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

Small Engine Repair - Movie Review

Fiendishly entertaining

Malignant - Movie Review

Absolutely CRACKERS . . . in all the right ways.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - Movie Review

An absolute thrill from start to finish

Candyman - Movie Review

Not a terrifying experience

In the Heights - 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

Magical!

Overboard - Blu-ray Review

Hysterically on-point with its comedy

Luca - 4K UHD Review

A nostalgic trip back to our childhood

Speed (1994) - 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

A stellar new 2160p transfer

New on Blu-ray

The Return - Movie Review

Details: Published: 04 August 2021; Written by Loron Hays

This is a house full of secrets and complex formulas written on dry erase boards. Trust me, though, you definitely do not know the answers in The Return, a new horror film with plenty of tricks up its sleeve ...

The Suicide Squad - Movie Review

Details: Published: 08 August 2021; Written by Loron Hays

It’s always a one-way mission with these motley crew of DC villains, isn’t it? You either love or hate them. You pretty much know that going into James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, a reboot (or a rebuttle) of 2016’s Suicide Squad. But, as is the case with much of DC’s cinematic universe ...

No Sudden Move - Movie Review

Details: Published: 06 August 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

Dripping with a sweet pulpy period goodness, No Sudden Move is an entertaining throwback crime caper from Steven Soderbergh set in 1950s Detroit. Though chock full of heady commentary about many of the things that still plague our country to this day – things like greed, corruption, racism, ...

Trailer Watch: LAST MAN STANDING: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac

Details: Published: 04 August 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

Gravitas Ventures have just released the first trailer for Nick Broomfield's Last Man Standing, a documentary that takes a look at the legendary recording studio, Death Row Records and its entanglement with Los Angeles' gang culture ...

The Green Knight - Movie Review

Details: Published: 03 August 2021; Written by Emily Strong

“Is it wrong to want greatness for you?” David Lowrey’s new visual marvel, The Green Knight, challenges the very notion of greatness and honor in this 21st-century retelling of the 14th-century poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. What exactly does achieving greatness and honor ...

Death Alley - Movie Review

Details: Published: 02 August 2021; Written by Loron Hays

Death Alley is being billed as the true story of the Dalton Gang and what happened on October 5th, 1892 as they were gunned down after robbing two banks in broad daylight. Pretty bold, right? Now, I can’t tell you how true or not the movie is to the historical events, but Death Alley is one ...

Jungle Cruise - Movie Review

Details: Published: 31 July 2021; Written by Loron Hays

Not much has changed since 1955 when the Jungle River Cruise ride was introduced. The romance of the swashbuckling adventure yarn returns courtesy of the chemistry between Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt in Jungle Cruise. Is it perfect? Nope. But watching them come together in ...

Mimic: The Director’s Cut (1997) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 29 July 2021; Written by Loron Hays

There are few genre fans in the world that don’t know the name Guillermo del Toro, but in 1997 he was still a relatively unknown entity to the western world. The Spanish director was hired by the Weinsteins to helm what was originally conceived as a three part short film project, quickly morphed ...

The Rise of Sir Longbottom - Movie Review

Details: Published: 29 July 2021; Written by Loron Hays

The Agents of Section 62 have returned to stop another villain! You have to admire the dedication writer/director Clay Moffatt has to the freewheeling films he makes on a dime. The Rise of Sir Longbottom, being a sequel to 2018’s Pocketman and Cargo Boy, continues both ...

Stillwater - Movie Review

Details: Published: 30 July 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

What are you willing to sacrifice to protect your family? Are you willing to give up your freedom? Are you prepared to unequivocally accept the consequences of your singular actions? Does your answer change if you are in a foreign country? ...