Mat Brewster

Five Cool Things and Paul McCartney’s Carpool Karaoke

Here’s five cool things to take you into the weekend.

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Cinema Sentries

A Quiet Place Blu-ray Review: Shhhhhh

Surprisingly effect horror film from that goofy guy in The Office.

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Arrow Video’s The Last House on the Left Is the Pick of the Week

This week is packed full of interesting releases I’ve never heard of.

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The Last House on the Left Blu-ray Review: A Video Nasty Gets Its Day

Wes Craven’s first film gets an excellent new set from Arrow Video.

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Cinema Sentries

Five Cool Things and Juliet, Naked

It’s too hot in Oklahoma to do anything but sit inside and watch movies.

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Terminal (2018) Is the Pick of the Week

Bad reviews be damned, Terminal sounds like fun to me.

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Under Capricorn Blu-ray Review: Hitchcock Goes Down Under

Kino Lorber does a decent job restoring one of Hitchcock’s lesser films.

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Five Cool Things and Welcome to Marwen

See what cool things I discovered this week.

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Doctor Who: Tom Baker: Complete Season One Is the Pick of the Week

See what’s new in the world of Blu-rays.

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Five Cool Things and the Grand Tetons

After a week off, I’m talking about Stephen King, Doctor Who, Humphrey Bogart, and independent film.

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The Woman in the Window (1944) Blu-ray Review: Early Noir is Excellent

Fritz Lang’s classic noir is nearly ruined by a terrible ending, but what comes before it is quite good.

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Spetters Blu-ray Review: A Dirt Bike Drama that Lives in the Gutter

Paul Verhoeven’s dirt bike drama is a vile, sexist, homophobic piece of work that just might tell the truth of teenaged boys’ life in Holland during the 1980s.

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Black Venus Blu-ray Review: A Horrible Mark in Our History

A devastating portrait of abuse.

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Thoroughbreds Is the Pick of the Week

Here’s all that’s interesting in the world of new Blu-ray releases this week.

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Death Smiles on a Murderer Blu-ray Review: I’m Not Smiling

Joe D’Amato’s first horror film is a strange mixture of weird, gore, and boredom.

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Five Cool Things and Florence + the Machine

Come see the cool stuff I discovered this week.

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The Big Country Blu-ray Review: Big Movie, Big Director, Big Stars, Little Story

William Wyler’s classic western gets a gorgeous new Blu-ray release for its 60th anniversary.

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Book Review: Hitchcock’s Heroines by Caroline Young

A beautifully designed book that discusses Alfred Hitcock’s tumultuous relationships with his leading ladies.

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Annihilation Is the Pick of the Week

See what’s new in the world of Blu-ray this week.

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Cinema Sentries

Five Cool Things and Christopher Robin

This week’s five things include some classic rewatches and a few new things as well.

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I Kill Giants Is the Pick of the Week

See what’s coming out on Blu-ray this week.

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Five Cool Things and Deadpool 2

It was a cool week that was almost ruined by obnoxious people in the theater.

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TCM and Fathom Events Present Sunset Boulevard

Get ready for your close-up.

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The Sacrifice Is the Pick of the Week

Here’s what’s coming to Blu-ray this week.

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Phantom Thread Blu-ray Review: Paul Thomas Anderson Makes It Work

An impeccably made, sometimes difficult and now entirely emotionally satisfying film.

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Five Cool Things and This Is America

Come catch up with all the cool things I consumed this week.

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Andrei Tarkovsky’s The Sacrifice Blu-ray Review: Slowly Rewarding

Tarkovsky’s last film is a gorgeous meditation on life, God and what we are willing to give up.

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The Sinner: Season One Is the Pick of the Week

If you are looking for sex and nudity in your new releases, then this week is for you.

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Cinema Sentries

Five Cool Things and U2

Here’s five cool things I discovered this week.

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Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 30th Anniversary Steelbook Edition Blu-ray Review: Party On, Dudes!

Shout! Factory repackages an excellent movie in a mostly excellent Steelbook package.

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Mary and the Witch’s Flower Is the Pick of the Week

Here’s the best of this week’s Blu-ray releases.

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Five Cool Things and 2001: A Space Odyssey

I’m a little late posting it, but these things are still cool.

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Fathom Events Presents The Cat Returns

Studio Ghibli Fest continues.

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Paddington 2 Is the Pick of the Week

Never underestimate the power of a bear.

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Women in Love Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Naked Men, Wrestling

Ken Russell’s controversial adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s controversial novel gets a maginficent release from Criterion.

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Cinema Sentries

Five Cool Things and Nothing Compares 2 U

This week’s cool things include a couple of Humphrey Bogart films, another Stephen King novel, Bob Dylan, and more.

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The Post Is the Pick of the Week

Didn’t I write this already?

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Cinema Sentries

Five Cool Things and Ocean’s 8

This week’s cool things mostly include things I reviewed for this site.

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A Trip to the Moon Blu-ray Review: Simply Magnificent

A newly restored print makes this classic silent film even better.

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Phantom Thread Is the Pick of the Week

It’s a big week full of interesting new releases.

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Manhandled Blu-ray Review: Come for the Opening Sequence, Stay for Gloria Swanson

A forgettable silent comedy is made watchable by the great Gloria Swanson, and worth buying by a terrific scene on a subway.

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Sacha Guitry: Four Films (1936-1938) Blu-ray Review: A Historical Bore

A nice boxed set from Arrow Academy presents four films from the popular French director.

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Five Cool Things and Eels’ “Bone Dry”

It was a weird week determined to distract me, but I still found some cool stuff.

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Insidious: The Last Key Is the Pick of the Week

What can I say? It is a slow week.

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Cinema Sentries

Five Cool Things and The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Here’s the cool things I consumed this week.

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Fathom Events Presents Ponyo on Its Tenth Anniversary

And so the Studio Ghibli Fest 2018 begins.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Is the Pick of the Week

See what’s new in Blu-ray this week.

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Five Cool Things and Mr. Rogers

Come read about all the cool stuff I watched this week.

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TCM and Fathom Events Present Vertigo

Don’t miss your chance to see this Alfred Hitchcock classic on the big screen.

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