REVIEWS
Drive (1997) [88 Films 4K UHD Review]
Drive is one of those cult films that just missed me upon initial release. Hell, I think I missed the second wave as well. If it’s funny and they Drive, I guess it’s a Cult Classic? Maybe ...
Bad Axe (2022) [Movie Review]
Bad Axe is the kind of documentary that I expected to see a lot more during the Pandemic. Take equal parts PTSD, generational trauma and modern family dynamics and make a compelling look at America in...
Back to the Beach (1987) [Paramount Presents Blu-ray review]
Back to the Beach is one of those cult classics that deserved the attention given to other kitschy films. So, why did Back to the Beach go so ignored? It was hard to care about Frankie and Annette in ...
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was the first talkie adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson tale. Naturally, Paramount chose to give it a Christmas Eve 1931 release date. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is ...
Mark of the Vampire (1935) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]
Mark of the Vampire represents an early effort to expand vampires past Dracula (1931). What is Mark of the Vampire? Mark of the Vampire was the first bigger talkie film to treat vampires as something ...
Snatched (2022) [Hulu’s Bite-Size Halloween Review]
A 15-year-old boy finally comes out to his parents; they seem as doubtful of accepting it as he’d feared. Then what looks to be a meteor shower hits overnight — and the next morning, he ge...
This is Gwar (2021) [Shudder RLJE Blu-ray review]
This is Gwar will make you believe that art collectives and heavy metal come together to make beautiful things. Also, the documentary is pretty good. Shudder does rock documentaries now? Rock document...
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is an early Hollywood adaptation of an earlier stage play that sought to make the Lincoln story understandable to the masses. If you ever wanted to see 15-20 years of history c...
The Kindred (1987) [Synapse Films Blu-ray Review]
The Kindred is an early 1987 Sci-Fi/Horror film that has been out of print for decades due to legal entanglements. Due to the film being little seen, no horror fans really fought for it over the ages....