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

Widows - Movie Review

Mass audience appeal and brains

Elves - Movie Review

Once added to the naughty list, only death itself will take it off

The Girl in the Spider's Web - Movie Review

It is all quite the bore.

Bohemian Rhapsody - Movie Review

A thoroughly entertaining biopic.

Mandy - Blu-ray Review

An unforgettable experience

Skyscraper - Blu-ray Review

Skyscraper is indeed dizzying.

The Purge: 4-Movie Collection - Blu-ray Review

Keep telling yourself that it is only a movie

Solo: A Star Wars Story - Blu-ray Review

Have no fear, this far, far away galaxy is still in great shape.

New on Blu-ray

The Predator 4K and Blu-ray Details and Release Date Announced

Details: Published: 07 November 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment just announced that it is bringing The Predator home on December 18th with a 4K and blu-ray release of Shane Black's film The Predator that stars Yvonne Strahovski, Boyd Holbrook, Olivia Munn, Alfie Allen, and Trevante Rhodes ...

Torso AKA Carnal Violence (1973) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 06 November 2018; Written by Loron Hays

The murder mystery format turns sleazy in this exploitation offering from genre-hopping director Sergio Martino. Rescued from obscurity by Arrow Video, this violent and messy affair is all sorts of fun in that exploitative way that makes horror hounds and gore-gore ...

Without Borders: Zero Call’s Fears and Dreams of Living Machines - Music Review

Details: Published: 06 November 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Zero Call

A warning. We aren’t prepared for the journey through the electronic ages that is Zero Call’s Fears and Dreams of Living Machines. The electronic canvas revealed here is expressive and vastly layered, echoing into the far reaches of this ...

Slender Man (2018) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 06 November 2018; Written by Loron Hays

It was wise to delay the Blu-ray debut of this movie. Good move, Sony. They were counting on all of us to forget just how awfully Slender Man was received when it was originally released in early August. In and out of theaters it went, leaving faster than a man after hearing ...

Bonehill Road (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 05 November 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Tough. Violent. With no CGI, a low budget horror film attempts to do what few can: tell two twisted stories around a transformation. You already know there are werewolves in this film. The poster art doesn’t lie. What you don’t know is that, on the horrific ...

The Scarecrows Are Alive in Trailer for SCARECROWS

Details: Published: 05 November 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

The horror hounds over at Uncork'd Entertainment have just released the new trailer and poster for the lost hikers horror film called Scarecrows, and you can see both below ...

Valley Girl: Collector’s Edition (1983) - Blu-ray Review

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

Greetings from San Fernando Valley! The Val. The “normies” live here, you know. With no edge in sight and none of its history of display, people on the other side of the Hollywood sign just don’t appreciate the pink-clad urbanization of what used to be a thriving rural community ...

Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - November 6, 2018

Details: Published: 05 November 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Incredibles 2

Holy celluloid, is this a great week for blu-ray and 4k Ultra HD releases! So much so that we’ve expanded our list of 12 Most Wanted titles this week to the 14 Most Wanted Titles. The offerings are simply that good. ...

The Wasp Woman (1959) - Blu-ray

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

A camp classic, deserving of every ounce of praise it has earned over its lifetime, gets a new 2K scan from the best surviving print thanks to Shout! Factory. The Wasp Woman, written by longtime Roger Corman contributor Leo Gordon (writer of The Terror and Tower of ...

Dragnet: Collector's Edition (1987) - Blu-ray Review

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

Clean shirt, short hair, tie, pressed trousers, sports jacket or suit, and leather shoes, preferably with a high shine on them. That’s what Sgt. Joe Friday (Dan Aykroyd) expects from his new partner, Pep Streebeck (Tom Hanks). What he gets, though, is a wise-cracking ...