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

"I'm Vengeance": Watch the First Trailer for THE BATMAN

Details: Published: 24 August 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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The mega 24-hour immersive virtual fan experience called DC Fandome happened over the weekend bringing the universe of DC to life with stars, filmmakers, and creators. But the biggest spectacle to come out of the event was The Batman writer-director Matt Reeves' debut of ...

Caged Heat/Jackson County Jail (1974, 1976) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 22 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Shout Factory is back at it with their HUGE collection of Roger Corman titles and, while these limited releases are only available through their store (www.shoutfactory.com), the titles are definitely worth owning, making these releases a lot like crate-digging for jazz records. Fans obsess about them and for ...

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 21 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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In what might be one of the most exploitative openings in Hammer’s 1970 era, we see a grave robber (Doctor Who's Patrick Troughton) struggle mightily with a corpse in a grave and, after a police officer falls in the now-empty grave, we see a jar of gooey, squishy eyeballs (looking very ...

Split Second: MVD Rewind Collection (1992) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 20 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Big gun! Number one! Maybe it’s the heavy biker boots announcing his thunderous arrival to all lawbreakers in a post-global warming world. Maybe it’s the dark, circle-framed sunglasses through which he sees all varieties of criminal behavior in ...

Unhinged - Movie Review

Details: Published: 21 August 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Monster movies aren’t what they used to be. With the fear of nuclear war mostly behind us and the terror of invading aliens having run its course, filmmakers have had to come up with a new kind of monster to scare the pants off movie goers. And what is more menacing, unpredictable, and ...

The Faceless Man - Movie Review

Details: Published: 19 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Ozploitation, due to this film’s endless genre twists, has found a new voice within the guttural growl of The Faceless Man! Thanks to Freedom Cinema and director James Di Martino, The Faceless Man has arrived to make a name for itself with extreme gore and the blackest of comedy ...

DEATH ON THE NILE Trailer Arrives - Star-studded Sequel to MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Details: Published: 19 August 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Following the surprising success of 2017's Murder on the Orient Express, 20th Century Fox promised a follow up that would revisit the exploits of five-time Oscar nominee Kenneth Branagh's master sleuth, Detective Hercule Poirot ...

Widow's Point - Movie Review

Details: Published: 18 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Sometimes good ghost stories like the one trapped inside Widow's Point have to be heard by those who actually experienced them in order to be truly appreciated. Thankfully, actor Craig Sheffer - in what amounts to a slow burn of a performance as madness descends - is up to the ...

Attack of the Unknown - Movie Review

Details: Published: 17 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Yes! Yes! Yes! The Mahal Brothers with writer/director Brandon Slagle (Crossbreed) are back in action! The B-minded exploitation hits hard at the beginning of Attack of the Unknown as the SWAT team at the center of this LA-bound flick takes out a heinous drug lord ...

Russell Crowe's Thriller UNHINGED to Hit Theaters This Weekend: Watch the New Trailer

Details: Published: 17 August 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Covid lockdowns got you down? Us too. Just be careful out there because you never know what kind of day the person in front of you is having. Take Russell Crowe's character in the upcoming theatrical release of Unhinged as an example. Credited simply as ...