes a couple’s evening when they discover that those they’ve invited in are responsible for their daughter’s grisly demise. And then, thanks to writer/director Wes Craven and producer Sean Cunningham ...

After the Fall of New York (1983) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 02 July 2018; Written by Loron Hays

To the victor, long life and happiness! And, in a movie about the search for the last fertile human woman on the planet (with over 500 uncontaminated eggs in her ovaries), that life had better be a damn good one. Welcome to the New Middle Ages on this garbage dump of ...

Super Fly (1972) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 02 July 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Know this, brothers and sisters: the underworld ALWAYS drags you down. Curtis Mayfield knew how to hit you hard with his soft voice. He knew all about challenges and what is right and wrong for a society ...

A Breed Apart (1984) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 01 July 2018; Written by Loron Hays

It has to suck to watch a film suffer in its comprehension due to a missing reel. It almost screams of sabotage. But such is the case for A Breed Apart, now on blu-ray thanks to Shout Factory. Featuring Rutger Hauer protecting an island sanctuary and crawling nude ...

Terminal Island (1973) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 30 June 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Celebrities Tom Selleck and Roger Mosley, before they starred in Magnum P.I. together, were stuck on a different island located on a different sea. And it definitely was not as scenic as Hawaii. Well, Phyllis Davis (Sweet Sugar) was there so I guess there were definitely massive ...

Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 30 June 2018; Written by Loron Hays

There is a disturbing loneliness that is central to this low budget horror flick from 1975. Its subject matter is disturbing. Its sexuality is raw. It is a movie about a vampire with no fear of crosses or garlic. And in Mexico, there is no escaping the sun. An American Vampire ...

When EDM Grows Up: DARKNAUT’s Afterdark Machine - Music Review

Details: Published: 28 June 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Darknaut Afterdark Machine - Music Review

It was due to the constant sense of moving. That’s why Scott Anchors became an astronaut. He dreamed of bursting through the force that held him in place for so long. He never thought it would end up like this. Captured. Probed. Studied. ...