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After recently revisiting The Great Escape for a movie club started with friends from college during the pandemic, it seemed like a case of great minds think alike when I read that Kino Lorber was giving the Steve McQueen starring, John Sturges’ directed World War II prisoner camp escape a […]

The Great Escape 4K Ultra HD Review: Mission Accomplished, Kino ...

January 13, 2022 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / The Great Escape by joeldamos

For horror fans, it must feel like Christmas is still here with the arrival of Halloween Kills on DVD, Blu-ray, 4K and various digital formats. Halloween Kills is a bloody mess and that is meant in the best of ways. Like the horror sequel is supposed to do, the body […]

Halloween Kills Blu-ray Review: Jamie Lee Curtis’ Battle with Michael ...

January 11, 2022 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Halloween Kills / Jamie Lee Curtis / Judy Greer by joeldamos

In the end, the key to any of our fantastic and time elusive masterpieces in the tale-telling department lay in what seems like the most obvious of items, a story. Author extraordinaire Frank Herbert was keenly aware of that elusive element, and it is in full display in his August […]

Dune Blu-ray Review: Denis Villeneuve Creates a Deliciously Divine Dune

January 11, 2022 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged Denis Villeneuve / Dune / DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray by joeldamos

Director Hal Ashby’s (Coming Home, In the Height of the Night) is no stranger to crafting cinematic experiences that not only stand the test of time but are intertwined into the fabric of the culture of the world from the last four decades. That was never truer than with his […]

Harold and Maude Blu-ray Review: 50th Anniversary Upgrade Worthy of ...

December 10, 2021 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / Harold and Maude by joeldamos

You have to love horror movies that don’t take themselves seriously, yet still, deliver all the chills and thrills that one expects from this milieu. That is certainly the case with Josh Ruben’s Werewolves Within. After a proposed pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm […]

Werewolves Within Blu-ray Review: A Surprise Gem of 2021

December 9, 2021 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / Werewolves Within by joeldamos

Could Steve Martin, John Candy, and John Hughes have known that when Planes, Trains and Automobiles landed in 1987 that it would become the definitive Thanksgiving movie, as well as an all-around instant classic that covered far-reaching topics as straightforward as the importance of family, reaching out to those who […]

Planes Trains and Automobiles Blu-ray Steelbook Review: Those Are Not ...

November 23, 2021 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / John Candy / John Hughes / Planes Trains and Automobiles / Steve Martin by joeldamos

Hollywood history has landmark moments with movies that make a seismic impact on the movie business, but also the larger popular culture landscape as well. The Outsiders is absolutely one that not only struck a chord upon its release, but time has only added exponentially to its utter adoration. Now, […]

The Outsiders 4K Review: The Complete Novel Returns to the ...

November 23, 2021 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / The Outsiders by joeldamos

One of my big cinematic pet peeves involves the musical biopic. That beast of a movie project is no easy task. A filmmaker is charged with bringing to life a musical existence lived to the fullest where in some cases, enormous social implications were involved that helped change the world […]

Respect Blu-ray Review: Singing the Praises of a National Treasure

November 9, 2021 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged Aretha Franklin / DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Jennifer Hudson / Respect by joeldamos

Not quite a sequel, but still not a reboot, Candyman lands in theaters from Universal Pictures as what is being billed as a “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 Candyman. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stars in the 2021 version, where Virginia Madsen was the lead of the early 90s incarnation that took […]

Candyman Blu-ray Review: Say His Name, Get This Movie!

November 4, 2021 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged Candyman / DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray by joeldamos