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

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

Just Mercy - Movie Review

a story that, sadly, still needs to be told

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!

The Peanut Butter Falcon - Blu-ray Review

Just so perfect

New on Blu-ray

Teen Titans: The Complete Series (2003 - 2006) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 27 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Teen Titans, GO! The pseudo-anime style. The jokes. And, man, the storylines. Teen Titans has it all! This cartoon series - with a cast of superhero characters that included Robin, Beast Boy, Starfire, Cyborg, and Raven - kicked all sorts of ass during its original three year run. Now, thanks to ...

Universal Horror Collection Volume Three: Tower of London (1939), Man-Made Monster (1941), The Black Cat (1941), Horror Island (1941) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 26 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

More thrills and even more chills! Karloff. Lugosi. Rathbone. And Vincent Price in his film debut. What’s not to love about these names or their film legacies? Absolutely nothing at all and the proof is Scream Factory's new 2K scanned release of the films that make up the ...

Little Women (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 27 December 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Raise your hand if the news of yet another adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, Little Women coming to theaters on Christmas Day failed to jingle your bells. Okay, we can all put them down now. After all, with so many previous adaptations – including 1949’s version starring Elizabeth Taylor and ...

Blood Hound - Movie Review

Details: Published: 24 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

You ever get that feeling your stomach that something bad is going to happen? That’s the question the private investigator at the center of this thriller asks us during Blood Hound’s wild (an unexpected) opening. Pay attention to that scene. While the violent events that it documents might rattle ...

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 26 July 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood has everything you expect in a Tarantino film; extreme violence, black humor, loving tribute, and plenty of pop culture iconography. It’s all there. We’ve become experts at spotting his stylistic trademarks ...

It Chapter Two - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 05 September 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

When Stephen King’s doorstop novel was adapted for TV in the 90’s, it accomplished what shouldn’t have been possible. King’s novel is a behemoth tome, with dozens of characters, and was one of his truly graphic forays into the horror genre for ...

The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) - Blu-ray Review

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

And this is why you do NOT overdo it with peanut butter. Thank God we can all learn from Michael’s (Matthew Mackay) messy misadventures with a lot of gooey crap and way too much peanut butter. If David Lynch made a children’s movie, it is no stretch of the imagination to suggest that it ...

Cats (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 20 December 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

There’s a reason Cats had such a successful Broadway run as one of the longest-running musicals in history with over 7,000 performances spanning some 18 years. Many reasons, actually. The biggest being the brilliant songs and catchy tunes from Andrew Lloyd Webber. They are simply wonderful, and ...

It's a Wonderful Life - 4K Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 20 December 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

There are touchstone pictures that transcend any generation, no matter when they were born, that fall under the MUST WATCH category. They are masterpieces. Films like Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre, (I know! Bogart nut) it doesn’t matter. If you are a film aficionado, a general viewer, a ...

Downton Abbey (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 20 September 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Polish the silver, set out the good china, and put a kettle on. The Crawleys are back! Fans of the popular PBS television series that aired for six seasons can once again spend a little time at the sprawling English countryside estate as the film version of Downton Abbey finally hits theaters. And even ...