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

New on Blu-ray

The Jerk: 40th Anniversary Edition (1979) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 05 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Steve Martin’s The Jerk remains a comedy classic. That is made clear thanks to Shout Select’s brand-new 2K transfer of the 1979 hit film. Put this film in a time capsule already because, thanks to the vulgarity, the stupidity, and the damn sweet innocence of it all, there is ...

White Boy Rick - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 14 September 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Set in the bombed-out husk of 1980’s Detroit, White Boy Rick tells the rather incredible true story of Rick Wershe, Jr., a down-and-out kid who became the youngest ever FBI informant at the tender young age of 14 ...

Silent Night Deadly Night Part Two: Collector's Edition (1987) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 03 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Because Santa Claus only comes once a year, why not go back to the well? Silent Night, Deadly Night Part Two has to be one of the most fantastically awful sequels out there. Sure, sure, sure, it’s a pile of shit, recapping the original movie for half of the film before spiraling ...

Terror Tales - Movie Review

Details: Published: 04 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Beginning with a crackling version of “House of the Rising Sun” playing in the background, Terror Tales gets off to a jolly GREAT start. We are immediately thrust into a family discussion as one teenager dares comparing getting high to Justin Bieber with getting ...

Escape Room (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 04 January 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Fortunately, the Tide Pods Challenge went untouched by Hollywood. The same can’t be said about the escape room craze however, as Sony’s latest, called Escape Room is a clever little high-concept psychological horror film that plays off the raging escape room phenomenon ...

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Blu-ray 4K UHD Date and Details Released

Details: Published: 03 January 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

20th Century Fox just released the date and details of its upcoming release of the number one music biopic of all time, Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) that stars Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, and Gwilym Lee ...

FIEND: Limited Collector's Edition (1980) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 02 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

And you think your neighbors are weird?! With an introductory title card that is damn legendary, Don Dohler’s Fiend begins. Certain legends have mentioned the Fiend. They talk of its red phantasmagoric presence; its ability to enter the earth and bring forth the dead ...

Bad Times at the El Royale - Blu-ray Review

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

Nothing in Bad Times at the El Royale is as it seems. Not the story, not the characters, not even the hotel itself as it sits astraddle the Nevada-California state line and wears the duality of its colliding worlds of past and present as a cherished badge of honor. ...

A Simple Favor (2018) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 01 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Nancy Drew knows too much. There is an elegance to the mystery that surrounds A Simple Favor. It is made so much richer thanks to the performance from Anna Kendrick who, once again, nails her character with her quirky energy and down to earth nature. With ...

Snowflake (2017) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 01 January 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Making its blu-ray debut, Snowflake (originally released as Schneeflöckchen in 2017) proves that German cinema might just be on the rebound. Taking on the subject of revenge might not sound so grand and ambitious of an idea, but what directors Adolfo Kolmerer ...