Mat Brewster

Grab a beer, jump in your vintage Trans-Am, and get ready for a hell of a ride.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Grateful Dead…

This week brings us a new Wolverine, a great wall, a socially conscious horror film, a weird French boxed set, werewolves, thugs, midwives, and more.

Cool things this week include Arrival, Burden of Dreams, Foreign Correspondent, Bob Dylan, and Blow Out.

A pretty slow week brings us zombies, mummys, Martians, Ozu and the return of Xander Cage.

Cool things this week include the Hulk, Blade Runner, Midnight Special, a new Wolverine, more aliens, and the Grateful Dead.

This week brings us Michael Mann’s heist classic, girls in prison, serial killers, mutants and much more.

A lesser-known detective comic from the 1930s gets a fine new release.

Innovative science-fiction newspaper strip suffers from poor writing, but Gil Kane’s art really shines.

This week’s new releases include a Studio Ghibli-esque animated film, the director’s cut of Gene Siskel’s favorite movie, a big boxed set of some cult classics and much more.

It will steal your valuable time.

Miike’s wild, wooly action trilogy gets a disappointing release from Arrow Video.

Cool things this week include new episodes of Fargo and Doctor Who plus The Graduate, a Stephen King adaptation and more.

A couple of not-so-classic comedy-horror films from the 80s get a magnificent release from Arrow Video.

This week brings us a new musical, an immortal monster, several Valerian Borowczyk films, a Japanese film about noodles, and more.

Here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson.

Beautiful, but dull film by a director more noted for his controversies than his staid adaptation of classic novels.

Cool things this week include a book about film noir, Doctor Thorne, Blue Ruin, Robert Hunter and a new Star Wars Trailer.

A wonderful resource to understanding one of cinemas greatest genres.

This week brings us a film about McDonalds, a Studio Ghibli TV movie, James McAvoy playing a bunch of different characters in one film and much more.

This week’s cool things include a couple of Criterions, a visit to Narnia, X-Men, and a great new podcast.

This week brings us NASA’s untold history, a mad king, some nice-looking horror collections, and much more.

This week brings us the latest Star Wars, a new Jim Jarmusch film, and a raunchy comedy.

An extraordinary release of an extraordinarily weird movie.

This week’s cool things include the Filmstruck app, a Kurosawa film, a couple of shows I’m catching up on, and a new teaser trailer.

Juvenile delinquency has never been this boring.

This week brings us a Martin Scorsese film about faith, some fantastic beasts, our own planet in HD, and much more.

Cool things this week include Legion, Alfred Hitchcock, Better Call Saul, Cinema Paradiso, and Van Morrison.

Supernatural mystery looks beautiful but loses itself in an unimaginative script.

The violent rise and horrible fall of an Italian crime family.

This week brings us a gangster flick from Ben Affleck, a disgusting one from John Waters, singing animals, and much more.

A beautiful, loving tribute to the magic of movies.

Cool things this week include Howl’s Moving Castle, Snotgirl, the Hulk, and more.

One of those films that many people seem to love or hate.

This week brings us Denzel Washington in a critically praised drama, Will Smith in a critically hated one, a sci-fi adventure with Chris Pratt and much more.

Good cast, terrible movie.

Terrifically stylized anime asks deep questions about technology we’re still trying to answer today.

This week in cool brings us a Deadpool 2 teaser, Ghost in the Shell, All About Eve, and more.

The Bette Davis classic gets a run on the big screen thanks to TCM and Fathom Events.

This week brings us the best Disney music in a decade, a critically praised biopic, a Criterion drama, a creepy flick from Portugal, and Japanese animation.

Mexican horror film aims for something high, falls short into extreme violence and sex.

Batman, Battlestar Galactica, Bruce Springsteen, and more are all cool things I discovered this week.

Cameraperson tells the story of one filmmaker through the dozens of movies she’s shot.

This week brings us an Oscar upset,

Everyday is a new battle with sickness around here, but there’s plenty of cool things to find as well.

This week brings us another Amy Adams pick, a couple of Criterions, Mel Gibson’s return, a Doctor Who Christmas special, and more.

A beautiful collection of historically important comics.

Prince is now available on all streaming services – if that’s not cool, I don’t know what is.

This week brings us Amy Adams’ language skills, a new Cinemax show, an Ang Lee Iraq War movie, a PBS Civil War show, and a gay porn crime drama starring James Franco.