Mat Brewster

Five Cool Things and a New Cat

This week’s five cool things include an atomic Charlize Theron, Christopher Nolan’s war film, a haunted house, and more.

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The Breaking Point Is the Pick of the Week

A pretty light week brings us an Ernest Hemingway adaptation, an Arthurian legend from Guy Ritchie, and more.

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Five Cool Things and Glacier National Park

After a nice vacation, I’m back with five cool things.

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Pulse (2001) Blu-ray Review: Loneliness Is Hell

Japanese horror doesn’t so much scare, but fills you with unnamed dread.

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John Carpenter SteelBooks are the Picks of the Week

This week’s new releases include some fun looking SteelBooks plus a Tom Hanks thriller, a couple of interesting documentaries and more.

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Kong: Skull Island Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us another King Kong story, a couple of interesting looking TV shows, a weird-looking Tarkovsky film, and more.

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Five Cool Things and Ready Player One

This week’s cool things include Search Party, Castlevania, Stranger Things, and more.

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The Lost City of Z Is the Pick of the Week

A very full week includes releases of a cool looking jungle movie, a Doctor Who spin-off, a Prime Suspect prequel, plus films from Arrow, Criterion and much more.

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Species Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Not Even HR Giger Can Save This Clunker

Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, a creepy Giger alien design, and Natasha Henstridge’s breasts fail to make this sci-fi horror flick interesting.

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Five Cool Things and Edgar Wright

Cool things I consumed this week include the Cornetto Trilogy, Baby Driver, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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Song to Song Is the Pick of the Week

This week’s new releases include Terrence Malick’s latest, an obscure Japanese trilogy, a WWII drama, and more.

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Five Cool Things and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Cool things this week include a Jumanji sequel, classic Doctor Who, a Death Note movie and more.

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T2 Trainspotting Is the Pick of the Week

New releases this week include a Trainspotting sequel, Alfred Hitchock’s second film, some Power Rangers, and more.

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Fathom Events Presents My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro kicks off Studio Ghibli Fest and it’s as delightful as I remember.

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Fathom Events Presents the 2017 DCI Tour Premiere

More than just marching band.

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Five Cool Things and Game of Thrones: Season 7

Cool things I discovered this week include La La Land, Catwoman comics, and a new Game of Thrones trailer.

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Cinema Sentries

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us a whole bunch of horror, a poignant love trilogy and a lawnmower man.

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Cinema Sentries

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Blu-ray Review: Brought Italian Horror to the World

This Arrow Video set is the Blu-ray with excellent packaging.

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Cinema Sentries

Five Cool Things and Anita Pallenberg

Cool things this week include Sherlock, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Panther, Shotgun Stories, David Sedaris, and the Rolling Stones.

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John Wick: Chapter 2 Is the Pick of the Week

This week brings us Keanu Reeves kicking butt once again, plus vampires, LEGO Batman, fairy tales, and more.

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Cinema Sentries

Five Cool Things and Wonder Woman Getting Spanked

Cool things this week also include Bruce Springsteen, The Godfather, American Gods, and Alfred Hitchcock.

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Spotlight on a Murderer Blu-ray Review: Shine the Light a Little Brighter

Georges Franju’s follow-up to Eyes Without a Face is more atmospheric than actually scary.

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TCM and Fathom Events Present The Godfather

The Godfather on the big screen – an offer you shouldn’t refuse.

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A Cure for Wellness Is the Pick of the Week

It’s a packed week of new releases featuring a beauty, a beast, a cure for wellness, a young Pope, and much, much more.

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Evil Ed Blu-ray Review: Not Evil Dead, but Evil Ed

Still looking for that beaver-rape scene.

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Cinema Sentries

Five Cool Things and Foo Fighters

Cool things I consumed this week include Xenomorphs, superheroes, and Tatiana Maslany dancing in her undies.

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Cinema Sentries

Wolf Guy Blu-ray Review: Too Much Guy, Not Enough Wolf

A bizarre genre mashup gives plenty of ’70s exploitation awesomeness, but very little werewolf.

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Ghost World Is the Pick of the Week

A great release week includes, Martin Scorsese picking some world cinema, two silent films, a Christian movie, action, horror, and more.

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Five Cool Things and The Gifted

Cool things this week include Alfred Hitchock’s Sabotage, a new X-Men series, Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, Bloom County, and more.

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The Jacques Rivette Collection Blu-ray Review: Not For Me

Experimental French films are interesting conceptually, but hard sailing to watch.

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TCM and Fathom Events Presents the 40th Anniversary of Smokey and the Bandit

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

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Logan Is the Pick of the Week

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.

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Five Cool Things and Chris Cornell

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

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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Is the Pick of the Week

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

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Five Cool Things and Blade Runner 2049

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

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Heat: Director’s Definitive Edition Is the Pick of the Week

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

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Book Review: Red Barry: Undercover Man, Vol. 1 (1934-1935) by Will Gould

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

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Book Review: Star Hawks, Volume One: 1977-1978 by Gil Kane and Ron Goulart

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

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The Red Turtle Is the Pick of the Week

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.

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Dead or Alive Trilogy Blu-ray Review: Typical Takashi Miike, Atypical Arrow Video Release

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

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Five Cool Things and Jonathan Demme

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

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House: Two Stories Blu-ray Review: Come on in for Some Goofy ’80s Horror

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

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La La Land Is the Pick of the Week

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

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Story of Sin Blu-ray Review: Not Sinful Enough

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

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Five Cool Things and Earth from Saturn

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

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Book Review: Film Noir Light and Shadow: Shedding Light on Dark Films

A wonderful resource to understanding one of cinemas greatest genres.

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The Founder (2016) Is the Pick of the Week

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.

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