DVD Reviews

Jay Roach has always had a knack for putting relationships under pressure—Meet the Parents, anyone?—but with The Roses, he trades awkward dinner parties for something sharper, darker, and far less forgiving. A reimagining of Warren Adler’s novel and the ...

Chloé Zhao’s deeply felt, yet restrained new film, Hamnet, is the kind of cinematic experience that sneaks up on you. You know the kind: it’s subtle at first, then keeps pecking and poking at you like an unshakable memory that leaves you teary-eyed in the grocery store  ...

The beloved Naked Gun franchise awakens from its 30-year retirement and straps on the ol’ sidearm with yet another comedic take on police procedurals that brings both nostalgic laughs and modern sensibilities to an old gag  ...

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  ...

Filmmaker Francis Lawrence has built a career making kids suffer for our entertainment (The Hunger Games films, anyone?), and with The Long Walk he may have found his bleak masterpiece. Adapted from Stephen King’s first novel, this is a story where endurance isn’t  ...

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 ...

“Forty-one years ago… they turned it up to eleven. Now, they can barely find the volume knob.” The loudest band in rock ’n’ roll history is back—whether the world asked for it or not. In Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the bandmates (sans drummer), stumble out of retirement, out of  ...

Never has the phrase “truth is stranger than fiction” had more relevance than it does in Roofman, director Derek Cianfrance’s entertaining little crime comedy-drama. The film stars Channing Tatum as Jeffrey “Roofman” Manchester, a charming, blue-collar, ex-military whose   ...

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  ...

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 ...

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  ...

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  ...

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 ...

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  ...

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 ...

"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  ...

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 ...

“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  ...

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  ...

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  ...

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  ...

If Yorgos Lanthimos ever decided to host a TED Talk, it would probably start with a dead cow, end with bees, and leave the audience both horrified and applauding. His latest film, Bugonia, takes that exact energy — unhinged, hilarious, and oddly profound — and channels ...

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 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 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,  ...

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 ...

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  ...

“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 ...

It’s hard to believe but it’s been forty years since Marty McFly drove 88 miles per hour into our collective minds and hearts and started down the road to an amazing time at the movies. Back to the Future and its sequels are indelible crowd pleasers, almost universally loved and for good reason. With the  ...

There are few moments in the 1980’s output of horror titles as effective as the opening minutes of Tom Holland’s Child’s Play.  Serial-killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), wearing a righteous brown trench coat, is being chased through the dingy streets of south Chicago by homicide detective  ...