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

Glass (2019) - Movie Review

a phony mess of a comic book movie wannabe

The Upside (2019) - Movie Review

A delightfully charming and oftentimes hilarious little film

The 6th Friend

Takes itself WAY TOO serious

Escape Room - Movie Review

A white-knuckle thriller

Mid90s - Movie Review

In a word, it is simply brilliant.

White Boy Rick - Blu-ray Review

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

Bad Times at the El Royale - Blu-ray Review

I wouldn’t hesitate to return for another stay at the El Royale

A Simple Favor - Blu-ray Review

There is an elegance to the mystery

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The Upside - Movie Review

Details: Published: 11 January 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

The Upside is a remake of the 2011 French film called The Intouchables which was about the real life story of a wealthy quadriplegic and the man hired to take care of him. Despite its lazy storytelling and corny sentimentality, that film went on to bring in ...

Nemesis: MVD Rewind Collection (1992) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 10 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Los Angeles. Sometime in the not too distant future. This is where we start in writer/director Albert Pyun’s Nemesis, a film that – thanks to a heavy spray of bullets and swagger – puts the PUNK in cyberpunk. Alex Raine (Olivier Gruner) is an assassin for the LAPD. His job? ...

The Ten Best Films of 2018 - and the Worst

Details: Published: 10 January 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Now that the curtain has dropped on yet another year of great films, it is time to begin the tireless task of boiling everything the year had to offer down to a list of just ten. Why? Because this is an original idea and we wanted to be the first to ...

The House That Would Not Die (1970) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 09 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Produced for television by Aaron Spelling, The House That Would Not Die is a one-time ABC Movie of the Week atmospheric creeper that, thanks to some old-fashioned style melodrama, doesn’t always work when it comes to its cast. The premise; however, is a solid ...

Director Matt Frame Sits Through Own Dumb Movie for Over 52 Hours

Details: Published: 09 January 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Camp Death 3D For the purposes of promotion (and raising much needed advertising funds) Canadian Director Matt Frame sat through his film Camp Death III in 2D!' 34 continuous times for a grand total of 52 hours, 27 minutes, and 23 seconds ...

Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018) - Netflix Finds Review

Details: Published: 08 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Are you ready for it? Giant snakes. Dazzling fireworks displays. Confetti streamers. Glitter everywhere. Screaming fans who know every lyric. And costume changes galore. Heck, there are even choreographed dances that spin from dizzying heights in this barnburner of a stadium ...

A-X-L (2018) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 07 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Once again, I do NOT get the critical backlash against this Amblin-esque tale of a boy and his dog. A-X-L rocks. I mean, for those teens out there that are forever the outcast or picked on by the assholes of the world out there then this movie ...

Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - January 8, 2019

Details: Published: 07 January 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

We continue trudging into the new year with another slow week that features only a couple of new films debuting on home video and an equal number of significant releases getting the 4K Ultra HD treatment. But there's still plenty of hi-def goodness to be had as Kino Lorber is ...

Aquaman Remains Afloat at Weekend Box Office

Details: Published: 07 January 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Aquaman

DC's underwater action film, Aquaman, stayed afloat at the top of the box office over the post-Christmas holiday weekend as the film brought in an additional $51.5 million to bring its total to over $188 million to best Disney's Mary Poppins Returns which stayed in second place with a $28 ...

Loophole (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 06 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Stairway to Heaven or Highway to Hell? That is the question that writer/director Jenni Ivers (The Cabin) attempts to answer when the gene for violence has been discovered. Suddenly, mass hysteria takes hold across the major cities of America as people are tested ...