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Theatrical, Streaming, Physical Media Reviews by Chris Rebholz

Browse reviews written by Chris Rebholz, including critical takes on films, home entertainment releases, and television series.

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Chris Rebholz, FlickDirect film critic

When Chris was but a wee lad growing up in the slums of suburban New Jersey, he happened to rent a little movie called Tron. Then his head exploded. It was at the moment that he realized that he loved movies, and since then Chris has made it a habit of renting movies, going to the movies, discussing his favorite movies, and anything else in between when it comes to that genre.
The East Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
The East
The apple that's bruised on one side, the slightly stale bag of chips, and the carton of milk three days past its "expiration" date. All usually end up in the garbage. A recent NPR artic...
Full Review  | Grade: A

House of Wax Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
House of Wax
This is the classic version of House of Wax, from 1953, starring Vincent Price, with its storied 3D visual production that helped set the 1950s 3D craze ali...
Full Review  | Grade: B

The Big Parade Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
The Big Parade
This silent film from 1925 is pretty much the blueprint for most of the films in the genre that followed it.
Full Review  | Grade: A

The Little Mermaid Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
The Little Mermaid
No one factor was singularly responsible for The Little Mermaid's success. It wasn't a surefire hit from the outset. Walt Disney Animation wasn't riding high, gaining momentum or...
Full Review  | Grade: A

Leverage Physical Media: DVD Review
Leverage: The Fifth Season
Yes, Grifters, it's still sad that "Leverage" is no more, but at least we got a final season DVD set, which was released Tuesday, Sept. 17, and like the previous seasons' DVDs, it...
Full Review  | Grade: B


The Fly Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
The Fly
Horror films have often been the poor stepchildren of the film industry, relegated to B-movies or less than stellar production quality, including often less than A-list talent both in front of and beh...
Full Review  | Grade: A

Sons of Anarchy Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
Sons of Anarchy: Season Five
It used to be that ads on television about so-called private matters seemed to be the exclusive domain of women (think of products like Depends or Summer's Eve), but we're in an apparently...
Full Review  | Grade: A

Revenge Physical Media: DVD Review
Revenge: The Complete Second Season
There was a period several years ago where it seemed that Bones was the only television show I watched on a regular basis. However, in recent years, the TV dance-card has been filled with mor...
Full Review  | Grade: B

Riddick Movie / Film Review
Riddick
"Somewhere along the way I lost a step… gotta find that animal side again."Those words, croaked early in the film by Vin Diesel's titular antihero and bat...
Full Review  | Grade: B

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