Mat Brewster

This week’s new releases include a forgetful fish, a killer king (or two), several Criterions, and lots of Buster Keaton.

Wes Craven’s second film is decidedly low budget and grim, but it shows the early promise of a true master of horror.

HBO’s limited series takes a hard look at the American criminal justice system.

This week brings us a blind crime fighter, a killer taxi driver, raunchy sausages, and more.

Stylish ’80s vampire flick has little bite, but doesn’t suck too much.

Mutated mollusks wreak havoc in a small town, and awesomeness on our small screens.

This week brings us an animated Caped Crusader, a sea of trees, bad moms and more.

This week brings us an enormous gore feast, Norman Lear, Bob Dylan, Viggo Mortensen in the woods, and much more.

Due to some personal matters, I only stayed at this year’s con for a couple of hours, but still had tons of fun.

The first five films from the comedy legends get a nice Blu-ray set.

A nice set, just in time for the holidays

This week brings us a new Woody Allen, lots of old Marx Brothers comedies, a couple of Criterions, an Independence Day sequel nobody really wanted, and much more.

This week brings us nuclear mutants, Mel Gibson, Tarzan, the music of Jerry Garcia, lady ghostbusters, and much more.

Densely plotted French spy series hits a new streaming network.

This week brings us comic books brought to screens both big and small, an election year purge, lots of TV and more.

This week brings us sinister models, shark attacks, goofy horror flicks, critically acclaimed Polish films, and so much more.

It’s like a b-grade version of Mad Max, but it’s still a lot of fun.

Numerous classic Christie stories get a new telling for French television.

This week brings us a Disney classic, David Bowie with crazy hair, an early Coen Brothers film, teenaged turtles, and more.

With Snowden, Oliver Stone proves he’s still got stories to tell.

A wonderful tale of love and loss at the Kabuki theater.

This week brings us a special anniversary, a ghost story sequel, a comic book nerd’s dream come true, and lots of classic films getting nice upgrades.

Mysterious characters, beautiful scenery, loads of intrigue, The Night Manager has everything you want in a spy story.

A terrific collection of some really wonderful genre films is maligned by less than stellar video quality.

Watching my daughter fall in love with these characters as I did when I was a child is well worth the price of admission.

This week brings us a World War II film from Carol Reed, Bryan Cranston as a president, Salma Hayek in an Italian fairy tale, and George Clooney’s charm.

This week brings us a Disney remake, a couple of Orson Welles’ Criterion releases, a hotel manager, and more.

Who knew a comedy about a cannibalistic serial killer could be this unfunny?

This week brings us the return of the Evil Dead, more zombies, the devil living in L.A., and much more.

This week brings us fan films, angry birds, murders by appliances, Elvis, and more.

Not enough crime, too little passion, far too much Anthony Perkins with a giant vibrator.

This week brings us time travel, holograms, superheroes, and more.

Take that, Game of Thrones.

Who knew a show about beautiful people having sex could struggle so much with keeping our attention?

This week brings us a huge collection of African-American films, several revenge style flicks, Pocahontas. and much more.

Three movies from the 1960s show the Japanese made more than just deeply felt dramas and samurai flicks.

This week brings us O.J., Elvis meeting Nixon, three films from Criterion, and much more.

An exploitation flick with a message.

This week brings us a green room, a carnival of souls, passionate crimes and much more.

This week brings us some Italian horror, Studio Ghibli animation, a ’90s indie, some sorority babes, and much more.

Fairly uninteresting neo-noir pumped up by a really interesting central conceit.

The Killer Tomatoes are back and this time it’s personal.

This week brings us a nuclear comedy, killer tomatoes, a special effects wizard, and much more.

Grab some chocolate (and a bag of popcorn) and strap yourself in for this delightful movie playing once again on the big screen.

This week brings us a bunch of Shakespearean adaptations, a fun-looking sci-fi thriller, a Norwegian disaster flick, and the award for worst titled film to ever get my pick.

Sometimes the behind-the-scenes stories are more interesting than the actual films.

Criterion does a masterful job of bringing an early sound picture to life.

Who you gonna call?

This week brings us new X-Files, a couple of sequels, a couple of Criterions, a young Jesus, and much more.