DVD/Blu-ray Reviews

If you conduct a Google search about Syfy’s Haven, chances are you won’t find a wealth of information about this ongoing television series.  That, my friends, is a shame.  Based loosely of Stephen King’s The Colorado Kid, the remarkable mythology behind the supernatural ...

Fans of campy horror rejoice!  Those bizarrely goofy Killer Klowns are returning to the planet and this time they’ll land their circus tent of curiosities in glorious high definition.  And just in time, too.  The cinematic world was getting a bit boring. Right up there ...

Fairy tales are all the rage in Hollywood.  As source material, the 19^th century Brothers Grimm tales are dark and, visually, make for exciting worlds to explore.  First-time director Rupert Sanders capitalizes on his stylized commercial and music video experiences ...

One would have to dig clear through the classic era of Universal Monster Movies in order to find a title that is a Jeepers Creepers equivalent in tone, structure, and suspense.  And that’s a good thing.  Writer/director Victor Salva explores his love of classic creature ...

To celebrate the release of the Indiana Jones series on blu ray, we offer a four part retrospective article series honouring one of the most beloved franchises in film history ...

For most of his career in film writer/director David Ayer has earned a living telling the violent stories of police officers on call.  From films like Training Day to Street Kings, Ayer’s playground is the hard-hitting streets of Los Angeles.  He knows this territory well and ...

To celebrate the release of the Indiana Jones series on blu ray, we offer a four part retrospective article series honouring one of the most beloved franchises in film history ...

Writer/director Tim Burton does writer/director Ed Wood in the charmingly disjointed biopic comedy Ed Wood.  This marvelously wicked ode to Hollywood’s worst director is, to this day, Burton’s only attempt at Art House and his least grossing film.  It is also his ...

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 ...

The tagline “Even Bad Girls Need Protection” should turn many a Grindhouse connoisseur’s head toward its direction.  Couple that with the exploitative stylized cover art and a wonderfully slinky appearance from Scream Queen Danielle Harris, Michael Beihn’s ....

To celebrate the release of the Indiana Jones series on blu ray, we offer a four part retrospective article series honouring one of the most beloved franchises in film history ...

With a visual flair that is damn near unmatched by his contemporaries, director David Fincher scored a huge win with 2007’s sleeper hit The Game.  This striking feature is a serious trip of the mind and cons its own audience with an interesting premise and a pacing ...

When it was first announced that Piranha, the 1978 original spoof of Jaws, which was directed by Joe Dante, written by John Sayles, and produced by Roger Corman was going to be remade, an audible groan was heard from the masses. This would never work so...

While home ownership - that classic American Dream - is at an all-time low throughout parts of this country, our interest in the classic haunted house narrative and all the paranormal activity behind its closed doors is at an all-time high.  We are, of course, drawn to the ....

With all the fabulous charm of old school Burton, Frankenweenie arrives in theaters just in time to wag its electrified tail (or tale as the case may be) for all the costumed kiddies and adults this Halloween season. It’s a fully charged black-and-white romp about a ...