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

Slave of the Cannibal God (1978) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 October 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Lewd! Rude! Gutted and STEWED! Because you can't look away!!! There are still lifeforms living in the jungles of New Guinea that we know nothing about. New species are routinely being discovered, too. To suggest that there it an unknown tribe of cannibals living ...

Halloween (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 19 October 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

While it can be argued whether or not John Carpenter’s 1978 thriller Halloween was the birth-giver to the modern slasher sub-genre, one thing that is not even up for discussion is the influence the film has had on an entire generation of filmmakers and horror fans alike ...

Trilogy of Terror: Special Edition (1975) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 October 2018; Written by Loron Hays

The esteemed work of celebrated producer/director Dan Curtis (The Night Stalker, The Night Strangler) continues to roll out on blu-ray thanks to the fine 4K remastering efforts of Kino Lorber Studio Classics. This week’s release tackles an anthology that, once seen ...

More Than A Neon Paradise: Roxi Drive's Strangers Of The Night - Music Review

Details: Published: 18 October 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Roxi Drive

Sometimes in this life, we have to go back in order to find the right path forward. Roxi Drive, returning to the synthwave scene after her first release of Girl on the TV does EXACTLY that with her first full length LP. But there is something different this time out ...

Johnny Gruesome (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 18 October 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Being a high school student completely sucks. Just ask Johnny Grissom (Anthony De La Torre). No one understands him. He’s a teenage rebel, for sure, and loses his shit over Manowar albums and really twisted horror flicks. Hell, this dude could have been a friend of mine ...

Criterion Collection Announces Blu-ray Releases for January 2019

Details: Published: 17 October 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Criterion just announced that it will be releasing five new titles from its collection that will be available on blu-ray this coming January. Among those are Norman Jewison's 1967 crime thriller In the Heat of The Night, and Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 noir thriller Notorious.

Betrayed (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 17 October 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Writer/director Harley Wallen (Moving Parts) is back behind the camera. This time he is handling the subject of human trafficking. Unfortunately, the strong production values and sureness behind the camera can’t overcome a weak script and even weaker performances ...

Hunger Shows No Mercy in New Trailer for Werewolf Thriller BONEHILL ROAD

Details: Published: 17 October 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Fans of '80s horror, this is your moment. Two huge icons of the era are teaming up to bring us a new werewolf flick in the form of Bonehill Road from legendary underground filmmaker Todd Sheets who works with popular '80s scream queen Linnea Quigley for the first time. The trailer ...

The Queen of Hollywood Blvd (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 15 October 2018; Written by Loron Hays

David Lynch. Russ Meyer. Roger Corman. Orson Welles. The influences of the directors who helped inspire the somewhat tortured (and tragic) reign of The Queen of Hollywood Blvd are spotted throughout the elegance of Orson Oblowitz's tale of blood and neon ...

Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - October 16, 2018

Details: Published: 15 October 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Ant-Man and the Wasp

There aren't a lot of titles getting the 4K treatment this week, but those that are will definitely find their way to our list of the Most Wanted blu-rays for the week of October 16, 2018 ...