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

Bad Boys For Life - Movie Review

Just a whole lot of fun to watch!

1917 - Movie Review

Big, bold, dangerous, and full of numerous iconic scenes

Like a Boss - Movie Review

Nothing to see here, folks

Just Mercy - Movie Review

a story that, sadly, still needs to be told

Gemini Man - Blu-ray Review

Two Will Smiths aren’t any better than one

Joker (2019) - 4K UHD/Blu-ray Review

I hate the guy. This worked.

Downton Abbey (2019) - Blu-ray Review

The Crawleys are Back!

The Peanut Butter Falcon - Blu-ray Review

Just so perfect

New on Blu-ray

Rambo (2008) - 4K blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 18 November 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

If the last couple of years have taught us anything it should be never underestimate Sylvester Stallone. He was mocked at the beginning of his career and brought us Rocky. His popularity waned in the late 90’s and when word trickled down he was reviving not only his famous ...

Road Games: Collector's Edition (1981) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 17 November 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Butchering babes in motel rooms and burying them alongside the road. That’s what you get here in this intelligently made thriller from Patrick’s Richard Franklin and smartly-written script from Everett De Roche. ...

The Irishman - Movie Review

Details: Published: 15 November 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

In a scene from The Irishman, the new film from Martin Scorcese, union boss Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino) says to mob hitman Frank Sheeran (Robert DeNiro), “I heard you paint houses.” Frank does indeed paint houses… but not how you might expect. Frank is a mob hitman and he paints walls ...

Pickaxe - Movie Review

Details: Published: 13 November 2019; Written by Loron Hays

It is during the hunt for killer Alex Black’s amulet; that’s how this slasher opens. A young couple Paul and Dana Farmer are walking around in a forest after dark. They are hoping to find a piece of this serial killer’s property to ...

Blinded By the Light (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 14 November 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Bruce Springsteen. The name alone creates a number of iconic images. The fist raised in the sky. The bandana. The cut-off sleeves. Asbury Park.The BIG man on the sax. That worn guitar. The cars and the girls. Whatever it is for you, I assure you ...

The Peanut Butter Falcon - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 23 August 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Featuring a special needs character in a film is always a risky proposition that has the potential to cross that fine line between exploitation and exposition. ...

Good Boys - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 16 August 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

One of the kids at the center of the new comedy Good Boys confidently tells his two best friends, “It’s a tampon. Girls shove it up their butts to stop babies from coming out.” The object in question is indeed a tampon, they got that part right. But, of ...

American Hunt - Movie Review

Details: Published: 12 November 2019; Written by Loron Hays

BOOM! Talking to someone and then watching, rather unexpectedly, their head blowing up can be quite unsettling. It happens repeatedly in American Hunt and, each and every time, the shock is not something you get used to. This is a tough and a terrific film to sit through. The subject matter of ...

50 Years of Planet of the Apes: 9-Movie Collection - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 13 November 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

‘It’s a mad house! A mad house!’ So it felt to me finding the entire Planet of the Apes cinematic journey in this new mammoth sized 50th anniversary set in the mail. I’ll try to keep the review succinct as there are 5 movies in the original series, the Tim Burton remake and the ...

Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - November 12, 2019

Details: Published: 12 November 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

And another friendly hi-def hello to our fellow blu-ray geeks. Welcome to the weekly look at our most wanted titles coming to blu-ray and/or 4K Ultra HD for the week of November 12, 2019.