Author: Dan Nicholls
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Smile – 4K UHD Blu ray Review
Smile was a runaway horror hit of 2022 (and worth a watch – creepy and effective!). We look at the 4K UHD blu ray release. The biggest horror success of 2022 was Smile, which opened at #1 and even managed to out-gross the last stand of Michael Myers himself. The shape of the Halloween horror…
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Blu-ray Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-man: No Way Home has indeed found his way home. Um…to home video. Dan takes a look at the new 4K UHD and blu rays. After swinging its way to new box office heights no Spidey had seen before, Spider-Man: No Way Home arrives for your home viewing pleasure on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD and…
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Scream 4K Home Video Release Review
Scream sees its home video release! Er…the new Scream, not the old Scream. Or any of the sequel Screams. ANYWAY… Dan’s review of the 4K release! In a world gone mad with sequels, reboots, remakes, and prequels it makes sense that Wes Craven’s classic Scream would be next in line for the requel treatment (series…
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No Time to Die – 4K Ultra HD Blu ray Review
No Time to Die was a stellar final entry into the Daniel Craig era Bond canon. We look at the 4K Ultra HD Blu ray! Dashing Daniel Craig drove off into the sunset at the end of the underwhelming Spectre, leaving audiences with the impression that his time as the notorious 007 James Bond had…
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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Blu ray/DVD Release
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is now available digitally and on DVD and Blu-ray. We take a look at the release and its special features. Way back in the before times of 2019, “escape rooms” were a thing where you and your buddies solved puzzles to advance from one intricately-designed room to the next. It…
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The Night House
The Night House coulda been a contender! It’s got the right horror moves, until a few reveals too many chip away at its potential greatness. After her husband Owen (Evan Jonigkeit) shoots himself in a boat on a lake, Beth (Rebecca Hall) begins to have ghostly encounters at their idyllic home on a peaceful lake.…
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Jungle Cruise
Disney’s Jungle Cruise has its moments and its lead actors have some charisma, but it’s mostly buried beneath a generic plot and an oppressive runtime. In a world where board games, action figures, and amusement park rides can become mega movie franchises, of course Disney is a master at milking any established IP dry. So…
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Old
The man with one of the most inconsistent careers in Hollywood, M. Night Shyamalan is back with another thriller. Not surprisingly, Old is mostly inconsistent. Few directors are a brand unto themselves but The Sixth Sense was M. Night Shyamalan’s Jaws and therefore his subsequent projects were anticipated and scrutinized intensely. Most audiences and critics…
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Black Widow
Black Widow finally gets her own movie, even if it’s ill-timed for the character. It’s a palate-cleansing solo adventure with themes of family and forgiveness. After years of solid supporting work in a host of other films, Scarlett Johansson’s world-class espionage agent with a haunted past finally gets the spotlight all to herself. Even though…
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The Forever Purge
While we’ve lost track of what number this is in the Purge series of shows and movies, The Forever Purge does manage to distinguish itself. Horror and satire have mingled together since the genre was first birthed onto the silver screen. No matter how many mirrors are held up to society splattered with gruesome blood…