DVD/Blu-ray Reviews

At Hammer Films, resurrection is the flavor of the month.  Once a staple of the Horror community, Hammer films reigned supreme for nearly thirty years producing such classics as The Curse of Frankenstein, Vampire Circus, and ...

With no 3D delights to dangle in front of audiences like a tempting carrot and no computer graphics to shock and dazzle kids either, Winnie the Pooh’s formula to its success rests in its willingness to explore...

Cinematically, it began a decade ago.  Eight films and three hundred billion-fazillion dollars later, the epic conclusion to the mysterious world of muggles and magicians has arrived.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is ...

Loosely adapted from Roger Zelanzy's 1969 short story, Damnation Alley arrives on blu-ray courtesy of those B-movie lovers over at Shout! Factory.  The film, originally made in 1977, cost more to make than Star Wars: A New Hope did and looks ...

Famed writer/director/producer Roger Corman is not one to let a trend pass without notice and monetary capitalization.  Still looking to mine the Star Wars vein of golden riches and fortune and glory in 2980, he mounted his most expensive...

Director Andrew Traucki thrives on inferring undersea menaces.  In 2008, he brought to life alligator attacks in the terrifying thriller Black Water and now, in The Reef, he strands his five-member cast in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and...

Drugs are bad, mkay?  Except when they aren’t.  As bad for you, I should add.  Science suggests that we only use something like 15% of our brain’s potential at any given time (or maybe throughout our lifetime). What a waste.  It’s a...

Turf wars get extraterrestrialized in Writer/Director Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block.  The film is rich in concrete jungle atmosphere and gritty laughs making its urban dynamics so grossly enjoyable. Energetic in its attempts to recapture the ...

For many long decades, people have scanned the horizons and wondered if humans were alone in the universe or if there were other creatures just waiting to communicate with us.  Yet, fear always sets in and our imaginations turn to galactic invasions and ...

Before making some of the finest films of the Silent Era, Buster Keaton (under the financial guidance of Joseph M. Schenck) made nineteen two-reelers that would define his well-known persona as “The Great Stone Face” comedian. Keaton was already established...

There seems to be a resurgence of stylized medieval actioners of late.  From Black Death to Centurion, these mostly independent features are side-stepping traditional Hollywood paths and pursuing a limited release in theatres, then settling into the Home Theatre market ...

Playing more like a poor man’s episode of The X-Files, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night doesn’t have much bite in its tale of vampires, zombies, and werewolves.  It’s an interesting attempt to revitalize the darker nature of vampires upon the streets of New Orleans ...

Going back to the start of Pierre Boulle's mythology, Rise of the Planet of the Apes sets the stage for the ape revolution and delivers their first uprising.  Half the movie is welcomed sci-fi soul courtesy ...

Popcorn epics don’t get much better than with director John Milius’ action-packed Conan the Barbarian.  This is sword and sorcery at its most rugged and (sometimes) goofiest.  Yet, never does it lose its sense of fun and ...

How quickly the mighty can fall.  In the mere two years since the original premiered, Conan the Destroyer presents us with the family friendly version of a barbarian who has no business being friendly or hanging around a family. The film ...