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

Glass (2019) - Movie Review

a phony mess of a comic book movie wannabe

The Upside (2019) - Movie Review

A delightfully charming and oftentimes hilarious little film

The 6th Friend

Takes itself WAY TOO serious

Escape Room - Movie Review

A white-knuckle thriller

Mid90s - Movie Review

In a word, it is simply brilliant.

White Boy Rick - Blu-ray Review

It is sad, heartfelt, funny, entertaining, and as dangerous as a box of dynamite.

Bad Times at the El Royale - Blu-ray Review

I wouldn’t hesitate to return for another stay at the El Royale

A Simple Favor - Blu-ray Review

There is an elegance to the mystery

New on Blu-ray

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation – Collector’s Edition (1994) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 11 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Renée Zellweger. Matthew McConaughey. A bizarre chainsaw wielding family. Leatherface. The Illuminati. Wait, wait, wait. WHAT!? We were warned. We didn’t listen. This movie was always going to come out on Blu-ray and now, after months of preparation, the end ...

The Backlot Murders (2002) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 11 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

If it wasn’t for the over-the-top acting of Charles Fleisher (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) and Priscilla Barnes (Three’s Company), then The Backlot Murders, a satire of the horror genre, would be a total waste of your time. But there’s a trick to ...

Smallfoot (2018) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 10 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

To this day, there remains something insanely special about director Brian De Palma’s Carrie. It is based on the once-discarded novel by Stephen King, but was painstakingly adapted for the screen by Lawrence D. Cohen. Cohen got everything about King’s first novel right ...

Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - December 11, 2018

Details: Published: 10 December 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Let's get this week's Most Wanted list started off with four new movies making their debut on home video with three of those getting the 4K UltraHD treatment ...

The Thing from Another World (1951) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 09 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

“Miss Nicholson . . . at 12:10am the hand became alive. . .” If ever those words are uttered around me when staring at a dismembered arm, you bet my ass is headed for the door . . . even if it is the icy breath of the North Pole ...

Mission: Impossible - Fallout - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 27 July 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

If there’s anything to be said about the Mission: Impossible franchise it is that it lives up to its name by continuing to defy the odds with its little game of self oneupmanship – each new installment seemingly doing the impossible by keeping the franchise alive, viable, and ...

It is RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET at Top of Box Office Again This week

Details: Published: 10 December 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

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With no new major releases at the cinemas this weekend, it is, once again, Ralph Breaks the Internet breaking the box office by maintaining the top slot for the third week in a row ...

Nail Gun Massacre: Limited Edition (1986) - Blu-ray

Details: Published: 08 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

How does the song go? "Let the bodies hit the . . . BBQ grill?" Because, yep, that's what happens in this seriously demented flick. Are the steaks done already?! Ready. Fire. Aim. This Nail Gun Massacre has been reloaded ...

Doctor Who: Peter Davison – Complete Season One (1982) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 08 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Classic Who. The Beeb. Blu-ray. Newly remastered. Need I say anymore? Because the new decade needed a new Doctor. The changing of the guard – Tom Baker will always be MY Doctor – was inevitable, I suppose, for a long-running program ...

The Swinging Barmaids (1975) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 08 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Nasty girls in bunny suits! Who needs ‘em? Certainly not Tom (Bruce Watson). Deciding early on that bosoms should always be well-covered, this strange dude goes on a one-man rampage in a seedy part of Los Angeles and delivers one savage attack after another ...