Mat Brewster

This week’s new releases include a couple of Criterions, Matt Damon getting shrunk, a Robert Altman horror film, and more.

This week’s cool things are strange and wonderful.

A surrealistic horror film that feels more like Ingmar Bergman than Robert Altman.

Animated film from Spain tells a dark, sad tale that retains a hint of hope.

Hope you have some leftover Christmas money because there is a lot of interesting stuff coming out this week.

Well Go USA’s new 4K transfer of Takashi Miike’s splatter classic gives you all the gore you can handle in pristine high definition.

This week’s cool things include Tom Cruise, George Clooney directing the Coens, and more Stephen King.

Two movies battled it out for this week’s pick, but ultimately, the superhero won.

See what’s cool this week.

Just in time for the Oscars, this week’s releases include a lot of films that will no doubt win awards.

Studio Ponoc, heir apparent to Studio Ghibli, proves they have taken the animated torch and ran with it.

This week’s cool things include a couple of comics, some old movies, and a new trailer.

A movie star reflects on his life and the compromises he made to get there.

This week brings us a couple of foreign language films from the Criterion Collection, a silly horror from Arrow Video, Doctor Who, an Oscar-buzzing indie, and more.

You’ve got one more chance to see this classic on the big screen.

Distinctive animation elevates a simple story into the sublime.

Anthology collection starring Silvana Mangano as a variety of witches fails to bewitch.

David Simon’s new series is about the sex trade in ’70s New York, it is as difficult to watch as it is good.

This week’s new releases include some great and not-so-great horror films, Dan Gilroy’s follow-up to Nightcrawler, Julia Roberts trying to make a comeback, and more.

This week’s cool things are trailers, trailers, and more trailers.

George Clooney’s take on a Coen Brothers’ script leads this week’s new releases.

This week’s cool things include lots of award winners and some that should have been.

This week brings us a biopic about the creator of Wonder Woman, some Pink Panther cartoons, a new Richard Linklater flick and more.

Step right up and come see the cool things I discovered this week.

It is a light week for new releases, but there’s a few titles coming out I think you might like.

Cool things this week include a Hitchcock from the Criterion Collection, a French animated film, a Rogue Cut, and lots of gods.

The sequel to a sci-fi classic leads this week’s new Blu-ray releases.

Go see it on the big screen while you can.

This week’s cool things include a classic Doctor Who, two new adaptations of old books and lots of violence.

This week’s new releases include a killer clown, a Deep Throat, a Supreme Court Justice, and more.

This week found me reading some cool comics, watching some non Doctor Who-related Peter Capaldi TV, and more.

Seminal punk documentary finally gets a digital release.

This week brings us John Hughes getting his first Criterion plus a tennis match, an Italian murder, Tom Cruise running drugs, and more.

Peter Capaldi and Steven Moffat get a nice send-off while paving the way for a new generation.

Michael Caine returns with his Get Carter filmmakers to make a movie that is completely different.

This post-Christmas week brings us a surprising amount of interesting new releases.

A remake that need not have bothered.

This week’s cool things include one of Martin Scorsese’s favorite films, The Last Jedi and lots of stuff I found on Acorn TV.

It does a great job making the audience feel the absolute horror of this racially motivated instance but falters when putting that moment into a greater context.

Acting legends Bette Davis and Lillian Gish together for the first (and last) time.

Jean Gabin plays the French detective in two of the earliest adaptations of Georges Simenon’s stories to reach the States.

This final week before Christmas brings us a big war movie from Christopher Nolan, a smaller drama from Darren Aronofsky, plus Legos, Judi Dench as the Queen and more.

A lively historical romp that loses steam in its back half.

This week’s new releases include a trio of Criterions, a couple of Reese Witherspoons, plus Colin Firth as an action star.

This week’s cool things include John Denver singing with the Muppets, a classic James Bond film, Wilco, samurai, and more.

They were some of the earliest looks American audiences had at Maigret, and I, for one, am excited to give them a chance.

It will please the younger set of Disney fans more than your average comic book geek.