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

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - Movie Review

Soars

Downhill - Movie Review

Downhill never overstays its welcome

Gretel & Hansel - Movie Review

A dark and moody little chiller

Goalie - Movie Review

There's an awful lot of heartache here to dive into.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - Blu-ray Review

Just so darn sweet and engaging

Midway - Blu-ray Review

An embarrassing disservice

Motherless Brooklyn - Blu-ray Review

One of the most beautiful slogfests you’ll ever sleep though.

Terminator: Dark Fate - Blu-ray Review

It’s all been done before

New on Blu-ray

Batman Beyond: The Complete Series (1999 - 2001) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 13 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

The Golem's not headed your way, Willie. The Golem has arrived!A beloved animated project - with some fans still clamoring for a live action movie version - is back on store shelves! Batman Beyond, containing all three seasons of the cult classic and its movie finale, has landed on ...

Western Stars (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 12 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

Somewhere in Colts Neck, New Jersey there sets a horse farm owned by Bruce Springsteen. And on those 378 acres there is a two-story barn which, on certain nights, doubles as a performance area for Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa, and some close friends. The voices coming out from ...

REALITY QUEEN! - Movie Review

Details: Published: 10 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

The new comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson called The Hustle is an almost identical remake of the 1988 classic comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels which starred Michael Caine and Steve Martin - itself a remake of Marlon Brando’s Bedtime Story. I say “almost” because ...

Watch Good Battle Evil in New Trailer for CUPID

Details: Published: 13 January 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

This valentine’s day, Cupid is shooting straight for the…heart. Writer/director Scott Jeffrey presents the horrifying true story of Venus and Mars’s offspring. Everyone knows ...

Breakthrough (2019) - DVD Review

Details: Published: 13 January 2020; Written by Michelle Duy

Movies like Miracles from Heaven and Heaven Is for Real tell allegedly true stories of divine intervention. The latest such movie is 2019’s Breakthrough. About four years ago in Missouri, teenager John Smith (Marcel Ruiz) fell through the ice of a frozen lake. After 15 minutes underwater he clinically died. But when ...

Rambo: Last Blood - 4K Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 13 January 2020; Written by Christopher Symonds

Tenacious is the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Sylvester Stallone. He was once one of the highest-paid and most successful actors in cinema’s history, and, like most, has had his fair share of career highlights and—lets be kind—lulls. ...

Silver Bullet: Collector's Edition (1985) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 09 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

Finally. With this Collector’s Edition from Scream Factory, a long-requested top 10 horror film arrives on blu-ray with a cleaned-up transfer and NEW supplemental items. ...

Dr. Cyclops (1940) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 09 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

A tiny horse. One mad scientist. And a really big wrench. These are only part of the gonzo territory of Ernest R. Schoedsack and Merrian C. Cooper’s shrink ray-centered tale of B-grade science and terror. Dr. Cyclops and the obsession with shrinking things lives on! The heroes ...

Like a Boss - Movie Review

Details: Published: 10 January 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

After a steady two-year string of near misses, complete misses, and total misfires, one is left to ponder what has become of the once shining star of Tiffany Haddish. Ever since her scene-stealing turn in 2017’s Girl's Trip, studios have been clamoring to ...

1917 - Movie Review

Details: Published: 06 December 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Filmmaker Sam Mendes gets down and personal with his new film, 1917 about two young British soldiers sent on an impossible mission to save hundreds of their fellow soldiers. Though largely fictionalized, his tale comes from an actual account told by his paternal grandfather who served in the ...