DVD Reviews

Because time doesn’t stop for anybody.  And, if we are to survive, we must adapt.  Even The Granthams.  The closing act of Downton Abbey has arrived and it is as magical and as impactful as you’d ever want or wish it to be. Call it a masterstroke of genius.  Call it ...

Darren Aronofsky has given us ballerinas breaking bones (Black Swan), junkies unraveling in fast-cut montages (Requiem for a Dream), and wrestlers body-slamming their way into heartbreak (The Wrestler). Now he sets his sights on… a guy cat-sitting? Don’t laugh—because in  ...

“Leave the gun, take the cannoli.” Alright, listen—if you think you’ve ever really watched The Godfather Trilogy, think again. This 4K UHD Collector’s Edition is like being invited to the Corleone family dinner with a spotlight, surround sound, and a bartender who somehow also doubles as the ...

Ah, Room 237 — the scene that warped a generation’s sleep schedules. If The Shining were a mixtape of psychological horror, this would be the track that plays backward and whispers your worst fears. Jack Torrance, already teetering on the edge, steps into the forbidden room after Danny turns  ...

1990’s Misery is one of the finest book to screen King adaptations of all time, in my humble opinion. While this new dearth of King adaptions continues unabated with varying degrees of success or abject failure (*cough: The Stand), no one has (as yet) touched it, or even broached remaking it ...

When Zach Cregger unleashed Barbarian on an unsuspecting public back in 2022, he established himself as a filmmaker who delights in pulling the rug out from under his audience. With his latest film, Weapons, Cregger proves that Barbarian was no lucky first strike. With Weapons, he has   ...

One of the most compelling elements of F1: The Movie, the new film from director Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick), is how it manages to appeal to both longtime fans of Formula 1 racing and to anyone who has never even heard of the sport - the latter of which perfectly   ...

It’s the moment that made audiences grip their armrests and whisper “nope” under their breath—the hide-and-clap scene. Easily one of the most terrifying sequences in The Conjuring, it turns a childhood game into a masterclass in dread. Carolyn Perron, blindfolded and searching for her daughter,  ...

Because murder never looked so damn collectible. Think Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets Easy Rider, filmed through a nicotine-stained lens, and you will understand the majesty of this cult film. The Devil’s Rejects is a dirty, defiant, and oddly poetic grindhouse gem. It’s not for...

It’s where broadcast demons meet the wrath of polyester!  In a highlight scene, we are midway through the Halloween special, and Jack Delroy’s ratings stunt is in full swing. He’s got a psychic who looks like she moonlights as a disco DJ, a parapsychologist with the charisma of a tax auditor, and  ...

Because nothing says “I trust you” better than throwing a Baby Ruth to a stranger with questionable hygiene and a heart of gold. That’s the kind of logic The Goonies runs on—and somehow, it works. This scene between Sloth and Chunk is ridiculous, sincere, and completely unfiltered—just like  ...

Ah, Dawn of the Dead—George Romero’s classic that taught us all three important things: zombies are terrifying, shopping malls are basically fortresses, and your ’80s wardrobe choices will haunt you more than the undead ever could. Watching this in 2025, I can almost hear the dial-up modem  ...

Let’s be honest: Seinfeld didn’t just redefine sitcoms — it gave Gen X a spiritual home. No hugs. No lessons. Just four emotionally stunted New Yorkers navigating life’s absurdities with the grace of a dropped Snapple bottle. Watching the complete series now is like opening a time capsule filled  ...

"I tend to notice little things like that, whether a girl is a blonde or a brunette." The return of Sean Connery to the James Bond story, with a slightly less emotionally charged and camp-tinged journey from the emotionally dynamic On Her Majesty’s Secret Service to a more extravagant and camp-infused  ...

“The owls are not what they seem.” Neither is this box set. In the pantheon of television-as-art, Twin Peaks stands as a monolith of mystery, madness, and maple syrup. With From Z to A, CBS and David Lynch offer not just a collection, but a shrine—a black cube of secrets that feels like it was plucked  ...

In cine-massacre history, there are few films that compare to the in-the-gut feeling Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre leaves you with.  Every imperfection in this low-budget Slasher works in the movie’s favor and adds to the overall grisly experience.  The movie is not as violent or as ...

A cult favorite among horror diehards, WNUF Halloween Special finally lands on Blu-ray — and while it doesn’t sparkle in high-def (intentionally!), that’s exactly the point. This isn’t a film that aims to look good. It aims to look right — like a worn-out VHS tape rescued from your childhood basement ...

True Grime fans assemble!!! If you grew up prowling the video store aisles for anything with blood, shock, or the words “based on a true story,” the new True Crime Triple Ripper Blu-ray set from AGFA and Something Weird Video feels like a time machine back to those glory days of cracked VHS  ...

Surprise! The knife is not yet blunt. After the solid return to form of Dwight H. Little’s Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, things get far more interesting in the darker, mythos-expanding Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. Critics have long dismissed it ...

If there’s one film that seriously needs your reevaluation this Halloween season, it’s Tommy Lee Wallace’s Halloween 3: Season of the Witch.  The title is a bit misleading as the knife-wielding Michael Myers does not appear in the film at all, but this horror film is John Carpenter’s brainchild all the  ...

Iconic.  This is the legacy Larry David has left in the world of situation comedy.  From his work on Seinfeld to his own show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, there is little doubt on his influence and this blu-ray set - while it is far from perfect - celebrates a a comedy could run for decades without losing  ...

Razor-sharp.  This essentially describes the wit of Clue and this new 2023 4K upgrade of the classic comedy.  It’s the movie with three different endings, remember?  And, if you remember that, you also remember that you had to go to different theaters to see the different endings.  It was an ...

Well, the good news with Clown in a Cornfield is that it doesn’t suck.  It’s absolutely a lot of fun and full of enough meta-themed awareness to be clever in some parts.  While I think a lot of horror fans might sleep on the movie, I am pleased to let you know that cornfields, clowns, and small towns  ...

Rumor has it that when the John Carpenter and Debrah Hill penned (and, once again, Michael Myers-less) script for Halloween 4 was turned down, the duo promptly sold their rights to all things Halloween to producer Moustapha Akkad.  Whether out of anger or suave financial smarts, the move meant  ...

"Yes, this is my second life." You Only Live Twice, in which director Lewis Gilbert takes the helm for the first of three Bond films [The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979)], is where extravagance and the need for a cinematic event hijacks spy-hard, cold war excellence and, thanks to ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! …Unless you’re traveling through LAX on Christmas Eve when a team of military contractors are planning on releasing a bioweapon that can kill thousands, then, maybe it isn’t. The Netflix original Carry-On is touting itself as 2024’s  ...

It comes as no surprise that Warner’s have delivered a boxset of all 7 original Elm Street flicks within a year of releasing the first film in various releases last year. The double-dipping trickery never ends, does it? In fact, all the studios seem to be leaning into the spoon-feeding technique with franchise  ...

“My dear girl, don't flatter yourself. What I did this evening was for King and country. You don't think it gave me any pleasure, do you?” Thunderball, in which director Terence Young returns to the world of 007, is a bigger and badder version of James Bond than anyone expected in 1965 ...

“My dear girl, there are some things that just aren't done, such as drinking Dom Perignon '53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That's just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs!” There’s no denying that by 1963 ...

“Once more into the breach, dear friends.” From the deadly opening minutes as a familiar-looking spy is killed to the  brutal, claustrophobic brawl aboard the Orient Express, the second James Bond film - while longer - is a tightly-wound vehicle of espionage and complicated entanglements as Bond ...