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Yearly Archives: 2020

There couldn’t be a better-timed home video release in terms of the national topic of conversation than HBO’s Watchmen: An HBO Limited Series. It arrives in Blu-Ray and digital download formats and features a mixed-up version of the wildly popular and graphic novel. Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) created the […]

Watchmen Series Blu-Ray Review: Timely & Terrific

June 4, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Jeremy Irons / Regina King / Watchmen by joeldamos

Sometimes a film comes along and is that perfect cornucopia of luck, talent, timing, and tenacity. The Invisible Man, out now on DVD, Blu-Ray, and digital download from Universal and Blumhouse Productions, is that film for the first half of 2020. It features a collective of artists working at the […]

The Invisible Man Blu-Ray Review: Leigh Whannell’s Wickedly Terror-ific Tale

May 29, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Elisabeth Moss / The Invisible Man by joeldamos

Millennials grew up playing Sonic the Hedgehog on their Sega Genius and Game-Gears. While these gaming consoles are obsolete now, the nostalgia for the spirit of Sonic clearly is not. After the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer landed, there was some immediate push back directed at Paramount from the […]

Sonic the Hedgehog Blu-Ray Review: Game On!

May 28, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Jim Carrey / Sonic the Hedgehog by joeldamos

The best part of the Suicide Squad was unequivocally the casting and subsequent performance of Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. The beloved comic book miscreant came to life in live-action in a manner that was equally menacing as she was wickedly entertaining. She’s back, and Harley Quinn has her own […]

Birds of Prey Blu-Ray Review: Margot Robbie Slays as The ...

May 28, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged Birds of Prey / DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Ewan McGregor / Margot Robbie by joeldamos

Focus Features smartly decided to release their The High Note for audiences at home via on-demand when their normal release date of May 29, 2020 became clear it wouldn’t happen. What with movie theaters closed due to the pandemic, there is a real need to entertain the masses and that […]

The High Note Review: Tracee Ellis Ross & Dakota Johnson ...

May 26, 2020 in Movie Reviews tagged Movie Reviews / The High Note by joeldamos

As most of the globe has been on lockdown due to the current pandemic, some may be beginning to wonder if too much screen time is bad for us. In fact, many experts were already concerned about the effects of screen time on the developing adolescent brain long before we […]

“Screened Out:” Are We?

May 26, 2020 in Movie Reviews tagged Movie Reviews / Screened Out by Landon H. Johnson

The Swedish film Force Majeure landed in 2014 and its premise alone got many Americans to check out the dark comedy that wound up scoring a nomination for Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globes. It is a story about a seemingly happily married man who could not come across […]

Downhill Blu-Ray Review: Julia Louis Dreyfus & Will Ferrell Tackle ...

May 25, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged Downhill / DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Julia Louis-Dreyfus / Will Ferrell by joeldamos

Founded on May 8, 1912, Paramount Pictures has a century-plus library that is inhabited by some of the finest films ever to see the inside of a theater. Therefore, the news that the fabled studio is opening the vault and bringing some Blu-Ray love to a series of classic films […]

Paramount Presents Highlight Iconic Studio’s Rich Cinematic Past: 4 Classic ...

May 24, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Elvis Presley / Fatal Attraction by joeldamos

They say timing is everything. One of the casualties of movie theaters being closed, due to the Coronavirus, was the comedy The Lovebirds. Lucky for them, Netflix picked up the flick from Paramount and it has debuted on the streaming giant. For the millions who are stuck at home seeking […]

The Lovebirds Review: Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae Rock Netflix ...

May 23, 2020 in Movie Reviews tagged Issa Rae / Kumail Nanjiani / Movie Reviews / Netflix / The Lovebirds by joeldamos