Logan Lucky Blu-ray Review: Soderbergh’s Back
By Mat Brewster |
A rougher, dumber, more redneck Ocean’s 11 that’s better in almost every way.
Fathom Events and GKIDS Present Howl’s Moving Castle
By Mat Brewster |
It is a testament to the wonder of the film that I caught Howl’s Moving Castle on Blu-ray a few weeks ago but was still enthralled to watch it again.
Bob Hope: The Ultimate Movie Collection DVD Review: A Box Full of Laughs
By Mat Brewster |
A nice set of a classic comedian’s best films.
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Collection Blu-ray Review: A Treasure Trove of Delight
By Mat Brewster |
A big box of Hitchcock’s greatest films (and a few of his lesser ones, too).
Five Cool Things and an Incredibles Sequel
By Mat Brewster |
Cool things this week include Thor: Ragnarok, Logan Lucky, a Samurai comic, a couple of good TV shows.
The Woman in Red Blu-ray Review: A Light Comedy Not Without Its Charms
By Mat Brewster |
I just called, to say, your film’s not that good.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s new releases include a a sci-fi epic from Luc Besson, an animated film from France, a slew of silent films, most of Monty Python, and more.
Zoology Blu-ray Review: A Fable in Search of a Metaphor
By Mat Brewster |
A grown woman grows a tail, but what does it all mean?
Five Cool Things and Dragon’s Lair
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s pop culture consumption includes some classic films, some modern films, more Doctor Who, and a video game from my youth.
George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn Blu-ray Review: Between Great and Awful
By Mat Brewster |
Three of Romero’s earliest films get a nice boxed set.
George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a surprising number of horror films plus some cool concert videos, Doctor Who, and some cute cats.
TCM and Fathom Events Present Casablanca
By Mat Brewster |
Round up the usual suspects and come watch the greatest movie ever made on the big screen.
Since You Went Away Blu-ray Review: An Epic Bore
By Mat Brewster |
I’ve never watched a movie so long and so dull in which so very little happens.
Five Cool Things and R.E.M’s Automatic for the People
By Mat Brewster |
I’m enlisting a little help this week, and away we go.
Nightkill Blu-ray Review: A Deadly Bore
By Mat Brewster |
Never trust a movie by its poster, Nightkill is neither sexy nor scary.
The Limehouse Golum Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s new releases include animated anthropomorphic autos, a boxed set of DC animated movies, a boxed set inside a plastic head, and more.
Cars 3 Blu-ray Review: Plenty of Zoom, Not Enough Vroom Vroom
By Mat Brewster |
It’s a good movie, just not Pixar good, which disappoints.
Five Cool Things and The Disaster Artist
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s cool things include replicants, man-eating plants, mind hunters, and more.
Book Review: Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Volume Three (1972-1979)
By Mat Brewster |
A fun space adventure comic that looks like Star Trek but doesn’t exactly stay true to its roots.
The Dark Tower Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s new releases include more horror films for Halloween, some packaged TV for Christmas, and a flopped Stephen King adaptation.
Fathom Events Presents Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
By Mat Brewster |
The best movie musical about a flesh-eating plant from outer space hits the big screen again for a limited engagement.
Five Cool Things and The Square (2017)
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s cool things include Wonder Woman’s creator, a Hitchcock comedy, and even stranger things.
Festival (1967) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Better Than Woodstock
By Mat Brewster |
Documenting the Newport Folk Festival at the height of the folk revival, Festival is a feast for music fans.
Book Review: Little Orphan Annie, Volume Fourteen (1948-1950): Sunshine and Shadow by Harold Gray
By Mat Brewster |
A fun read for the whole family.
The Corpse Grinders Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s new blu-ray releases include some really terrible (and terribly awesome) looking horror, the last of the Planet of the Apes trilogy, and more.
Five Cool Things and the Tragically Hip
By Mat Brewster |
Cool things this week include two remakes, Grateful Deed members covering the Beatles, Italian horror, and more.
Spider-Man: Homecoming is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week brings us a web-crawling superhero, a couple of Criterions, some raunchy ladies, and several nice boxed sets.
The Suspicious Death of a Minor Blu-ray Review: Two Genres, One Film
By Mat Brewster |
An oddball mix of crime drama and horror (with heavy doses of slapsstick thrown in) make for an interesting mix.
Five Cool Things and The Last Jedi Trailer
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s cool things include Italian horror, Brian De Palma horror, feminist horror, and a Jedi.
Book Review: Unchained Melody: The Films of Meiko Kaji by Tom Mes
By Mat Brewster |
A loving, informative reading on the films of a Japanese icon.
The Legend of the Holy Drinker Blu-ray Review: Alcoholism is Beautiful
By Mat Brewster |
Almost nothing happens at a languid pace, but Rutger Hauer’s performance is captivating.
Don’t Torture A Duckling Blu-ray Review: Fulci Grows a Social Conscience
By Mat Brewster |
Gore meister makes a film with an actual plot and social commentary, results are mixed.
Detective Montalbano: Episodes 29 & 30 DVD Review: More Murders, Less Fun in the Sicilian Sun
By Mat Brewster |
Italian crime series has grown more serious since the last time I checked it out, but it’s still entertaining.
A Ghost Story Is The Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
October is here and with it comes a slew of new horror releases.
Book Review: Ghost in the Shell by Andrew Osmond
By Mat Brewster |
An in-depth look into the Ghost in the Shell franchise.
Five Cool Things and Annihilation
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s cool things include Body Double, Cafe Society, Wilco, and more.
David Lynch: The Art Life Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s new releases bring us a couple of Criterions, a couple of live albums, Texas football, and something scripted by Ed Wood.
Caïn: Season 1 & Season 2 DVD Review: Like House Meets Sherlock, but French
By Mat Brewster |
French crime series is enjoyable but never quite enthralls.
Five Cool Things and Joan Crawford
By Mat Brewster |
Cool Things I (re)discovered this week include Swiss Family Robinson, E.T., Hawkeye, Lost at Sea, and Blow-Up.
Wonder Woman Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s new releases include a couple of DC superheroes, a really old Marvel one, plus Ken Burns in Vietnam, and more.
TCM and Fathom Events Present E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
By Mat Brewster |
See it again on the big screen, bring your family.
Five Cool Things and The Shape of Water
By Mat Brewster |
Cool things I discovered this week include a new season of Top of the Lake, an old Doctor Who, and a red band Guillermo del Toro trailer.
Stormy Monday Blu-ray Review: Not As Bad As Tuesday
By Mat Brewster |
Mike Figgis’ directorial debut is an effective stylish néo-noir (as long as you don’t watch Body Heat right after).
It Comes at Night Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s new releases include a superhero in his underpants, a bunch of classic Universal monsters, a not-so classic updating of the Mummy, and more.
Fathom Events Presents Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
By Mat Brewster |
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Kirk scream “Khaaaaaan!” on the big screen.
Five Cool Things and Don Williams
By Mat Brewster |
Cool things this week include two neo-noirs, a classic Doctor Who, Close Encounters, and a Handmaid’s Tale.
The Flash (2014): The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: The Fastest (and Best) Superhero Show On TV
By Mat Brewster |
Season Three had some growing pains and is overloaded with characters but is still the shining star on the CW.
Phantasm: 5 Movie DVD Collection Review: More Silver Balls Than a Tall Man Can Handle
By Mat Brewster |
Collecting the entire franchise together for the first time in one cheaply made box.
Rebecca (1940) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
This week’s new releases include a new season of The Flash, an old Hitchock plus Scarlet Johansson getting raunchy, and Pablo Escobar being bad.