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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

Bad Boys For Life - Movie Review

Details: Published: 17 January 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

What does a filmmaker do when attempting to revive a franchise that has lain dormant for more than a decade since the last entry? In the case of Bad Boys For Life, directors Adil and Bilall do what most other filmmakers have done: they adapt the story to fit a new cultural landscape, they riff ...

Gemini Man (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 11 October 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

Rarely does conventional wisdom hold in Hollywood. Particularly with regards to the notion that less is more and that simplicity is superior to elaborate embellishment. Take, for instance Jerry Bruckheimer, the titan of TNT, who subscribes to the theory that if a candle is needed ...

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 15 January 2020; Written by Christopher Symonds

2004’s Hellboy was a well-received if unspectacular performer at the box office, and the studios were not in a hurry to spend on another one. Undeterred, Guillermo Del Toro pressed on pitching various iterations of what could be the follow up. Oh, and since he had some time to kill ...

Batman Beyond: The Complete Series (1999 - 2001) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 13 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

The Golem's not headed your way, Willie. The Golem has arrived!A beloved animated project - with some fans still clamoring for a live action movie version - is back on store shelves! Batman Beyond, containing all three seasons of the cult classic and its movie finale, has landed on ...

Western Stars (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 12 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

Somewhere in Colts Neck, New Jersey there sets a horse farm owned by Bruce Springsteen. And on those 378 acres there is a two-story barn which, on certain nights, doubles as a performance area for Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa, and some close friends. The voices coming out from ...

REALITY QUEEN! - Movie Review

Details: Published: 10 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

The new comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson called The Hustle is an almost identical remake of the 1988 classic comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels which starred Michael Caine and Steve Martin - itself a remake of Marlon Brando’s Bedtime Story. I say “almost” because ...

Watch Good Battle Evil in New Trailer for CUPID

Details: Published: 13 January 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

This valentine’s day, Cupid is shooting straight for the…heart. Writer/director Scott Jeffrey presents the horrifying true story of Venus and Mars’s offspring. Everyone knows ...

Breakthrough (2019) - DVD Review

Details: Published: 13 January 2020; Written by Michelle Duy

Movies like Miracles from Heaven and Heaven Is for Real tell allegedly true stories of divine intervention. The latest such movie is 2019’s Breakthrough. About four years ago in Missouri, teenager John Smith (Marcel Ruiz) fell through the ice of a frozen lake. After 15 minutes underwater he clinically died. But when ...

Rambo: Last Blood - 4K Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 13 January 2020; Written by Christopher Symonds

Tenacious is the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Sylvester Stallone. He was once one of the highest-paid and most successful actors in cinema’s history, and, like most, has had his fair share of career highlights and—lets be kind—lulls. ...

Silver Bullet: Collector's Edition (1985) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 09 January 2020; Written by Loron Hays

Finally. With this Collector’s Edition from Scream Factory, a long-requested top 10 horror film arrives on blu-ray with a cleaned-up transfer and NEW supplemental items. ...