Santa with Muscles Blu-ray Review
… But No Brains Take a moment today. Process the reality that Santa with Muscles exists. A human being wrote this movie. Another human being spent money to produce …
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Godzilla vs Gigan (Criterion) Blu-ray Review
Roach Infested Alien cockroaches from outer space leave their polluted planet, head to Earth, and build a children’s theme park. That’s kooky material, even by 1970s Godzilla standards. Godzilla …
The Black Hole Blu-ray Review
Between Genius and Sanity Dr. Hans Reinhardt spent 20 years living with robots when an astronaut crew finds his spaceship hovering near a black hole. In that time, Reinhardt …
Godzilla vs Hedorah (Criterion) Blu-ray Review
Smoggy As Godzilla vs Hedorah’s opening credits close, a broken clock floats on ocean sludge. An hour chime sounds. Then a smash cut to a close-up of bright flowers. …
Turtle Odyssey 4K UHD Review
Turtle Planet Gathering dazzling images from the ocean floor, Turtle Odyssey brings truly stellar photography into this condensed story. The focus is a turtle – obviously – named Bunji. …
47 Meters Down: Uncaged Blu-ray Review
Baby Shark, Grandpa Shark 47 Meters Down: Uncaged begins with protagonist Mia falling into water. The school bully pushed her in, the immediate indicator that Mia (Sophie Nelisse) will …
Good Boys Blu-ray Review
Bean Bags On screen, it’s risque to center pre-teens in an R-rated comedy. No one wants to admit kids talk like this, but avoidance is a social lie. Good Boys …
Terminator: Dark Fate Review
But what about Taco? Terminator: Dark Fate’s worst moments happen during the action. Either the ceaseless digital effects tire, the explosions become routine, or the countless beatings sustained by …
Prophecy (1979) Blu-ray Review
Bigfoot, only uglier In 1956, mercury discharged from a chemical factory was the cause of disease throughout Minamata, Japan. It wasn’t until 2010 the guilty company settled – and …
All Monsters Attack Blu-ray Review
Undervalued Parable At the end of All Monsters Attack, 10 year-old Ichiro (Tomonori Yazaki) fights a bully to earn respect. Then, Ichiro torments a sign maker. It’s an oft …
Destroy All Monsters (Criterion) Blu-ray Review
Do the Monster Mash Set in 1999, Destroy All Monsters conceives an internationally shared space headquarters on Iwo Jima. At Destroy All Monsters’ release in 1968, Iwo Jima remained …
The Thing (2011, Mill Creek) Blu-ray Review
Horror Out of Time Movie audiences needed Howard Hawks’ 1951 film adaptation of The Thing. Society rife with the Red Scare and post-WWII anxieties of outsiders, the story of …